Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let: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=|entry=|trans-entry=|entryurl=|title=|trans-title=|titleurl=|mainauthor=|mainauthors=|editor=|editors=|work=|trans-work=|url=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|edition=|format=|location=|publisher=|date=|month=|year=|year_published=|nodate=|accessdate=|volume=|page=|pages=|pageurl=|section=|sectionurl=|column=|columns=|columnurl=|text=|passage=|text_block=|passage_block=|t=|translation=|lang=|usenodot=|nodot=}}

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}}.

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.
mainauthor or mainauthors	If you wish to indicate who a part of a book such as a foreword or introduction was written by, use |author= to do so, and use |mainauthor= to indicate the author(s) of the main part of the book.
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 Ta‌̱mpi‌̱let:w.
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. If no year or date is specified, the template displays the message "(Can we date this quote?)". The message can be suppressed using "nodate=1" or "nodate=yes", but it is recommended that you try to provide a date or approximate date rather than do so.
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.
usenodot	If |usenodot=1 or |usenodot=yes is specified, a full stop (period) is added to the end of the citation by default. The parameter |nodot=1 or |nodot=yes can then be used to suppress this punctuation.

Technical information

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

TemplateData

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).

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
URL	url	The URL or web address of the webpage. Do not link to any webpage that has content in breach of copyright. Example https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/books/review-silence-don-delillo.html	URL	required
Page title	title	The title of the webpage. Example Don DeLillo, an Old Hand at Paranoia and Dread, Meets Us Where We Are	String	suggested
Website name	work site blog	The name of the website containing the webpage. Example New York Times	String	required
Publication date	date	The date the webpage was published. Example "2020-10-12", "October 12 2020"	String	suggested
Access date	accessdate	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 this parameter. Auto value {{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{SUBST:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{SUBST:CURRENTDAY2}}	String	optional
Author	author	The name of the author of the webpage quoted. Additional authors can be added using the parameters "author2" to "author5". Example Dwight Garner	String	suggested
Wikipedia author page	authorlink	English Wikipedia article about the author. Example Dwight Garner	String	optional
Quoted text	passage text	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.	Content	optional
Text block	text_block passage_block	Use "no" to ensure that the quote is not displayed in a separate text block (see text or passage above).	Boolean	optional
Translation	translation t	If the quoted text is not in English, this parameter can be used to provide an English translation of it.	Content	optional
Language	lang	A code indicating the language that the webpage is written in. It is unnecessary to indicate the language if the webpage is written in English. Example fr	String	optional
Archive URL	archiveurl	Use "archiveurl" to indicate the URL of a webpage on a website such as the Internet Archive at which the webpage has been archived. Example https://web.archive.org/web/20120210005807/https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912563,00.html	URL	optional
Archive date	archivedate	The date on which "archiveurl" was archived. Example 2012-02-10	String	optional
Section	section	Use this parameter to identify a page or other portion of a website that does not have page numbers.	String	optional
Section URL	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.	URL	optional
Format	format	The format of the webpage. Example blog	String	optional
Publisher	publisher	The name of one or more publishers of the website. If more than one publisher is stated, separate the names with semicolons. Example The New York Times Company	String	optional
Page	page pages	The page number or range of page numbers of a document on the website.	Number	optional
author2	author2	additional author	String	optional
authorlink2	authorlink2	additional author Wikipedia article	String	optional
author3	author3	additional author	String	optional
authorlink3	authorlink3	additional author Wikipedia article	String	optional
author4	author4	additional author	String	optional
authorlink4	authorlink4	additional author Wikipedia article	String	optional
author5	author5	additional author	String	optional
authorlink5	authorlink5	additional author Wikipedia article	String	optional

See also

• {{quote-web}} – for quotations in dictionary entries
• {{cite web}} – the corresponding template at the English Wikipedia.