Template:Cite web/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite web.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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Usage

Template:Citation Style documentation/usage Template:Citation Style documentation/usage common For references with author credit

{{cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

For references without author credit

{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

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{{cite web |url= |url-access= |title= |last= |first= |author= |author-link= |last2= |first2= |author2= |author-link2= |date= |year= |orig-date= |editor-last= |editor-first= |editor= |editor-link= |editor-last2= |editor-first2= |editor-link2= |editors= |department= |website= |series= |publisher= |agency= |location= |page= |pages= |at= |language= |script-title= |trans-title= |type= |format= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |doi-broken-date= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |via= |quote= |trans-quote= |ref= |postscript=}}

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{{cite web
| url          = 
| url-access   = 
| title        = 
| last         = 
| first        = 
| author-link  = 
| last2        = 
| first2       = 
| author-link2 = 
| date         = 
| year         = 
| orig-date    = 
| editor-last  = 
| editor-first = 
| editor-link  = 
| editor2-last = 
| editor2-first= 
| editor2-link = 
| department   = 
| website      = 
| series       = 
| publisher    = 
| agency       = 
| location     = 
| page         = 
| pages        = 
| at           = 
| language     = 
| script-title = 
| trans-title  = 
| type         = 
| format       = 
| arxiv        = 
| asin         = 
| bibcode      = 
| doi          = 
| doi-broken-date= 
| isbn         = 
| issn         = 
| jfm          = 
| jstor        = 
| lccn         = 
| mr           = 
| oclc         = 
| ol           = 
| osti         = 
| pmc          = 
| pmid         = 
| rfc          = 
| ssrn         = 
| zbl          = 
| id           = 
| access-date  = 
| url-status   = 
| archive-url  = 
| archive-date = 
| via          = 
| quote        = 
| ref          = 
| postscript   = }}

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Choosing between Template:cite web and Template:cite news

Before 2014, editors had to decide whether to use {{cite web}} or {{cite news}} based on their features. In 2014, most of the differences between the two templates were eliminated.

As of 29 July 2016, {{cite web}} and {{cite news}} have the following differences:

{{cite news}} can be used for offline (paper) sources whereas {{cite web}} generates a missing URL error when no URL is provided
{{cite news}} accepts |issue= and |volume= parameters while {{cite web}} does not (See Template:Slink; see also {{cite magazine}}).

But given the same set of valid parameters, their output is exactly the same:

cite web:	Silverman, Dwight (July 15, 2011). "Microsoft envisions a universal OS, but it might not be called Windows". Houston Chronicle (Hearst Corporation). https://blog.chron.com/techblog/2011/07/microsoft-envisions-a-universal-os-but-it-might-not-be-called-windows/.
cite news:	Silverman, Dwight (July 15, 2011). "Microsoft envisions a universal OS, but it might not be called Windows". Houston Chronicle (Hearst Corporation). https://blog.chron.com/techblog/2011/07/microsoft-envisions-a-universal-os-but-it-might-not-be-called-windows/.

Examples

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Using "format="

When this template detects a link whose URL includes an extension of ".pdf" or ".PDF", typical of PDF files, it automatically displays a PDF icon after the link (regardless of whether the link goes to a PDF file or to an HTML landing page, typical of paysites). It also internally acts as if |format=PDF had been specified, which displays " (PDF)" after the icon. (In this case, an explicit |format=PDF parameter would be redundant, so it is not recommended to add it. Users may remove it. Citation bot, when invoked, will remove it. (ref))

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If the link is to a PDF file that is not automatically recognizable by its extension, this template does not display the PDF icon. You may add the parameter |format=PDF, which displays " (PDF)" after the link (but no PDF icon).

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For links to files in other formats, no icon is displayed. For example, for an .odt file, you may add the parameter |format=ODT, which displays " (ODT)" after the link.

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