Template:Cite news/doc
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This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is specifically for news sources.
Usage
- Common form for online news articles (English, HTML format, with today as access date)
{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title= |url= |work= |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2006-12-17 }}
- All parameters
{{cite news | first = | last = | authorlink = | author = | coauthors = | title = | url = | format = | work = | publisher = | pages = | page = | date = | accessdate = | language = | quote = }}
{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title= |url= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |page= |date= |accessdate= |language= |quote= }}
- title is required, rest is optional. Note that title must be on one line in order for the hyperlink to display properly.
- 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
- last works with first to produce
- url: Link to the news item if available online
- format: Format, i.e. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default).
- Specify as 'fee required' if free access no longer available.
- Specify as 'Reprint' if a full original version but not hosted by the original publisher.
- format: Format, i.e. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default).
- work: If this item is part of a larger work (such as a newspaper), name of that work.
- publisher: Publisher, if any.
- date: date of publication. ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format recommended. If the whole date is known it should be wikilinked to enable date user preferences.
- pages overrides page
- accessdate: Date when item was accessed. Use ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format. Do not wikilink the date.
- language: the language in which the source is written.
- quote: Relevant quote.
Examples
- {{cite news | first=John | last=Doe | title=News | url=http://www.url.com/ | work=Encyclopedia of Things | publisher=News co. | pages= 37–39 | date=[[2005-11-21]] | accessdate=2005-12-11}}
- {{cite news | author=Staff writer | title=News | url=http://www.url.com/News.pdf | format=PDF | publisher=News co. | pages= 37–39 | date=[[2005-11-21]] | accessdate=2005-12-11}}
- {{cite news | first=John | last=Doe | authorlink=John Doe | title=News | url=http://www.url.com/background | format=Reprint | publisher=News co. | date=[[2005-11-21]] | accessdate=2005-12-11}}
- {{cite news | title=News | url=http://www.url.com/Archive/News | format=Fee required | publisher=News co. | date=[[2005-11-21]] | accessdate=2005-12-11}}
- {{cite news | first=John | last=Doe | title=FooBar | page=1}}
→ Doe, John. "FooBar", p. 1.
- {{cite news | title=FooBar | page=1 }}
→ "FooBar", p. 1.
See also
- Wikipedia:Cite sources: Style guide
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles/Generic citations: Related templates
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikicite
- Template:Cite web
- Template:Cite book