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Usage

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{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website= |publisher= |accessdate=}}

For references without author credit

{{cite web |url= |title= |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website= |publisher= |accessdate=}}

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{{cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |author= |authorlink= |last2= |first2= |author2= |authorlink2= |date= |year= |editor-last= |editor-first= |editor= |editor-link= |editor1-last= |editor1-first= |editor1-link= |editor2-last= |editor2-first= |editor2-link= |editors= |website= |series= |publisher= |location= |page= |pages= |at= |language= |script-title= |trans-title= |type= |format= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl= |accessdate= |quote= |ref= |separator= |postscript= |subscription= |registration=}}

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{{cite web
| url           =
| title         =
| last1         =
| first1        =
| authorlink1   =
| last2         =
| first2        =
| authorlink2   =
| date          =
| year          =
| editor-last   =
| editor-first  =
| editor        =
| editor-link   =
| editor1-last  =
| editor1-first =
| editor1-link  =
| editor2-last  =
| editor2-first =
| editor2-link  =
| editors       =
| website       =
| series        =
| publisher     =
| location      =
| page          =
| pages         =
| at            =
| language      =
| script-title  =
| trans-title   =
| type          =
| format        =
| arxiv         =
| asin          =
| bibcode       =
| doi           =
| doi-broken-date=
| isbn          =
| issn          =
| jfm           =
| jstor         =
| lccn          =
| mr            =
| oclc          =
| ol            =
| osti          =
| pmc           =
| pmid          =
| rfc           =
| ssrn          =
| zbl           =
| id            =
| archiveurl   =
| archivedate  =
| deadurl       =
| accessdate    =
| quote         =
| ref           =
| separator     =
| postscript    =
| subscription  =
| registration  =
}}

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{{cite web
| url        =
| title      =
| last       =
| first      =
| date       =
| website    =
| publisher  =
| accessdate =
}}

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Examples

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |last=Doe |first=John |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |accessdate=18 March 2024}}
Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My Favorite Things, Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |last=Doe |first=John |date=30 April 2005 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |accessdate=18 March 2024}}
Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My Favorite Things, Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |last=Doe |first=John |date=30 April 2005 |accessdate=18 March 2024}}
Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My Favorite Things, Part II". Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |last=Doe |first=John |accessdate=18 March 2024}}
Doe, John. "My Favorite Things, Part II". Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |accessdate=18 March 2024}}
"My Favorite Things, Part II". Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/digestofrules |title=Digest of Rules |publisher=National Football League |accessdate=18 March 2024}}
"Digest of Rules". National Football League. Retrieved 18 March 2024.

Using format

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pdf/Customs/List_of_Psychotropic_Substances.pdf |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |publisher=International Narcotics Control Board |format=PDF |accessdate=18 March 2024}}
"List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). International Narcotics Control Board. Retrieved 18 March 2024.

Foreign language and translated title

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Honi soit qui mal y pense |last=Joliet |first=François |date=30 April 2005 |accessdate=18 March 2024 |language=French |trans-title=Shame on those who think evil}}
Joliet, François (30 April 2005). "Honi soit qui mal y pense" [Shame on those who think evil] (in French). Retrieved 18 March 2024.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Using authorlink

