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Thistemplate is used to cite online sources in Wikipedia articles. {{Cite news}} can also be used when citing a news source; for general information about citations in Wikipedia articles, seeWikipedia:Cite sources. A general discussion of the use of templates for adding citations to Wikipedia articles is available atWikipedia:Citation templates.

Note: None of the parameters should be capitalised, in order to avoid the article being tagged as having a broken citation. For example, use "url", "title", etc. - not "URL", "Title", etc.

Citations within a page should use consistent formats. However, there is no consensus about which format is best. The following examples are for citations where one or more authors are listed in a single|author=authors parameter, using any format. Also shown below are three separate date formats that are commonly used in Wikipedia:

Day Month Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=16 Oṣù Ọ̀wàrà 2025}}

Month Day, Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=Oṣù Ọ̀wàrà 16, 2025}}

YYYY-MM-DD

{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2025-10-16}}

The examples below will suffice for up to two authors each with first and last names; for more, just create more parameters in a similar style:

Day Month Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=16 Oṣù Ọ̀wàrà 2025}}

Month Day, Year

{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=Oṣù Ọ̀wàrà 16, 2025}}

YYYY-MM-DD

{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2025-10-16}}

When copying all parameters in either the vertical or horizontal layouts, delete those which are not needed.

All parameters, horizontal layout

{{cite web |url= |title= |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |month= |year= |work= |publisher= |location= |page= |pages= |at= |language= |trans_title= |format= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |quote= |ref= |separator= |postscript= }}

All parameters, vertical layout

{{cite web| url         =| title       =| first       =| last        =| author      =| authorlink  =| coauthors   =| date        =| month       =| year        =| work        =| publisher   =| location    =| page        =| pages       =| at          =| language    =| trans_title =| format      =| doi         =| archiveurl  =| archivedate =| accessdate  =| quote       =| ref         =| separator   =| postscript  =}}

• url: URL of online item. Start the url with the communications protocol, e.g. http://.
• title: Title of online item. This title will appear as the citation itself, hyperlinked to the URL.

• author parameters
  • author
  • last works withfirst to producelast, first
  • authorlink works either withauthor or withlast &first to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
  • last1,first1, ...,last9,first9 and optionallyauthorlink1, ...,authorlink9 for specifying more authors (note:last1,first1 andauthorlink1 are synonyms forlast,first andauthorlink, so useeitherlast1 orlast, not both)
  • coauthors: alternate way of specifying additional authors
• a date parameter
  • eitherdate: Full date of publication. Should not be wikilinked.
  • oryear: Year of publication, andmonth: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, usedate instead. Should not be wikilinked.
• format: Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
• work: If this item is part of a larger "work", such as a book, periodical or website, write the name of that work. Do not italicize; the software will do so automatically.
• publisher: Publisher, if any—for example if the website is hosted by a government service, educational institution, or company. (Thepublisher is not usually the name of the website, that is usually thework).
  • location: Geographical place of publication.
• a page parameter
  • eitherpage: Page number if a multi-page web article and referencing a single page. "page=5" producesp. 5.
  • orpages: Page numbers if a multi-page web article and referencing more than one page. "pages=5–7" producespp. 5–7. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not a total number of pages.
  • orat: When the page prefix is unwanted. "at=Table 5" producesTable 5.
• language: language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
  • trans_title: A translated title of the article, in case the original title is in a foreign language. Would normally be used in conjunction with the 'language' parameter.
• doi: Adigital object identifier for the document, such as10.1038/news070508-7
  • Doilabel: If the doi contains some characters that must beescaped, use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See {{doi}}: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
• archive parameters(if used, must be used both of them together)
  • archiveurl: The URL of anarchived copy of the page, if (or in case) the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services likeWebCite andArchive.org.
  • archivedate: Date when the item was archived. Should not be wikilinked.
• accessdate: Full date when item was accessed. Should not be wikilinked. This should be given if the publication date is unknown; seeCitation styles.
• quote: Relevant quote from online item.
• ref: ID for anchor. By default, no anchor is generated. The ordinary nonempty value|ref=ID generates an anchor with the givenID; such a linkable reference can be made the target ofwikilinks to full references, especially useful in short citations likeshortened notes andparenthetical referencing. The special value|ref=harv generates an anchor suitable for the {{harv}} template; seeanchors for Harvard referencing templates.
• separator /postscript: The punctuation to use between fields / at the end of the citation

By default, {{cite web}} separates some fields with periods, so don't encode those fields ending with a period or a duplicate period will be added. Example: "publisher=Camelot, Inc" will correctly show asCamelot, Inc. but "publisher=Camelot, Inc." will incorrectly show asCamelot, Inc..

