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Template:Cite web

From Fire Emblem Wiki, your source on Fire Emblem information. By fans, for fans.

Purpose

This is a variant of the {{cite}} template that is to be used when you're pulling a quote or information from a web page or document (such as a PDF file). This is to be used to cite sources, and should be used within <ref></ref> tags.

Usage

To use, enter this code:

{{Cite web | url= | title= | site= }}

The full code is as follows:

{{Cite web| quote= | location= | author= | published= | retrieved = | url= | title= | site= | type= }} 
  • Quote – (Optional) The quoted text from the site
  • Location – (Optional) The location of a quote from a source, such as a time code in a video or page in a PDF.
  • Author – (Optional) The name of the person who posted or published the text
  • Published – (Optional) The date the text was posted or published
  • Retrieved – (Optional) The date the article was accessed for the reference
  • URL – The direct URL to the page in question
  • Title – The name of the article or document
  • Site – The name of the site that the article or document is hosted on (eg. IGN, Nintendo.com, etc.)
  • Type – (Optional) The type of page you're linking to, if it is not a regular HTML page. You should then say in this field what type of document it is (e.g. "PDF File", "Word Document", "PNG Image", etc.)

Examples

{{cite web|url= http://www.fireemblem.org |title= Main Page |site= Fire Emblem Wiki }}
Main Page, Fire Emblem Wiki
{{Cite web|quote= Hello world!|location= pg. 5|author= John Smith |published= May 13, 2001 |retrieved= July 24, 2009 |url= http://example.org/ |title= Hello! |site= Example.Org}}
"Hello world!" (pg. 5) — John Smith, Hello!, Example.Org, Published: May 13, 2001, Retrieved: July 24, 2009