Template:Cite news/doc

This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is specifically for news sources.

Usage

{{cite news 
 |first = 
 |last = 
 |author = 
 |coauthors =
 |title = 
 |url = 
 |format = 
 |work = 
 |publisher = 
 |pages = 
 |page = 
 |date = 
 |accessdate = 
 |language = 
}}

{{cite news | first = | last = | author = | coauthors = | title = | url = | format = | work = | publisher = | pages = | page = | date = | accessdate = | language = }}

• title is required, rest is optional.
• author: Author
  • last works with first to produce last, first
  • coauthors allows additional authors
• url: Link to the news item if available online
  • format: Format, i.e. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default).

    Specify as 'fee required' if free access no longer available.

    Specify as 'Reprint' if a full original version but not hosted by the original publisher.

• work: If this item is part of a larger work (such as a newspaper), name of that work.
• publisher: Publisher, if any.
• date: date of publication. ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format recommended. If the whole date is known it should be wikilinked to enable date user preferences.
• pages overrides page
• accessdate: Date when item was accessed. Use ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format. Do not wikilink the date.
• language: the language the source is written in

Examples

• {{cite news | first=John | last=Doe | title=News | url=http://www.url.com/ | work=Encyclopedia of Things | publisher=News corp. | pages= 37–39 | date=[[2005-11-21]] | accessdate=2005-12-11}}
  
  →
• {{cite news | author=Staff writer | title=News | url=http://www.url.com/News.pdf | format=PDF | publisher=News corp. | pages= 37–39 | date=[[2005-11-21]] | accessdate=2005-12-11}}
  
  →
• {{cite news | author=[[John Doe|Doe, John]] | title=News | url=http://www.url.com/background | format=Reprint | publisher=[[News Corporation|News corp.]] | date=[[2005-11-21]] | accessdate=2005-12-11}}
  
  →
• {{cite news | title=News | url=http://www.url.com/Archive/News | format=Fee required | publisher=News corp. | date=[[2005-11-21]] | accessdate=2005-12-11}}
  
  →
• {{cite news | first=John | last=Doe | title=FooBar | page=1}}
  
  →
• {{cite news | title=FooBar | page=1 }}
  
  →

See also

• Wikipedia:Cite sources: Style guide
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles/Generic citations: Related templates
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikicite
• Template:Cite web
• Template:Cite book

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