Template:Citation Style documentation/date: Difference between revisions

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date: Full date of source being referenced; in same format as other dates in the article; do not wikilink. The date is placed after the authors and in parenthesis; if there is no author, then the date is placed after the publisher.
OR: year: Year of source being referenced.
- month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead; do not wikilink.
- origyear: Original publication year; displayed after the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics; example: |origyear=First published 1859 or |origyear=Composed 1904.

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-* '''date''': Full date of source being referenced; in same format as other dates in the article; do not wikilink. Use only the full date including month, day and year, else the anchor may be malformed.
+* '''date''': Full date of source being referenced; in same format as other dates in the article; do not wikilink. The date is placed after the authors and in parenthesis; if there is no author, then the date is placed after the publisher.
 *OR:  '''year''': Year of source being referenced.
 ** '''month''': Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use '''date''' instead; do not wikilink.
 ** '''origyear''': Original publication year; displayed after the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics; example: {{para|origyear|First published 1859}} or {{para|origyear|Composed 1904}}.