Template:Cite web/doc

This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is specifically for web sites which are not news sources. This template replaces deprecated template:web reference. It provides lower case parameters only.

A general discussion of the use of templates for adding citation of open-source web content to Wikipedia articles is available at citation templates.

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Usage

Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page (with current date)

{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2024-10-06 |format= |work= }}

Using last, first (with current date)

{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2024-10-06 |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using author (with current date)

{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2024-10-06 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using non-linked retrieved date, last, first

{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using non-linked retrieved date, author

{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

All parameters, horizontal format (delete the ones you don't need)

{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth = |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

All parameters, vertical format

{{Cite web
| url = 
| title = 
| accessdate = 
| accessdaymonth = 
| accessmonthday = 
| accessyear = 
| author = 
| last = 
| first = 
| authorlink = 
| coauthors = 
| date = 
| year = 
| month = 
| format = 
| work = 
| publisher = 
| pages = 
| language = 
| archiveurl = 
| archivedate = 
| quote = 
}}

Required parameters

• url: URL of online item.
• title: Title of online item.

For producing a wikilinked date of retrieval:

• accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = 2024-10-06". Must not be wikilinked

For producing a non-wikilinked date of retrieval:

• accessmonthday and accessyear: Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = May 10", and year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005". Produces: Retrieved on May 10, 2006.
• accessdaymonth and accessyear: Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = 10 May", and year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005". Produces: Retrieved on 10 May 2006.

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 wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
  • coauthors: allows additional authors
• date: Full date of publication, preferably in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. May 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, e.g. 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: pp. 5–7: first page and optional last page. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not the total number of pages in the book. This is especially useful for PDF format, where the page can be linked to with the #page=number anchor tagged on the end of the URL:

  pages = [http://www.example.org/file.pdf#page=123 p. 123]

• language: language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
• archiveurl: URL of the archive location of the item (requires archivedate)
• archivedate: Date when the item was archived (requires archiveurl), in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked; it will be linked automatically.
• quote: Relevant quote from online item.

Examples

Some standard use cases

• {{Cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

• {{Cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

• {{Cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My Favorite Things Part II". Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

• {{Cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → Doe, John. "My Favorite Things Part II". Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

• {{Cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → "My Favorite Things Part II". Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

• {{Cite web | url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/ | title=Digest of Rules | publisher= National Football League | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → "Digest of Rules". National Football League. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

Non-linking date of retrieval (using accessmonthday and accessyear)

• {{Cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessmonthday=July 6 | accessyear=2005 }}
  → "My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

Using format

• {{Cite web | title=List of psychotropic substances under international control | publisher = International Narcotics Control Board | url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → "List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). International Narcotics Control Board. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

language

• {{Cite web | author=Joliet, François | title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 | language=French }}
  → Joliet, François (2005-04-30). "Honnit soit qui mal y pense". (French) Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

coauthors

• {{Cite web | first=John | last=Doe | coauthors=Peter Smith, Jim Smythe | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16 }}
  → Doe, John; Peter Smith, Jim Smythe (2005-04-30). "My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on May 16, 2006.

No author

• {{Cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16 }}
  → "My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing (2005-04-30). Retrieved on May 16, 2006.

No author, no publisher

• {{Cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → "My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things (2005-04-30). Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

• {{Cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → "My Favorite Things Part II" (2005-04-30). Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

• {{Cite web | title=List of psychotropic substances under international control | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate=2005-07-06 | language=Greek }}
  → "List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF) (2005-04-30). (Greek) Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

Using archiveurl and archivedate to refer to items that went away but are available from an archive site

• {{Cite web | title=List of psychotropic substances under international control | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate=2005-07-06 | archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf | archivedate=2005-09-11 }}
  → "List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF) (2005-04-30). Archived from the original on September 11, 2005. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

• {{Cite web |url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm |title=Interview with Maggie Downs |date=2006-03-31 |publisher=The Desert Sun |archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm |archivedate=2006-04-26 }}
  → "Interview with Maggie Downs". The Desert Sun (2006-03-31). Archived from the original on April 26, 2006.

Using quote

• {{Cite web | title = My Favorite Things Part II | work = Encyclopedia of Things | url = http://www.example.org/ | accessdate = 2005-07-06 | quote = Lorem ipsum dolor. }}
  → "My Favorite Things Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved on July 6, 2005. Quote: “Lorem ipsum dolor.”

No parameters (error)

• {{Cite web}}
  → Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified.

This template is for referencing articles to other websites.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
URL	url	Website URL	URL	required
Title	title	Article Title	String	required
Archive URL	archiveurl	no description	URL	optional
Archive Date	archivedate	no description	Date	optional
Author Name	author	This parameter is used to place the username of people who write articles in social networks, blogs or forums.	String	suggested
Last Name	last	no description	String	optional
Author Link	authorlink	no description	String	suggested
First Name	first	no description	String	suggested
Co-Authors	coauthors	no description	String	optional
Date	date	Use Year/Month/Day format Example 2014-12-24	Date	suggested
Year	year	no description	String	optional
Month	month	no description	String	optional
Editor	editor	no description	String	optional
Format	format	no description	String	optional
Work	work	no description	String	optional
Pages	pages	no description	Number	optional
Publisher	publisher	no description	String	optional
Translation	translation	Translation of the original title of the article from the non-English website Example Translation of the article title of non-English website	String	suggested
Website Name	website	Website Name	String	required
Language	language	Language of the referenced article or post Example in Spanish	String	suggested
Archive Year	archiveyear	no description	String	optional
Access Date	accessdate	Date when this website was referenced Example Date when this website was referenced	Unknown	suggested
Access Year	accessyear	no description	String	optional
Access Month Day	accessmonthday	no description	String	optional
accessdaymonth	accessdaymonth	no description	Unknown	optional
Quote	quote	Specific quotation for long texts Example Specific quotation for long texts	Unknown	optional