Template:citation
This template is used to generate a citation with the appropriate h-cite microformats.
Blank Template
Copy, paste, and fill in the information:
{{citation | title = | url = | author = | published = | archiveurl = }}
Parameters
- title
- title of the work being cited
- url
- URL of the work being cited.
- author
- author's name (optional, but recommended)
- published
- date published in YYYY-MM-DD format (optional, but recommended)
- archiveurl
- URL of archival copy such as Wayback Machine (optional, but recommended)
- url_status
- This parameter can be added if the original link is dead, which will replace the link with the archiveurl. This should look like
url_status = dead
(see example). Otherwise, the parameter is not needed.
Examples
{{citation | title = Remember WordPress' Pingbacks? The W3C wants us to use them across the whole web | url = http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/18/remember_wordpress_pingbacks_the_w3c_wants_us_to_use_them_across_the_whole_web/ | author = [https://luxagraf.net/ Scott Gilbertson] | published = 2016-02-18 | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20170629220602/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/18/remember_wordpress_pingbacks_the_w3c_wants_us_to_use_them_across_the_whole_web/ }}
Will generate:
2016-02-18 : Remember WordPress' Pingbacks? The W3C wants us to use them across the whole web (archived)
{{citation | title = <A> | url = https://adactio.com/articles/10887 | author = {{adactio}} | published = 2016-06-28 | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20170629220709/https://adactio.com/articles/10887 }}
Will generate:
Dead Links
When a link is dead, ensure the archiveurl
is filled in and add paramater url_status = dead
:
{{citation | title = archived example | url = https://kylewm.com/2014/04/rsvp-span-class-p-rsvp-yes-span-first-indie-rsvp-attempt-let-s-see | author = {{kylewm}} | published = 2014- | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20190405091534/https://kylewm.com/2014/04/rsvp-span-class-p-rsvp-yes-span-first-indie-rsvp-attempt-let-s-see | url_status = dead }}
Will generate:
2014-04 : First indiewebcamp rsvp (archived from the original)