Template:Cite web

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This template is used to cite sources on the Kitten Space Agency wiki. It is specifically for web sites.

A general discussion of the use of templates for adding citation of open-source web content to Wikipedia articles is available at citation templates.

This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from the Limbus Company wiki.

Usage

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

{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2025-12-12 |format= |work= }}

Using last, first (with current date)

{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2025-12-12 |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using author (with current date)

{{Cite web |url= |title= |accessdate=2025-12-12 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}

Using non-linked retrieved date, last, first

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

Using non-linked retrieved date, author

{{Cite web |url= |title= |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)

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

All parameters, vertical format

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

Data

This template is used to create citations for web sources that are not characterized by another template.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
URL	url	The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found. Requires schemes of the type "https://...". Remove tracking parameters from URLs, ex. #ixzz2rBr3aO94 or ?utm_source=google&utm_medium=...&utm_term=...&utm_campaign=.... Example https://rocketwerkz.com/	URL	required
Page title	title	The title of the source page on the website or the title of the online publication; usually found at the top of your web browser. Not the name of the website.	String	required
Access date	accessdate	The full date when the original URL was accessed, in YYYY-MM-DD format Example 2025-09-26	Unknown	required
Author	author	Last and first name of the (first) author Example Doe, John	String	optional
Last name	last	Surname of the (first) author	String	optional
First name	first	Given name of the (first) author	String	optional
authorlink	authorlink	Works either with 'author' or with 'last' & 'first' to link to the appropriate Wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.	Unknown	optional
coauthors	coauthors	Allows additional authors to be credited Example Peter Smith, Jim Smythe	String	optional
Source date	date	The full date when the source was published, in YYYY-MM-DD format; if unknown, use 'accessdate' instead. Example 2006-02-17	Unknown	suggested
Year of publication	year	The year the source was published; if you know the day the source was published, use 'date' instead. If you don't know the date or year of publication, use 'accessdate' instead. Example 2006	Number	optional
Month of publication	month	The month the source was published; if you know the day the source was published, use 'date' instead. If you don't know the date or month of publication, use 'accessdate' instead. Example February	String	optional
Format	format	Format of the web source if not HTML. Leave blank for typical web pages. Example PDF	String	optional
Website	work website	Title (name) of the website (or its short URL if no plain-language title is discernible). Having both 'publisher' and 'website' is redundant in many cases. Example wiki.gg	String	required
Publisher	publisher	Name of the publisher. Having both 'publisher' and 'website' (a.k.a. 'work') is redundant in many cases. Example indie.io (which owns "wiki.gg")	String	optional
Pages	pages	First page and optional other pages in the source that support the citation. Typically used for formats like PDF. 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> Example pp. 3, 5–7	Unknown	optional
Language	language	The language in which the source is written, if not English; use a two-letter language code or the full language name. Do not use icons or templates. Separate multiple languages with commas Example de, fr, es	String	optional
Archive URL	archiveurl	URL of the archive location of the item. Requires 'archivedate' to also be filled.	URL	optional
Archive date	archivedate	Date when the original URL was archived, in YYYY-MM-DD format. Requires 'archiveurl' to also be filled out. Example 2025-05-15	Unknown	optional
Quote	quote	Relevant quote from the online item	String	optional

Examples

Some standard use cases

• {{Cite 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 (30 April 2005). My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on 6 July 2005.

• {{Cite 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 (30 April 2005). My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved on 6 July 2005.

• {{Cite 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 (30 April 2005). My Favorite Things Part II. Retrieved on 6 July 2005.

• {{Cite 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 6 July 2005.

• {{Cite web | title=My Favorite Things Part II | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
  → My Favorite Things Part II. Retrieved on 6 July 2005.

• {{Cite web | url=https://www.nzrugby.co.nz/about-nzr/who-we-are | title=Who we are | publisher= New Zealand Rugby | accessdate=2025-09-25 }}
  → Who we are. New Zealand Rugby. Retrieved on 25 September 2025.

Using format

• {{Cite 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 6 July 2005.

language

• {{Cite 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 (30 April 2005). Honnit soit qui mal y pense (French). Retrieved on 6 July 2005.

coauthors

• {{Cite 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 (30 April 2005). My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on 16 May 2006.

No author

• {{Cite 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 (30 April 2005). Retrieved on 16 May 2006.

No author, no publisher

• {{Cite 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 (30 April 2005). Retrieved on 6 July 2005.

• {{Cite 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 (30 April 2005). Retrieved on 6 July 2005.

• {{Cite 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) (30 April 2005). Retrieved on 6 July 2005.

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

• {{Cite 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) (30 April 2005). Archived from the original on 11 September 2005. Retrieved on 6 July 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 (31 March 2006). Archived from the original on 26 April 2006.

Using quote

• {{Cite 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 6 July 2005. “Lorem ipsum dolor.”

No parameters (error)

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