Template:Cite web/doc

Purpose

This is a variant of the {{cite}} template that is to be used when you're pulling a quote or information from a web page or document (such as a PDF file). This is to be used to cite sources, and should be used within <ref></ref> tags.

Usage

To use, enter this code:

{{Cite web|url=|title=|site=}}

The full code is as follows:

{{Cite web|quote=|location=|author=|published=|retrieved=|url=|title=|site=|type=}}

• Quote – (Optional) The quoted text from the site
• Location – (Optional) The location of a quote from a source, such as a time code in a video or page in a PDF.
• Author – (Optional) The name of the person who posted or published the text
• Published – (Optional) The date the text was posted or published
• Retrieved – (Optional) The date the article was accessed for the reference
• URL – The direct URL to the page in question
• Title – The name of the article or document
• Site – The name of the site that the article or document is hosted on (eg. Gematsu, GameSpark, etc.)
• Type – (Optional) The type of page you're linking to, if it is not a regular HTML page. You should then say in this field what type of document it is (e.g. "PDF File", "Word Document", "PNG Image", etc.)

Examples

{{Cite web|url=http://wizardry.wiki.gg|title=Main Page|site=Wizardry Wiki}}

Main Page, Wizardry Wiki

{{Cite web|quote=Hello world!|location=pg. 5|author=John Smith|published=May 13, 2001|retrieved=July 24, 2009|url=http://example.org/|title=Hello!|site= Example.Org}}

"Hello world!" (pg. 5) — John Smith, Hello!, Example.Org, Published: May 13, 2001, Retrieved: July 24, 2009