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Revision as of 07:44, 25 April 2006 view sourceLigulem (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers28,245 edits Emitting a period in front of url if the author is specified with "last" param, per request on talk← Previous edit Revision as of 20:08, 26 April 2006 view source Bob247 (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users21,723 editsNo edit summaryNext edit →
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|  ({{{format|}}}) |  ({{{format|}}})
}}{{#if: {{{pages|}}}
|  ''{{{pages}}}''
}}{{#if: {{{work|}}} }}{{#if: {{{work|}}}
|  ''{{{work}}}''. |  ''{{{work}}}''.
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|  {{{publisher}}}. |  {{{publisher}}}.
}}{{#if: {{{accessdate|}}} }}{{#if: {{{accessdate|}}}
|  URL accessed on ]{{#if: {{{accessyear|}}} | , ] }}. |  URL accessed on {{{accessdate}}}{{#if: {{{accessyear|}}} | , {{{accessyear}}} }}.
}}</cite><noinclude> }}</cite><noinclude>
This template is a simpler replacement for ]. It provides lower case parameters only. This template is a simpler replacement for ]. It provides lower case parameters only.
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| title = | title =
| format = | format =
| pages =
| work = | work =
| publisher = | publisher =
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* '''format''': Format, i.e. PDF. HTML implied if not specified. * '''format''': Format, i.e. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
* '''work''': If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work. * '''work''': If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
* '''pages''': Pages, if any.
* '''publisher''': Publisher, if any. * '''publisher''': Publisher, if any.


Revision as of 20:08, 26 April 2006

This template is a simpler replacement for template:web reference. It provides lower case parameters only.

Usage

{{cite web
 | last =
 | first =
 | authorlink =
 | coauthors =
 | year =
 | url =
 | title =
 | format =
 | pages =
 | work =
 | publisher =
 | accessdate =
 | accessyear =
}}

Required parameters

  • url: URL of online item.
  • title: Title of online item.
  • accessdate: Date (Month Day) when item was accessed. Should be ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format.
    • accessyear: Year when item was accessed. (Optional if ISO 8601 date used)

Optional parameters

  • author: Author
    • last works with first to produce last, first
    • authorlink works either with author or with last & first to link to the appropriate article
    • coauthors: allows additional authors
  • year: Date published.
  • format: Format, i.e. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
  • work: If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
  • pages: Pages, if any.
  • publisher: Publisher, if any.


This template employs intricate features of template syntax. You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages.
You can conduct experiments, and should test all major changes, in either this template's sandbox, the general template sandbox, or your user space before changing anything here.
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