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Revision as of 15:23, 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