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Parameters are as follows: Parameters are taken mostly from the message header fields (see RFC 2822, RFC 1036) as follows:


*'''title''', the title of the post (required) *'''title''', from ''Subject'' header field (required)
*'''author''' of the post *'''author''', from ''From'' header field (or from '']'')
*'''date''', from ''Date'' header field (or from ''NNTP-Posting-Date'' field)
*'''date''' the post was made
*'''newsgroup''', from '']s'' header field
*numeric '''id''' of the post
*'''newsgroup''' the post was made on * '''id''', from '']'' header field
*'''url''' (e.g. on ]) *'''url''' (on ], if possible)
**'''accessdate''' for the above URL **'''accessdate''' for the above URL


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Revision as of 08:27, 31 March 2008

Error on call to Template:Cite newsgroup: parameter title required.

Parameters are taken mostly from the message header fields (see RFC 2822, RFC 1036) as follows:

  • title, from Subject header field (required)
  • author, from From header field (or from signature block)
  • date, from Date header field (or from NNTP-Posting-Date field)
  • newsgroup, from Newsgroups header field
  • id, from Message-ID header field
  • url (on Google Groups, if possible)
    • accessdate for the above URL


Usage summary

Horizontal format

{{cite newsgroup |title= |author= |date= |newsgroup= |id= |url= |accessdate= 2025-01-05 }}

Vertical format
{{cite newsgroup 
 | title = 
 | author = 
 | date = 
 | newsgroup = 
 | id = 
 | url = 
 | accessdate = 2025-01-05
}}

Examples

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