Template:Citation

Template:Documentation

The Citation template generates a citation for a book, periodical, contribution in a collective work, or a web page. It determines the citation type by examining which parameters are used.

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Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Last name	last author author1 authors last1	The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	Line	suggested
First name	first first1	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	Line	suggested
title of source	title	Title of source; displays in italics (except that article titles are not italicized but enclosed in quotes)	String	required
date of source	date	Full date of source being referenced in the same format as other publication dates in the citations.[1] Do not wikilink. Displays after the authors and enclosed in parentheses. If there is no author, then displays after publisher.	String	optional
url of source	url	URL of an online location where the text of the publication can be found.	String	optional
Work	work journal website newspaper magazine encyclopedia encyclopaedia dictionary mailinglist	Name of the work in which the cited title is found	String	optional
Volume	volume	For one publication published in several volumes	Line	suggested
Issue	issue number	Issue number	String	optional
Page	page	Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'	Line	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.'	Line	suggested
Publication Date	publication-date	Date of publication when different from the date the work was written. Displays only if year or date are defined and only if different, else publication-date is used and displayed as date. Use the same format as other dates in the article; do not wikilink. Follows publisher; if work is not defined, then publication-date is preceded by "published" and enclosed in parenthesis.	String	optional
Date format	df	Sets rendered dates to the specified format	String	optional
Year of publication	year	Year of the source being referenced; recommended only when date parameter format is YYYY-MM-DD and a CITEREF disambiguator is needed	Number	optional
Postscript	postscript	Controls the closing punctuation for a citation; defaults to a period (.); for no terminating punctuation, specify |postscript=none – leaving |postscript= empty is the same as omitting it, but is ambiguous. Ignored if quote is defined.	String	optional
Editor last name	editor-last editor editor-surname editor-last1 editor-surname1 editor1 editor1-last editor1-surname editors	The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors	Unknown	optional
Editor first name	editor-first editor-first1 editor-given1 editor1-first editor1-given	The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors	Unknown	optional
Author Mask	author-mask authormask	Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text. Set author-mask to a numeric value n to set the dash n em spaces wide; set author-mask to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, "with". You must still include the values for all authors for metadata purposes. Primarily intended for use with bibliographies or bibliography styles where multiple works by a single author are listed sequentially such as shortened footnotes. Do not use in a list generated by {{reflist}}, <references /> or similar as there is no control of the order in which references are displayed. You can also use editor-mask and translator-mask in the same way.	String	optional
Original year	orig-year origyear	Original year of publication; provide specifics	Number	optional
Translated title	trans-title trans_title	An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended	Content	optional
Translated chapter title	trans-chapter trans_chapter	An English language chapter title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended	Content	optional
Type	type	Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case	Content	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'	Line	optional
Series	series version	Series identifier when the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal; alias of 'version'	Content	optional
periodical	periodical	no description	String	optional
At	at	May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient	Line	optional
No pp	nopp	Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')	Line	optional
Chapter	chapter	The chapter heading of the source	String	optional
contribution	contribution	no description	String	optional
chapter-url	chapter-url chapterurl	no description	String	optional
contribution-url	contribution-url	no description	String	optional
chapter-format	chapter-format	no description	String	optional
others	others	no description	String	optional
Edition	edition	When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.'	Line	optional
Location of publication	place location	Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked	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'	Content	optional
Publisher	publisher	Name of the publisher; displays after title	Content	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	Content	optional
Format	format	Format of the work referred to by 'url' ('url' is required when using 'format'); examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML	Content	optional
arXiv identifier	arxiv	An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers	Line	optional
ASIN	asin ASIN	Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters	Line	optional
ASIN TLD	asin-tld	ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US	Line	optional
Bibcode	bibcode	Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters	Line	optional
biorXiv	biorxiv	biorXiv identifier; 6 digits	Line	optional
CiteSeerX	citeseerx	CiteSeerX identifier; found after the 'doi=' query parameter	Line	optional
DOI	doi DOI	Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'	String	optional
doi_inactivedate	doi_inactivedate	no description	String	optional
DOI broken date	doi-broken-date	The date that the DOI was determined to be broken	Date	optional
ISBN	isbn	International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible	Line	optional
ISSN	issn	International Standard Serial Number (print); 8 characters; usually split into two groups of four using a hyphen	Line	optional
eISSN	eissn	International Standard Serial Number (online); 8 characters; usually split into two groups of four using a hyphen	Line	optional
jfm code	jfm	Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code	Line	optional
JSTOR	jstor	JSTOR identifier	Line	optional
LCCN	lccn	Library of Congress Control Number	Line	optional
MR	mr	Mathematical Reviews identifier	Line	optional
OCLC	oclc	Online Computer Library Center number	Number	optional
OL	ol	Open Library identifier	Line	optional
OSTI	osti	Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier	Line	optional
PMC	pmc	PubMed Center article number	Number	optional
PMID	pmid	PubMed Unique Identifier	Line	optional
RFC	rfc	Request for Comments number	Number	optional
SSRN	ssrn	Social Science Research Network	Line	optional
Zbl	zbl	Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier	Line	optional
id	id	A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable	Line	optional
Quote	quote	Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation	Content	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	Line	optional
URL access date	access-date accessdate	The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink	Date	optional
Lay URL	laysummary layurl lay-url	URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source	Line	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	Date	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 &#32; Default ,	Line	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'	Boolean	optional
Display authors	displayauthors display-authors	number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used;	Number	optional
Archive date	archive-date archivedate	Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink	Date	optional
Last name 2	last2 author2 surname2	The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink2'.	Line	optional
First name 2	first2 given2	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Last name 3	last3 author3 surname3	The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink3'.	Line	optional
