Template:Citation

This template may be used for creating citations to books, journal articles and websites.

Most commonly used parameters

{{citation|author=|authorlink=|coauthors=|chapter=|editor=|editors=|title=|url=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|edition=|location=|publisher=|year=|volume=|page=|pages=|pageurl=|section=|isbn=|oclc=|quote=}}

All available parameters

{{citation|author=|last=|first=|authorlink=|author2=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|author3=|last3=|first3=|authorlink3=|author4=|last4=|first4=|authorlink4=|author5=|last5=|first5=|authorlink5=|coauthors=|quotee=|chapter=|trans-chapter=|chapterurl=|entry=|trans-entry=|editor=|editors=|title=|trans-title=|series=|seriesvolume=|url=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|edition=|location=|publisher=|month=|year=|year_published=|date=|genre=|language=|volume=|others=|page=|pages=|pageurl=|section=|sectionurl=|isbn=|oclc=|id=|quote=}}

Certain basic parameters can be used in the template without any named parameters, as follows:

#* {{citation|[year]|[author]|[title]|[url]|[page]|[quote]}}

This will not work if any of the parameters contains an equals ("=") sign. The value of any parameter containing an equals sign must be surrounded by <nowiki> tags, like this: "<nowiki>http://foo.com?id=bar</nowiki>". Alternatively, use a named parameter such as url.

Most commonly used parameters

{{citation|author=|authorlink=|title=|url=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|journal=|volume=|issue=|location=|publisher=|issn=|oclc=|date=|page=|pages=|pageurl=|quote=}}

All available parameters

{{citation|author=|last=|first=|authorlink=|author2=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|author3=|last3=|first3=|authorlink3=|author4=|last4=|first4=|authorlink4=|author5=|last5=|first5=|authorlink5=|coauthors=|quotee=|title=|trans-title=|url=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|editor=|editors=|journal=|trans-work=|format=|language=|version=|volume=|issue=|others=|edition=|location=|publisher=|bibcode=|doi=|issn=|jstor=|lccn=|oclc=|pmid=|ssrn=|id=|date=|month=|year=|year_published=|accessdate=|page=|pages=|pageurl=|section=|quote=}}

Most commonly used parameters

{{citation|author=|authorlink=|title=|url=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|work=|publisher=|date=|accessdate=|quote=}}

All available parameters

{{citation|author=|last=|first=|authorlink=|author2=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|author3=|last3=|first3=|authorlink3=|author4=|last4=|first4=|authorlink4=|author5=|last5=|first5=|authorlink5=|coauthors=|quotee=|editor=|editors=|title=|trans-title=|entry=|trans-entry=|work=|trans-work=|url=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|edition=|format=|language=|location=|publisher=|date=|month=|year=|year_published=|accessdate=|volume=|page=|pages=|pageurl=|section=|quote=}}

• Wikitext: {{citation|author=Bryan A. Garner|authorlink=Bryan A. Garner|title=A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage|edition=3rd|location=New York, N.Y.; Oxford|publisher={{w|Oxford University Press}}|year=2011|isbn=978-0-19-538420-8}}.
• Result: Bryan A. Garner (2011) A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, 3rd edition, New York, N.Y.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-538420-8.

• Wikitext: {{citation|author=A. R. Dunkel|author2=J. S. Zijlstra|author3=C. P. Groves|title=Giant Rabbits, Marmosets, and British Comedies: Etymology of Lemur Names, Part 1|url=http://www.aeecl.org/lemurnews/lemurnews2011_16.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324170841/http://www.aeecl.org/lemurnews/lemurnews2011_16.pdf|archivedate=24 March 2014|journal=Lemur News|volume=16|date=2011–2012|pages=64–70}}.
• Result: A. R. Dunkel; J. S. Zijlstra; C. P. Groves (2011–2012), “Giant Rabbits, Marmosets, and British Comedies: Etymology of Lemur Names, Part 1”, in Lemur News^[1], volume 16, archived from the original on 24 March 2014, pages 64–70.

• Wikitext: {{citation|author=Jim Fay|title=The Choctaw Expression ‘Okeh’ and the Americanism ‘Okay’|url=http://www.illinoisprairie.info/chocokeh.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224185657/http://www.illinoisprairie.info/chocokeh.htm|archivedate=24 December 2010|work=Illinoisprairie.info|date=16 September 2009}}.
• Result: Jim Fay (16 September 2009), “The Choctaw Expression ‘Okeh’ and the Americanism ‘Okay’”, in Illinoisprairie.info^[2], archived from the original on 24 December 2010.

All parameters are optional except for those marked "Mandatory", and may contain inline interwiki or external links as needed.

This template employs some extremely complicated or esoteric features of template syntax. Please do not attempt to alter it unless you are certain that you understand the setup and are prepared to repair/revert any consequent collateral damage if the results are unexpected. Any experiments should be conducted in a sandbox or your userspace.

This template makes use of {{Citation/core}} and the following tracking categories:

• Category:Citation templates with archivedate errors
• Category:Citation templates with archiveurl errors
• Category:Citation templates using deprecated parameters