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Revision as of 18:14, 26 August 2006

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

Parameters are as follows:

  • title, the title of the post (required)
  • author of the post
  • date the post was made
  • numeric id of the post
  • newsgroup the post was made on
  • url on Google Groups
    • accessdate for the above URL


Usage summary

{{cite newsgroup 
  | title = 
  | author = 
  | date = 
  | newsgroup = 
  | id = 
  | url = 
  | accessdate =  
}}

Note

Comment Please do not apply this template to use a newsgroup post to verify content.

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"Posts to bulletin boards and Usenet, or messages left on blogs, are never acceptable as primary or secondary sources.
This is because we have no way of knowing who has written or posted them."

Accordingly, this template should never be included in the "References" section of an article.

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