Copy a blank version to use. All parameter names must be in lowercase. Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Delete unused parameters to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples may include the current date. If the date is not current, then purge the page.
{{cite newsgroup
| author = Tanenbaum, A. S.
| title = LINUX is obsolete
| date = January 29, 1992
| newsgroup = comp.os.minix
| message-id = 12595@star.cs.vu.nl
| quote = I am not unhappy with LINUX
}}
{{cite newsgroup
| author = A. S. Tanenbaum
| title = LINUX is obsolete
| date = January 29, 1992
| newsgroup = comp.os.minix
| message-id = 12595@star.cs.vu.nl
| url = http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.minix/browse_thread/thread/c25870d7a41696d2/f447530d082cd95d?tvc=2
| access-date = November 27, 2006
}}
Nested parameters rely on their parent parameters:
parent
OR: parent2—may be used instead of parent
child—may be used with parent (and is ignored if parent is not used)
OR: child2—may be used instead of child (and is ignored if parent2 is not used)
Where aliases are listed, only one of the parameters may be defined; if multiple aliased parameters are defined, then only one will show.
This template embeds COinS metadata in the HTML output, allowing reference management software to retrieve bibliographic metadata. See Wikipedia:COinS. As a general rule, only one data item per parameter. Do not include explanatory or alternate text:
Use |date=27 September 2007 not |date=27 September 2007 (print version 25 September)
Use of templates within the citation template is discouraged because many of these templates will add extraneous HTML or CSS that will be included raw in the metadata. Also, HTML entities, for example , –, etc, should not be used in parameters that contribute to the metadata. Do not include Wiki markup '' (italic font) or ''' (bold font) because these markup characters will contaminate the metadata.
any of the named identifiers (|isbn=, |issn=, |doi=, |pmc=, etc)
By default, sets of fields are terminated with a period (.).
Deprecated
The coauthor and coauthors parameters are deprecated. Their use will place the page into Category:Pages containing cite templates with deprecated parameters. Use last# / first# or author or authors. If coauthor · coauthors are used for et al, then use display-authors=etal instead.
Description
Authors
last: Surname of a single author. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead. For corporate authors or authors for whom only one name is listed by the source, use last or one of its aliases (e.g. |author=Bono). Aliases: surname, author, last1, surname1, author1.
author: this parameter is used to hold the complete name of a single author (first and last) or to hold the name of a corporate author. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one author.
first: Given or first names of author; for example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Firstname M., Sr. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead. Aliases: given, first1, given1. Requires last; first name will not display if last is empty.
OR: for multiple authors, use last1, first1 through lastn, firstn, where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of authors (each firstn requires a corresponding lastn). See the display parameters to change how many authors are displayed. Aliases: surname1, given1 through surnamen, givenn, or author1 through authorn. For an individual author plus an institutional author, you can use |first1=...|last1=...|author2=....
author-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author—not the author's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: author-link1, authorlink, authorlink1, author1-link, author1link.
OR: for multiple authors, use author-link1 through author-linkn. Aliases: authorlink1 through authorlinkn, or author1-link through authorn-link, or author1link through authornlink.
name-list-format: displays authors and editors in Vancouver style when set to vanc and when the list uses last/first parameters for the name list(s).
vauthors: comma-separated list of author names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses:
|vauthors=Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corporation))
author-link and author-mask may be used for the individual names in |vauthors= as described above
authors: Free-form list of author names; use of this parameter is discouraged because it does not contribute to a citation's metadata; not an alias of last.
translator-last: Surname of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator-surname, translator1, translator1-last, translator-last1.
translator-first: Given or first names of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator-given, translator1-first, translator-first1.
OR: for multiple translators, use translator-last1, translator-first1 through translator-lastn, translator-firstn, where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of translators (each translator-firstn requires a corresponding translator-lastn). Aliases: translator1-last, translator1-first through translatorn-last, translatorn-first, or translator1 through translatorn.
translator-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: translator-link1, translator1-link.
OR: for multiple translators, use translator-link1 through translator-linkn. Aliases: translator1-link through translatorn-link.
collaboration: Name of a group of authors or collaborators; requires author, last, or vauthors listing one or more primary authors; follows author name-list; appends "et al." to author name-list.
