Template:Cite news
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Revision as of 02:58, 23 June 2006 by Ansell (Talk) (note about wikilinking date as long as the whole date is known, and not to wikilink accessdate)
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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