Template:Cite url

Usage

Please notice that none of the parameters should be capitalised, to avoid the article being tagged as having a broken citation. Use "url", "title", etc. - not "Url", "Title", etc.

Common forms

Common form (with current date)

{{cite web | title= | url= | work= | publisher= | date= | accessdate=2024-11-10}}

Using last, first and coauthor(s) (with current date)

{{cite web | last= | first= | coauthors= | title= | url= | date= | work= | publisher= | accessdate=2024-11-10 }}

Using author (with current date)

{{cite web | author= | title= | url= | work= | publisher= | date= | accessdate=2024-11-10 }}

Using archived version

{{cite web | author= | title= | url= | archiveurl= | work= | publisher= | archivedate= | date= | accessdate= 2024-11-10}}

All parameters

When copying all parameters, in either horizontal or vertical layout, delete those you don't need.

All parameters, horizontal layout

{{cite web |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= |url= |archiveurl= |work= |publisher= |location= |page= |pages= |language= |format= |doi= |date= |month= |year= |archivedate= |accessdate= |quote= }}

All parameters, vertical layout

{{cite web
| first       = 
| last        = 
| author      = 
| authorlink  = 
| coauthors   = 
| title       = 
| url         = 
| archiveurl  = 
| work        = 
| publisher   = 
| location    = 
| page        =
| pages       = 
| language    = 
| format      = 
| doi         = 
| date        = 
| year        = 
| month       = 
| archivedate = 
| accessdate  = 
| quote       = 
}}

Required parameters

• url: URL of online item. Start the url with the communications protocol e.g. http://.
• title: Title of online item.

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
• a date parameter:
  • either date: Full date of publication in the same format as used in the main text of the article. Forexample, if in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, 2006-02-17. Should not be wikilinked.
  • or year: Year of publication, and month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Should not be wikilinked.
• format: Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
• work: If this item is part of a larger "work", such as a book, periodical or website, write the name of that work.
• publisher: Publisher, if any—for example if the website is hosted by a government service, educational institution, or company
  • location: Geographical place of publication.
• 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.
• language: language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
• doi: A digital object identifier for the document, such as 10.1038/news070508-7
  • Doilabel: If the doi contains some characters that must be escaped, use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See {{doi}}: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
• archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of the 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 (requires archiveurl), in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Should not be wikilinked.
• accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = 2024-11-10". Should not be wikilinked.
• quote: Relevant quote from online item.

Duplicate periods

By default, cite web separates fields with periods, so don't encode a field ending with a period or a duplicate period will be added. Example: publisher=Camelot, Inc will correctly show as Camelot, Inc. but publisher=Camelot, Inc. will incorrectly show as Camelot, Inc..

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 2005-07-06.

• {{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 2005-07-06.

• {{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 2005-07-06.

• {{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 2005-07-06.

• {{cite web |title=My favorite things part II |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → "My favorite things part II". Retrieved 2005-07-06.

• {{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 2005-07-06.

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 2005-07-06.

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" (in French). Retrieved 2005-07-06.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)

coauthors

• {{cite web |first=John |last=Doe |coauthors=Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim |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 (2005-04-30). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 2006-05-16.

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 2006-05-16.

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 2005-07-06.

• {{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 2005-07-06.

• {{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" (PDF) (in Greek). 2005-04-30. Retrieved 2005-07-06.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)

Using "archiveurl" and "archivedate" for webpages that have been archived

• {{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 (PDF) on 2005-09-11. Retrieved 2005-07-06.

• {{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 2006-04-26.

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 2005-07-06. Lorem ipsum dolor.