Note: When using shortened footnotes or parenthetical referencing styles with templates, do not use multiple names in one field, or else the anchor will not match the inline link.
Title
title: Title of source. Can be wikilinked to an existing Wikipedia article or url may be used to add an external link, but not both. Displays in italics. If script-title is defined, title holds romanized transliteration of title in script-title.
script-title: Original title for languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc); not italicized, follows italicized transliteration defined in title. May be prefixed with an ISO 639-1 two-character code to help browsers properly display the script:
trans-title: English translation of the title if the source cited is in a foreign language. Displays in square brackets after title; if url is defined, then trans-title is included in the link. Use of the language parameter is recommended.
Titles containing certain characters will display and link incorrectly unless those characters are encoded.
When the title you are citing contains quotations marks or apostrophes at the beginning, end or both, you can use   to place a separation between that punctuation and the quotation marks this template automatically provides around the title, to avoid a non-ideal display such as '''.
For example instead of title='name' which will display on many browsers with the quotation marks surrounding it as '''name''', use |title= 'name' , which will display as " 'name' ".
title-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the source named in title – do not use a web address; do not wikilink. Alias: titlelink.
type: Provides additional information about the media type of the source. May alternatively be used to identify the type of manuscript linked to in the title, if this is not the final version of a manuscript (e.g. if a preprint of a manuscript is freely available, but the version of record is behind a paywall). Format in sentence case. Displays in parentheses following the title. The reserved keyword none can be used to disable the display of a type. Examples: Thesis, Booklet, Accepted manuscript, CD liner, Press release. Alias: medium.
language: The language in which the source is written. Displays in parentheses with "in" before the language name or names. Use the full language name or ISO 639-1 code. When the source uses more than one language, list them individually, separated by commas, e.g. |language=French, German. The use of language names or language codes recognized by Wikimedia adds the page to the appropriate subcategory of Cat:CS1 foreign language sources; do not use templates or wikilinks. Note: When the language is "English" (or "en"), no language is displayed in the citation. Note: When two or more languages are listed there is no need to include "and" before the last language. "and" is inserted automatically by the template.
Date
date: Date of source being referenced. Can be full date (day, month, and year) or partial date (month and year, season and year, or year). Use same format as other publication dates in the citations.[date 1] Required when year is used to disambiguate {{sfn}} links to multiple-work citations by the same author in the same year.[more] Do not wikilink. Displays after the authors and is enclosed in parentheses. If there is no author, then displays after publisher. For acceptable date formats, see Help:Citation Style 1 § Dates.
For approximate year, precede with "c. ", like this: |date=c. 1900.
For no date, or "undated", add as |date=n.d.
year: Year of source being referenced. Use of |date= is recommended unless all of the following conditions are met:
The template uses |ref=harv, or the template is {{citation}}, or |mode=cs2
orig-year: Original publication year; displays after the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics. For example: |orig-year=First published 1859 or |orig-year=Composed 1904. Alias: origyear
df: date format; sets rendered dates to the specified format; does not support date ranges or seasonal dates. Accepts one value which may be one of these:
dmy – set publication dates to day month year format; access- and archive-dates are not modified;
mdy – as above for month day, year format
ymd – as above for year initial numeric format YYYY-MM-DD
dmy-all – set publication, access-, and archive-dates to day month year format;
mdy-all – as above for month day, year format
ymd-all – as above for year initial numeric format YYYY-MM-DD
^Publication dates in references within an article should all have the same format. This may be a different format from that used for archive and access dates. See .
Series, volume
series or version: When the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal, where the issue numbering has restarted.
volume: For one publication published in several volumes. Displays after the title and series fields; volumes of four characters or less display in bold.
