This Citation Style 1 template is used to create citations for web sources that are not characterized by another CS1 template. Do not use this template in the "External links" section of articles.
Usage
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For references with author credit
Before 2014, editors had to decide whether to use {{cite web}} or {{cite news}} based on their features. In 2014, most of the differences between the two templates were eliminated.
As of 29 July 2016, {{cite web}} and {{cite news}} have the following differences:
{{cite news}} can be used for offline (paper) sources whereas {{cite web}} generates a missing URL error when no URL is provided
When this template detects a link whose URL includes an extension of ".pdf" or ".PDF", typical of PDF files, it automatically displays a PDF icon after the link (regardless of whether the link goes to a PDF file or to an HTML landing page, typical of paysites). It also internally acts as if |format=PDF had been specified, which displays " (PDF)" after the icon. (In this case, an explicit |format=PDF parameter would be redundant, so it is not recommended to add it. Users may remove it. Citation bot, when invoked, will remove it. (ref))
If the link is to a PDF file that is not automatically recognizable by its extension, this template does not display the PDF icon. You may add the parameter |format=PDF, which displays " (PDF)" after the link.
For links to files in other formats, no icon is displayed. For example, for an .odt file, you may add the parameter |format=ODT, which displays " (ODT)" after the link.
Nested parameters rely on their parent parameters:
parent
OR: parent2—may be used instead of parent
child—may be used with parent (and is ignored if parent is not used)
OR: child2—may be used instead of child (and is ignored if parent2 is not used)
Where aliases are listed, only one of the parameters may be defined; if multiple aliased parameters are defined, then only one will show.
By default, sets of fields are terminated with a period (.). This can be an issue when the last field uses an abbreviation or initial that ends with a period, as then two periods will display (..). The only solution is to not include the last period in the value for the set of fields.
COinS
This template embeds COinS metadata in the HTML output, allowing reference management software to retrieve bibliographic metadata. See: Wikipedia:COinS. As a general rule, only one data item per parameter. Do not include explanatory or alternate text:
Use of templates within the citation template, is generally discouraged as many of these templates will add a lot of extraneous HTML or CSS that will be rendered in the metadata.
any of the identifiers (|isbn=, |issn=, |doi=, |pmc=, etc)
What's new
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Description
Authors
last: Surname of a single author. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead. For corporate authors or authors for whom only one name is listed by the source, use last or one of its aliases (e.g. |author=Bono). Aliases: surname, author, last1, surname1, author1.
author: this parameter is used to hold the complete name of a single author (first and last) or to hold the name of a corporate author. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one author. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead.
first: Given or first names of author; for example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Firstname M., Sr. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead. Aliases: given, first1, given1. Requires last; first name will not display if last is empty.
OR: for multiple authors, use last1, first1 through lastn, firstn, where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of authors (each firstn requires a corresponding lastn, but not the other way around). ទំព័រគំរូ:Crossref Aliases: surname1, given1 through surnamen, givenn, or author1 through authorn. For an individual author plus an institutional author, you can use |first1=...|last1=...|author2=....
author-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author—not the author's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: author-link1, author1-link, authorlink.
OR: for multiple authors, use author-link1 through author-linkn. Aliases: author1-link through authorn-link.
name-list-style: accepts a limited list of keywords as value; when set to amp, ampersand, or &, inserts an ampersand between the last two names in a name list; when set to and, inserts the conjunction 'and' between the last two names of a name list; when set to vancdisplays name lists in Vancouver style when the lists use the last/first forms of name parameters.
vauthors: comma-separated list of author names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses. End with etal if appropriate:
|vauthors=Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corp.)), etal
author-link and author-mask may be used for the individual names in |vauthors= as described above
authors: Free-form list of author names; use of this parameter is discouraged because it does not contribute to a citation's metadata; not an alias of last.
translator-last: Surname of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator-surname, translator1, translator1-last, translator-last1.
translator-first: Given or first names of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator-given, translator1-first, translator-first1.
OR: for multiple translators, use translator-last1, translator-first1 through translator-lastn, translator-firstn, where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of translators (each translator-firstn requires a corresponding translator-lastn, but not the other way around). Aliases: translator1-last, translator1-first through translatorn-last, translatorn-first, or translator1 through translatorn.
translator-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: translator-link1, translator1-link.
OR: for multiple translators, use translator-link1 through translator-linkn. Aliases: translator1-link through translatorn-link.
collaboration: Name of a group of authors or collaborators; requires author, last, or vauthors listing one or more primary authors; follows author name-list; appends "et al." to author name-list.
others: To record other contributors to the work, including illustrators. For the parameter value, write Illustrated by John Smith.
