Template:Cite Web

Summary

The purpose of this template is to present links to external sites in a consistent fashion. It is based on the template of the same name from Wikipedia, but is greatly simplified and does not support as many options.

Parameters

Cite Web

Parameter	Scope	Description
url	Required	The full link to the article.
title	Optional	The name of the article being linked to. This should be supplied if at all possible.
author	Optional	The name of the author. This should be supplied if at all possible.
publisher	Optional	Name of the organization or website that created the article.
date	Optional	Date on which the article was written.
accessdate	Required	Date on which the article was last checked and determined to be correct. This value should be checked every few months to ensure external links are kept up to date.
archive-url	Optional	The link to an archive of the article.
archive-date	Optional	Date on which the article was archived.

Examples

Just the URL

{{Cite Web|url=http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/09/12/20-minutes-of-skyrim-action/|accessdate=22 September 2011}}

[1]. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

URL and Title

{{Cite Web|url=http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/09/12/20-minutes-of-skyrim-action/|accessdate=22 September 2011|title=20+ minutes of Skyrim action!}}

"20+ minutes of Skyrim action!". Retrieved 22 September 2011.

URL, Title and Date

{{Cite Web|url=http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/09/12/20-minutes-of-skyrim-action/|accessdate=22 September 2011|title=20+ minutes of Skyrim action!|date=12 September 2011}}

"20+ minutes of Skyrim action!". 12 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

URL, Title, Publisher and Date

{{Cite Web|url=http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/09/12/20-minutes-of-skyrim-action/|accessdate=22 September 2011|publisher=Bethesda Blog|title=20+ minutes of Skyrim action!|date=12 September 2011}}

"20+ minutes of Skyrim action!". Bethesda Blog. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

URL, Title, Author, Publisher and Date

{{Cite Web|url=http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/09/12/20-minutes-of-skyrim-action/|accessdate=22 September 2011|author=gstaff|publisher=Bethesda Blog|title=20+ minutes of Skyrim action!|date=12 September 2011}}

gstaff."20+ minutes of Skyrim action!". Bethesda Blog. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

URL, Title, Archive URL and Archive Date

{{Cite Web|url=http://www.gamespy.com/interviews/october01/morrowprofiles/index2.shtm|accessdate=9 June 2023|title=Morrowind Developer Profiles: Douglas Goodall|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011109134841/http://www.gamespy.com/interviews/october01/morrowprofiles/index2.shtm|archive-date=9 November 2001}}

"Morrowind Developer Profiles: Douglas Goodall". Archived from the original on 9 November 2001. Retrieved 9 June 2023.