Template:Cite web/doc

This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is specifically for web sites which are not news sources. It provides lower case parameters only.

Usage
 

Required parameters

 * url: URL of online item.
 * title: Title of online item.
 * One of the two date format parameters:
 * accessdate: Full date when item was accessed. Must not be wikilinked.
 * accessmonthday and accessyear: Month and day when item was accessed, e.g. May 10, and year when item was accessed, e.g. 2005. Will not be wikilinked.

Optional parameters

 * author: Author.
 * last works with first to produce.
 * authorlink works either with author or with last & first to link to the appropriate article.
 * coauthors: allows additional authors.
 * date: Full date of publication, preferably in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. May be wikilinked.
 * OR: year: Year of publication, and month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead. Must not be wikilinked.
 * format: Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
 * work: If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
 * publisher: Publisher, if any.
 * pages: Page, if any, especially if PDF format. Do not use in addition to pages.
 * pages: Pages, if any, especially if PDF format. Do not use in addition to page.
 * language: language of publication.
 * archiveurl: URL of the archive location of the item (requires archivedate).
 * archivedate: Date when the item was archived (requires archiveurl), in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. Will not be wikilinked.