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Revision as of 18:20, 30 May 2006 view sourceLigulem (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers28,245 edits linking {{{date}}} as this must be specified in ISO format anyway (per the doc)← Previous edit Revision as of 22:53, 30 May 2006 view source Ligulem (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers28,245 edits rm accessyear from doc. Requiring accessdate in ISO format.Next edit →
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| language = | language =
| accessdate = | accessdate =
| accessyear =
| curly = | curly =
}}</pre> }}</pre>
<code><nowiki>{{cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= | date= |url= |title= |format= |work= |pages= |publisher= | language= |accessdate= |accessyear= |curly= }} <code><nowiki>{{cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= | date= |url= |title= |format= |work= |pages= |publisher= | language= |accessdate= |curly= }}
</nowiki></code> </nowiki></code>
=== Required parameters === === Required parameters ===
* '''url''': URL of online item. * '''url''': URL of online item.
* '''title''': Title of online item. * '''title''': Title of online item.
* '''accessdate''': Date (Month Day) when item was accessed. Should be ] YYYY-MM-DD format (N.B. Each single digit month and day must have a "0" before it, otherwise the automatic formatting of the date according to user preferences will not work). * '''accessdate''': Full date when item was accessed, in ] YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. ''2006-02-17''. Must not be wikilinked.
** '''accessyear''': Year when item was accessed. (Optional if ISO 8601 date used)


=== Optional parameters === === Optional parameters ===
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** '''authorlink''' works either with '''author''' or with '''last''' & '''first''' to link to the appropriate article ** '''authorlink''' works either with '''author''' or with '''last''' & '''first''' to link to the appropriate article
** '''coauthors''': allows additional authors ** '''coauthors''': allows additional authors
* '''date''': Full date of publication, in ] YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. ''2006-02-17''. Must not be wikilinked. * '''date''': Full date of publication, in ] YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. ''2006-02-17''. Must not be wikilinked.
** OR: '''year''': Year of publication, and '''month''': Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use ''date'' instead. Must not be wikilinked. ** OR: '''year''': Year of publication, and '''month''': Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use ''date'' instead. Must not be wikilinked.
* '''format''': Format, i.e. PDF. HTML implied if not specified. * '''format''': Format, i.e. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.

Revision as of 22:53, 30 May 2006

This template replaces deprecated template:web reference. It provides lower case parameters only.

Usage

{{cite web
| last =
| first =
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| date = 
| year = 
| month =
| url =
| title =
| format =
| work =
| pages =
| publisher =
| language =
| accessdate =
| curly =
}}

{{cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= | date= |url= |title= |format= |work= |pages= |publisher= | language= |accessdate= |curly= }}

Required parameters

  • url: URL of online item.
  • title: Title of online item.
  • accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked.

Optional parameters

  • author: Author
    • last works with first to produce last, first
    • authorlink works either with author or with last & first to link to the appropriate article
    • coauthors: allows additional authors
  • date: Full date of publication, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked.
    • OR: year: Year of publication, and month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Must not be wikilinked.
  • format: Format, i.e. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
  • work: If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
  • publisher: Publisher, if any.
  • pages: Pages, if any, especially if pdf format
  • language: language of publication
  • curly: uses Unicode curly quotes instead of straight quotes if non-blank


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