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This template is a simpler replacement for template:web reference. It provides lower case parameters only.

Usage

{{cite web
 | last =
 | first =
 | authorlink =
 | coauthors =
 | year =
 | url =
 | title =
 | format =
 | work =
 | publisher =
 | accessdate =
 | accessyear =
}}

Required parameters

• url: URL of online item.
• title: Title of online item.
• accessdate: Date (Month Day) when item was accessed. Should be ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format.
  • accessyear: Year when item was accessed. (Optional if ISO 8601 date used)

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
• year: Date published.
• 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.

This template employs intricate features of template syntax. You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages. You can conduct experiments, and should test all major changes, in either this template's sandbox, the general template sandbox, or your user space before changing anything here.

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