Template:Cite news
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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 =
|language =
}}
{{cite news | first = | last = | author = | coauthors =| url = | title = | work = | publisher = | pages = | page = | date = | accessdate = | language = }}
- 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
- language: the language the source is written in
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See also
- Wikipedia:Cite sources: Style guide
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles/Generic citations: Related templates
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikicite
- Template:Cite web
- Template:Cite bookcs:Šablona:Citace novin
pl:Szablon:Cytuj news vi:Tiêu bản:Chú thích báo zh:Cite news
