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[edit] Citing a book

{{cite book}}

{{cite book
 | last = 
 | first = 
 | authorlink = 
 | coauthors = 
 | editor = 
 | others = 
 | title = '''REQUIRED'''
 | origdate = 
 | origyear = 
 | origmonth = 
 | url = 
 | format = 
 | accessdate = 
 | accessyear = 
 | accessmonth = 
 | edition = 
 | date = 
 | year = 
 | month = 
 | publisher = 
 | location = 
 | language = 
 | id = 
 | pages = 
 | chapter = 
 | chapterurl = 
 | quote =
}}

{{cite book
 | last = 
 | first = 
 | authorlink = 
 | coauthors = 
 | year = 
 | title = '''REQUIRED'''
 | publisher = 
 | location = 
 | id = 
}}

[edit] Citing a journal

{{cite journal}}

{{cite journal
 | first = 
 | last = 
 | authorlink = 
 | coauthors = 
 | year = 
 | month = 
 | date =
 | title = '''REQUIRED'''
 | quotes =
 | journal = 
 | volume = 
 | issue = 
 | pages = 
 | doi =
 | id = 
 | url = 
 | format =
 | accessdate =
 }}

{{cite journal
 | author = 
 | year = 
 | month = 
 | title = '''REQUIRED'''
 | journal = 
 | volume = 
 | issue = 
 | pages = 
 | id = 
 | url = 
 }}

[edit] Citing a news article

{{cite news}}

{{cite news 
 | first = 
 | last = 
 | authorlink =
 | author = 
 | coauthors =
 | title = 
 | url = 
 | format = 
 | work = 
 | publisher = 
 | pages = 
 | page = 
 | date = 
 | accessdate = 
 | language = 
 | quote = 
}}
* '''accessdate''': Date when item was accessed. Use [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format. Do not wikilink the date.

= Citing the web =

'''{{tl|cite web}}'''

<pre>{{cite web
| url = 
| title = 
| accessdate =   | accessmonthday =  | accessyear = 
| author =       | last =  | first = 
| authorlink = 
| coauthors = 
| date =         | year =  | month = 
| work =         | publisher = 
| pages =  | format =  | language =  | quote = 
| archiveurl =  | archivedate = 
}}

This template is specifically for web sites which are not news sources. See also citation templates for more on templates for citing open-source web content in Wikipedia articles. Here are some convenient examples.

Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page (with current date)

{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2008-06-14 |format= |work= }}

Using author (with current date)

{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2008-06-14 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using last, first (with current date)

{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2008-06-14 |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}