This extension
comes with MediaWiki 1.25
and above. Thus you do not have to download it again. However, you still need to follow the other instructions provided.
The
CiteThisPage
extension, previously known as
SpecialCite.php
, is an extension that creates a special page (
Special:CiteThisPage
) and toolbox link to it for pages in the main namespace.
Given an article name, this extension generates citations to it in a variety of styles.
Installation
- Download
and move the extracted
CiteThisPage
folder to your
extensions/
directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension
from Git
instead, using:
cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/CiteThisPage
- Add the following code at the bottom of your
LocalSettings.php
file:
wfLoadExtension
(
'CiteThisPage'
);
-
Done
? Navigate to
Special:Version
on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Example
- English Wikipedia
w:Special:CiteThisPage/Train
provides citation info about the article
w:Train
, in the format specified by the local English MediaWiki file
w:MediaWiki:Citethispage-content
Each normal page (current version only) has a sidebar link to that special page, in addition to the link "permanent link".
The citing style it uses is customizable from the MediaWiki namespace (
MediaWiki:Citethispage-content
), for instance:
*
''
{{FULLPAGENAME}}
''
(last modified {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} UTC).
{{SITENAME}}, {{int:sitesubtitle}}. Retrieved <citation>{{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
{{CURRENTYEAR}}</citation> from {{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|oldid={{REVISIONID}}}}
Might produce:
- Main Page
(last modified 02:47, 26 November 2005 UTC). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:14, 26 November 2005 from
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=10403
Variables
The parser variables e.g. {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTMONTH}} etc. will display the time of the last edit to the requested page, to get the current time use
<
citation
>
, e.g.
<
citation
>
{{CURRENTTIME}}
</
citation
>
.
See also
| This extension is being used on one or more
Wikimedia projects
. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's
CommonSettings.php
and
InitialiseSettings.php
configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's
Special:Version
page.
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| This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages:
This is not an authoritative list.
Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here.
Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm.
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