Almost all parameter names are supported only in lower case (some initialisms, such as |isbn= have upper-case aliases like |ISBN=, which are acceptable for use).
As of 29 July 2016, {{cite web}} and {{cite news}} have the following differences: But given the same set of valid parameters, their output is exactly the same: When this template detects a link whose URL includes an extension of ".pdf" or ".PDF", typical of PDF files, it automatically displays a PDF icon after the link (regardless of whether the link goes to a PDF file or to an HTML landing page, typical of paysites).
A full list of this template's supported parameters, their aliases, and their dependencies is shown in the Usage section near the top of this documentation page.
In very rare cases, identifiers are published which do not follow their defined standard format or use non-conforming checksums.
In order to suppress the error message, some identifiers (|doi=, |eissn=, |isbn=, |issn=, and |sbn=) support a special accept-this-as-written markup which can be applied to disable the error-checking (as |=((
This behaviour can be overridden by one out of a number of special keywords for |title-link= to manually select a specific source (|title-link=pmc or |title-link=doi) for auto-linking or to disable the feature (|title-link=none).
These levels describe requirements or constraints related to accessing and viewing the cited material; they are not intended to indicate the ability to reuse, or the copyright status, of the material, since that status is not relevant to verifying claims in articles.
When they are not free-to-read, editors should mark those sources with the matching access-indicator parameter so that an appropriate icon is included in the rendered citation.
If the registration/limited/subscription access to the source goes dead and is no longer available, then remove the access-indicator parameter and add |archive-url= and |archive-date= values if possible.
When they are free-to-read, editors should mark those sources with the matching access-indicator parameter so that an appropriate icon is included in the rendered citation.
When the sources linked by these named-identifier parameters are not presumed to carry a free-to-read full text (for instance because they're just abstracting services), they may not be marked as limited, registration, or subscription.
For those named identifiers there are no access-indicator parameters; the access level is automatically indicated by the template.
TemplateData for Cite web Formats a citation to a website using the provided information such as URL and title.
Only one ''others'' parameter is allowed: e.g., 'Illustrated by Jane Doe; Translated by John Smith'The title of the source page on the website; will display with quotation marks added.
Not the name of the website.For titles in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, etc.).
Separate multiple languages with commasAdditional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence caseFormat of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTMLPublication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilinkSets rendered dates to the specified formatName of the entity hosting the original copy of the work, if different from the publisher.
'The date that the DOI was determined to be brokenInternational Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possibleInternational Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphenJahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification codeJSTOR identifierLibrary of Congress Control NumberMathematical Reviews identifierOnline Computer Library Center numberOpen Library identifierOffice of Scientific and Technical Information identifierPubMed Center article numberPubMed Unique IdentifierRequest for Comments numberSocial Science Research NetworkZentralblatt MATH journal identifierA unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicableRelevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; must include terminating punctuationEnglish translation of the quotation if the source quoted is in a foreign language.
Displays in square brackets.An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full referencesThe closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is definedSpecify the edition or revision of the source, when applicable.