Note: When using shortened footnotes or ទំព័រគំរូ:Paren styles with templates, do not use multiple names in one field, or else the anchor will not match the inline link.
title: Title of source page on website. Displays in quotes. If script-title is defined, use title to hold a Romanization (if available) of the title in script-title.
script-title: Original title for languages that do not use a Latin-based script (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, etc); follows Romanization defined in title (if present). Must be prefixed with one of the supported language codes to help browsers properly display the script:
trans-title: English translation of the title if the source cited is in a foreign language. Displays in square brackets after title; trans-title is included in the link. Use of the language parameter is recommended.
Titles containing certain characters will display and link incorrectly unless those characters are encoded.
This parameter is required and will generate an error if not defined. On errors, main, help and template pages are placed into Category:Articles with incorrect citation syntax. Set |template doc demo=true to disable categorization; mainly used for documentation where the error is demonstrated.
website: Title of website; may be wikilinked. Displays in italics. Aliases: work
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language: The language the source is written in, if not English. Displays in parentheses with "in" before the language name. Use the full language name; do not use icons or templates.
Date
date: Date of referenced source. Can be full date (day, month, and year) or partial date (month and year, season and year, or year). Use same format as other publication dates in the citations.[date ១] Required when year is used to disambiguate {{sfn}} links to multiple-work citations by the same author in the same year.[more] Do not wikilink. Displays after the authors and is enclosed in parentheses. If there is no author, then displays after the publisher. ទំព័រគំរូ:Crossref
For approximate year, precede with "c. ", like this: |date=c. 1900.
For no date, or "undated", use |date=n.d.
Automatic date formatting: Citation Style 1 and 2 templates, including this template, automatically render dates in all date parameters (such as |date=, |publication-date=, |access-date=, |archive-date=, etc.) except for |orig-date= in the style specified by the article's {{use dmy dates}} or {{use mdy dates}} template. See those templates' documentation for details.
year: Year of source being referenced. The usage of this parameter is discouraged; use the more flexible |date= parameter instead unless both of the following conditions are met:
orig-date: Original publication date or year; displays in square brackets after the date (or year). For clarity, please supply specifics. For example: |orig-date=First published 1859 or |orig-date=Composed 1904. As |orig-date= does not support automatic date formatting, use the same date format as defined by |df= (or, if it exists in the article, by |cs1-dates= of a {{use dmy dates}} or {{use mdy dates}} template), or as used in the |date= parameter. Alias: orig-year
df: date format; sets rendered dates to the specified format; does not support date ranges or seasonal dates; overrides the automatic date formatting described above. Accepts one value which may be one of these:
dmy – set publication dates to day month year format; access- and archive-dates are not modified;
mdy – as above for month day, year format
ymd – as above for year initial numeric format YYYY-MM-DD
dmy-all – set publication, access-, and archive-dates to day month year format;
mdy-all – as above for month day, year format
ymd-all – as above for year initial numeric format YYYY-MM-DD
↑Publication dates in references within an article should all have the same format. This may be a different format from that used for archive and access dates. ទំព័រគំរូ:Crossref
Website
work (required by {{cite journal}} and {{cite magazine}}): Name of the work containing the source; may be wikilinked if relevant. Displays in italics. If the name of the periodical changed over time use the name at the time of the source's publication. If script-work is defined, use work to hold a Romanization (if available) of the title in script-work. Aliases: journal, newspaper, magazine, periodical, website. Use Latin script. For languages written in non-Latin based scripts (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Indic, Japanese, Korean, etc.) use a standard Romanization in this field.
script-work: Work title in its original, non-Latin script; not italicized, follows italicized Romanization defined in work (if present). Must be prefixed with one of the supported language codes to help browsers properly display the script. Leave empty for Latin-based scripts (Czech, French, Turkish, Vietnamese, etc.). Aliases: script-journal, script-newspaper, script-magazine, script-periodical, script-website.
trans-work: English translation of the work title if the source cited is in a foreign language. Displays in square brackets after work or script-work. Aliases: trans-journal, trans-newspaper, trans-magazine, trans-periodical, trans-website.
When set, work changes the formatting of other parameters in the same citation:
title is not italicized and is enclosed in quotes.
chapter does not display (and will produce an error message).
