Template:Cite web/doc

Usage
For references with author credit



For references without author credit













Examples


Using format

Foreign language and translated title

Using authorlink

Using "archiveurl" and "archivedate" (and optionally "deadurl") for webpages that have been archived

Using quote

Series
Alias: agency.

Template data
 {       "description": "This template formats a citation to a website using the provided information such as URL and title. It should be used only for sources that are not correctly described by the specific citation templates for books, journals, news sources, etc.", "params": { "url": { "label": "URL", "description": "The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found", "type": "string", "required": true },               "title": { "label": "Source title", "description": "The title of the source page on the website; will display with quotation marks added", "type": "string", "required": true },               "date": { "label": "Source date", "description": "Full date when the source was published; if unknown, use accessdate instead; do not wikilink", "type": "string", "required": false },              "accessdate": { "label": "URL access date", "description": "The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink", "type": "string", "required": false },               "website": { "label": "Website title", "description": "Title of the website; may be wikilinked; will display in italics; alias of 'work'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "publisher": { "label": "Publisher", "description": "Name of the publisher", "type": "string", "required": false },              "last": { "label": "Last name", "description": "The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors", "type": "string", "required": false },               "first": { "label": "First name", "description": "Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors", "type": "string", "required": false },               "authorlink": { "label": "Author link", "description": "Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors", "type": "string/wiki-page-name", "required": false },               "others": { "label": "Others", "description": "Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "month": { "label": "Month of publication", "description": "Name of the month of publication; do not wikilink; use 'date' instead, if day of month is also known", "type": "string", "required": false },               "year": { "label": "Year of publication", "description": "Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month and day are also known", "type": "string", "required": false },               "origyear": { "label": "Original year", "description": "Original year of publication; provide specifics", "type": "string", "required": false },               "editor-last": { "label": "Editor last name", "description": "The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-last', 'editor', and 'editors'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "editor-first": { "label": "Editor first name", "description": "Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-first'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "editor-link": { "label": "Editor link", "description": "Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-link'", "type": "string/wiki-page-name", "required": false },               "series": { "label": "Series identifier", "description": "Series identifier when the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal", "type": "string", "required": false },               "location": { "label": "Location of publication", "description": "Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "publication-place": { "label": "Place of publication", "description": "Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "publication-date": { "label": "Publication date", "description": "Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink", "type": "string", "required": false },               "page": { "label": "Page", "description": "Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "pages": { "label": "Pages", "description": "Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source; displays after 'pp.'",                       "type": "string",                        "required": false                },                "nopp": {                        "label": "No pp",                        "description": "Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')",                        "type": "string",                        "required": false                },                "at": {                        "label": "At",                        "description": "May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient",                        "type": "string",                        "required": false                },                "language": { "label": "Language", "description": "The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates", "type": "string", "required": false },               "trans_title": { "label": "Translated title", "description": "An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended", "type": "string", "required": false },               "type": { "label": "Type", "description": "Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case", "type": "string", "required": false },               "format": { "label": "Format", "description": "Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML", "type": "string", "required": false },               "arxiv": { "label": "arXiv identifier", "description": "An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers", "type": "string", "required": false },               "asin": { "label": "AZIN", "description": "Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters", "type": "string", "required": false },               "asin-tld": { "label": "AZIN TLD", "description": "ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US", "type": "string", "required": false },               "bibcode": { "label": "Bibcode", "description": "Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters", "type": "string", "required": false },               "doi": { "label": "DOI", "description": "Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "doi_brokendate": { "label": "DOI broken date", "description": "The date that the DOI was determined to be broken", "type": "string", "required": false },               "isbn": { "label": "ISBN", "description": "International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible", "type": "string", "required": false },               "issn": { "label": "ISSN", "description": "International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen", "type": "string", "required": false },               "jfm": { "label": "jfm code", "description": "Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code", "type": "string", "required": false },               "jstor": { "label": "JSTOR", "description": "JSTOR identifier", "type": "string", "required": false },               "lccn": { "label": "LCCN", "description": "Library of Congress Control Number", "type": "string", "required": false },               "mr": { "label": "MR", "description": "Mathematical Reviews identifier", "type": "string", "required": false },               "oclc": { "label": "OCLC", "description": "Online Computer Library Center number", "type": "string", "required": false },               "ol": { "label": "OL", "description": "Open Library identifier", "type": "string", "required": false },               "osti": { "label": "OSTI", "description": "Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier", "type": "string", "required": false },               "pmc": { "label": "PMC", "description": "PubMed Center article number", "type": "string", "required": false },               "pmid": { "label": "PMID", "description": "PubMed Unique Identifier", "type": "string", "required": false },               "rfc": { "label": "RFC", "description": "Request for Comments number", "type": "string", "required": false },               "ssrn": { "label": "SSRN", "description": "Social Science Research Network", "type": "string", "required": false },               "zbl": { "label": "Zbl", "description": "Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier", "type": "string", "required": false },               "id": { "label": "id", "description": "A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable", "type": "string", "required": false },               "archiveurl": { "label": "Archive URL", "description": "The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archivedate'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "archivedate": { "label": "Archive date", "description": "Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink", "type": "string", "required": false },               "deadurl": { "label": "Dead URL", "description": "If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live", "type": "string", "required": false },               "quote": { "label": "Quote", "description": "Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation", "type": "string", "required": false },               "ref": { "label": "Ref", "description": "An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv template", "type": "string", "required": false },               "separator": { "label": "Separator", "description": "The punctuation used to separate lists of authors, editors, etc.; a space must be encoded as &#32; do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark", "type": "string", "default": ".", "required": false },               "postscript": { "label": "Postscript", "description": "The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined", "type": "string", "default": ".", "required": false },               "layurl": { "label": "Lay URL", "description": "URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; alias of 'laysummary'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "laysource": { "label": "Lay source", "description": "Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash", "type": "string", "required": false },               "laydate": { "label": "Lay date", "description": "Date of the summary; displays in parentheses", "type": "string", "required": false },               "author-mask": { "label": "Author mask", "description": "Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead", "type": "string", "required": false },               "author-name-separator": { "label": "Author name separator", "description": "Changes the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space; a space must be encoded as &#32; do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark", "type": "string", "default": ", ", "required": false },               "author-separator": { "label": "Author separator", "description": "Changes the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space; a space must be encoded as &#32; do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark", "type": "string", "default": "; ", "required": false },               "display-authors": { "label": "Display authors", "description": "number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used; default is to do so after 8 of 9 are listed; alias of 'displayauthors'", "type": "number", "default": "8", "required": false },               "lastauthoramp": { "label": "Last author ampersand", "description": "When set to any value, changes the separator between the last two names of the author list to 'space ampersand space'", "type": "string", "required": false }       } } 