Template:Cite web/doc
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This template is used to cite sources in Wikiquote. It is specifically for web sites which are not news sources. This template replaces deprecated w:template:web reference. It provides lower case parameters only.
Usage
- Vertical format
{{cite web | url = | title = | archiveurl = | archivedate = }}
- Horizontal format
{{cite web |url= |title= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}
Required parameters
- url: URL of online item.
- title: Title of online item.
Optional parameters
- 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.
See also
- w:Wikipedia:Cite sources: Style guide
- w:Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles/Generic citations: Related templates
- w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikicite
- Template:Cite news
- Template:Cite book
Examples
- Some standard use cases
- {{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| url=http://www.example.com/
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II
- {{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| url=http://www.example.com/
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II
- {{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| url=http://www.example.com/
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II
- {{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| url=http://www.example.com/
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II
- {{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| url=http://www.example.com/
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II
- {{cite web
| url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/
| title=Digest of Rules
}}
→ Digest of Rules
- No parameters
- {{cite web}}
→ Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified
- accessdate in ISO YYYY-MM-DD format
- {{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| url=http://www.example.com/
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things
- {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II (2005-04-30)
- {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=[[2005-04-30]] | url=http://www.example.com/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 | language=English
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II (in English) (2005-04-30)
- {{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=English
}}
→ List of psychotropic substances under international control (in English) (PDF) (2005-04-30)
- 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
| language=English
| 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 (in English) (PDF) (2005-04-30)
-
{{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)