Template:Cite web/doc

A checked version of this page, approved on 26 February 2014, was based on this revision.

This template should be used whenever an external website is being referenced (RU version: ru:Шаблон:Cite web).

See Template:Cite web (Wikipedia) for documentation. Uses Template:Citation/core.

{{cite web
 | url=       
 | title=
 | author=
 | publisher=
 | date=
 | archiveurl= 
 | deadurl=no
}}

| accessdate=
| series=
| isbn=
| page=
| pages=
| quote=

url: URL of an online location where the text of the publication can be found.
title: Title of web page. Displays in quotes.
archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like WebCite.
deadurl: When the URL is still live, but preemptively archived, then set |deadurl=no. This changes the display order with the title retaining the original link and the archive linked at the end.
date: Full date of source being referenced in the same format as other publication dates in the citations. This is the date mentioned on the website (if any).
accessdate: Full date when URL was accessed (use if the sourced page does not indicate a date of publication).
quote: Relevant text quoted from the source. Displays enclosed in quotes. When supplied, the citation terminator (a period by default) is suppressed, so the quote needs to include terminating punctuation.
publisher: organization or website's name. A website's URL should be used only when there is no proper name available. So, for example, Islam Q&A is located at islamqa.info, but Islam Q&A is the title that should be cited as the publisher.
series: (used only sometimes) additional information that cannot be included under author or publisher. For example journal number

Examples

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1. Just a link. No archive link: "London, United Kingdom Forecast", http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html.

2. Just link with archive: "London, United Kingdom Forecast" (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html.

3. Link with archive but main link is dead: "London, United Kingdom Forecast" (archived from the original), http://www.webcitation.org/5yo0HaAk7.

4. No author and no date (just link and publication): "London, United Kingdom Forecast", The Weather Underground, Inc. (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html.

5. Author, link and publication: John Smith, "London, United Kingdom Forecast", The Weather Underground, Inc. (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html.

6. Author and date: John Smith, "London, United Kingdom Forecast", The Weather Underground, Inc., 1 June 2005 (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html.

7. With series: John Smith, "London, United Kingdom Forecast", The Weather Underground, Inc., Special Dispatch No.5278, 1 June 2005 (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html.

8. With quote: "And he said blah blah blah etc etc", John Smith, "London, United Kingdom Forecast", The Weather Underground, Inc., Special Dispatch No.5278, 1 June 2005 (archived), http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/03772.html