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==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> <code><nowiki>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename= |date= |page_number= |issue= |column= }}</nowiki></code>
;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> <code><nowiki>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename= |author= |section= |date= |page_number= |page_numbers= |issue= |column= |url= }}</nowiki></code>


;Vertical format ;Vertical format
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|author= |author=
|section= |section=
|day_of_week=
|date= |date=
|page_number= |page_number=
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|author=J.H. Reynolds |author=J.H. Reynolds
|section=Letters to the editor |section=Letters to the editor
|day_of_week=Monday
|date=8 February 1932 |date=8 February 1932
|page_number=8 |page_number=8
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|author=J.H. Reynolds |author=J.H. Reynolds
|section=Letters to the editor |section=Letters to the editor
|day_of_week=Monday
|date=8 February 1932 |date=8 February 1932
|page_number=8 |page_number=8
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;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. ;section:The section in which the article appears, e.g ''news'', ''business'', ''sport'', ''letters to the editor'' etc.
;<s>day_of_week</s>: (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_number:The page number of the article. If the article spans multiple pages, use page_numbers instead.

Revision as of 14:48, 6 November 2016

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite newspaper The Times.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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 |articlename= |date= |page_number= |issue= |column= }}

Full horizontal format

{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename= |author= |section= |date= |page_number= |page_numbers= |issue= |column= |url= }}

Vertical format
{{Cite newspaper The Times
|articlename=
|author=
|section=
|date=
|page_number=
|page_numbers=
|issue=
|column=
|url=
}}

Example usage

{{Cite newspaper The Times
|articlename=The spelling of Kenya
|author=J.H. Reynolds
|section=Letters to the editor
|date=8 February 1932
|page_number=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. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

Notes

article name
This is the title of the article
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.
day_of_week
(deprecated)
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_numbers
The page numbers of the article. If the article is only on one page, use page_number instead.
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