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This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is specifically for news sources.

Usage [ ?????? ??? ]

All parameter names must be lower case .

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.

Full version (copy and paste text below and delete parameters you don't need)

{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title= |url= |format= |agency= |work= |publisher= |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date= |access-date=??? ??, ???? |language= |quote= |archive-url =  |archive-date= }}

First example of commonly used fields (or you can use this and not have to delete as much) (This assumes English, HTML format)

{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= |url= |work= |publisher= |date= |access-date=??? ??, ????}}

Shorter example

{{cite news |first= |last= |coauthors= |title= |work= |page= |date= |access-date=??? ??, ???? |quote= |url= }}

All parameters, vertical format

{{cite news
 | title = 
 | author = 
 | first = 
 | last = 
 | authorlink = 
 | author2 = 
 | author3 = 
 | author4 = 
 | author5 = 
 | author6 = 
 | author7 = 
 | url = 
 | format = 
 | agency = 
 | work = 
 | publisher = 
 | location = 
 | isbn = 
 | issn = 
 | oclc = 
 | pmid = 
 | pmd = 
 | bibcode = 
 | doi = 
 | id = 
 | date = 
 | page = 
 | pages = 
 | access-date = ??? ??, ????
 | language = 
 | quote = 
 | archive-url =  
 | archive-date = 
 }}

title is required, rest is optional. Note that title must be on one line in order for the hyperlink to display properly. Do not enclose it in quotations marks, italics or other formatting, though it may be wikilinked.
author : Author.
- last works with first to produce last, first
- authorlink works either with author or with last & first to link to the appropriate Wikipedia article. Does not work with URLs.
- author2 , author3 , ... author9 : Allows additional authors. Numbers must be used consecutively. author9 is not actually displayed, but causes et al. to appear. Can also use last n , first n , and authorlink n .
- coauthors : Equivalent to author2 .
url : Link to the news item if available online (note this is not for a link to the main web page of the work of publisher, but only to a copy of the item specified in title ). Start the url with the communications protocol e.g. http ://. Do not post urls of google hosted AP content, that content is transient. Use msnbc, Yahoo, or another provider that keeps AP archives.
- format : Format, e.g. PDF. Don’t specify for HTML (implied as default).
  Specify as ‘fee required’ if free access is no longer available.
  
  Specify as ‘Reprint’ if you use a full original version but not hosted by the original publisher.
agency : The news agency (wire service) that provided the content, e.g. Associated Press , Reuters , etc. Spell out and link the full name.
work : The publication that ran the item, e.g. Newsweek . Can also be used for the name of a column or subpart of an issue. Do not italicize.
- location : Place of the publication, e.g. Toronto for The Globe and Mail . For student newspaper s, include the name of the school.
publisher : The company or organization that publishes the news source. Not necessary for major publications like The New York Times , but may add credibility for local papers that are part of a family of publications like The McClatchy Company .
isbn, issn, oclc, pmid, pmd, bibcode, doi Unique object identifiers, if applicable. Will automatically generate an appropriately wikilinked link to the object in question.
id : Identifier of a type not listed above. Remember, if you use this parameter, you must specify the kind of identifier, not just give a number.
date : Date of publication. Use the same format as the main text of the article.
page or pages : The page(s) on which the article is found. page inserts the abbreviation "p." before the number; pages inserts "pp." Use only one of these parameters. If numbers are entered for both, pages overrides page .
accessdate : Full date when item was accessed.
language : The language in which the source is written. If English (the default) do not use this parameter.
quote : Relevant quotation. Adding a quotation can help locate online copies of the item using a text search, especially if the original link goes dead.
archiveurl : URL of the archive location of the item; this is for archives (such archive.org and WebCite ); for back-issues and the like that are on file at the publisher's site, use the "url" parameter (requires archivedate ).
archivedate : Date when the item was archived (requires archiveurl ).

