Endrika:cite-web

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Usage

This template may be used for creating citations in "References" sections and on discussion pages. Do not use the template for online versions of books or journal articles (including magazines and newspapers) – use {{cite-book}} or {{cite-journal}} instead.

For indicating quotations in dictionary entries, use {{quote-web}}.

Sample templates

Most commonly used parameters

{{cite-web|author=|authorlink=|title=|url=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|work=|publisher=|date=|accessdate=|text=}}

All available parameters

{{cite-web|author=|last=|first=|authorlink=|author2=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|author3=|last3=|first3=|authorlink3=|author4=|last4=|first4=|authorlink4=|author5=|last5=|first5=|authorlink5=|coauthors=|quotee=|editor=|editors=|title=|trans-title=|titleurl=|entry=|trans-entry=|entryurl=|work=|trans-work=|url=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|edition=|format=|location=|publisher=|date=|month=|year=|year_published=|accessdate=|volume=|page=|pages=|pageurl=|section=|sectionurl=|column=|columns=|columnurl=|text=|passage=|text_block=|passage_block=|t=|translation=|lang=}}

Certain basic parameters can be used in the template without any named parameters, as follows:

#* {{cite-web|[date]|[author]|[title]|[work]|[url]|[passage]|[translation]}}

These numbered parameters will not work if any of the parameters contains an equals ("=") sign. To work around this, replace the equals sign with the {{==}} template (which generates an equals sign in the output): http://foo.com?id{{=}}bar in place of http://foo.com?id=bar.

The following example:

{{cite-web|author=Jim Fay|title=The Choctaw Expression ‘Okeh’ and the Americanism ‘Okay’|url=http://www.illinoisprairie.info/chocokeh.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224185657/http://www.illinoisprairie.info/chocokeh.htm|archivedate=24 December 2010|work=Illinoisprairie.info|date=16 September 2009}}

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produces this:

Jim Fay (16 September 2009), chapter The Choctaw Expression ‘Okeh’ and the Americanism ‘Okay’, in Illinoisprairie.info‎^[1], archived from the original on 2010-12-24.

Parameters

All parameters are optional except for those marked "Mandatory", and may contain inline interwiki or external links as needed.

Parameter	Description
`author` or `last` and `first`	The author's name. Use either `author`, or `last` and `first`, not both. Additional authors can be added using the parameters `author2` to `author5`, or `last2` and `first2` to `last5` and `first5`.
`authorlink`	The name of an English Wikipedia article about the author, which will be linked to the author's name. Additional articles can be linked to other authors' names using the parameters `authorlink2` to `authorlink5`. Do not add the prefix "`:en:`" or "`w:`". Alternatively, link each person's name directly, like this: "`author=[[w:Kathleen Taylor (biologist)\|Kathleen Taylor]]`" or "`author={{w\|Samuel Johnson}}`".
`coauthors`	The names of one or more coauthors. If there is more than one, separate the names with semicolons.
`quotee`	The name of the person being quoted, if the whole passage quoted is a quotation of someone other than the author.
`trans`, `translator`, or `translators`	The name(s) of the translator(s) of the webpage. Separate multiple names with semicolons.
`editor` or `editors`	The name of one or more editors of the website.
`title` or `entry`	The title of the webpage.
`trans-title` or `trans-entry`	If the title of the webpage is not in English, use one of these parameters to provide an English translation of the title.
`titleurl` or `entryurl`, and `url`	The parameters `\|titleurl=` and `\|entryurl=` can be used to specify the URL or web address of a webpage to be linked to `\|title=` or `\|entry=` respectively, when it is desired to use `\|url=` to link to the home page of the website. If `\|entry=` is specified but `\|entryurl=` is not, and `\|url=` is also specified, the value of `\|url=` is linked to the value of `\|entry=`. Do not link to any website that has content in breach of copyright.
`archiveurl` and `archivedate` or `accessdate`	Use `archiveurl` and `archivedate` (which must be used together) to indicate the URL or web address of a webpage on a website such as the Internet Archive or Perma.cc at which the webpage has been archived, and the date on which the webpage was archived. Alternatively, if the webpage cannot be archived, use `accessdate` to indicate when its URL was accessed. (If the webpage has been archived, it is unnecessary to use these parameters.)
`format`	The format of the webpage, for example, "`blog`" or "`PDF`".
`work`	Mandatory: the name of the website containing the webpage. In addition to `work`, `blog` or `site` can also be used.
`trans-work`	If the name of the website is not in English, this parameter can be used to provide an English translation of the name.
`location`	The location(s) where the website was published. If more than one location is stated, separate the locations with semicolons, like this: "`London; New York, N.Y.`".
`publisher`	The name of one or more publishers of the website. If more than one publisher is stated, separate the names with semicolons.
`date` or both `month` and `year`	The date, or both month and year, that the webpage was published. Use either `date`, or both `month` and `year`, not both.
`year_published`	If `year` is used to state the year when the original version of the website was published, `year_published` can be used to state the year in which the version quoted from was published, for example, "`\|year=2005\|year_published=2015`".
`volume`	The volume number, if the website has one.
`page` or `pages`	The page number or range of page numbers of a document on the website. Use `page` to indicate a single page, and `pages` to indicate a range of pages. For example, "`pages=1–2`" will display "`pages 1–2`". Use an en dash to separate the page numbers in the range.
`pageurl`	The URL or web address of a specific page or pages of a document on the website. The page number(s) will be linked to this webpage.
`section`	Use this parameter to identify a page or other portion of a website that does not have page numbers.
`sectionurl`	The URL or web address of the webpage containing the section of the website referred to. The section number will be linked to this webpage.
`column` or `columns`	The column number or range of column numbers of the webpage. Use an en dash to separate the column numbers in the range.
`columnurl`	The URL or web address of the webpage containing the column(s) of the website referred to. The column number(s) will be linked to this webpage.
`text` or `passage`	A passage from the website that you wish to quote. If the passage exceeds 300 characters, it is automatically displayed in a separate text block. To suppress this, use `text_block=no` or `passage_block=no`.
`text_block=no` or `passage_block`	This parameter can be used in two ways: To have the template display a quote in a separate text block. Use `text_block=no` or `passage_block=no` together with `text` or `passage` to ensure that the quote is not displayed in a separate text block (see `text` or `passage` above).
`t` or `translation`	A translation of the passage.
`lang`, `language`, or `worklang`	A code indicating the language that the webpage is written in (preferred; for a list of the codes, see Wiktionary:List of languages), or the names of one or more languages written in full. It is unnecessary to indicate the language if the webpage is written in English.

Technical information

This template makes use of {{cite-meta}}.

Usage

Sample templates

Parameters

Technical information

See also