Publisher
publisher: Name of publisher; may be wikilinked if relevant. The publisher is the company that publishes the work being cited. Do not use the publisher parameter for the name of a work (e.g., a book, encyclopedia, newspaper, magazine, journal, website). Not normally used for periodicals. Corporate designations such as "Ltd", "Inc" or "GmbH" are not usually included. Omit where the publisher's name is substantially the same as the name of the work (for example, The New York Times Co. publishes The New York Times newspaper, so there is no reason to name the publisher). Displays after title.
place: Geographical place of publication; generally not wikilinked; omit when the name of the work includes the location; examples: The Boston Globe, The Times of India. Displays after the title; if work is defined, then location is enclosed in parentheses. Alias: location
publication-place: If any one of publication-place, place or location are defined, then the location shows after the title; if publication-place and place or location are defined, then place or location are shown before the title prefixed with "written at" and publication-place is shown after the title.
publication-date: Date of publication when different from the date the work was written. Displays only if year or date are defined and only if different, else publication-date is used and displayed as date. Use the same format as other dates in the article; do not wikilink. Follows publisher; if work is not defined, then publication-date is preceded by "published" and enclosed in parenthesis.
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Series
series or version: When the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal where the issue numbering has restarted.
In-source locations
page: The number of a single page in the source that supports the content. Use either |page= or |pages=, but not both. Displays preceded by p. unless |nopp=y.
OR: pages: A range of pages in the source that supports the content. Use either |page= or |pages=, but not both. Separate using an en dash (–); separate non-sequential pages with a comma (,); do not use to indicate the total number of pages in the source. Displays preceded by pp. unless |nopp=y.
nopp: Set to y to suppress the p. or pp. notations where this is inappropriate; for example, where |page=Front cover.
OR: at: For sources where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient. Overridden by |page= or |pages=. Use only one of |page=, |pages=, or |at=.
url: URL of an online location where the text of the publication can be found. Cannot be used if title is wikilinked. If applicable, the link may point to the specific page(s) referenced. Do not link to any commercial booksellers, such as Amazon.com. See: WP:PAGELINKS.
accessdate: Full date when original URL was accessed; use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations.[១] Do not wikilink. Not required for web pages or linked documents that do not change; mainly for use of web pages that change frequently or have no publication date. Can be hidden or styled by registered editors.
archivedate: Date when the original URL was archived; preceded by default text "archived from the original on". Use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations.[១] Do not wikilink.
deadurl: When the URL is still live, but preemptively archived, then set |deadurl=no. This changes the display order with the title retaining the original link and the archive linked at the end.
template doc demo: The archive parameters will be error checked to ensure that all the required parameters are included, or else {{citation error}} is invoked. With errors, main, help and template pages are placed into Category:Articles with incorrect citation syntax. Set |template doc demo=true to disable categorization; mainly used for documentation where the error is demonstrated.
format: Format of the work referred to by url; for example: PDF, DOC, or XLS; displayed in parentheses after title. HTML is implied and should not be specified. Does not change the external link icon. Note: External link icons do not include alt text; thus, they do not add format information for the visually impaired.
↑ ១,០១,១Accessdate and archivedate in references should all have the same format – either the format used for publication dates, or YYYY-MM-DD. See: .
Anchor
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Identifiers
id: A unique identifier, used where none of the specialized identifiers are applicable; wikilink or use a template as applicable.
These identifiers create links and are designed to accept a single value. Using multiple values or other text will break the link and/or invalidate the identifier.
asin-tld: ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US; valid values: ca, cn, co.jp, co.uk, de, es, fr, it
bibcode: Bibcode; used by a number of astronomical data systems; for example: 1974AJ.....79..819H
doi: Digital object identifier; for example: 10.1038/news070508-7. It is checked to ensure it begins with (10.).
doi_brokendate: Date the DOI is broken; use the same format as other dates in the article.
isbn: International Standard Book Number; for example: 978-0-8126-9593-9. (See: Wikipedia:ISBN and ISBN). Dashes in the ISBN are optional, but preferred. Use the 13-digit ISBN wherever possible; this can normally be found beneath the barcode as a number beginning with 978 or 979 (barcodes beginning with any other numbers are not ISBNs). For sources with the older 9 digit SBN system, prefix the number with a zero; thus, SBN 902888-45-5 should be entered as |isbn=0-902888-45-5. It is checked for length, invalid characters and the proper check digit.
quote: Relevant text quoted from the source. Displays enclosed in quotes. When supplied, the citation terminator (a period by default) is suppressed, so the quote must include terminating punctuation. If script-quote is defined, use quote to hold a Romanization (if available) of the text in script-quote.
script-quote: Original quotation for languages that do not use a Latin-based script (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, etc.); not italicized, follows italicized Romanization defined in quote (if available). Alias: none. Must be prefixed with one of the supported language codes to help browsers properly display the script:
trans-quote: English translation of the quotation if the source quoted is in a foreign language. Displays in square brackets. Alias: none.
quote-page: The number of a single page quoted in |quote=. Use either |quote-page= or |quote-pages=, but not both. Should be a subset of the page(s) specified in |page=, |pages= or |at=. Displays preceded by p. unless |no-pp=yes. If hyphenated, use {{hyphen}} to indicate this is intentional (e.g. |quote-page=3{{hyphen}}12). Alias: none.
