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This template is used on approximately 1,070,000 pages, or roughly 2% of all pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage.
This template is specifically for web sites which are not news sources. See also citation templates for more on templates for citing open-source web content in Wikipedia articles. Here are some convenient examples. Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page {{Cite web |url= |title= |access-date= |format= |work= }}
Below are examples of how to use various templates to cite a book, encyclopedia, journal, website, comic strip, video, editorial comics, etc. For full description of a template and the parameters which can be used with it— click the template name (e.g. {{ Citation }} or {{ cite xxx }} ) in the " template " column of the table below.
The easiest way to start citing on Wikipedia is to see a basic example. The example here will show you how to cite a newspaper article using the {} template (see Citation quick reference for other types of citations). Copy and paste the following immediately after what you want to reference:
Parameters associated with a citation to the entire journal are not displayed by {{cite journal}}; these parameters would be suitable for a {{vcite entire journal}} template, should one be written. Such parameters are usually not needed; exceptional cases can be folded into |notes=. Periods after parameters
This template generates documentation for the Harv family of templates. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status 1 1 Name of the template Example harvnb String required noref noref Exclude surrounding the template usage with <ref> tags; this should be used on the sfn family of templates. Example 1 Boolean optional The above documentation is transcluded from ...
This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:Cite a journal}}). Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot. Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot.
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