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sources in Wikipedia articles. {{Cite news}} can also be used when citing a news source; for general information about citations in Wikipedia articles, see

Common forms with authors in any format

Citations within a page should use consistent formats. However, there is no consensus about which format is best. The following examples are for citations where one or more authors are listed in a single |author=authors parameter, using any format. Also shown below are three separate date formats that are commonly used in Wikipedia:

Day Month Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=18 Blotmonað 2024}}

Month Day, Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=Blotmonað 18, 2024}}

YYYY-MM-DD

{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2024-11-18}}

Common forms with last1, first1; last2, first2

The examples below will suffice for up to two authors each with first and last names; for more, just create more parameters in a similar style:

Day Month Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=18 Blotmonað 2024}}

Month Day, Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=Blotmonað 18, 2024}}

YYYY-MM-DD

{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2024-11-18<now>}}</

All parameters, horizontal lay{{cite web |url= |title= |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |month= |year= |work= |publisher= |location= |page= |pages= |at= |language= |trans_title= |format= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |quote= |ref= |separator= |postscript= }}

All parameters, vertical layout

{{cite web
| url         =
| title       =
| first       =
| last        =
| author      =
| authorlink  =
| coauthors   =
| date        =
| month       =
| year        =
| work        =
| publisher   =
| location    =
| page        =
| pages       =
| at         citation itself, hyperlinked to the URL.

Optional parameters
* author parameters
** 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.
** last1, first1, ..., last9, first9 and optionally authorlink1, ..., authorlink9 for specifying more authors (note: last1, first1 and authorlink1 are synonyms for last, first and authorlink, so use either last1 or last, not both)
** coauthors: alternate way of specifying additional authors
* a date parameter
** either date: Full date of publication. Should not be wikilinked.
** or year: Year of publication, and month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Should not be wikilinked.
*format: Format, e.g. PDF.  HTML implied if not specified.
*work: If this item is part of a larger "work", such as a book, periodical or website, write the name of that work. Do not italicize; the software will do so automatically.
*publisher: Publisher, if any—for example if the website is hosted by a government service, educational institution, or company. (The publisher is not usually the name of the website, that is usually the work).
**location: Geographical place of publication.
* a page parameter
** either page: Page number if a multi-page web article and referencing a single page. "page=5" produces p. 5.
** or pages: Page numbers if a multi-page web article and referencing more than one page. "pages=5–7" produces pp. 5–7. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not a total number of pages.
** or at: When the page prefix is unwanted. "at=Table 5" produces Table 5.
*language: language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
**trans_title: A translated title of the article, in case the original title is in a foreign language. Would normally be used in conjunction with the 'language' parameter.
* doi: A digital object identifier for the document, such as 10.1038/news070508-7
**Doilabel: If the doi contains some characters that must be escaped, use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See {{doi}}: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
* archive parameters (if used, must be used both of them together)
** archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of the page, if (or in case) the url becomes unavailable.  Typically used to refer to services like WebCite and Archive.org.
** archivedate: Date when the item was archived. Should not be wikilinked.
*accessdate: Full date when item was accessed. Should not be wikilinked. This should be given if the publication date is unknown; see Citation styles.
*quote: Relevant quote from online item.
*ref: ID for anchor. By default, no anchor is generated. The ordinary nonempty value |ref=ID generates an anchor with the given ID; such a linkable reference can be made the target of wikilinks to full references, especially useful in short citations like shortened notes and parenthetical referencing. The special value |ref=harv generates an anchor suitable for the {{harv}} template; see anchors for Harvard referencing templates.
*separator / postscript: The punctuation to use between fields / at the end of the citation

Duplicate periods
By default, {{cite web}} separates some fields with periods, so don't encode those fields ending with a period or a duplicate period will be added. Example: "publisher=Camelot, Inc" will correctly show as Camelot, Inc. but "publisher=Camelot, Inc." will incorrectly show as Camelot, Inc..

Examples
;Some standard use cases
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→ Doe, John (30 April 2005). My Favorite Things, Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Begieten on 6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of things
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→ Doe, John (30 April 2005). My Favorite Things, Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Begieten on 6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→ Doe, John (30 April 2005). My Favorite Things, Part II. Begieten on 6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
||url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
author=Doe, John
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→ Doe, John. My Favorite Things, Part II. Begieten on 6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→ My Favorite Things, Part II. Begieten on 6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/digestofrules
|title=Digest of Rules
|publisher=National Football League
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→ Digest of Rules. National Football League. Begieten on 6 July 2005.

;Using format
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|publisher=International Narcotics Control Board
|format=PDF
|accessdate=July 6, 2005
}}
 → List of psychotropic substances under international control (PDF). International Narcotics Control Board. Begieten on July 6, 2005.

;Foreign language and translated title
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Honni soit qui mal y pense
|author=Joliet, François
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005
|language=French
|trans_title=Shame on those who think evil
}}
→ Joliet, François (30 April 2005). Honni soit qui mal y pense (French). Begieten on 6 July 2005.

;coauthors
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Our Favorite Things
|first=John
|last=Doe
|coauthors=Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=16 May 2006
}}
→ Doe, John; Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim (30 April 2005). Our Favorite Things. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Begieten on 16 May 2006.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Our Favorite Things
|first=John
|last=Doe
|coauthors=Peter Smith; Jim Smythe
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=16 May 2006
}}
→ Doe, John; Peter Smith; Jim Smythe (30 April 2005). Our Favorite Things. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Begieten on 16 May 2006.

;No author
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|publisher=Open Publishing
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=16 May 2006
}}
→ Index of Sharp Things. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing (30 April 2005). Begieten on 16 May 2006.

;No author, no publisher
This abbreviated format should only be used when the editor cannot determine the publisher and author.
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}
→ Index of Sharp Things. Encyclopedia of Things (30 April 2005). Begieten on 6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005}}
→ Index of Sharp Things (30 April 2005). Begieten on 6 July 2005.

*{{cite web
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|date=30 April 2005
|format=PDF
|accessdate=July 6, 2005
|language=Greek
}}
 → List of psychotropic substances under international control (Greek) (PDF) (30 April 2005). Begieten on July 6, 2005.

;Using "archiveurl" and "archivedate" for webpages that have been archived
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
|date=30 April 2005
|format=PDF
|accessdate=July 6, 2005
|archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|archivedate=2005-09-11
}}
 → List of psychotropic substances under international control (PDF) (30 April 2005). Writen fram the original on 2005-09-11. Begieten on July 6, 2005.

*{{cite web
|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm
|title=Interview with Maggie Downs
|date=2006-03-31
|publisher=The Desert Sun
|archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm
|archivedate=2006-04-26
}}
 → Interview with Maggie Downs. The Desert Sun (2006-03-31). Writen fram the original on 2006-04-26.

;Using "quote"
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html
|title=Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea
|work=WebExhibits
|date=2008
|accessdate=2009-09-27
|quote=... Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins ...'
}}
→ Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea. WebExhibits (2008). Begieten on 2009-09-27. “... Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins ...'”

See also
* Citation bot 
* Citation templates
* Citing sources
* Citing sources/example style
* Digital Object Identifier 
* Template:Cite book
* Template:Cite journal
* Template:Cite news
* Zotero