Template:Cite web/doc

This template is used to cite online sources in Wikipedia articles. For general information about citations in Wikipedia articles, see Cite sources.

A general discussion of the use of templates for adding citation of open-source web content to Wikipedia articles is available at Citation templates.

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

All parameters
When copying all parameters in either the vertical or horizontal layouts, delete those which are not needed.


 * All parameters, vertical layout

 
 * All parameters, horizontal layout

Required parameters

 * title: Title of online item. This title will appear as the citation itself, hyperlinked to the URL.
 * url: URL of online item. Start the url with the communications protocol, e.g. http://.

Optional parameters

 * author: Author
 * last works with first to produce
 * 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. Should be in the same format as used in the main text of the article and should not be wikilinked. (per Manual of Style (dates))


 * 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. The publisher is not usually the name of the website (that is usually the work). If the publisher cannot be found on the site, try whois. For self-published works, e.g. blogs, use ; such a linkable reference can be made the target of wikilinks to full references, especially useful in short citations like shortened notes and parenthetical referencing. The special value harv generates an anchor suitable for the harv template; see anchors for Harvard referencing templates.
 * separator / postscript: The punctuation to use between fields / at the end of the citation

Examples

 * Some standard use cases












 * Using format


 * Foreign language and translated title


 * coauthors




 * No author

This abbreviated format should only be used when the editor cannot determine the publisher and author.
 * No author, no publisher






 * Using "archiveurl" and "archivedate" for webpages that have been archived




 * Using "quote"