Template:Cite news/doc

This template adapted from wikipedia is used to create citations to news articles in print, video, audio or web. It is implemented and maintained for historical reasons mainly because many articles use it.

Use it sparingly. In many cases it is not worth reading up all the parameters to use it. It is simpler to just type in the citations manually following the Chicago style.

All fields must be lowercase.

Copy a blank version to use. Remember to use the "|" (pipe) character between each field. Please delete any unused fields to avoid clutter in the edit window. This template is based on Template:Cite news at Wikipedia.

Common form with author(s) in a single parameter

 * Day Month Year:


 * Month Day, Year:

Common form with first and last names of authors

 * Day Month Year:


 * Month Day, Year:

Examples
Using first and last for author's name

No author but sourced to a news agency

The authorlink parameter exists to link to article about the author on Wikipedia but should not be used here

The authorlink parameter does not work here because, obviously, it sets up a link on this local site to an article about the author which most likely will not exist on this wikia. You will end up with a red link unless you wish to create an article about this author. See wikipedia:Template:Cite_news/doc for an example.

'''Using format parameter when not HTML. No need to use location parameter because "New York" is already in name of paper.'''

Using page to identify the reference by page; news item in library but not on line

A foreign-language news article

Using archiveurl and archivedate to refer to items that disappeared from newspaper's own website but are now available from an archive site