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This template is used to [[Wikipedia:WP:CITE|cite sources]]. It provides lower case parameters only.

A general discussion of the use of templates for adding citation of open-source web content to Wikipedia articles is available at [[Wikipedia:Citation templates|citation templates]].

== Usage ==
;Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page (with current date)
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}<nowiki> |format= |work= }}</nowiki></tt>

;Using last, first (with current date)
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}<nowiki> |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>

;Using author (with current date)
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}<nowiki> |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>

;Using non-linked retrieved date, last, first
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>

;Using non-linked retrieved date, author
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>

;All parameters, horizontal format (delete the ones you don't need)
<tt><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth = |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</nowiki></tt>

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

=== Required parameters ===
* '''url''': URL of online item.
* '''title''': Title of online item.
''For producing a [[Wikipedia:WP:CONTEXT#Dates|wikilinked date]] of retrieval:''
:* '''accessdate''': Full date when item was accessed, in [[Wikipedia:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = {{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}". ''Must not be wikilinked''
''For producing a non-wikilinked date of retrieval:''
:* '''accessmonthday''' and '''accessyear''': Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = May 10", and year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005". Produces: ''Retrieved on May 10, 2006.''
:* '''accessdaymonth''' and '''accessyear''': Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = 10 May", and year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005". Produces: ''Retrieved on 10 May 2006.''

=== Optional parameters ===
* '''author''': Author
** '''last''' works with '''first''' to produce <code>last, first</code>
** '''authorlink''' works either with '''author''' or with '''last''' & '''first''' to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
** '''coauthors''': allows additional authors
* '''date''': Full date of publication, preferably in [[Wikipedia:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. ''2006-02-17''. May be wikilinked.
** OR: '''year''': Year of publication, and '''month''': Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use ''date'' instead. Must not be wikilinked.
* '''format''': Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
* '''work''': If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
* '''publisher''': Publisher, if any.
* '''pages''': ''pp. 5–7'': first page and optional last page. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not the total number of pages in the book. This is especially useful for [[wikipedia:Portable Document Format|PDF]] format, where the page can be linked to with the <code>#page=''number''</code> anchor tagged on the end of the URL:
*: <code><nowiki>pages = [http://www.example.org/file.pdf#page=123 p. 123]</nowiki></code>
* '''language''': language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
* '''archiveurl''': URL of the archive location of the item (requires '''archivedate''')
* '''archivedate''': Date when the item was archived (requires '''archiveurl'''), in [[Wikipedia:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. ''2006-02-17''. Must not be wikilinked; it will be linked automatically.
* '''quote''': Relevant quote from online item.

== Examples ==
;Some standard use cases
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| publisher=Open Publishing
| date=2005-04-30
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}

* <nowiki>{{cite web
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| date=2005-04-30
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}

* <nowiki>{{cite web
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| date=2005-04-30
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2005-07-06}}

* <nowiki>{{cite web
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2005-07-06}}

* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2005-07-06}}

* <nowiki>{{cite web
| url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/
| title=Digest of Rules
| publisher= National Football League
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web | url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/
| title=Digest of Rules | publisher= National Football League | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}

;Non-linking date of retrieval (using accessmonthday and accessyear)
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessmonthday=July 6
| accessyear=2005
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web
| title=My Favorite Things Part II
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessmonthday=July 6
| accessyear=2005
}}

;Using format
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| publisher = International Narcotics Control Board
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| publisher = International Narcotics Control Board | url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF | accessdate=2005-07-06}}

;language
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| author=Joliet, François
| title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense
| date=2005-04-30
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| language=French
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web | author=Joliet, François | title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2005-07-06 | language=French}}

;coauthors
* <nowiki>{{cite web | first=John | last=Doe | coauthors=Peter Smith, Jim Smythe | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web | first=John | last=Doe | coauthors=Peter Smith, Jim Smythe | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16 }}

;No author
* <nowiki>{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16 }}

;No author, no publisher
* <nowiki>{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06
}}</nowiki>→ {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}

* <nowiki>{{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}</nowiki> → {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}

* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| date=2005-04-30
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| language=Greek
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control | date=2005-04-30
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate=2005-07-06
| language=Greek }}

