Template:Cite web/doc

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web under CC BY-SA 4.0

Usage

See the full documentation on wikipedia for extensive examples and documentation.

A good general format for fields to use when using this template in references is the following:

<ref name="shortname">
{{cite web 
|first= 
|last= 
|title=
|url= 
|website=
|date=
|access-date=
|url-status=live|dead
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
}}</ref>

Template Data

The following is NOT a complete list of parameters, they just provide a good all around version of the temlpate for the needs of the wiki. Visit the linked wikipedia documentation for a complete overview.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
first	first	The authors first name.	String	optional
last	last	The author's last name.	String	optional
title	title	The webpage's or article's title.	String	required
url	url	The url link to the webpage.	URL	required
website	website	The name of the website. Don't link.	String	optional
date	date	The date the webpage was created.	Date	optional
access-date	access-date	The date the webpage was accessed to write this wiki article.	Date	optional
url-status	url-status	Use to indicate if the citation should show the archive link by default. Use live/dead. Suggested values live dead	String	suggested
archive-url	archive-url	A link to an archive of the webpage. (archive.org, archive.ph etc)	URL	optional
archive-date	archive-date	The date the webpage was archived	Date	optional