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |last=Doe |first=John |authorlink=John Doe |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |accessdate=18 March 2024}}
Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My Favorite Things, Part II". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Our Favorite Things |last1=Doe |first1=John |last2=Smith |first2=Peter |last3=Smythe |first3=Jim |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |accessdate=18 March 2024}}
Doe, John; Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim (30 April 2005). "Our Favorite Things". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Index of Sharp Things |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |accessdate=18 March 2024}}
"Index of Sharp Things". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. 30 April 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Index of Sharp Things |date=30 April 2005 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |accessdate=18 March 2024}}
"Index of Sharp Things". Encyclopedia of Things. 30 April 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=Index of Sharp Things |date=30 April 2005 |accessdate=18 March 2024}}
"Index of Sharp Things". 30 April 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  • {{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=18 March 2024 |language=Greek}}
"List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF) (in Greek). 30 April 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2024.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Using "archiveurl" and "archivedate" (and optionally "deadurl") 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=18 March 2024 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050907150136/http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |archivedate=7 September 2005}}
"List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). 30 April 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  • {{cite web |url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm |title=Interview with Maggie Downs |date=31 March 2006 |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=26 April 2006 |deadurl=no}}
"Interview with Maggie Downs". The Desert Sun. 31 March 2006. Archived from the original on 26 April 2006. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  • {{Cite web |url=http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html |title=London, United Kingdom Forecast : Weather Underground (weather and elevation at Heathrow Airport) |publisher=The Weather Underground, Inc. |accessdate=18 March 2024 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5yo0HaAk7 |archivedate=19 May 2011| deadurl=no}}
"London, United Kingdom Forecast : Weather Underground (weather and elevation at Heathrow Airport)". The Weather Underground, Inc. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2024. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Using quote

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html |title=Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea |website=WebExhibits |year=2008 |accessdate=18 March 2024 |quote=...&nbsp;Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins&nbsp;...'}}
"Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea". WebExhibits. 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2024. ... Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins ...'

Parameters

Syntax

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COinS

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Description

Authors

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Date

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Publisher

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Series

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In-source locations

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URL

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Anchor

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Identifiers

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Quote

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Editors

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Laysummary

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TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Cite web

Formats a citation to a website using the provided information such as URL and title. Used only for sources that are not correctly described by the specific citation templates for books, journals, news sources, etc.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
URLurl URL

The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found

Stringrequired
Source titletitle

The title of the source page on the website; will display with quotation marks added

Stringrequired
Source datedate

Full date when the source was published; if unknown, use accessdate instead; do not wikilink

Stringsuggested
URL access dateaccessdate

The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink

Stringsuggested
Website titlewebsite work

Title of the website; may be wikilinked; will display in italics

Stringsuggested
Publisherpublisher

Name of the publisher; may be wikilinked

Stringsuggested
Last namelast last1 author author1 authors

The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Unknownsuggested
First namefirst first1

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Unknownsuggested
Author linkauthorlink authorlink1 author-link author1-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Pageoptional
Last namelast2 author2

The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink2'.

Unknownoptional
First namefirst2

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink.

Unknownoptional
Author linkauthorlink2 author2-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author.

Pageoptional
Othersothers

Used to record other (non-author) contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'

Stringoptional
Month of publicationmonth

Name of the month of publication; do not wikilink; use 'date' instead, if day of month is also known

Stringoptional
Year of publicationyear

Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month and day are also known

Stringoptional
Original yearorigyear

Original year of publication; provide specifics

Stringoptional
Editor last nameeditor-last editor1-last editor editors

The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors.

Unknownoptional
Editor first nameeditor-first editor1-first

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-first'

Unknownoptional
Editor linkeditor-link editor1-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors

Pageoptional
Series identifierseries

Series identifier when the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal

Stringoptional
Location of publicationlocation

Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'

Stringoptional
Place of publicationpublication-place

Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'

Stringoptional
Publication datepublication-date

Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink

Stringoptional
Pagepage

Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'

Stringoptional
Pagespages

Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source; displays after 'pp.'

Stringoptional
No ppnopp

Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')

Stringoptional
Atat

May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient

Stringoptional
Languagelanguage

The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates

Stringoptional
Script titlescript-title

For titles in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, etc). Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon. For Japanese use: |script-title=ja:...