; Using archiveurl and archivedate to refer to items that went away but are available from an archive site
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| date=2005-04-30
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| archivedate=2005-09-11
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| date=2005-04-30
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| archivedate=2005-09-11 }}

* <nowiki>
{{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
}}</nowiki> → {{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}}

; Using quote
* <nowiki>{{cite web
| title = My Favorite Things Part II
| work = Encyclopedia of Things
| url = http://www.example.org/
| accessdate = 2005-07-06
| quote = Lorem ipsum dolor.
}}</nowiki> → {{cite web
| title = My Favorite Things Part II
| work = Encyclopedia of Things
| url = http://www.example.org/
| accessdate = 2005-07-06
| quote = Lorem ipsum dolor.
}}

;No parameters (error)
* <nowiki>{{cite web}}</nowiki> → {{cite web}}
== TemplateData ==
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"url": {
"aliases": [
"source link",
"link",
"URL"
],
"label": "URL",
"type": "url",
"description": "The website where this citation should link to.",
"example": "https://youtube.com/snapcube",
"suggested": true
},
"title": {
"aliases": [
"post",
"message"
],
"label": "Title",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true,
"description": "The title of the page. That's usually at the top of your browser."
},
"archiveurl": {
"aliases": [
"archivelink",
"archive link"
],
"label": "Archive URL",
"type": "url",
"suggested": true
},
"archivedate": {
"aliases": [
"archive date"
],
"label": "Archive date",
"type": "date",
"description": "When your URL has been archived. Only useful if \"archive URL\" has been filled.",
"example": "June 4, 2016",
"suggested": true
},
"author": {
"label": "Author",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true
},
"last": {
"label": "Author last name",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true
},
"authorlink": {
"label": "Author link",
"description": "Wiki links only, not external links.",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"suggested": true
},
"first": {
"label": "Author first name",
"suggested": true,
"type": "string"
},
"coauthors": {
"label": "Co-authors",
"description": "If there's a second, third or fourth author, add them here.",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true
},
"date": {
"label": "Date of publication",
"description": "Written in MMMM D, YYYY format.",
"example": "June 18, 2016",
"type": "date",
"suggested": true
},
"year": {
"label": "Year of publication",
"description": "If full date is not available.",
"type": "number",
"suggested": true
},
"month": {
"label": "Month of publication",
"description": "If full date is not available. Use with \"year\".",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true
},
"editor": {
"label": "Editor",
"suggested": true
},
"language": {
"label": "Language",
"description": "If the language isn't English, write that here using its plain name. If English, leave blank.",
"example": "Japanese",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true
},
"format": {
"label": "Format",
"type": "string",
"suggestedvalues": [
"tweet",
"post",
"blog post",
"PDF",
"video"
],
"suggested": true
},
"work": {
"label": "Work",
"description": "If this is part of a larger work, name the work here.",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true
},
"pages": {},
"publisher": {
"label": "Publisher",
"description": "Where was this published? Add in only if it's different from the author. Social media websites are considered publishers.",
"example": "[[Twitter]]",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true,
"aliases": [
"social media",
"Social Media"
]
},
"archiveyear": {
"label": "Archive year",
"description": "If the full date isn't known",
"example": "2019",
"type": "date",
"suggested": true
},
"accessdate": {
"label": "Access date",
"description": "When did you access the resource you're citing? It should normally be auto-filled.",
"type": "date",
"suggested": true,
"example": "June 4, 2025",
"autovalue": ""
},
"accessyear": {
"type": "date",
"autovalue": "",
"label": "Access year",
"description": "If the full date when you accessed this source isn't known, add the year instead.",
"example": "2025"
},
"accessmonthday": {
"type": "date",
"autovalue": "November 1"
},
"quote": {
"label": "Quote",
"description": "Which specific sentence contributes to the statement you're sourcing?",
"type": "string",
"suggested": true
},
"accessdaymonth": {}
}
}
</templatedata>
<includeonly>[[Category:Templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly><noinclude>[[Category:Template documentation]]</noinclude>

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INNERLMNT: originally released under CC BY-SA 4.0 at the Real-Time Fandub Wiki ([https://realtimefandub.miraheze.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web/doc see contributions])