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	This is a citation template for citing entries from '']'' newspaper, a ] of the United Kingdom. The format follows the format used in ~~the~~ '''''The Times'' Index'''. ''The Times'' Index goes back to 1785 and the other newspaper templates such as ] do not convey the same information.		This is a citation template for citing entries from '']'' newspaper, a ] of the United Kingdom. The format follows the format used in '''''The Times'' Index'''. ''The Times'' Index goes back to 1785 and the other newspaper templates such as ] do not convey the same information.


	==Usage==		==Usage==
	;Short horizontal format		'''Short horizontal format'''
	<~~code><nowiki~~>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|~~articlename= \|day_of_week~~= \|date= \|~~page_number~~= \|issue= \|column= }}</~~nowiki></code~~>		:<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{Cite newspaper The Times \|title= \|date= \|page= \|issue= \|column= }}</syntaxhighlight>
	;Full horizontal format		'''Full horizontal format'''
	<~~code><nowiki~~>{{Cite newspaper The Times \|~~articlename~~= \|author= \|~~section= \|day_of_week~~= \|date= \|~~page_number~~= \|~~page_numbers~~= \|issue= \|column= \|url= }}</~~nowiki></code~~>		:<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{Cite newspaper The Times \|title= \|author= \|department= \|date= \|page= \|pages= \|issue= \|column= \|url= }}</syntaxhighlight>

	;Vertical format		'''Vertical format'''
	<~~nowiki~~>{{~~</nowiki>~~Cite newspaper The Times		:<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{Cite newspaper The Times
	\|~~articlename~~=		\|title=
	\|author=		\|author=
	\|~~section~~=		\|department=
	\|day_of_week=
	\|date=		\|date=
	\|~~page_number~~=		\|page=
			\|pages=
	\|page_numbers=
	\|issue=		\|issue=
	\|column=		\|column=
	\|url=		\|url=
	~~<nowiki>~~}}</~~nowiki~~>		}}</syntaxhighlight>

	==Example usage==		==Example usage==

	<~~nowiki~~>{{~~</nowiki>~~Cite newspaper The Times		<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext>{{Cite newspaper The Times
	\|~~articlename~~=The spelling of Kenya		\|title=The spelling of Kenya
	\|author=J.H. Reynolds		\|author=J. H. Reynolds
	\|~~section~~=Letters to the editor		\|department=Letters to the editor
	\|day_of_week=Monday
	\|date=8 February 1932		\|date=8 February 1932
	\|~~page_number~~=8		\|page=8
	\|issue=46051		\|issue=46051
	\|column=B		\|column=B
	~~<nowiki>~~}}</~~nowiki~~>		}}</syntaxhighlight>

	produces:		produces:

	{{Cite newspaper The Times		{{Cite newspaper The Times
	\|~~articlename~~=The spelling of Kenya		\|title=The spelling of Kenya
	\|author=J.H. Reynolds		\|author=J. H. Reynolds
	\|~~section~~=Letters to the editor		\|department=Letters to the editor
	\|day_of_week=Monday
	\|date=8 February 1932		\|date=8 February 1932
	\|~~page_number~~=8		\|page=8
	\|issue=46051		\|issue=46051
	\|column=B		\|column=B
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	;~~article name~~:This is the title of the article		;title:This is the title of the article; alias: {{xtd\|'''articlename'''}} (deprecated)
	;author:Give the author name including the first name or initials		;author:Give the author name including the first name or initials
	;~~section~~:The section in which the article appears, e.g ''news'', ''business'', ''sport'', ''letters to the editor'' etc.		;department:The section in which the article appears, e.g ''news'', ''business'', ''sport'', ''letters to the editor'' etc.; alias: {{xtd\|'''section'''}} (deprecated)
	;day_of_week:Ideally give this in the short form ''Mon'', ''Tue'' etc.
	;date:The full date the article was published		;date:The full date the article was published
	;~~page_number~~:The page number of the article. If the article spans multiple pages, use ~~page_numbers~~ instead.		;page:The page number of the article. If the article spans multiple pages, use pages instead. Alias: {{xtd\|'''page_number'''}} (deprecated)
	;~~page_numbers~~:The page numbers of the article. If the article is only on one page, use ~~page_number~~ instead.		;pages:The page numbers of the article. If the article is only on one page, use page instead. Alias: {{xtd\|'''page_numbers'''}} (deprecated)
	;issue:The issue number of the newspaper		;issue:The issue number of the newspaper
	;column:The column the article begins on, the first column is ''a'', the second is ''b'' and so on		;column:The column the article begins on, the first column is ''a'', the second is ''b'' and so on
			;subscription:set {{para\|subscription\|none}} when {{para\|url}} links to free-to-read content
	<includeonly>
			;url:url of '''title'''; automatically marked as requiring subscription
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	<!-- ADD INTERWIKIS BELOW THIS LINE -->


