Template:Cite press release

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Usage summary

Horizontal format:

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

Vertical format:

{{cite press release
 | title = 
 | publisher = 
 | date = 
 | format = 
 | language = 
 | url = 
 | accessdate = 
 | quote = 
 }}
  • title is required, the rest are optional
  • publisher: Issuer of press release
  • url: Link to the press release if available online
    • format: Format, i.e. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default).
  • accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate=2008-06-12". Must not be wikilinked
  • date: Full date of publication, preferably in ISO format, for example, "date=2006-02-17". It should be wikilinked if it uses some other format; see MOS:DATE.
  • language: language of press release (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
  • quote: Relevant quote from the press release.