URL
url: URL of an online location where the text of the publication can be found. Cannot be used if title is wikilinked. If applicable, the link may point to the specific page(s) referenced. Remove tracking parameters from URLs, e.g. #ixzz2rBr3aO94 or ?utm_source=google&utm_medium=...&utm_term=...&utm_campaign=.... See WP:PAGELINKS. Do not link to any commercial booksellers, such as Amazon.com. Invalid URLs, including those containing spaces, will result in an error message.
access-date: Full date when the content pointed to by url was last verified to support the text in the article; do not wikilink; requires url; use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations.[date 1]Not required for linked documents that do not change. For example, access-date is not required for links to copies of published research papers accessed via DOI or a published book, but should be used for links to news articles on commercial websites (these can change from time to time, even if they are also published in a physical medium). Note that access-date is the date that the URL was checked to not just be working, but to support the assertion being cited (which the current version of the page may not do). Can be hidden or styled by registered editors. Alias: accessdate.
archive-url: The URL of an archived copy of a web page if the original URL is no longer available. Typically used to refer to services such as WebCite(see Wikipedia:Using WebCite) and Internet Archive(see Wikipedia:Using the Wayback Machine); requires archive-date and url. By default (overridden by |dead-url=no) the archived link is displayed first, with the original link at the end. Alias: archiveurl.
archive-date: Date when the original URL was archived; preceded in display by default text "archived from the original on". Use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations. This does not necessarily have to be the same format that was used for citing publication dates.[date 1] Do not wikilink. Alias: archivedate.
dead-url: the default value of this optional parameter, if omitted, is |dead-url=yes. Equivalent values are y or true. When the URL is still live, but pre-emptively archived, then set |dead-url=no; this changes the display order, with the title retaining the original link and the archive linked at the end. When the original URL has been usurped for the purposes of spam, advertising, or is otherwise unsuitable, setting |dead-url=unfit or |dead-url=usurped suppresses display of the original URL (but |url= is still required). Alias: deadurl.
template-doc-demo: The archive parameters will be error-checked to ensure that all the required parameters are included, or else {{citation error}} is invoked. With errors, main, help and template pages are placed into one of the subcategories of Category:Articles with incorrect citation syntax. Set |template-doc-demo=true to disable categorization; mainly used for documentation where the error is demonstrated.
format: Format of the work referred to by url; for example: PDF, DOC, or XLS; displayed in parentheses after title. (For media format, use type.) HTML is implied and should not be specified. Automatically added when a PDF icon is displayed. Does not change the external link icon. Note: External link icons do not include alt text; thus, they do not add format information for the visually impaired.
URLs must begin with a supported URI scheme. http:// and https:// will be supported by all browsers; however, ftp://, gopher://, irc://, ircs://, mailto: and news: may require a plug-in or an external application and should normally be avoided. IPv6 host-names are currently not supported.
If URLs in citation template parameters contain certain characters, then they will not display and link correctly. Those characters need to be percent-encoded. For example, a space must be replaced by %20. To encode the URL, replace the following characters with:
Character
space
"
'
<
>
[
]
{
|
}
Encoding
%20
%22
%27
%3C
%3E
%5B
%5D
%7B
%7C
%7D
Single apostrophes do not need to be encoded; however, unencoded multiples will be parsed as italic or bold markup. Single curly closing braces also do not need to be encoded; however, an unencoded pair will be parsed as the double closing braces for the template transclusion.
^ abAccess-date and archive-date in references should all have the same format – either the format used for publication dates, or YYYY-MM-DD. See .
Additional note: (deprecated; use url) use of googleid= with the Google style id of a posting will automatically generate an appropriate URL.
(The Google style-id can be determined by clicking 'Show Original' in the Groups UI. The Google Style id is the number between the "/msg/" and "?dmode=" portions of the URL used to show the original.)
Anchor
ref: the citation's HTML anchor identifier. When set, |ref=ID generates an anchor with the given ID (the id attribute in the citation's <cite id="ID"> HTML tag). Setting |ref=ID identifies the template as a target and allows wikilinking to full references, especially useful with short-form citations like shortened notes and parenthetical referencing. The special value |ref=harv generates an anchor identifier suitable for use with {{sfn}} and {{harv}} templates. When |mode=cs2 defaults to |ref=harv. See Template:Citation/doc § Anchors for Harvard referencing templates.
