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This template is used to cite online sources in LIMSwiki articles. {{Tl|Cite news}} can also be used when citing a news source; for general information about citations in Wikipedia articles, see *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources Wikipedia:Citing sources]. More information on the use of citation templates is available at [[:Category:Citation templates]].

==Usage==
'''''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.

===Common forms with authors in any format===
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 {{para|author|<var>authors</var>}} parameter, using any format. Also shown below are two separate date formats that are commonly used in Wikipedia:
;Day Month Year: <code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{#time: j F Y}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

;Month Day, Year: <code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{#time: F j, Y}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

===Common forms with last1, first1; last2, first2===
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: <code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{#time: j F Y}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

;Month Day, Year: <code><nowiki>{{cite web |url= |title= |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=</nowiki>{{#time: F j, Y}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

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

;All parameters, horizontal layout: <code><nowiki>{{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=}}</nowiki></code>

;All parameters, vertical layout:
<pre>
{{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  = 
}}
</pre>

====Required parameters====
*'''url''': URL of online item. Start the url with the communications protocol, e.g. <nowiki>http://</nowiki>.
*'''title''': Title of online item.  This title will appear as the citation itself, hyperlinked to the URL. Certain characters must be replaced with their [[HTML decimal character rendering|HTML numeric reference]] to be used in the title. The character "'''['''" must be replaced with "&amp;#91;", "''']'''" with "&amp;#93;", and "'''&#124;'''" (vertical bar) with "&amp;#124;".

====Optional parameters====
*author parameters
**'''author'''
**'''last''' works with '''first''' to produce <code>last, first</code>
**'''authorlink''' works either with '''author''' or with '''last''' & '''first''' to link to the appropriate wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
**'''last1''', '''first1''', ..., '''last9''', '''first9''' and optionally '''authorlink1''', ..., '''authorlink9''' for specifying more authors (note: '''last1''', '''first1''' and '''authorlink1''' are synonyms for '''last''', '''first''' and '''authorlink''', so use ''either'' '''last1''' or '''last''', not both)
**'''coauthors''': alternate way of specifying additional authors (to be used in conjunction with parameter(s) above in order to be visible)
*a date parameter
**''either'' '''date''': Full date of publication. Should not be wikilinked.
**''or'' '''year''': Year of publication, and '''month''': Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use '''date''' 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. (The '''publisher''' is not usually the name of the website, that is usually the '''work''').
**'''location''': Geographical place of publication.
*a page parameter
**''either'' '''page''': Page number if a multi-page web article and referencing a single page. "page=5" produces ''p. 5.''
**''or'' '''pages''': Page numbers if a multi-page web article and referencing more than one page. "pages=5–7" produces ''pp. 5–7''. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not a total number of pages.<!-- Commented out: Not implemented in the template!  This is especially useful for [[PDF]] format, where the page can be linked to with the <code>#page=''number''</code> anchor tagged on the end of the URL:
*:<code><nowiki>pages = [http://www.example.org/file.pdf#page=123 p. 123]</nowiki></code>-->
**''or'' '''at''': When the page prefix is unwanted. "at=Table 5" produces ''Table 5''.
*'''language''': language of publication (do not 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''': A [[digital object identifier]] for the document, such as ''<nowiki>10.1038/news070508-7</nowiki>''
**'''Doilabel''': If the doi contains some characters that must be [[Percent-encoding|escaped]], use "doilabel" for the unescaped version. See {{tl|doi}}: "id" is equivalent to "doi" and "label" is "doilabel"
*archive parameters ''(if used, both parameters must be used together)''
**'''archiveurl''': The URL of an [[Web archiving|archived]] copy of the page, if (or in case) the url becomes unavailable.  Typically used to refer to services like [[WebCite]] and [[Internet Archive|Archive.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; see ''[[WP:CITEHOW|Citation styles]]''.
*'''quote''': Relevant quote from online item.
*'''ref''': ID for anchor. By default, no anchor is generated. The ordinary nonempty value {{para|ref|<var>ID</var>}} generates an anchor with the given <code><var>ID</var></code>; such a linkable reference can be made the target of [[Wikipedia:Citing sources/Further considerations#Wikilinks to full references|wikilinks to full references]], especially useful in short citations like [[Wikipedia:Citing sources#Shortened footnotes|shortened notes]] and [[Wikipedia:Parenthetical referencing|parenthetical referencing]]. The special value {{para|ref|harv}} generates an anchor suitable for the {{tl|harv}} template; see ''[[Template:Citation/doc#Anchors for Harvard referencing templates|anchors for Harvard referencing templates]]''.
*'''separator''': The separator to use in lists of authors, editors, ''etc''.  Defaults to ".", but "," may be useful also. If the field is present, but blank, ''no separator will be used''.
*'''postscript''': The closing punctuation for the citation. If specified, over-rides the default behaviour of terminating the citation with a full stop. If the field is present, but blank, ''no terminating punctuation will be used''. This may be useful when generating an output consistent with other templates. It is preferred to manually adding ending punctuation, as the punctuation occurs within the &lt;cite&gt; tag, so will appear before any icons added by browser plugins. Ignored if {{para|quote}} is specified.

