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

Usage

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

{{cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= | date= |url= |title= |format= |work= |pages= |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
  • date: Full date of publication, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. 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


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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