Wowpedia:News

This template is used to cite sources in Wowpedia. It provides lower case parameters only.

Usage

Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page (with current date)

{{ref web |url= |title= |accessdate=2024-04-19 |format= |work= }}

Using last, first (with current date)

{{ref web |url= |title= |accessdate=2024-04-19 |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using author (with current date)

{{ref web |url= |title= |accessdate=2024-04-19 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using non-linked retrieved date, last, first

{{ref web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using non-linked retrieved date, author

{{ref web |url= |title= |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

All parameters, horizontal format (delete the ones you don't need)

{{ref web |url= |title= |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth = |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

All parameters, vertical format

{{ref web
|url = 
|title = 
|accessdate = 
|accessdaymonth = 
|accessmonthday = 
|accessyear = 
|author = 
|last = 
|first = 
|authorlink = 
|coauthors = 
|date = 
|year = 
|month = 
|format = 
|work =
|publisher = 
|pages = 
|language = 
|doi = 
|archiveurl = 
|archivedate = 
|quote = 
}}

Required parameters

• url: URL of online item.
• title: Title of online item.

For producing a wikilinked date of retrieval:

• accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = 2024-04-19". Must not be wikilinked

For producing a non-wikilinked date of retrieval:

• accessmonthday and accessyear: Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = May 10", and year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005". Produces: Retrieved on May 10, 2006.
• accessdaymonth and accessyear: Month and day when item was accessed, for example "accessmonthday = 10 May", and year when item was accessed, for example "accessyear = 2005". Produces: Retrieved on 10 May 2006.

Optional parameters

• author: Author
  • last works with first to produce last, first
  • authorlink works either with author or with last & first to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
  • 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: pp. 5–7: first page and optional last page. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not the total number of pages in the book. This is especially useful for PDF format, where the page can be linked to with the #page=number anchor tagged on the end of the URL:

  pages = [http://www.example.org/file.pdf#page=123 p. 123]

• language: language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
• doi: A digital object identifier for the document, such as 10.1038/news070508-7
  • Doilabel: If the doi contains some characters that must be escaped, use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See {{wikipedia:template:doi}}: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
• 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. Must not be wikilinked; it will be linked automatically.
• quote: Relevant quote from online item.

Examples

Some standard use cases

• {{ref web |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=2005-04-30 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  →Doe, John 2005-04-30. My favorite things part II. Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.

• {{ref web |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |date=2005-04-30 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → Doe, John 2005-04-30. My favorite things part II. Encyclopedia of things. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.

• {{ref web |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |date=2005-04-30 |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → Doe, John 2005-04-30. My favorite things part II. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.

• {{ref web |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → Doe, John. My favorite things part II. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.

• {{ref web |title=My favorite things part II |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → My favorite things part II. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.

• {{ref web |url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/ |title=Digest of rules |publisher= National Football League |accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → Digest of rules. National Football League. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.

Non-linking date of retrieval (using accessmonthday and accessyear)

• {{ref web |title=My favorite things part II |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessmonthday=July 6 |accessyear=2005 }}
  → My favorite things part II. Encyclopedia of things. Retrieved on July 6, 2005.

Using format

• {{ref web |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |publisher=International Narcotics Control Board |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → List of psychotropic substances under international control (PDF). International Narcotics Control Board. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.

language

• {{ref web |author=Joliet, François |title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense |date=2005-04-30 |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=2005-07-06 |language=French }}
  → Joliet, François 2005-04-30. Honnit soit qui mal y pense (French). Retrieved on 2005-07-06.

coauthors

• {{ref web |first=John |last=Doe |coauthors=Peter Smith, Jim Smythe |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=2005-04-30 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=2006-05-16 }}
  → Doe, John; Peter Smith, Jim Smythe 2005-04-30. My favorite things part II. Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on 2006-05-16.

No author

• {{ref web |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=2005-04-30 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16 }}
  → My favorite things part II. Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing (2005-04-30). Retrieved on 2006-05-16.

No author, no publisher

• {{ref web |title=My favorite things part II |date=2005-04-30 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → My favorite things part II. Encyclopedia of things (2005-04-30). Retrieved on 2005-07-06.

• {{ref web |title=My favorite things part II |date=2005-04-30 |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=2005-07-06}}
  → My favorite things part II (2005-04-30). Retrieved on 2005-07-06.

• {{ref web |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |date=2005-04-30 |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2005-07-06 |language=Greek }}
  → List of psychotropic substances under international control (Greek) (PDF) (2005-04-30). Retrieved on 2005-07-06.

Using archiveurl and archivedate to refer to items that went away but are available from an archive site

• {{ref web |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |date=2005-04-30 |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2005-07-06 |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) (2005-04-30). Archived from the original on 2005-09-11. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.

• {{ref 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 from the original on 2006-04-26.

Using quote

• {{ref web |title=My favorite things part II |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=2005-07-06 |quote=Lorem ipsum dolor. }}
  → My favorite things part II. Encyclopedia of things. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.​ “Lorem ipsum dolor.”

No parameters (error)

• {{ref web}}
  → Error on call to Template:ref web: Parameters url and title must be specified.