Template:Cite news/doc

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To cite a news article with a credited author

{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |work= |location= |access-date=}}

To cite a news article with no credited author

{{cite news |author= |title= |url= |work= |location= |date= |access-date=}}

To cite an online news article that has been archived

{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |url-status= |work= |location= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=}}

To cite a news article written in a foreign language

{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title= |trans-title= |url= |language= |work= |location= |access-date=}}

To cite and quote an archived news article clipped with an information aggregation service requiring a subscription

{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |trans-title= |url= |url-status= |language= |work= |location= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |via= |quote=}} |}

Cite web:	Silverman, Dwight (15 Julie 2011). "Microsoft envisions a universal OS, but it might not be called Windows". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. Retrieved 26 Mey 2015.
Cite news:	Silverman, Dwight (15 Julie 2011). "Microsoft envisions a universal OS, but it might not be called Windows". Houston Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. Retrieved 26 Mey 2015.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Descreeption	Type	Status
Last name	`last` `last1` `author` `author1` `authors`	The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'.	Unknown	suggested
First name	`first` `first1`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'.	Unknown	suggested
Author link	`author-link` `authorlink` `authorlink1` `author-link1` `author1-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	Page name	optional
Last name 2	`last2` `author2`	The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link2'.	Unknown	optional
First name 2	`first2`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Author link 2	`author-link2` `authorlink2`	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
Last name 3	`last3` `author3`	The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link3'.	Unknown	optional
First name 3	`first3`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Author link 3	`author-link3` `authorlink3` `author3-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.	Page name	optional
Last name 4	`last4` `author4`	The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link4'.	Unknown	optional
First name 4	`first4`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Author link 4	`author-link4` `authorlink4` `author4-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth author.	Page name	optional
Last name 5	`last5` `author5`	The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link5'.	Unknown	optional
First name 5	`first5`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Author link 5	`author-link5` `authorlink5` `author5-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth author.	Page name	optional
Last name 6	`last6` `author6`	The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link6'.	Unknown	optional
First name 6	`first6`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Author link 6	`author-link6` `authorlink6` `author6-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.	Page name	optional
Last name 7	`last7` `author7`	The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link7'.	Unknown	optional
First name 7	`first7`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Author link 7	`author-link7` `authorlink7` `author7-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.	Page name	optional
Last name 8	`last8` `author8`	The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link8'.	Unknown	optional
First name 8	`first8`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Author link 8	`author-link8` `authorlink8` `author8-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.	Page name	optional
Last name 9	`last9` `author9`	The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link9'. 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 link 9	`author-link9` `authorlink9` `author9-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.	Page name	optional
Display authors	`display-authors` `displayauthors`	number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used;	Number	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
Last author ampersand	`last-author-amp` `lastauthoramp`	When set to any value, changes the separator between the last two names of the author list to 'space ampersand space'	String	optional
Author name separator	`author-name-separator`	Changes the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space; a space must be encoded as Default ,	String	optional
Author separator	`author-separator`	Changes the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space; a space must be encoded as Default ;	String	optional
Others	`others`	Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'	String	optional
Source date	`date`	Full date of the source; do not wikilink	String	suggested
Month of publication	`month`	Name of the month of publication; do not wikilink; use 'date' instead, if day of month is also known	String	optional
Year of publication	`year`	Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month and day are also known	String	optional
Original year	`orig-year` `origyear`	Original year of publication; provide specifics	String	optional
Source title	`title`	The title of the article as it appears in the source; displays in quotes	String	required
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
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

Usage

Choosing between {{Cite web}} and {{Cite news}}

Examples

Parameters

Syntax

COinS

What's new

Deprecated

Description

Authors

Title

Periodical

Date

Publisher

Edition, volume

In-source locations

URL

Anchor

Identifiers

Quote

Editors

Laysummary

Display options

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