Template:citation

From IndieWeb

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)

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 Scott Gilbertson: 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:

2016-06-28 Jeremy Keith: <A> (archived)