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* '''publisher''': Publisher, if any. | * '''publisher''': Publisher, if any. | ||
| − | * '''date''': date of publication. [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format recommended. | + | * '''date''': date of publication. [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format recommended. If the whole date is known it should be [[m:Help:Preferences#Date_format|wikilinked]] to enable [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#prefsection-4 date user preferences]. |
| − | * '''accessdate''': Date when item was accessed. Use [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format. | + | * '''accessdate''': Date when item was accessed. Use [[ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format. Do not wikilink the date. |
* '''work''': If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work. | * '''work''': If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work. | ||
* '''pages''' overrides '''page''' | * '''pages''' overrides '''page''' | ||
Revision as of 02:58, 23 June 2006
This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is specifically for news sources.
Usage
{{cite news
|first =
|last =
|author =
|coauthors =
|url =
|title =
|work =
|publisher =
|pages =
|page =
|date =
|accessdate =
}}
- title is required, rest is optional.
- author: Author
- last works with first to produce
last, first - coauthors allows additional authors
- last works with first to produce
- publisher: Publisher, if any.
- date: date of publication. ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format recommended. If the whole date is known it should be wikilinked to enable date user preferences.
- accessdate: Date when item was accessed. Use ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format. Do not wikilink the date.
- work: If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
- pages overrides page
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