OR: quote-pages: A list or range of pages quoted in |quote=. Use either |quote-page= or |quote-pages=, but not both. Should be a subset of the pages specified in |pages= or |at=. Separate using an en dash (–); separate non-sequential pages with a comma (,). Displays preceded by pp. unless |no-pp=yes is defined. Hyphens are automatically converted to en dashes; if hyphens are appropriate because individual page numbers contain hyphens, for example: pp. 3-1–3-15, use double parentheses to tell the template to display the value of |quote-pages= without processing it, and use {{hyphen}} to indicate to editors that a hyphen is really intended: |quote-pages=((3{{hyphen}}1{{ndash}}3{{hyphen}}15)). Alias: none.
Editors
editor-last: surname of editor. Do not wikilink—use editor-link instead. Where the surname is usually written first—as in Chinese—or for corporate authors, simply use editor-last to include the same format as the source. Aliases: editor-last1, editor1-last, editor-surname, editor-surname1, editor1-surname, editor, editor1.
editor: This parameter is used to hold the complete name of a single editor (first and last), or the name of an editorial committee. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one editor.
editor-first: given or first names of editor, including title(s); example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Dr. Firstname M., Sr. Do not wikilink—use editor-link instead. Aliases: editor-first1, editor1-first, editor-given, editor-given1, editor1-given.
OR: for multiple editors, use editor-last1, editor-first1 through editor-lastn, editor-firstn (Aliases: editorn-last, editor-surnamen or editorn-surname; editorn-first, editor-givenn or editorn-given; editorn). For an individual editor plus an institutional editor, you can use |editor-first1=...|editor-last1=...|editor2=....
editor-link: title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor—not the editor's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: editor-link1.
OR: for multiple editors, use editor-link1 through editor-linkn (alias editorn-link).
name-list-style: accepts a limited list of keywords as value; when set to amp, ampersand, or &, inserts an ampersand between the last two names in a name list; when set to and, inserts the conjunction 'and' between the last two names of a name list; when set to vancdisplays name lists in Vancouver style when the lists use the last/first forms of name parameters.
veditors: comma separated list of editor names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional names in doubled parentheses. End with etal if appropriate:
|veditors=Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corp.)), etal
editor-linkn and editor-maskn may be used for the individual names in |veditors=, as described above
Display:
Use display-editors to control the length of the displayed editor name list and to specify when "et al." is included.
If authors: Authors are first, followed by the included work, then "In" and the editors, then the main work.
If no authors: Editors appear before the included work; a single editor is followed by "ed."; multiple editors are followed by "eds."
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TemplateData
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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.
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
Page name
optional
Last name 2
last2author2
The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link2'.
Line
optional
First name 2
first2
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 2
author-link2author2-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author.
Page name
optional
Last name 3
last3author3
The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link3'.
Line
optional
First name 3
first3
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 3
author-link3author3-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.
Page name
optional
Last name 4
last4author4
The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link4'.
Line
optional
First name 4
first4
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 4
author-link4author4-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth author.
Page name
optional
Last name 5
last5author5
The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link5'.
Line
optional
First name 5
first5
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 5
author-link5author5-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth author.
Page name
optional
Last name 6
last6author6
The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link6'.
Line
optional
First name 6
first6
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 6
author-link6author6-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.
Page name
optional
Last name 7
last7author7
The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link7'.
Line
optional
First name 7
first7
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 7
author-link7author7-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.
Page name
optional
Last name 8
last8author8
The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link8'.
Line
optional
First name 8
first8
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 8
author-link8author8-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.
Page name
optional
Last name 9
last9author9
The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link9'. If nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and 'et al.' will show in place of the last author.
Line
optional
First name 9
first9
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Author link 9
author-link9author9-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.
Page name
optional
Authors list
authorspeoplehost
List of authors as a free form list. Use of this parameter is discouraged, "lastn" to "firstn" are preferable. Warning: do not use if last or any of its aliases are used.
