Template:Cite news

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Archive URL	`archiveurl`	The URL of an archived version of the page.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