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sources in Wikipedia articles. {{Cite news}} can also be used when citing a news source; for general information about citations in Wikipedia articles, see

Common forms with authors in any format

Citations within a page should use consistent formats. However, there is no consensus about which format is best. The following examples are for citations where one or more authors are listed in a single|author=authorsparameter, using any format. Also shown below are three separate date formats that are commonly used in Wikipedia:

Day Month Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=8 Mædmonað 2024}}

Month Day, Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=Mædmonað 8, 2024}}

YYYY-MM-DD

{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2024-07-08}}

Common forms with last1, first1; last2, first2

The examples below will suffice for up to two authors each with first and last names; for more, just create more parameters in a similar style:

Day Month Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=8 Mædmonað 2024}}

Month Day, Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=Mædmonað 8, 2024}}

YYYY-MM-DD

{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2024-07-08<now>}}</

All parameters, horizontal lay{{cite web |url= |title= |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |month= |year= |work= |publisher= |location= |page= |pages= |at= |language= |trans_title= |format= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |quote= |ref= |separator= |postscript= }}

All parameters, vertical layout

{{cite web
| url =
| title =
| first =
| last =
| author =
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| date =
| month =
| year =
| work =
| publisher =
| location =
| page =
| pages =
| at citation itself, hyperlinked to the URL.

Optional parameters
* author parameters
**author
**lastworks withfirstto producelast, first
**authorlinkworks either withauthoror withlast&firstto link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
**last1,first1,...,last9,first9and optionallyauthorlink1,...,authorlink9for specifying more authors (note:last1,first1andauthorlink1are synonyms forlast,firstandauthorlink,so useeitherlast1orlast,not both)
**coauthors:alternate way of specifying additional authors
* a date parameter
**eitherdate:Full date of publication. Should not be wikilinked.
**oryear:Year of publication, andmonth:Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, usedateinstead. Should not be wikilinked.
*format:Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
*work:If this item is part of a larger "work", such as a book, periodical or website, write the name of that work. Do not italicize; the software will do so automatically.
*publisher:Publisher, if any—for example if the website is hosted by a government service, educational institution, or company. (Thepublisheris not usually the name of the website, that is usually thework).
**location:Geographical place of publication.
* a page parameter
**eitherpage:Page number if a multi-page web article and referencing a single page. "page=5" producesp. 5.
**orpages:Page numbers if a multi-page web article and referencing more than one page. "pages=5–7" producespp. 5–7.This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not a total number of pages.
**orat:When the page prefix is unwanted. "at=Table 5" producesTable 5.
*language:language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
**trans_title:A translated title of the article, in case the original title is in a foreign language. Would normally be used in conjunction with the 'language' parameter.
*doi:Adigital object identifierfor the document, such as10.1038/news070508-7
**Doilabel:If the doi contains some characters that must beescaped,use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See {{doi}}: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
* archive parameters(if used, must be used both of them together)
**archiveurl:The URL of anarchivedcopy of the page, if (or in case) the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services likeWebCiteandArchive.org.
**archivedate:Date when the item was archived. Should not be wikilinked.
*accessdate:Full date when item was accessed. Should not be wikilinked. This should be given if the publication date is unknown; seeCitation styles.
*quote:Relevant quote from online item.
*ref:ID for anchor. By default, no anchor is generated. The ordinary nonempty value|ref=IDgenerates an anchor with the givenID;such a linkable reference can be made the target ofwikilinks to full references,especially useful in short citations likeshortened notesandparenthetical referencing.The special value|ref=harvgenerates an anchor suitable for the {{harv}} template; seeanchors for Harvard referencing templates.
*separator/postscript:The punctuation to use between fields / at the end of the citation

Duplicate periods
By default, {{cite web}} separates some fields with periods, so don't encode those fields ending with a period or a duplicate period will be added. Example: "publisher=Camelot, Inc" will correctly show asCamelot, Inc.but "publisher=Camelot, Inc." will incorrectly show asCamelot, Inc..

Examples
;Some standard use cases
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→Doe, John (30 April 2005).My Favorite Things, Part II.Encyclopedia of Things.Open Publishing. Begieten on6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of things
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→Doe, John (30 April 2005).My Favorite Things, Part II.Encyclopedia of Things.Begieten on6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→Doe, John (30 April 2005).My Favorite Things, Part II.Begieten on6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
||url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
author=Doe, John
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→Doe, John.My Favorite Things, Part II.Begieten on6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→My Favorite Things, Part II.Begieten on6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/digestofrules
|title=Digest of Rules
|publisher=National Football League
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→Digest of Rules.National Football League. Begieten on6 July 2005.

;Using format
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|publisher=International Narcotics Control Board
|format=PDF
|accessdate=July 6, 2005
}}
→List of psychotropic substances under international control(PDF). International Narcotics Control Board. Begieten onJuly 6, 2005.

;Foreign language and translated title
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Honni soit qui mal y pense
|author=Joliet, François
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005
|language=French
|trans_title=Shame on those who think evil
}}
→Joliet, François (30 April 2005).Honni soit qui mal y pense(French).Begieten on6 July 2005.

;coauthors
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Our Favorite Things
|first=John
|last=Doe
|coauthors=Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=16 May 2006
}}
→Doe, John; Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim (30 April 2005).Our Favorite Things.Encyclopedia of Things.Open Publishing. Begieten on16 May 2006.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Our Favorite Things
|first=John
|last=Doe
|coauthors=Peter Smith; Jim Smythe
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=16 May 2006
}}
→Doe, John; Peter Smith; Jim Smythe (30 April 2005).Our Favorite Things.Encyclopedia of Things.Open Publishing. Begieten on16 May 2006.

;No author
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=16 May 2006
}}
→Index of Sharp Things.Encyclopedia of Things.Open Publishing (30 April 2005). Begieten on16 May 2006.

;No author, no publisher
This abbreviated format should only be used when the editor cannot determine the publisher and author.
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→Index of Sharp Things.Encyclopedia of Things(30 April 2005). Begieten on6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005}}
→Index of Sharp Things(30 April 2005). Begieten on6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|date=30 April 2005
|format=PDF
|accessdate=July 6, 2005
|language=Greek
}}
→List of psychotropic substances under international control(Greek)(PDF) (30 April 2005). Begieten onJuly 6, 2005.

;Using "archiveurl" and "archivedate" for webpages that have been archived
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|date=30 April 2005
|format=PDF
|accessdate=July 6, 2005
|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) (30 April 2005). Writen framthe originalon2005-09-11.Begieten onJuly 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). Writen framthe originalon2006-04-26.

;Using "quote"
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html
|title=Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea
|work=WebExhibits
|date=2008
|accessdate=2009-09-27
|quote=... Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins ...'
}}
→Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea.WebExhibits(2008). Begieten on2009-09-27.“... Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins...'”

See also
*Citation bot
*Citation templates
*Citing sources
*Citing sources/example style
*Digital Object Identifier
*Template:Cite book
*Template:Cite journal
*Template:Cite news
*Zotero