Identifiers
message-id: the newsgroup's message identifier; the value in the message header between angle-brackets < and >; do not include the angle-brackets in |message-id=; must include @.
id: A unique identifier, used where none of the specialized identifiers are applicable; wikilink or use a template as applicable. For example, |id=NCJ 122967 will append "NCJ 122967" at the end of the citation. You can use templates such as |id={{NCJ|122967}} to append සැකිල්ල:NCJ instead.
These identifiers create links and are designed to accept a single value. Using multiple values or other text will break the link and/or invalidate the identifier. In general, the parameters should include only the variable part of the identifier, e.g. rfc=822 or pmc=345678.
arxiv: arXividentifier; for example: arxiv=hep-th/9205027 (before April 2007) or arxiv=0706.0001 or arxiv=1501.00001 (since April 2007). Do not include extraneous file extensions like ".pdf" or ".html".
asin: Amazon Standard Identification Number; if first character of asin value is a digit, use isbn. Because this link favours one specific distributor, only include it if standard identifiers aren't available.
asin-tld: ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US; valid values: au, br, ca, cn, co.jp, co.uk, de, es, fr, it, mx
bibcode: Bibcode; used by a number of astronomical data systems; for example: 1974AJ.....79..819H
doi: Digital object identifier; for example: 10.1038/news070508-7. It is checked to ensure it begins with (10.).
doi-broken-date: Date the DOI was found to be non-working at http://dx.doi.org. Use the same format as other dates in the article. Alias: doi_brokendate, doi-inactive-date
eissn: International Standard Serial Number for the electronic media of a serial publication; eight characters may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen, but not an en dash or a space. Alias: EISSN
hdl: Handle System identifier for digital objects and other resources on the Internet. Alias: HDL
isbn: International Standard Book Number; for example: 978-0-8126-9593-9. (See Wikipedia:ISBN and ISBN § Overview.) Dashes in the ISBN are optional, but preferred. Use the ISBN actually printed on or in the book. Use the 13-digit ISBN – beginning with 978 or 979 – when it is available. If only a 10-digit ISBN is printed on or in the book, use it. ISBNs can be found on the page with the publisher's information – usually the back of the title page – or beneath the barcode as a number beginning with 978 or 979 (barcodes beginning with any other numbers are not ISBNs). For sources with the older 9-digit SBN system, prefix the number with a zero; thus, SBN 902888-45-5 should be entered as |isbn=0-902888-45-5. Do not convert a 10-digit ISBN to 13-digit by just adding the 978 prefix; the last digit is a calculated check digit and just making changes to the numbers will make the ISBN invalid. This parameter should hold only the ISBN without any additional characters. It is checked for length, invalid characters – anything other than numbers, spaces, and hyphens, with "X" permitted as the last character in a 10-digit ISBN – and the proper check digit. Alias: ISBN
ismn: International Standard Music Number; for example: 979-0-9016791-7-7. Hyphens or spaces in the ISMN are optional. Use the ISMN actually printed on or in the work. This parameter should hold only the ISMN without any additional characters. It is checked for length, invalid characters – anything other than numbers, spaces, and hyphens – and the proper check digit. Alias: ISMN
pmc: PubMed Central; use article number for full-text free repository of a journal article, e.g. pmc=345678. Do not include "PMC" in the value. See also the pmid parameter, below; these are two different identifiers.
embargo: Date that pmc goes live; if this date is in the future, then pmc is not linked until that date.
pmid: PubMed; use unique identifier. See also the pmc parameter, above; these are two different identifiers.
quote: Relevant text quoted from the source. Displays enclosed in quotes. When supplied, the citation terminator (a period by default) is suppressed, so the quote must include terminating punctuation.
Laysummary
lay-url: URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; the URL title is set to "Lay summary". Aliases: lay-summary, laysummary.
lay-source: Name of the source of the laysummary. Displays in italics and preceded by an endash. Alias: laysource.
lay-date: Date of the summary. Displays in parentheses. Alias: laydate.