Examples [ ?????? ??? ]

Using first and last to identify the author, and id to supply the ISSN

{{cite news | first=John | last=Doe | title=News | url=http://www.example.org/ | work=Encyclopedia of Things | publisher=News co. | location=Toronto | pages= 37–39 | date=21 November 2005 | id={{ISSN|0028?0836}} | access-date=11 December 2005 }}
→ Doe, John (21 November 2005). "News" . Encyclopedia of Things . Toronto: News co. ????? 37?39. ISSN 0028?0836 . ?????? 11 December 2005 .

Using author instead of first and last, and adding a news agency

{{cite news | author=Staff writer | title=News | url=http://www.example.org/News.pdf | format=PDF | agency=Wireservice | publisher=News co. | pages= 37–39 | date=21 November 2005 | access-date=11 December 2005 }}
→ Staff writer (21 November 2005). "News" (PDF) . News co. Wireservice. ????? 37?39 . ?????? 11 December 2005 .

Using authorlink to link to the author’s article

{{cite news | first=John | last=Doe | authorlink=John Doe | title=News | url=http://www.example.org/background | format=Reprint | publisher=News co. | date=21 November 2005 | access-date=11 December 2005 }}
→ Doe, John (21 November 2005). "News" (Reprint) . News co . ?????? 11 December 2005 . CS1 maint: discouraged parameter ( link )

Using format

{{cite news | title=News | url=http://www.example.org/Archive/News | format=Fee required | publisher=News co. | date=21 November 2005 | access-date=11 December 2005 }}
→ "News" (Fee required) . News co. 21 November 2005 . ?????? 11 December 2005 .

Using page to identify the reference by page

{{cite news | first=John | last=Doe | title=FooBar | page=1 }}
→ Doe, John. "FooBar". ????? 1.

A very simple citation

{{cite news | title=FooBar | page=1 }}
→ "FooBar". ????? 1.

Using archiveurl and archivedate to refer to items that went away but are available from an archive site

{{cite news | author=Staff writer | title=News | url=http://www.example.org/News.pdf | format=PDF | publisher=News co. | pages= 37–39 | date=21 November 2005 | access-date=11 December 2005 | archive-url = http://web.archive.org/web/20070628082911/http://www.example.org/News.pdf | archive-date=28 June 2008 }}
→ Staff writer (21 November 2005). "News" (PDF) . News co. ????? 37?39. ??? (PDF) ????? 28 June 2008 ?? ???????? . ?????? 11 December 2005 .

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard , VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Cite news in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Cite news

This template formats a citation to a news article in print, video, audio or web using the provided source information (e.g. author, publication, date) and various formatting options.