Some standard use cases

• {{cite web|url=http://www.example.org/|title=My Favorite Things, Part II|author=Doe, John|publisher=Open Publishing|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of Things|accessdate=6 July 2005}}
  →Doe, John (30 April 2005)."My Favorite Things, Part II".Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved6 July 2005. 

• {{cite web|url=http://www.example.org/|title=My Favorite Things, Part II|author=Doe, John|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of things|accessdate=6 July 2005}}
  →Doe, John (30 April 2005)."My Favorite Things, Part II".Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved6 July 2005. 

• {{cite web|url=http://www.example.org/|title=My Favorite Things, Part II|author=Doe, John|date=30 April 2005|accessdate=6 July 2005}}
  →Doe, John (30 April 2005)."My Favorite Things, Part II". Retrieved6 July 2005. 

• {{cite web||url=http://www.example.org/|title=My Favorite Things, Part IIauthor=Doe, John|accessdate=6 July 2005}}
  →Doe, John."My Favorite Things, Part II". Retrieved6 July 2005. 

• {{cite web|url=http://www.example.org/|title=My Favorite Things, Part II|accessdate=6 July 2005}}
  →"My Favorite Things, Part II". Retrieved6 July 2005. 

• {{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/digestofrules|title=Digest of Rules|publisher=National Football League|accessdate=6 July 2005}}
  →"Digest of Rules". National Football League. Retrieved6 July 2005. 

Using format

• {{cite web|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control|publisher=International Narcotics Control Board|format=PDF|accessdate=July 6, 2005}}
  →"List of psychotropic substances under international control"(PDF). International Narcotics Control Board. RetrievedJuly 6, 2005. 

Foreign language and translated title

• {{cite web|url=http://www.example.org/|title=Honni soit qui mal y pense|author=Joliet, François|date=30 April 2005|accessdate=6 July 2005|language=French|trans_title=Shame on those who think evil}}
  →Joliet, François (30 April 2005)."Honni soit qui mal y pense" [Shame on those who think evil] (in French). Retrieved6 July 2005. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)

coauthors

• {{cite web|url=http://www.example.org/|title=Our Favorite Things|first=John|last=Doe|coauthors=Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim|publisher=Open Publishing|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of Things|accessdate=16 May 2006}}
  →Doe, John (30 April 2005)."Our Favorite Things".Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved16 May 2006. Unknown parameter|coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

• {{cite web|url=http://www.example.org/|title=Our Favorite Things|first=John|last=Doe|coauthors=Peter Smith; Jim Smythe|publisher=Open Publishing|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of Things|accessdate=16 May 2006}}
  →Doe, John (30 April 2005)."Our Favorite Things".Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved16 May 2006. Unknown parameter|coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

No author

• {{cite web|url=http://www.example.org/|title=Index of Sharp Things|publisher=Open Publishing|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of Things|accessdate=16 May 2006}}
  →"Index of Sharp Things".Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. 30 April 2005. Retrieved16 May 2006. 

No author, no publisher

This abbreviated format should only be used when the editor cannot determine the publisher and author.

• {{cite web|url=http://www.example.org/|title=Index of Sharp Things|date=30 April 2005|work=Encyclopedia of Things|accessdate=6 July 2005}}
  →"Index of Sharp Things".Encyclopedia of Things. 30 April 2005. Retrieved6 July 2005. 

• {{cite web|url=http://www.example.org/|title=Index of Sharp Things|date=30 April 2005|accessdate=6 July 2005}}
  →"Index of Sharp Things". 30 April 2005. Retrieved6 July 2005. 

• {{cite web|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control|date=30 April 2005|format=PDF|accessdate=July 6, 2005|language=Greek}}
  →"List of psychotropic substances under international control"(PDF) (in Greek). 30 April 2005. RetrievedJuly 6, 2005. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)

Using "archiveurl" and "archivedate" for webpages that have been archived

• {{cite web|url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf|title=List of psychotropic substances under international control|date=30 April 2005|format=PDF|accessdate=July 6, 2005|archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf|archivedate=2005-09-11}}
  →"List of psychotropic substances under international control"(PDF). 30 April 2005. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2005-09-11. RetrievedJuly 6, 2005. 

• {{cite web|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm|title=Interview with Maggie Downs|date=2006-03-31|publisher=The Desert Sun|archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm|archivedate=2006-04-26}}
  →"Interview with Maggie Downs". The Desert Sun. 2006-03-31. Archived fromthe original on 2006-04-26. 

Using "quote"

• {{cite web|url=http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html|title=Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea|work=WebExhibits|date=2008|accessdate=2009-09-27|quote=... Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins ...'}}
  →"Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea".WebExhibits. 2008. Retrieved2009-09-27.... Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins ...' 

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