====Duplicate periods====
By default, {{Tl|cite web}} separates some fields with periods, so do not encode those fields ending with a period or a duplicate period will be added. Example: "publisher=Camelot, Inc" will correctly show as <code>Camelot, Inc.</code> but "publisher=Camelot, Inc." will incorrectly show as <code>Camelot, Inc..</code>

==Examples==
;Some standard use cases
*<code><nowiki>{{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
}}</nowiki></code><br />→ <span style="background:white">{{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
}}</span>

*<code><nowiki>{{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
}}</nowiki></code><br />→ <span style="background:white">{{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
}}</span>

*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</nowiki></code><br />→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</span>

*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
||url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</nowiki></code><br />→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|author=Doe, John
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</span>

*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</nowiki></code><br />→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=My Favorite Things, Part II
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</span>

*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/digestofrules
|title=Digest of Rules
|publisher=National Football League
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</nowiki></code><br>→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.nfl.com/rulebook/digestofrules
|title=Digest of Rules
|publisher=National Football League
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</span>

;Using format
*<code><nowiki>{{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=6 July 2005
}}</nowiki></code><br /> → <span style="background:white">{{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=6 July 2005
}}</span>

;Foreign language and translated title
*<code><nowiki>{{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
}}</nowiki></code><br />→ <span style="background:white">{{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
}}</span>

;coauthors
*<code><nowiki>{{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
}}</nowiki></code><br />→ <span style="background:white">{{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
}}</span>

*<code><nowiki>{{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
}}</nowiki></code><br />→ <span style="background:white">{{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
}}</span>

;No author
*<code><nowiki>{{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
}}</nowiki></code><br />→ <span style="background:white">{{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
}}</span>

;No author, no publisher
This abbreviated format should only be used when the editor cannot determine the publisher and author.
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</nowiki></code><br />→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|date=30 April 2005
|work=Encyclopedia of Things
|accessdate=6 July 2005
}}</span>

*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</nowiki></code><br />→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.example.org/
|title=Index of Sharp Things
|date=30 April 2005
|accessdate=6 July 2005}}</span>

*<code><nowiki>{{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=6 July 2005
|language=Greek
}}</nowiki></code><br /> → <span style="background:white">{{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=6 July 2005
|language=Greek
}}</span>

;Using "archiveurl" and "archivedate" for webpages that have been archived
*<code><nowiki>{{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=6 July 2005
|archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|archivedate=11 September 2005
}}</nowiki></code><br /> → <span style="background:white">{{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=6 July 2005
|archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
|archivedate=11 September 2005
}}</span>

*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm
|title=Interview with Maggie Downs
|date=31 March 2006
|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=26 April 2006
}}</nowiki></code><br /> → <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm
|title=Interview with Maggie Downs
|date=31 March 2006
|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=26 April 2006
}}</span>

;Using "quote"
*<code><nowiki>{{cite web
|url=http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html
|title=Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea
|work=WebExhibits
|year=2008
|accessdate=27 September 2009
|quote=...&amp;nbsp;Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins&amp;nbsp;...'
}}</nowiki></code><br />→ <span style="background:white">{{cite web
|url=http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/c.html
|title=Daylight saving time: rationale and original idea
|work=WebExhibits
|year=2008
|accessdate=27 September 2009
|quote=...&nbsp;Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern: 'Supposing some unfortunate lady was confined with twins&nbsp;...'
}}</span>

==See also==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources Wikipedia:Citing sources]
*[[Template:Cite book]]
*[[Template:Cite journal]]
*[[Template:Cite news]]
*[[Template:Cite video]]
*[[Template:Cite web short]]

[[Category:Citation templates]]