Template:Cite web

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This template is used to cite external websites that do not otherwise have a specific citation templates.

Usage

Copy the template code below and paste it into an article's reference note. Fill in as many fields as you can, remove any that you don't use, and remove any extra spacing between each field.

{{Cite web|url=|title=|accessdate=2024-07-27|author=|last=|first=|authorlink=|coauthors=|date=|year=|month=|format=|work=|publisher=|pages=|language=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|quote=}}

{{Cite web|url=|title=|author=|work=|date=|accessdate=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|quote=}}

Required parameters

  • url: URL of online item.
  • title: Title of online item.
  • archiveurl: URL of the archive location of the item (requires archivedate)
  • archivedate: Date when the item was archived (requires archiveurl), in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Must not be wikilinked; it will be linked automatically.

For producing a wikilinked date of retrieval:

  • accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = 2024-07-27". Must not be wikilinked

For producing a non-wikilinked date of retrieval:

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 wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
    • coauthors: allows additional authors
  • date: Full date of publication, preferably in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. May be wikilinked.
    • OR: year: Year of publication, and month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Must not be wikilinked.
  • format: Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
  • work: If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
  • publisher: Publisher, if any.
  • pages: pp. 5–7: first page and optional last page. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not the total number of pages in the book. This is especially useful for PDF format, where the page can be linked to with the #page=number anchor tagged on the end of the URL:
    pages = [http://www.example.org/file.pdf#page=123 p. 123]
  • language: language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
  • quote: Relevant quote from online item.

Examples

Some standard use cases
  • {{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
    → Doe, John (2005-04-30). My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.
  • {{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
    → Doe, John (2005-04-30). My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.
  • {{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
    → Doe, John (2005-04-30). My Favorite Things Part II. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.
  • {{cite web | author=Doe, John | title=My Favorite Things Part II | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
    → Doe, John. My Favorite Things Part II. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.
  • {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
    → My Favorite Things Part II. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.
  • {{cite web | url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/ | title=Digest of Rules | publisher= National Football League | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
    → Digest of Rules. National Football League. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.
Using format
  • {{cite web | title=List of psychotropic substances under international control | publisher = International Narcotics Control Board | url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
    → List of psychotropic substances under international control (PDF). International Narcotics Control Board. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.
language
  • {{cite web | author=Joliet, François | title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 | language=French }}
    → Joliet, François (2005-04-30). Honnit soit qui mal y pense (French). Retrieved on July 6, 2005.
coauthors
  • {{cite web | first=John | last=Doe | coauthors=Peter Smith, Jim Smythe | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16 }}
    → Doe, John; Peter Smith, Jim Smythe (2005-04-30). My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on May 16, 2006.
No author
  • {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16 }}
    → My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing (2005-04-30). Retrieved on May 16, 2006.
No author, no publisher
  • {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
    → My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things (2005-04-30). Retrieved on July 6, 2005.
  • {{cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
    → My Favorite Things Part II (2005-04-30). Retrieved on July 6, 2005.
  • {{cite web | title=List of psychotropic substances under international control | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate=2005-07-06 | language=Greek }}
    → List of psychotropic substances under international control (Greek) (PDF) (2005-04-30). Retrieved on July 6, 2005.
Using archiveurl and archivedate to refer to items that went away but are available from an archive site
  • {{cite web | title=List of psychotropic substances under international control | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate=2005-07-06 | archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf | archivedate=2005-09-11 }}
    → List of psychotropic substances under international control (PDF) (2005-04-30). Archived from the original on September 11, 2005. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.
  • {{cite web |url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm |title=Interview with Maggie Downs |date=2006-03-31 |publisher=The Desert Sun |archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm |archivedate=2006-04-26 }}
    → Interview with Maggie Downs. The Desert Sun (2006-03-31). Archived from the original on April 26, 2006.
Using quote
  • {{cite web | title = My Favorite Things Part II | work = Encyclopedia of Things | url = http://www.example.org/ | accessdate = 2005-07-06 | quote = Lorem ipsum dolor. }}
    → My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved on July 6, 2005. "Lorem ipsum dolor."
No parameters (error)
  • {{cite web}}
    → Error on call to Template:cite web: Parameters url and title must be specified.
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