			== TemplateData ==
			{{TemplateData header}}
			<templatedata>
			{
			"params": {
			"author": {
			"label": "Author",
			"description": "Author of the article, including the first name or initials",
			"example": "J. H. Reynolds",
			"type": "line",
			"suggested": true
			},
			"articlename": {
			"aliases": [
			"title"
			],
			"label": "Article name",
			"description": "Title of the article",
			"example": "The spelling of Kenya",
			"type": "line",
			"required": true
			},
			"url": {},
			"subscription": {},
			"format": {},
			"section": {
			"label": "Section",
			"description": " The section in which the article appears, e.g news, business, sport, letters to the editor etc.",
			"type": "line"
			},
			"department": {},
			"day_of_week": {
			"deprecated": "no longer supported"
			},
			"date": {
			"label": "Date",
			"description": "The full date the article was published",
			"example": "8 February 1932",
			"type": "date",
			"required": true
			},
			"issue": {
			"label": "Issue",
			"description": "The issue number of the newspaper",
			"required": true
			},
			"column": {
			"label": "Column",
			"description": " The column the article begins on, the first column is a, the second is b and so on",
			"type": "line",
			"required": true
			},
			"quote": {},
			"ref": {},
			"page": {
			"aliases": [
			"page_number"
			],
			"label": "Page",
			"description": " The page number of the article. If the article spans multiple pages, use pages instead.",
			"example": "8",
			"type": "number",
			"suggested": true
			},
			"pages": {
			"aliases": [
			"page_numbers"
			],
			"label": "Pages",
			"description": " The page numbers of the article. If the article is only on one page, use page instead.",
			"suggested": true
			}
			},
			"description": "Citation template for entries from The Times, following the format used in The Times Index",
			"paramOrder": [
			"articlename",
			"author",
			"section",
			"date",
			"page",
			"pages",
			"issue",
			"column",
			"url",
			"subscription",
			"format",
			"department",
			"quote",
			"ref",
			"day_of_week"
			],
			"format": "inline"
			}
			</templatedata>

			<includeonly>{{Sandbox other\|
	]
			\| <!-- CATEGORIES BELOW THIS LINE, PLEASE: -->
	</includeonly>
			]
			}}</includeonly>

Latest revision as of 14:57, 10 May 2023

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This is a citation template for citing entries from The Times newspaper, a newspaper of record of the United Kingdom. The format follows the format used in The Times Index. The Times Index goes back to 1785 and the other newspaper templates such as Cite news do not convey the same information.

Usage

Short horizontal format

{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= |date= |page= |issue= |column= }}

Full horizontal format

{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= |author= |department= |date= |page= |pages= |issue= |column= |url= }}

Vertical format

{{Cite newspaper The Times
 |title=
 |author=
 |department=
 |date=
 |page=
 |pages=
 |issue=
 |column=
 |url=
 }}

Example usage

{{Cite newspaper The Times
 |title=The spelling of Kenya
 |author=J. H. Reynolds
 |department=Letters to the editor
 |date=8 February 1932
 |page=8
 |issue=46051
 |column=B
 }}

produces:

J. H. Reynolds (8 February 1932). "The spelling of Kenya". Letters to the editor. The Times. No. 46051. London. col B, p. 8.

Notes

title: This is the title of the article; alias: articlename (deprecated)
author: Give the author name including the first name or initials
department: The section in which the article appears, e.g news, business, sport, letters to the editor etc.; alias: section (deprecated)
date: The full date the article was published
page: The page number of the article. If the article spans multiple pages, use pages instead. Alias: page_number (deprecated)
pages: The page numbers of the article. If the article is only on one page, use page instead. Alias: page_numbers (deprecated)
issue: The issue number of the newspaper
column: The column the article begins on, the first column is a, the second is b and so on
subscription: set |subscription=none when |url= links to free-to-read content
url: url of title; automatically marked as requiring subscription

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Cite newspaper The Times in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Cite newspaper The Times

Citation template for entries from The Times, following the format used in The Times Index

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Article name	`articlename` `title`	Title of the article Example The spelling of Kenya	Line	required
Author	`author`	Author of the article, including the first name or initials Example J. H. Reynolds	Line	suggested
Section	`section`	The section in which the article appears, e.g news, business, sport, letters to the editor etc.	Line	optional
Date	`date`	The full date the article was published Example 8 February 1932	Date	required
Page	`page` `page_number`	The page number of the article. If the article spans multiple pages, use pages instead. Example 8	Number	suggested
Pages	`pages` `page_numbers`	The page numbers of the article. If the article is only on one page, use page instead.	Unknown	suggested
Issue	`issue`	The issue number of the newspaper	Unknown	required
Column	`column`	The column the article begins on, the first column is a, the second is b and so on	Line	required
url	`url`	no description	Unknown	optional
subscription	`subscription`	no description	Unknown	optional
format	`format`	no description	Unknown	optional
department	`department`	no description	Unknown	optional
quote	`quote`	no description	Unknown	optional
ref	`ref`	no description	Unknown	optional
day_of_week	`day_of_week`	no description	Unknown	deprecated