Template:Cite news: Difference between revisions

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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

This template is used to cite news sources.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Title	`title`	The title of the news article.	String	required
URL	`url`	The direct URL to the news source.	URL	suggested
Author	`author`	The full name of the author.	String	optional
Last name	`last`	The last name of the author.	String	optional
First name	`first`	The first name of the author.	String	optional
Co-authors	`coauthors`	Additional authors.	String	optional
Work	`work`	The larger work or publication this news item is part of (e.g., the name of the newspaper or show).	String	suggested
Publisher	`publisher`	The publisher of the news source.	String	suggested
Publication date	`date`	The date the article was published.	Date	suggested
Page	`page`	The page number where the information can be found.	String	optional
Pages	`pages`	A range of page numbers.	String	optional
Access date	`accessdate`	The date the URL was accessed.	Date	suggested
Archive URL	`archiveurl`	The URL of an archived version of the page.	URL	optional
Archive date	`archivedate`	The date the page was archived.	Date	optional
Auto-archive	`archive`	Set to 'Y' to automatically link to an archive.org search for the URL.	Boolean	optional
Format	`format`	The format of the source (e.g., PDF).	String	optional
Language	`language`	The language of the source.	String	optional
Curly quotes	`curly`	Set to 'y' or any value to use curly quotes instead of straight quotes around the title.	Boolean	optional

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-    |, ''{{{publisher}}}''
-  }}{{#if: {{{date|}}}
     |, {{{date}}}
   }}{{#if: {{{pages|}}}
-    |, pp. {{{pages}}}
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-    |{{#if: {{{page|}}}
+    |{{#if: {{{page|}}}|{{#ifeq:{{{page}}}|{{{page}}}||, p. {{{page}}}}}}}
-      |, p. {{{page}}}
-    }}
   }}{{#if: {{{archiveurl|}}}
     |. Archived from [{{{url}}} the original] on {{{archivedate}}}
   }}{{#if: {{{accessdate|}}}
     |.&#32;Retrieved on {{{accessdate}}}
-  }}.{{#if: {{{language|}}}
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 __NOTOC__
 This template is used to [[BW:CITE|cite sources]] in ''Battlestar Wiki''. It is specifically for news sources.
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 * '''pages''' overrides '''page'''
 * '''language''': the language the source is written in
+<templatedata>
+{
+	"description": "This template is used to cite news sources.",
+	"params": {
+		"title": {
+			"label": "Title",
+			"description": "The title of the news article.",
+			"type": "string",
+			"required": true
+		},
+		"url": {
+			"label": "URL",
+			"description": "The direct URL to the news source.",
+			"type": "url",
+			"suggested": true
+		},
+		"author": {
+			"label": "Author",
+			"description": "The full name of the author.",
+			"type": "string"
+		},
+		"last": {
+			"label": "Last name",
+			"description": "The last name of the author.",
+			"type": "string"
+		},
+		"first": {
+			"label": "First name",
+			"description": "The first name of the author.",
+			"type": "string"
+		},
+		"coauthors": {
+			"label": "Co-authors",
+			"description": "Additional authors.",
+			"type": "string"
+		},
+		"work": {
+			"label": "Work",
+			"description": "The larger work or publication this news item is part of (e.g., the name of the newspaper or show).",
+			"type": "string",
+			"suggested": true
+		},
+		"publisher": {
+			"label": "Publisher",
+			"description": "The publisher of the news source.",
+			"type": "string",
+			"suggested": true
+		},
+		"date": {
+			"label": "Publication date",
+			"description": "The date the article was published.",
+			"type": "date",
+			"suggested": true
+		},
+		"page": {
+			"label": "Page",
+			"description": "The page number where the information can be found.",
+			"type": "string"
+		},
+		"pages": {
+			"label": "Pages",
+			"description": "A range of page numbers.",
+			"type": "string"
+		},
+		"accessdate": {
+			"label": "Access date",
+			"description": "The date the URL was accessed.",
+			"type": "date",
+			"suggested": true
+		},
+		"archiveurl": {
+			"label": "Archive URL",
+			"description": "The URL of an archived version of the page.",
+			"type": "url"
+		},
+		"archivedate": {
+			"label": "Archive date",
+			"description": "The date the page was archived.",
+			"type": "date"
+		},
+		"archive": {
+			"label": "Auto-archive",
+			"description": "Set to 'Y' to automatically link to an archive.org search for the URL.",
+			"type": "boolean"
+		},
+		"format": {
+			"label": "Format",
+			"description": "The format of the source (e.g., PDF).",
+			"type": "string"
+		},
+		"language": {
+			"label": "Language",
+			"description": "The language of the source.",
+			"type": "string"
+		},
+		"curly": {
+			"label": "Curly quotes",
+			"description": "Set to 'y' or any value to use curly quotes instead of straight quotes around the title.",
+			"type": "boolean"
+		}
+	}
+}
+</templatedata>
 [[Category:Citation templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
 [[Category:Templates using ParserFunctions|{{PAGENAME}}]]
 </noinclude>