First name 3	first3 given3	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Last name 4	last4 author4 surname4	The surname of the forth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink4'.	Line	optional
First name 4	first4 given4	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the forth author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Last name 5	last5 author5 surname5	The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink5'.	Line	optional
First name 5	first5 given5	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Last name 6	last6 author6 surname6	The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink6'.	Line	optional
First name 6	first6	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Last name 7	last7 author7 surname7	The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink7'.	Line	optional
First name 7	first7 given7	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Last name 8	last8 author8 surname8	The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'authorlink8'.	Line	optional
First name 8	first8 given8	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Last name 9	last9 author9 surname9	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.	Line	optional
First name 9	first9 given9	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link	author-link authorlink author1-link authorlink1	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 author2-link authorlink2	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author.	Page name	optional
Author link 3	author-link3 author3-link authorlink3	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.	Page name	optional
Author link 4	author-link4 author4-link authorlink4	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the forth author.	Page name	optional
Author link 5	author-link5 author5-link authorlink5	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.	Page name	optional
Author link 6	author-link6 author6-link authorlink6	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.	Page name	optional
Author link 7	author-link7 author7-link authorlink7	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.	Page name	optional
Author link 8	author-link8 author8-link authorlink8	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.	Page name	optional
Author link 9	author-link9 author9-link authorlink9	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 2	editor2-last editor2	The surname of the second editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor2-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 2	editor2-first editor2-given	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor last name 3	editor3-last editor3	The surname of the third editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor3-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 3	editor3-first editor3-given	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor last name 4	editor4-last editor4	The surname of the fourth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor4-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 4	editor4-first editor4-given	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor last name 5	editor5-last editor5	The surname of the fifth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor5-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 5	editor5-first editor5-given	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor last name 6	editor6-last editor6	The surname of the sixth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor6-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 6	editor6-first editor6-given	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor last name 7	editor7-last editor7	The surname of the seventh editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor7-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 7	editor7-first editor7-given	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor last name 8	editor8-last editor8	The surname of the eighth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor8-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 8	editor8-first editor8-given	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor last name 9	editor9-last editor9	The surname of the ninth editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor9-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 9	editor9-first editor9-given	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
editor-link	editor-link	no description	String	optional
editor1-link	editor1-link	no description	String	optional
editor2-link	editor2-link	no description	String	optional
editor3-link	editor3-link	no description	String	optional
editor4-link	editor4-link	no description	String	optional
Translator last name	translator-last translator translator-last1 translator1 translator1-last	The surname of the translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional translators.	String	optional
Translator first name	translator-first translator1-first translator-first1	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional translators.	String	optional
Translator link	translator-link translator-link1 translator1-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the translator; can suffix with a numeral to add additional translators.	Page name	optional
Translator last name 2	translator-last2 translator2 translator2-last	The surname of the second translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator first name 2	translator-first2 translator2-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator last name 3	translator-last3 translator3 translator3-last	The surname of the third translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator first name 3	translator-first3 translator3-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator last name 4	translator-last4 translator4 translator4-last	The surname of the fourth translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator first name 4	translator-first4 translator4-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator last name 5	translator-last5 translator5 translator5-last	The surname of the fifth translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator first name 5	translator-first5 translator5-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator last name 6	translator-last6 translator6 translator6-last	The surname of the sixth translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator first name 6	translator-first6 translator6-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator last name 7	translator-last7 translator7 translator7-last	The surname of the seventh translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator first name 7	translator-first7 translator7-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator last name 8	translator-last8 translator8 translator8-last	The surname of the eighth translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator first name 8	translator-first8 translator8-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator last name 9	translator-last9 translator9 translator9-last	The surname of the ninth translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator first name 9	translator-first9 translator9-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth translator; don't wikilink, use 'translator-link'.	String	optional
Translator link 2	translator-link2 translator2-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second translator.	Page name	optional
Translator link 3	translator-link3 translator3-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third translator.	Page name	optional
Translator link 4	translator-link4 translator4-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth translator.	Page name	optional
Translator link 5	translator-link5 translator5-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth translator.	Page name	optional
Translator link 6	translator-link6 translator6-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth translator.	Page name	optional
Translator link 7	translator-link7 translator7-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh translator.	Page name	optional
Translator link 8	translator-link8 translator8-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth translator.	Page name	optional
Translator link 9	translator-link9 translator9-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth translator.	Page name	optional