Template:Cite news/doc

Usage

 * To cite a news article with a credited author


 * To cite a news article with no credited author


 * To cite an online news article that has been archived

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 * To cite a news article written in a foreign language
 * To cite and quote an archived, two-author, foreign language news article re-published as a PDF on an information aggregation service requiring a subscription



end


 * To cite a news article with a credited author


 * To cite a news article with no credited author


 * To cite an online news article that has been archived


 * To cite a news article written in a foreign language


 * To cite and quote an archived, two-author, foreign language news article re-published as a PDF on an information aggregation service requiring a subscription

end







Examples

 * A news article with a credited author
 * Displays as:




 * A news article released by a news agency and having no credited author
 * Displays as:




 * A news article that has been archived
 * Displays as:




 * A news article written in a foreign language
 * Displays as:




 * A two author news article that you quote and archive, is written in a foreign language and has been re-published as a PDF on an information aggregation service requiring a subscription
 * Displays as:



Template data
 {       "description": "This template formats a citation to a news article in print, video, audio or web using the provided source information (e.g. author, publication, date) and various formatting options.", "params": { "url": { "label": "URL", "description": "The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found", "type": "string", "required": false },               "title": { "label": "Source title", "description": "The title of the source page on the website; displays in quotes", "type": "string", "required": true },               "last": { "label": "Last name", "description": "The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'.", "type": "string/line", "aliases": ["last1","author","author1","authors"], "required": false },               "first": { "label": "First name", "description": "Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'.", "type": "string/line", "aliases": ["first1"], "required": false },               "authorlink": { "label": "Author link", "description": "Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors", "type": "string/wiki-page-name", "aliases": ["authorlink1","author-link", "author1-link"], "required": false },               "last2": { "label": "Last name", "description": "The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink2'.", "type": "string/line", "aliases": ["author2"], "required": false },               "first2": { "label": "First name", "description": "Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink.", "type": "string/line", "required": false },               "authorlink2": { "label": "Author link", "description": "Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author. (Up to nine authors can be listed, 3-9 are toward the end of the parameter list)", "type": "string/wiki-page-name", "aliases": ["author2-link"], "required": false },               "date": { "label": "Source date", "description": "Full date of the source; do not wikilink", "type": "string", "required": true },               "work": { "label": "Work", "description": "Name of the source periodical; may be wikilinked; displays in italics; alias of 'newspaper', 'journal', 'magazine', 'periodical'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "publisher": { "label": "Publisher", "description": "Name of the publisher; displays after title", "type": "string", "required": false },               "newspaper": { "label": "Newspaper", "description": "Name of the newspaper; displays after title", "type": "string", "required": false },               "accessdate": { "label": "URL access date", "description": "The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink", "type": "string", "required": false },               "others": { "label": "Others", "description": "Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "month": { "label": "Month of publication", "description": "Name of the month of publication; do not wikilink; use 'date' instead, if day of month is also known", "type": "string", "required": false },               "year": { "label": "Year of publication", "description": "Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month and day are also known", "type": "string", "required": false },               "origyear": { "label": "Original year", "description": "Original year of publication; provide specifics", "type": "string", "required": false },               "editor-last": { "label": "Editor last name", "description": "The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-last', 'editor', and 'editors'", "type": "string/line", "required": false },               "editor-first": { "label": "Editor first name", "description": "Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-first'", "type": "string/line", "required": false },               "editor-link": { "label": "Editor link", "description": "Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-link'", "type": "string/wiki-page-name", "required": false },               "issue": { "label": "Issue", "description": "Issue identifier when the source is part of a series that is published periodically", "type": "string", "required": false },               "department": { "label": "Department", "description": "Department within the periodical", "type": "string", "required": false },               "location": { "label": "Location of publication", "description": "Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "publication-place": { "label": "Place of publication", "description": "Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "publication-date": { "label": "Publication date", "description": "Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink", "type": "string", "required": false },               "agency": { "label": "Agency", "description": "The news agency (wire service) that provided the content; examples: Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse", "type": "string", "required": false },               "edition": { "label": "Edition", "description": "When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "volume": { "label": "Volume", "description": "For one publication published in several volumes", "type": "string", "required": false },               "page": { "label": "Page", "description": "Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "pages": { "label": "Pages", "description": "Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source; displays after 'pp.'",                       "type": "string",                        "required": false                },                "nopp": {                        "label": "No pp",                        "description": "Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')",                        "type": "string",                        "required": false                },                "at": {                        "label": "At",                        "description": "May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient",                        "type": "string",                        "required": false                },                "language": { "label": "Language", "description": "The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates", "type": "string", "required": false },               "trans_title": { "label": "Translated title", "description": "An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended", "type": "string", "required": false },               "type": { "label": "Type", "description": "Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case", "type": "string", "required": false },               "format": { "label": "Format", "description": "Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML", "type": "string", "required": false },               "arxiv": { "label": "arXiv identifier", "description": "An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers", "type": "string", "required": false },               "asin": { "label": "AZIN", "description": "Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters", "type": "string", "required": false },               "asin-tld": { "label": "AZIN TLD", "description": "ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US", "type": "string", "required": false },               "bibcode": { "label": "Bibcode", "description": "Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters", "type": "string", "required": false },               "doi": { "label": "DOI", "description": "Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "doi_brokendate": { "label": "DOI broken date", "description": "The date that the DOI was determined to be broken", "type": "string", "required": false },               "isbn": { "label": "ISBN", "description": "International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible", "type": "string", "required": false },               "issn": { "label": "ISSN", "description": "International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen", "type": "string", "required": false },               "jfm": { "label": "jfm code", "description": "Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code", "type": "string", "required": false },               "jstor": { "label": "JSTOR", "description": "JSTOR identifier", "type": "string", "required": false },               "lccn": { "label": "LCCN", "description": "Library of Congress Control Number", "type": "string", "required": false },               "mr": { "label": "MR", "description": "Mathematical Reviews identifier", "type": "string", "required": false },               "oclc": { "label": "OCLC", "description": "Online Computer Library Center number", "type": "string", "required": false },               "ol": { "label": "OL", "description": "Open Library identifier", "type": "string", "required": false },               "osti": { "label": "OSTI", "description": "Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier", "type": "string", "required": false },               "pmc": { "label": "PMC", "description": "PubMed Center article number", "type": "string", "required": false },               "pmid": { "label": "PMID", "description": "PubMed Unique Identifier", "type": "string", "required": false },               "rfc": { "label": "RFC", "description": "Request for Comments number", "type": "string", "required": false },               "ssrn": { "label": "SSRN", "description": "Social Science Research Network", "type": "string", "required": false },               "zbl": { "label": "Zbl", "description": "Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier", "type": "string", "required": false },               "id": { "label": "id", "description": "A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable", "type": "string", "required": false },               "archiveurl": { "label": "Archive URL", "description": "The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archivedate'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "archivedate": { "label": "Archive date", "description": "Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink", "type": "string", "required": false },               "deadurl": { "label": "Dead URL", "description": "If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live", "type": "string", "required": false },               "quote": { "label": "Quote", "description": "Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation", "type": "string", "required": false },               "ref": { "label": "Ref", "description": "An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv template", "type": "string", "required": false },               "separator": { "label": "Separator", "description": "The punctuation used to separate lists of authors, editors, etc.; a space must be encoded as &#32; do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark", "type": "string", "default": ".", "required": false },               "postscript": { "label": "Postscript", "description": "The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined", "type": "string", "default": ".", "required": false },               "layurl": { "label": "Lay URL", "description": "URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; alias of 'laysummary'", "type": "string", "required": false },               "laysource": { "label": "Lay source", "description": "Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash", "type": "string", "required": false },               "laydate": { "label": "Lay date", "description": "Date of the summary; displays in parentheses", "type": "string", "required": false },               "last3": { "label": "Last name", "description": "The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'.", "type": "string/line", "aliases": ["author3"], "required": false },               "first3": { "label": "First name", "description": "Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.", "type": "string/line", "required": false },               "authorlink3": { "label": "Author link", "description": "Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.", "type": "string/wiki-page-name", "aliases": ["author3-link"], "required": false },               "last4": { "label": "Last name", "description": "The surname of the forth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'.", "type": "string/line", "aliases": ["author4"], "required": false },               "first4": { "label": "First name", "description": "Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the forth author; don't wikilink.", "type": "string/line", "required": false },               "authorlink4": { "label": "Author link", "description": "Title of existing Wikipedia article about the forth author.", "type": "string/wiki-page-name", "aliases": ["author4-link"], "required": false },               "last5": { "label": "Last name", "description": "The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'.", "type": "string/line", "aliases": ["author5"], "required": false },               "first5": { "label": "First name", "description": "Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.", "type": "string/line", "required": false },               "authorlink5": { "label": "Author link", "description": "Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.", "type": "string/wiki-page-name", "aliases": ["author5-link"], "required": false },               "last6": { "label": "Last name", "description": "The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'.", "type": "string/line", "aliases": ["author6"], "required": false },               "first6": { "label": "First name", "description": "Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.", "type": "string/line", "aliases": ["author6-link"], "required": false },               "authorlink6": { "label": "Author link", "description": "Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.", "type": "string/wiki-page-name", "required": false },               "last7": { "label": "Last name", "description": "The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'.", "type": "string/line", "aliases": ["author7"], "required": false },               "first7": { "label": "First name", "description": "Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.", "type": "string/line", "required": false },               "authorlink7": { "label": "Author link", "description": "Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.", "type": "string/wiki-page-name", "aliases": ["author7-link"], "required": false },               "last8": { "label": "Last name", "description": "The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'.", "type": "string/line", "aliases": ["author8"], "required": false },               "first8": { "label": "First name", "description": "Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.", "type": "string/line", "required": false },               "authorlink8": { "label": "Author link", "description": "Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.", "type": "string/wiki-page-name", "aliases": ["author8-link"], "required": false },               "last9": { "label": "Last name", "description": "The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink9'. If nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and 'et al.' will show in place of the last author.", "type": "string/line", "aliases": ["author9"], "required": false },               "first9": { "label": "First name", "description": "Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.", "type": "string/line", "required": false },               "authorlink9": { "label": "Author link", "description": "Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.", "type": "string/wiki-page-name", "aliases": ["author9-link"], "required": false },               "author-mask": { "label": "Author mask", "description": "Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead", "type": "string", "required": false },               "author-name-separator": { "label": "Author name separator", "description": "Changes the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space; a space must be encoded as &#32; do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark", "type": "string", "default": ", ", "required": false },               "author-separator": { "label": "Author separator", "description": "Changes the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space; a space must be encoded as &#32; do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark", "type": "string", "default": "; ", "required": false },               "display-authors": { "label": "Display authors", "description": "number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used; default is to do so after 8 of 9 are listed; alias of 'displayauthors'", "type": "number", "default": "8", "aliases": ["displayauthors"], "required": false },               "lastauthoramp": { "label": "Last author ampersand", "description": "When set to any value, changes the separator between the last two names of the author list to 'space ampersand space'", "type": "string", "required": false }       } } 