Template:Cite web/doc

A checked version of this page, approved on 23 June 2013, was based on this revision.

This template should be used whenever an external website is being referenced. Other templates include Template:Cite book

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

Minimum usage:

{{cite web
 | url        =       
 | title      =
}}

Other parameters:

| archiveurl= 
| archivedate=
| deadurl=no
| date       =
| accessdate =
| publisher=
| series=
| 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; Displays preceded by "archived from the original on". Use {{subst:#time: Y-m-d}} to automatically put today's date in Y-M-D format.
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.
publisher (organization or website's name such as "Discovery Channel")
series: (used only sometimes) additional information that cannot be included under author or publisher. For example journal number

Examples

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1. Just a link. No archive link: "London, United Kingdom Forecast", http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html.

2. Just link with archive: "London, United Kingdom Forecast" (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html.

3. Link with archive but main link is dead: "London, United Kingdom Forecast" (archived from the original), http://www.webcitation.org/5yo0HaAk7.

4. 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.

5. Author, link and publication: John Smith, "London, United Kingdom Forecast", The Weather Underground, Inc. (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html.

6. 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.

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