Stringoptional
Translated titletrans-title

An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended

Stringoptional
Typetype

Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case

Stringoptional
Formatformat

Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML

Stringoptional
arXiv identifierarxiv

An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers

Stringoptional
AZINasin

Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters

Stringoptional
AZIN TLDasin-tld

ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US

Stringoptional
Bibcodebibcode

Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters

Stringoptional
DOIdoi

Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'

Stringoptional
DOI broken datedoi-broken-date

The date that the DOI was determined to be broken

Stringoptional
ISBNisbn

International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible

Stringoptional
ISSNissn

International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen

Stringoptional
jfm codejfm

Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code

Stringoptional
JSTORjstor

JSTOR identifier

Stringoptional
LCCNlccn

Library of Congress Control Number

Stringoptional
MRmr

Mathematical Reviews identifier

Stringoptional
OCLCoclc

Online Computer Library Center number

Stringoptional
OLol

Open Library identifier

Stringoptional
OSTIosti

Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier

Stringoptional
PMCpmc

PubMed Center article number

Stringoptional
PMIDpmid

PubMed Unique Identifier

Stringoptional
RFCrfc

Request for Comments number

Stringoptional
SSRNssrn

Social Science Research Network

Stringoptional
Zblzbl

Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier

Stringoptional
idid

A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable

Stringoptional
Archive URLarchiveurl archive-url

The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archivedate'

Stringoptional
Archive datearchivedate archive-date

Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink

Stringoptional
Dead URLdeadurl

If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live

Stringoptional
Quotequote

Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation

Stringoptional
Refref

An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv template

Stringoptional
Separatorseparator

The punctuation used to separate lists of authors, editors, etc.; a space must be encoded as &#32; do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark

Default
.
Stringoptional
Postscriptpostscript

The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined

Default
.
Stringoptional
Lay URLlayurl

URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; alias of 'laysummary'

Stringoptional
Lay sourcelaysource

Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash

Stringoptional
Lay datelaydate

Date of the summary; displays in parentheses

Stringoptional
Author maskauthor-mask

Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead

Stringoptional
Last namelast3 author3

The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'.

Unknownoptional
First namefirst3

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.

Unknownoptional
Author linkauthorlink3 author3-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.

Pageoptional
Last namelast4 author4

The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'.

Unknownoptional
First namefirst4

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink.

Unknownoptional
Author linkauthorlink4 author4-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth author.

Pageoptional
Last namelast5 author5

The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'.

Unknownoptional
First namefirst5

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.

Unknownoptional
Author linkauthorlink5 author5-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.

Pageoptional
Last namelast6 author6

The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'.

Unknownoptional
First namefirst6 author6-link

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.

Unknownoptional
Author linkauthorlink6

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.

Pageoptional
Last namelast7 author7

The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'.

Unknownoptional
First namefirst7

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.

Unknownoptional
Author linkauthorlink7 author7-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.

Pageoptional
Last namelast8 author8

The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'.

Unknownoptional
First namefirst8

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.

Unknownoptional
Author linkauthorlink8 author8-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.

Pageoptional
Last namelast9 author9

The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink9'. If nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and 'et al.' will show in place of the last author.

Unknownoptional
First namefirst9

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.

Unknownoptional
Author linkauthorlink9 author9-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.

Pageoptional
Author name separatorauthor-name-separator

Changes the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space; a space must be encoded as &#32; do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark

Default
,
Stringoptional
Author separatorauthor-separator

Changes the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space; a space must be encoded as &#32; do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark

Default
;
Stringoptional
Display authorsdisplay-authors displayauthors

Number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used; default is to do so after 8 of 9 are listed.

Default
8
Numberoptional
Last author ampersandlastauthoramp

When set to any value, changes the separator between the last two names of the author list to 'space ampersand space'

Stringoptional
Subscription requiredsubscription

When set to yes, displays “(subscription required)” to indicate an online source that requires subscription

Stringoptional
Registration requiredregistration

When set to yes, displays “(registration required)” to indicate an online source that requires registration

Stringoptional
Editionedition

Specify the edition or revision of the source, when applicable. For example: '2nd' or '5.1'. What you supply here is suffixed by ' ed.'

Stringoptional

See also

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