Display options
mode: Sets element separator, default terminal punctuation, and certain capitalization according to the value provided. For |mode=cs1, element separator and terminal punctuation is a period (.); where appropriate, initial letters of certain words are capitalized ('Retrieved...'). For |mode=cs2, element separator is a comma (,); terminal punctuation is omitted; where appropriate, initial letters of certain words are not capitalized ('retrieved...'). To override default terminal punctuation use postscript.
author-mask: Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text. Set author-mask to a numeric value n to set the dash n em spaces wide; set author-mask to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, "with". You must still include the values for all authors for metadata purposes. Primarily intended for use with bibliographies or bibliography styles where multiple works by a single author are listed sequentially such as shortened footnotes. Do not use in a list generated by {{reflist}}, <references /> or similar as there is no control of the order in which references are displayed. You can also use editor-mask and translator-mask in the same way.
display-authors: Controls the number of author names that are displayed when a citation is published. To change the displayed number of authors, set display-authors to the desired number. For example, |display-authors=2 will display only the first two authors in a citation. By default, all authors are displayed. |display-authors=etal displays all authors in the list followed by et al. Aliases: displayauthors.
display-editors: Controls the number of editor names that are displayed when a citation is published. To change the displayed number of editors, set display-editors to the desired number. For example, |display-editors=2 will display only the first two editors in a citation. By default, all editors are displayed. |display-editors=etal displays all editors in the list followed by et al. Aliases: displayeditors.
last-author-amp: Switches the separator between the last two names of the author list to space ampersand space ( & ) when set to y, yes, or true. Example: |last-author-amp=yes
postscript: Controls the closing punctuation for a citation; defaults to a period (.); for no terminating punctuation, specify |postscript=none – leaving |postscript= empty is the same as omitting it, but is ambiguous. Ignored if quote is defined.
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This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
URL
urlURL
The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found
String
suggested
Source title
title
The title of the source page on the website; displays in quotes
String
required
Last name
lastlast1authorauthor1authors
The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'.
Unknown
suggested
First name
firstfirst1
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'.
Unknown
suggested
Source date
date
Full date of the source; do not wikilink
String
suggested
Publisher
publisher
Name of the publisher; displays after title
String
optional
News Group
newsgroup
Name of newsgroup; a link is automatically created; do not wikilink.
String
suggested
Last name 2
last2author2
The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink2'.
Unknown
optional
First name 2
first2
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink.
Unknown
optional
Vauthors
vauthors
comma separated list of author names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses
Line
optional
Others
others
Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'
String
optional
Year of publication
year
Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month and day are also known
String
optional
Editor last name
editor-lasteditor1-last editor editors
The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors.
Line
optional
Editor first name
editor-firsteditor1-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-first'
Line
optional
Editor link
editor-linkeditor1-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors
Given or first names of translator. Do not wikilink
Line
optional
Translator Link
translator-linktranslator-link1translator1-link.
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.
Page name
optional
Translator Last Name 2
translator2-lasttranslator-last2
Surname of second Translator
Line
optional
Translator First Name 2
translator2-firsttranslator-first2
Given or first names of second translator. Do not wikilink
Line
optional
Translator Link 2
translator2-linktranslator-link2
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.
Line
optional
Issue
issuenumber
Issue identifier when the source is part of a series that is published periodically
String
optional
Department
department
Department within the periodical
String
optional
Location of publication
location
Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'
String
optional
Place of publication
publication-place
Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'
String
optional
Publication date
publication-date
Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink
String
optional
Agency
agency
The news agency (wire service) that provided the content; examples: Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse
String
optional
Edition
edition
When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.'
String
optional
Volume
volume
For one publication published in several volumes
String
optional
Page
page
Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'
String
optional
Pages
pages
Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source; displays after 'pp.'
String
optional
No pp
nopp
Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')
String
optional
At
at
May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient
String
optional
Language
language
The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates
String
optional
Script title
script-title
For titles in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc). Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon. For Japanese use: |script-title=ja:...