String
optional
Author mask
author-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
String
optional
Display authors
display-authors
Number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used. By default, all authors are displayed. Examples: |display-authors=2 will display only the first two authors in a citation followed by et al. |display-authors=etal displays all authors in the list followed by et al.
String
optional
Name list style
name-list-style
Set to 'amp' or 'and' to change the separator between the last two names of the name list to ' & ' or ' and ', respectively. Set to 'vanc' to display name lists in Vancouver style.
Suggested values
ampandvanc
String
optional
Source date
date
Full date when the source was published; if unknown, use access-date instead; do not wikilink
Date
suggested
Year of publication
year
Year of the source being referenced; deprecated in favor of 'date', except for the special case of ISO dates with disambiguating letter
String
optional
Original date
orig-date
Original date of publication; provide specifics
String
optional
Editor last name
editor-lasteditor1-lasteditor
The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors.
Line
optional
Editor first name
editor-firsteditor1-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'
Line
optional
Editor link
editor-linkeditor1-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors
Page name
optional
Editor last name 2
editor2-lasteditor2
The surname of the second editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor2-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 2
editor2-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 2
editor2-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 3
editor3-lasteditor3
The surname of the third editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor3-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 3
editor3-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 3
editor3-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 4
editor4-lasteditor4
The surname of the fourth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor4-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 4
editor4-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 4
editor4-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 5
editor5-lasteditor5
The surname of the fifth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor5-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 5
editor5-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 5
editor5-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 6
editor6-lasteditor6
The surname of the sixth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor6-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 6
editor6-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 6
editor6-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 7
editor7-lasteditor7
The surname of the seventh editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor7-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 7
editor7-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 7
editor7-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 8
editor8-lasteditor8
The surname of the eighth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor8-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 8
editor8-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 8
editor8-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth editor.
Page name
optional
Editor last name 9
editor9-lasteditor9
The surname of the ninth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor9-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 9
editor9-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 9
editor9-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth editor.
Page name
optional
Others
others
Used to record other (non-author) contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'. Only one ''others'' parameter is allowed: e.g., 'Illustrated by Jane Doe; Translated by John Smith'
String
optional
Title
title
The title of the source page on the website; will display with quotation marks added. Usually found at the top of your web browser. Not the name of the website.
String
required
Script title
script-title
For titles in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc). Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon. For Japanese use: |script-title=ja:...
String
optional
Translated title
trans-title
An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended
String
optional
URL
urlURL
The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found. Requires schemes of the type "https://..." or maybe even the protocol relative scheme "//..."
Example
https://www.metacritic.com//...
URL
required
URL access level
url-access
Classification of the access restrictions on the URL ('registration', 'subscription' or 'limited')
Suggested values
registrationsubscriptionlimited
String
optional
URL status
url-status
If set to 'live', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live. Set to "dead" or 'usurped' for broken links. Entering 'unfit' or 'usurped' makes the original link not appear at all.
Suggested values
deadliveusurpedunfit
Default
'dead' if an Archive URL is entered
Example
'dead' or 'live'
String
suggested
Archive URL
archive-urlarchiveurl
The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date'
Auto value
URL
suggested
Archive date
archive-datearchivedate
Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink
Date
suggested
Archive format
archive-format
Format of the archived copy; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML
String
optional
URL access date
access-dateaccessdate
The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink
Date
suggested
Name of the website
websitework
Title (name) of the website (or its short URL if no plain-language title is discernible); may be wikilinked; will display in italics. Having both 'publisher' and 'website' is redundant in many cases.
Example
[[Rotten Tomatoes]]
String
suggested
Series identifier
series
Series identifier when the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal
String
optional
Publisher
publisher
Name of the publisher; may be wikilinked. Having both 'publisher' and 'website' (a.k.a. 'work') is redundant in many cases.
Example
[[CBS Interactive]] (which owns "Metacritic.com")
String
optional
Location of publication
location
Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'
String
optional
Page
page
Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'
String
optional
Pages
pages
Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source); displays after 'pp.'
String
optional
At
at
May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient
String
optional
Language
languagelang
The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name or one of the standard MediaWiki language codes; do not use icons or templates; separate multiple languages with commas (with no 'and' before the last one)
Example
de, fr, es
String
optional
Type
type
Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case
String
optional
Format
format
Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML
String
optional
Place of publication
publication-place
Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'
String
optional
Publication date
publication-date
Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink
Date
optional
Published via
via
Name of the entity hosting the original copy of the work, if different from the publisher. This entity is committed not to alter the work.