Template parameters [ Edit template data ]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
URL	`url` `URL`	The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found	String	suggested
Source title	`title`	The title of the source page on the website; displays in quotes	String	required
Last name	`last` `last1` `author` `author1` `authors`	The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'.	Unknown	suggested
First name	`first` `first1`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'.	Unknown	suggested
Source date	`date`	Full date of the source; do not wikilink	String	suggested
Work	`work`	Name of the source periodical; may be wikilinked; displays in italics; alias of 'newspaper', 'journal', 'magazine', 'periodical'	String	suggested
Publisher	`publisher`	Name of the publisher; displays after title	String	optional
Last name 2	`last2` `author2`	The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink2'.	Unknown	optional
First name 2	`first2`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Newspaper	`newspaper`	Name of the newspaper; displays after title	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
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
Editor last name	`editor-last`	The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-last', 'editor', and 'editors'	Unknown	optional
Editor first name	`editor-first`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-first'	Unknown	optional
Editor link	`editor-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-link'	Page name	optional
Issue	`issue`	Issue identifier when the source is part of a series that is published periodically	String	optional
Department	`department`	Department within the periodical	String	optional
Location of publication	`location`	Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'	String	optional
Place of publication	`publication-place`	Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'	String	optional
Publication date	`publication-date`	Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink	String	optional
Agency	`agency`	The news agency (wire service) that provided the content; examples: Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse	String	optional
Edition	`edition`	When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.'	String	optional
Volume	`volume`	For one publication published in several volumes	String	optional
Page	`page`	Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'	String	optional
Pages	`pages`	Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source; displays after 'pp.'	String	optional
No pp	`nopp`	Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')	String	optional
At	`at`	May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient	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
Script title	`script-title`	For titles in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, etc). Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon. For Japanese use: \|script-title=ja:...	String	optional
Translated title	`trans-title` `trans_title`	An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended	String	optional
Type	`type`	Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case	String	optional
Format	`format`	Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML	String	optional
arXiv identifier	`arxiv`	An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers	String	optional
AZIN	`asin`	Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters	String	optional
AZIN TLD	`asin-tld`	ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US	String	optional
Bibcode	`bibcode`	Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters	String	optional
DOI	`doi`	Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'	String	optional
DOI broken date	`doi-broken-date`	The date that the DOI was determined to be broken	String	optional
ISBN	`isbn`	International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible	String	optional
ISSN	`issn`	International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen	String	optional
jfm code	`jfm`	Jahrbuch uber die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code	String	optional
JSTOR	`jstor`	JSTOR identifier	String	optional
LCCN	`lccn`	Library of Congress Control Number	String	optional
MR	`mr`	Mathematical Reviews identifier	String	optional
OCLC	`oclc`	Online Computer Library Center number	String	optional
OL	`ol`	Open Library identifier	String	optional
OSTI	`osti`	Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier	String	optional
PMC	`pmc`	PubMed Center article number	String	optional
PMID	`pmid`	PubMed Unique Identifier	String	optional
RFC	`rfc`	Request for Comments number	String	optional
SSRN	`ssrn`	Social Science Research Network	String	optional
Zbl	`zbl`	Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier	String	optional
id	`id`	A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable	String	optional
Quote	`quote`	Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation	String	optional
Ref	`ref`	An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv and sfn templates	String	optional
Separator	`separator`	The punctuation used to separate lists of authors, editors, etc.; a space must be encoded as to suppress use reserved keyword 'none' Default .	String	optional
Postscript	`postscript`	The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined; to suppress use reserved keyword 'none' Default .	String	optional
Last name 3	`last3` `author3`	The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'.	Unknown	optional
First name 3	`first3`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Last name 4	`last4` `author4`	The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'.	Unknown	optional
First name 4	`first4`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Last name 5	`last5` `author5`	The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'.	Unknown	optional
First name 5	`first5`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Last name 6	`last6` `author6`	The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'.	Unknown	optional
First name 6	`first6`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Last name 7	`last7` `author7`	The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'.	Unknown	optional
First name 7	`first7`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Last name 8	`last8` `author8`	The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'.	Unknown	optional
First name 8	`first8`	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Last name 9	`last9` `author9`	The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink9'. 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 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
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
Display authors	`display-authors` `displayauthors`	number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used;	Number	optional
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
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
Archive URL	`archive-url` `archiveurl`	The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archivedate'	String	optional
Archive date	`archive-date` `archivedate`	Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink	String	optional
Dead URL	`dead-url` `deadurl`	If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live	String	optional
Lay URL	`lay-url` `layurl`	URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; alias of 'laysummary'	String	optional
Lay source	`lay-source` `laysource`	Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash	String	optional
Lay date	`lay-date` `laydate`	Date of the summary; displays in parentheses	String	optional
Author link 3	`author-link3` `authorlink3` `author3-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.	Page name	optional
Author link 4	`author-link4` `authorlink4` `author4-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth author.	Page name	optional
Author link 5	`author-link5` `authorlink5` `author5-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.	Page name	optional
Author link 6	`author-link6` `authorlink6` `author6-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.	Page name	optional
Author link 7	`author-link7` `authorlink7` `author7-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.	Page name	optional
Author link 8	`author-link8` `authorlink8` `author8-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.	Page name	optional
Author link 9	`author-link9` `authorlink9` `author9-link`	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.	Page name	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
URL access date	`access-date` `accessdate`	The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink	String	suggested
Original year	`orig-year` `origyear`	Original year of publication; provide specifics	String	optional
via	`via`	Identify the website of the resource, when it differs from the publisher (e.g., for The Wikipedia Library)	Unknown	suggested

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