Template:Cite news/doc

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

Usage

Common form for online news articles (English, HTML format, with today as access date)

{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title= |url= |work= |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2025-11-4 }} 

{{cite news 
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 | work = 
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{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |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
    • authorlink works either with author or with last & first to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
    • 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}}
    → 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 | first=John | last=Doe | authorlink=John Doe | 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


Template:Esoteric


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