This template and documentation were adapted from English Wikipedia. The template is used to cite or reference sources on MTG Wiki on a standardized manner.
Usage[]
- Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page (with current date)
{{WebRef|url= |title= |accessdate=2024-03-19|format= |work= }}
- Using author (with current date)
{{WebRef|url= |title= |accessdate=2024-03-19|author= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}
- Using non-linked retrieved date, author
{{WebRef|url= |title= |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}
- All parameters, horizontal format (delete the ones you don't need)
{{WebRef|url= |title= |accessdate= |author= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}
- All parameters, vertical format
{{WebRef | url = | title = | accessdate = | author = | date = | format = | work = | publisher = | pages = | page = | language = | archiveurl = | archivedate = }}
Required parameters[]
- url: URL of online item.
- title: Title of online item.
Optional parameters[]
- author: Author
- date: Full date of publication, preferably in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17.
- format: Format, e.g. PDF. HTML implied if not specified.
- work: If this item is part of a larger work, name of that work.
- publisher: Publisher, if any.
- pages: pp. 5–7: first page and optional last page. This is for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not the total number of pages in the book.
- page: p. 5: reference page. This parameter is mutually exclusive with pages. If both are specified, pages takes precedent.
- language: language of publication (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
- archiveurl: URL of the archive location of the item (requires archivedate)
- archivedate: Date when the item was archived (requires archiveurl), in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17.
- accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate = 2024-03-19".
Examples[]
- Some standard use cases
- {{WebRef
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things [Part II]
| publisher=Open Publishing
| date=2005-04-30
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My Favorite Things [Part II]". Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- {{WebRef
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things [Part II]
| date=2005-04-30
| work=Encyclopedia of Things
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My Favorite Things [Part II]". Encyclopedia of Things. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- {{WebRef
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things [Part II]
| date=2005-04-30
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ Doe, John (2005-04-30). "My Favorite Things Part II". Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- {{WebRef
| author=Doe, John
| title=My Favorite Things [Part II]
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ Doe, John. "My Favorite Things Part II". Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- {{WebRef
| title=My Favorite Things [Part II]
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- {{WebRef
| url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/
| title=Digest of Rules
| publisher= National Football League
| accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ Digest of Rules. National Football League. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- Using format
- {{WebRef
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| publisher = International Narcotics Control Board
| url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Pdf/Customs/List_of_Psychotropic_Substances.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate=2014-02-05
}}
→ List of psychotropic substances under international control (PDF). International Narcotics Control Board. Retrieved on 2014-02-05.
- language
- {{WebRef
| author=Joliet, François
| title=Honnit soit qui mal y pense
| date=2005-04-30
| url=http://www.example.org/
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| language=French
}}
→ Joliet, François (2005-04-30). "Honnit soit qui mal y pense (French)". Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- No author
- {{WebRef | title=My Favorite Things Part II | publisher=Open Publishing | date=2005-04-30 | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2006-05-16
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things. Open Publishing (2005-04-30). Retrieved on 2006-05-16.
- No author, no publisher
- {{WebRef | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30]] | work=Encyclopedia of Things | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06
}}
→ My Favorite Things Part II. Encyclopedia of Things (2005-04-30). Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- {{WebRef | title=My Favorite Things Part II | date=2005-04-30 | url=http://www.example.org/ | accessdate=2005-07-06 }}
→ My Favorite Things Part II (2005-04-30). Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- {{WebRef
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| date=2005-04-30
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| language=Greek
}}
→ List of psychotropic substances under international control (Greek) (PDF) (2005-04-30). Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
- Using archiveurl and archivedate to refer to items that went away but are available from an archive site
- {{WebRef
| title=List of psychotropic substances under international control
| date=2005-04-30
| url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate=2005-07-06
| archiveurl=http://www.archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf
| archivedate=2005-09-11
}}
→ List of psychotropic substances under international control (PDF) (2005-04-30). Archived from the original on 2005-09-11. Retrieved on 2005-07-06.
-
{{WebRef
|url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm
|title=Interview with Maggie Downs
|date=2006-03-31
|publisher=The Desert Sun
|archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm
|archivedate=2006-04-26
}}
→ Interview with Maggie Downs. The Desert Sun (2006-03-31). Archived from the original on 2006-04-26.
- No parameters (error)
- {{WebRef}}
→ Error on call to {{WebRef}}: Parameters url and title must be specified