Template:Cite news: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:09, 3 August 2025

This template is used to cite sources in Battlestar Wiki. It is specifically for news sources.

Usage

{{cite news
 |first =
 |last =
 |author =
 |coauthors =
 |url =
 |title =
 |curly =
 |format =
 |work =
 |publisher =
 |pages =
 |page =
 |date =
 |archive =
 |archiveurl =
 |archivedate =
 |accessdate =
 |language =
}}

{{cite news | url = | title = | work = | publisher = | date = | accessdate = }}

title is required, rest is optional.
url: The direct URL to the news source.
author: Author
- last works with first to produce last, first
- coauthors allows additional authors
publisher: Publisher, if any.
format: Format of news item. e.x. PDF, HTML. HTML implied if left blank.
date: date of publication. ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format recommended.
archive: Place Y in order to enable. If the original link dies, this changes the main link to a search on archive.org. This is overridden by archiveurl.
archiveurl: URL of the archive location of the item (requires archivedate). The title will be linked to this URL.
archivedate: Date when the item was archived (requires archiveurl), in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17.
accessdate: Date when item was accessed. Use ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format. Do not wikilink the date.
work: If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
pages overrides page
language: the language the source is written in

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-    |[{{{archiveurl}}} {{{title}}}]
+    | [{{{archiveurl}}} {{{title}}}]
-    |{{#if: {{{url|}}}
+    | {{#if: {{{archive|}}}
-      |[{{{url}}} {{{title}}}]
+        | {{#if: {{{url|}}}
-      |{{{title}}}
+            | [http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/{{{url}}} {{{title}}}] (content archived on Archive.org)
-    }}
+            | {{{title}}}
-  }}{{#if: {{{format|}}}
+          }}
+        | {{#if: {{{url|}}}
+            | [{{{url}}} {{{title}}}] ([http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/{{{url}}} backup available] on Archive.org)
+            | {{{title}}}
+          }}
+      }}
+}}{{#if: {{{format|}}}
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   }}{{#if: {{{curly|}}}|”|"}}{{#if: {{{work|}}}
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  |page =
  |date =
+ |archive =
  |archiveurl =
  |archivedate =
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 * '''[[Template:formattype|format]]''': Format of news item. e.x. PDF, HTML. ''HTML'' implied if left blank.
 * '''date''': date of publication. [[Wikipedia:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format recommended.
+* '''archive''': Place '''Y''' in order to enable. If the original link dies, this changes the main link to a search on archive.org. This is overridden by '''archiveurl'''.
 * '''archiveurl''': URL of the archive location of the item (requires '''archivedate'''). The title will be linked to this URL.
 * '''archivedate''': Date when the item was archived (requires '''archiveurl'''), in [[Wikipedia:ISO 8601|ISO 8601]] YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. ''2006-02-17''.