String
optional
Translated title
trans-titletrans_title
An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended
String
optional
Type
type
Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case
String
optional
Format
format
Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML
String
optional
arXiv identifier
arxiv
An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers
String
optional
ASIN
asin
Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters
String
optional
ASIN TLD
asin-tld
ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US
International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible
String
optional
ISSN
issn
International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen
String
optional
jfm code
jfm
Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code
String
optional
JSTOR
jstor
JSTOR identifier
String
optional
LCCN
lccn
Library of Congress Control Number
String
optional
MR
mr
Mathematical Reviews identifier
String
optional
OCLC
oclc
Online Computer Library Center number
String
optional
OL
ol
Open Library identifier
String
optional
OSTI
osti
Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier
String
optional
PMC
pmc
PubMed Center article number
String
optional
PMID
pmid
PubMed Unique Identifier
String
optional
RFC
rfc
Request for Comments number
String
optional
SSRN
ssrn
Social Science Research Network
String
optional
Zbl
zbl
Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier
String
optional
Message ID
message-id
the newsgroup's message identifier; the value in the message header between angle-brackets < and >; do not include the angle-brackets in |message-id=; must include @
String
suggested
id
id
A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable
String
optional
Quote
quote
Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation
String
optional
Ref
ref
An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv and sfn templates
String
optional
Postscript
postscript
The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined; to suppress use reserved keyword 'none'
Default
.
String
optional
Registration
registration
For online sources that require registration, set to 'yes' (or 'y', or 'true'); superseded by subscription if both are set
String
optional
Subscription
subscription
For online sources that require subscription, set to 'yes' (or 'y', or 'true'); supersedes registration if both are set
String
optional
Last name 3
last3author3
The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'.
Unknown
optional
First name 3
first3
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.
Unknown
optional
Last name 4
last4author4
The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'.
Unknown
optional
First name 4
first4
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink.
Unknown
optional
Last name 5
last5author5
The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'.
Unknown
optional
First name 5
first5
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.
Unknown
optional
Last name 6
last6author6
The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'.
Unknown
optional
First name 6
first6
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.
Unknown
optional
Last name 7
last7author7
The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'.
Unknown
optional
First name 7
first7
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.
Unknown
optional
Last name 8
last8author8
The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'.
Unknown
optional
First name 8
first8
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.
Unknown
optional
Last name 9
last9author9
The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink9'. If nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and 'et al.' will show in place of the last author.
Unknown
optional
First name 9
first9
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.
Unknown
optional
Author mask
author-mask
Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead
String
optional
Display authors
display-authorsdisplayauthors
number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used;
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors
Page name
optional
Author link 2
author-link2authorlink2
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author. (Up to nine authors can be listed, 3-9 are toward the end of the parameter list)
Page name
optional
Archive URL
archive-urlarchiveurl
The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archivedate'
String
optional
Archive date
archive-datearchivedate
Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink
String
optional
Dead URL
dead-urldeadurl
If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live
String
optional
Lay URL
lay-urllayurl
URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; alias of 'laysummary'
String
optional
Lay source
lay-sourcelaysource
Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash
String
optional
Lay date
lay-datelaydate
Date of the summary; displays in parentheses
String
optional
Author link 3
author-link3authorlink3author3-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.
Page name
optional
Author link 4
author-link4authorlink4author4-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth author.
Page name
optional
Author link 5
author-link5authorlink5author5-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth author.
Page name
optional
Author link 6
author-link6authorlink6author6-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.
Page name
optional
Author link 7
author-link7authorlink7author7-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.
Page name
optional
Author link 8
author-link8authorlink8author8-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.
Page name
optional
Author link 9
author-link9authorlink9author9-link
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.
Page name
optional
Last author ampersand
last-author-amplastauthoramp
When set to any value, changes the separator between the last two names of the author list to 'space ampersand space'
String
optional
Editor last name 2
editor2-lasteditor2
The surname of the second editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor2-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 2
editor2-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor last name 3
editor3-lasteditor3
The surname of the third editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor3-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 3
editor3-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor last name 4
editor4-lasteditor4
The surname of the fourth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor4-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 4
editor4-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor last name 5
editor5-lasteditor5
The surname of the fifth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor5-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 5
editor5-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor last name 6
editor6-lasteditor6
The surname of the sixth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor6-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 6
editor6-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor last name 7
editor7-lasteditor7
The surname of the seventh editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor7-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 7
editor7-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor last name 8
editor8-lasteditor8
The surname of the eighth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor8-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 8
editor8-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor last name 9
editor9-lasteditor9
The surname of the ninth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor9-link'.
