Editing Template:Cite web/doc

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This template is used to cite online sources. {{Tl|Cite news}} can also be used when citing a news source.

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

==Usage==
===Common forms===
; Common form (with current date):
<tt><nowiki>{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} <nowiki>|work= |publisher= |date=}}</nowiki></tt>

; Using last, first and coauthor(s) (with current date):
<tt><nowiki>{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} <nowiki>|last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=}}</nowiki></tt>

; Using author (with current date):
<tt><nowiki>{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} <nowiki>|author= |date= |work= |publisher=}}</nowiki></tt>

; Using archived version:
<tt><nowiki>{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} <nowiki>|author= |date= |work= |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}}</nowiki></tt>

===All parameters===
When copying all parameters, in either horizontal or vertical layout, delete those you don't need.
; All parameters, horizontal layout (with current date):
<tt><nowiki>{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} <nowiki>|accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |location= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=}}</nowiki></tt>

; All parameters, vertical layout:
<pre>
{{Cite web
| url         = 
| title       = 
| accessdate  = 
| author      = 
| last        = 
| first       = 
| authorlink  = 
| coauthors   = 
| date        = 
| year        = 
| month       = 
| format      = 
| work        = 
| publisher   = 
| location    = 
| pages       = 
| language    = 
| doi         = 
| archiveurl  = 
| archivedate = 
| quote       = 
}}
</pre>

Parameters for alternate access date formatting:
<pre>
{{Cite web
...
| accessdaymonth = 
| accessmonthday = 
| accessyear     = 
...
}}
</pre>

====Required parameters====
* '''url''': URL of online item. Start the url with the communications protocol e.g. <nowiki>http://</nowiki>.
* '''title''': Title of online item.
* '''accessdate''': Full date when item was accessed.

====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 article. Does not work with URLs.
** '''coauthors''': allows additional authors
*  '''date''': Full date of publication in the same format as the main text of the article.
*  '''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.
*  '''publisher''': Publisher, if any—for example if the website is hosted by a government service, educational institution, or company
** '''location''': Geographical place of publication.
*  '''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.<!-- Commented out: not implemented in the template! This is especially useful for [[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).
*  '''doi''': A [[digital object identifier]] for the document, such as ''<nowiki>10.1038/news070508-7</nowiki>''
** '''doilabel''': If the doi contains some characters that must be [[Percent-encoding|escaped]], use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See {{tl|doi}}: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
*  '''archiveurl''': The URL of an [[Web archiving|archived]] copy of the page, if (or in case) the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like [[WebCite]] and [[Internet Archive|The Internet Archive]]. Requires '''archivedate'''.
*  '''archivedate''': Date when the item was archived (requires '''archiveurl'''). 
*  '''quote''': Relevant quote from online item.

==Examples==
; Standard use cases:
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|author=Doe, John|title=My favorite things part II|publisher=Open Publishing|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|author=Doe, John|title=My favorite things part II|publisher=Open Publishing|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</span>
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|author=Doe, John|title=My favorite things part II|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|author=Doe, John|title=My favorite things part II|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</span>
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|author=Doe, John|title=My favorite things part II|date=30 April 2005|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|author=Doe, John|title=My favorite things part II|date=30 April 2005|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</span>
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|author=Doe, John|title=My favorite things part II|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|author=Doe, John|title=My favorite things part II|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</span>
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|title=My favorite things part II|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|title=My favorite things part II|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</span>
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/|title=Digest of rules|publisher= National Football League|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/|title=Digest of rules|publisher= National Football League|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</span>

; 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=6 July 2005}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{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=6 July 2005}}</span>

; Language:
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|author=Joliet, François|title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense|date=30 April 2005|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005|language=French}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{cite web|author=Joliet, François|title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense|date=30 April 2005|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005|language=French}}</span>

; Coauthors:
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|first=John|last=Doe|coauthors=Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim|title=My favorite things part II|publisher=Open Publishing|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|first=John|last=Doe|coauthors=Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim|title=My favorite things part II|publisher=Open Publishing|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</span>

; No author:
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|title=My favorite things part II|publisher=Open Publishing|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=2006-05-16}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|title=My favorite things part II|publisher=Open Publishing|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=2006-05-16}}</span>

; No author; no publisher:
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|title=My favorite things part II|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|title=My favorite things part II|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</span>
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|title=My favorite things part II|date=30 April 2005|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|title=My favorite things part II|date=30 April 2005|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</span>
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control|date=30 April 2005|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=6 July 2005|language=Greek}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control|date=30 April 2005|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=6 July 2005|language=Greek}}</span>

; Using "archiveurl" and "archivedate" for webpages that have been archived:
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control|date=30 April 2005|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=6 July 2005|archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf|archivedate=11 September 2005}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control|date=30 April 2005|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=6 July 2005|archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf|archivedate=11 September 2005}}</span>

* <nowiki>{{Cite web|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm|title=Interview with Maggie Downs|date=31 March 2006|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=26 April 2006}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm|title=Interview with Maggie Downs|date=31 March 2006|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=26 April 2006}}</span>

; Using "quote":
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|title=My favorite things part II|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005|quote=Lorem ipsum dolor.}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|title=My favorite things part II|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005|quote=Lorem ipsum dolor.}}</span>

; Omitting the "title" in error:
* <nowiki>{{Cite web|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005|quote=Lorem ipsum dolor.}}</nowiki> <br /> → <span style="background: #FFFFFF">{{Cite web|work=Encyclopedia of things|url=http://www.example.org/|accessdate=6 July 2005|quote=Lorem ipsum dolor.}}</span>

==Citation Templates==
* [[Template:Citation]]
* [[Template:Cite book]]
* [[Template:Cite journal]]
* [[Template:Cite news]]
* [[Template:Cite web]]

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