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This template is a simpler replacement for Template:Press release reference. It provides lower case parameters only.

[edit] Purpose (migration from Template:Press release reference)

press release reference    cite press release
-----------------------    ------------------
Organisation            →  publisher
Date                    →  date
URL                     →  url
Title                   →  title (required)
                        →  accessdate

[edit] Usage

{{cite press release
  |publisher=
  |date=
  |url=
  |format=
  |title=
  |accessdate=
 }}

• title is required, the rest are optional
• publisher: Issuer of press release
• date: Date the press release was released on
• url: Link to the press release if available online
  • format: Format, i.e. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default).
• accessdate: Date when item was accessed. Use ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format.

[edit] Examples

{{cite press release
  |publisher=John Doe's Company
  |date=January 1, 1970
  |url=http://www.url.com
  |title=John Doe's Press Release
  |accessdate=1970-01-01
 }}

{{cite press release
  |publisher=John Doe's Company
  |date=January 1, 1970
  |url=http://www.url.com/example.pdf
  |format=PDF
  |title=John Doe's Press Release
 }}

{{cite press release
  |date=January 1, 1970
  |title=John Doe's Press Release
 }}

[edit] Template:Press release reference migration

{{Press release reference
 |Organization=John Doe's Company
 |Date=January 1, 1970
 |URL=http://www.url.com
 |Title=John Doe's Press Release
}}

{{cite press release
 |publisher=John Doe's Company
 |date=January 1, 1970
 |url=http://www.url.com
 |title=John Doe's Press Release
 |accessdate=1970-01-01
}}

More examples may be found on the Migration test subpage.

[edit] Migration status

Migration using AutoWikiBrowser and migrate to cite press release completed (at 22:47, 20 April 2006 (UTC)).

Deprecation tags have been added to Template:Press release reference. 22:47, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

With other citation templates, a URL link is generally presumed to be to an html web page, but to warn the user if another format is used (e.g. PDF, Microsoft Word .doc format etc) an optional parameter of format is provided (see Template:cite journal as an example) - anyone object to allowing this additional template markup here ? David Ruben ^Talk 11:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

sure, I could have sworn it was there already... Circeus 15:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

OK so done - let me know if my coding skills have gone awry and fails to work as it should David Ruben ^Talk 16:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Language

Can someone add language option to this template? —Jared Hunt October 6, 2006, 11:56 (UTC)

I second this request. I'd do it if I understood templates. — coelacan talk — 20:45, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

I figured it out. Done now. — coelacan talk — 21:59, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Usage for company letters to selected members of the public

Sometimes companies send letters to customers or to members of a community affected by a company action. Such letters often do not appear on-line in their original form. Would this template be suitable for referrring to such original sources? User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 21:20, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quote

This needs the "quote" field as well. — coelacan talk — 20:45, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

I figured it out. Done now. — coelacan talk — 21:59, 4 December 2006 (UTC)