Template:Cite web/doc

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See Template:Cite web (wikipedia) for documentation. Uses Template:Citation/core

Minimum usage:

{{cite web
 |url        =       
 |title      =
 |archiveurl= 
 |archivedate=
 |deadurl=no
}}

Other parameters:

|date       =
|accessdate =
|quote=
  • url: URL of an online location where the text of the publication can be found.
  • title: Title of web page. Displays in quotes.
  • archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like WebCite and the Internet Archive; requires archivedate.
  • archivedate: Date when the item was archived; use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations;[1] do not wikilink. Displays preceded by "archived from the original on".
  • deadurl: When the URL is still live, but preemptively archived, then set |deadurl=no. This changes the display order with the title retaining the original link and the archive linked at the end.
  • date: Full date of source being referenced in the same format as other publication dates in the citations. This is the date mentioned on the website (if any).
  • accessdate: Full date when URL was accessed; use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations;
  • quote: Relevant text quoted from the source. Displays enclosed in quotes. When supplied, the citation terminator (a period by default) is suppressed, so the quote needs to include terminating punctuation.

Examples

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1. Author and date
John Smith, "London, United Kingdom Forecast", The Weather Underground, Inc., 1 June 2005 (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html. 
2. Author, link and publication
John Smith, "London, United Kingdom Forecast", The Weather Underground, Inc. (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html. 
3. No author and no date (just link and publication)
"London, United Kingdom Forecast", The Weather Underground, Inc. (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html. 
4. Just link
"London, United Kingdom Forecast" (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html. 
5. Just link but link is dead (archived)
"London, United Kingdom Forecast" (archived from the original), http://www.webcitation.org/5yo0HaAk7. 
6. No archive link
"London, United Kingdom Forecast", http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html. 
7. With series
John Smith, "London, United Kingdom Forecast", The Weather Underground, Inc., Special Dispatch No.5278, 1 June 2005 (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html. 
8. With quote
"And he said blah blah blah etc etc", John Smith, "London, United Kingdom Forecast", The Weather Underground, Inc., Special Dispatch No.5278, 1 June 2005 (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html