Line
optional
Editor first name 9
editor9-first
Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth editor; don't wikilink.
Line
optional
Editor link 2
editor2-linkeditor2linkeditorlink2
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second editor.
Page name
optional
Editor link 3
editor3-linkeditor3linkeditorlink3
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third editor.
Page name
optional
Editor link 4
editor4-linkeditor4linkeditorlink4
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth editor.
Page name
optional
Editor link 5
editor5-linkeditor5linkeditorlink5
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth editor.
Page name
optional
Editor link 6
editor6-linkeditor6linkeditorlink6
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth editor.
Page name
optional
Editor link 7
editor7-linkeditor7linkeditorlink7
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh editor.
Page name
optional
Editor link 8
editor8-linkeditor8linkeditorlink8
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth editor.
Page name
optional
Editor link 9
editor9-linkeditor9linkeditorlink9
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth editor.
Page name
optional
Translator Last Name 3
translator3-lasttranslator-last3
Surname of third translator. Do not wikilink
Line
optional
Translator First Name 3
translator3-firsttranslator-first3
Given or first names of third translator. Do not wikilink
Line
optional
Translator Link 3
translator3-linktranslator-link3
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.
Line
optional
Translator Last Name 4
translator4-lasttranslator-last4
Surname of fourth translator. Do not wikilink
Line
optional
Translator First Name 4
translator4-firsttranslator-first4
Given or first names of fourth translator. Do not wikilink
Line
optional
Translator Link 4
translator4-linktranslator-link4
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.
Page name
optional
Translator Last Name 5
translator5-lasttranslator-last5
Surname of fifth translator. Do not wikilink
Line
optional
Translator First Name 5
translator5-firsttranslator-first5
Given or first names of fifth translator. Do not wikilink
Page name
optional
Translator Link 5
translator5-linktranslator-link5
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.
Page name
optional
Translator Last Name 6
translator6-lasttranslator-last6
Surname of sixth translator. Do not wikilink
Page name
optional
Translator First Name 6
translator6-firsttranslator-first6
Given or first names of sixth translator. Do not wikilink
Page name
optional
Translator Link 6
translator6-linktranslator-link6
Title of existing Wikipedia article about sixth the translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.
Page name
optional
Translator Last Name 7
translator7-lasttranslator-last7
Surname of seventh translator. Do not wikilink
Page name
optional
Translator First Name 7
translator7-firsttranslator-first7
Given or first names of seventh translator. Do not wikilink
Page name
optional
Translator Link 7
translator7-linktranslator-link7
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.
String
optional
Translator Last Name 8
translator8-lasttranslator-last8
Surname of eighth translator. Do not wikilink
String
optional
Translator First Name 8
translator8-firsttranslator-first8
Given or first names of eighth translator. Do not wikilink
String
optional
Translator Link 8
translator8-linktranslator-link8
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.
String
optional
Translator Last Name 9
translator9-lasttranslator-last9
Surname of ninth translator. Do not wikilink
String
optional
Translator First Name 9
translator9-firsttranslator-link9
Given or first names of ninth translator. Do not wikilink
String
optional
Translator Link 9
translator9-linktranslator9-link.
Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.
String
optional
URL access date
access-dateaccessdate
The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink
String
suggested
Original year
orig-yearorigyear
Original year of publication; provide specifics
String
optional
URL access level
url-access
Classification of the access restrictions on the URL ('registration', 'subscription' or 'limited')
String
optional
Bibcode access level
bibcode-access
If the full text is available from ADS via this Bibcode, type 'free'.
String
optional
DOI access level
doi-access
If the full text is free to read via the DOI, type 'free'.
String
optional
HDL access level
hdl-access
If the full text is free to read via the HDL, type 'free'.
String
optional
Jstor access level
jstor-access
If the full text is free to read on Jstor, type 'free'.
String
optional
OpenLibrary access level
ol-access
If the full text is free to read on OpenLibrary, type 'free'.
String
optional
OSTI access level
osti-access
If the full text is free to read on OSTI, type 'free'.
String
optional
via
via
Identify the aggregator of the resource that provided the digital version (usually a database provider), when it differs from the publisher (e.g., for The Wikipedia Library)
