Template documentation

Usage

This template is used to cite Web-based sources. It generate footnotes with consistent styling and information. It works similarly to Wikipedia's Template:Cite web. But it accepts fewer parameters and is much less polished.

Not all fields are required.

This template accepts the following parameters. All parameter names must be in lowercase.

author
date
url (required)
title (required)
work
publisher
at
accessdate
quote

This template accepts the following parameters. All parameter names must be in lowercase.

<ref>
{{cite web
| title       = <!-- Title of page or thread -->
| url         = <!-- http://blah.blah (required) -->
| work        = <!-- Site name or description -->
| publisher   = <!-- Publisher's company name -->
| accessdate  = <!-- date you looked at page, in d mmmm yyyy format, e.g. 2 March 2013 -->
| author      = <!-- Author's name (required) -->
| date        = <!-- date of article, in d mmmm yyyy format, e.g. 2 March 2013 -->
| quote       = <!-- snippet of pertinent text -->
}}
</ref>

Known bugs

If author isn't specified, then date will not be shown.