Template:Cite news/doc
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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
- last works with first to produce
- 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.
- format: Format, i.e. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default).
- 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}}→ Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
- {{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}}→ Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
- {{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}}→ Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
- {{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}}→ Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
- {{cite news
| first=John
| last=Doe
| title=FooBar
| page=1}}→ Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
- {{cite news
| title=FooBar
| page=1
}}→ Lua error: bad argument #1 to "get" (not a valid title).
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