Template:Cite news/doc

This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is intended specifically for news sources. For citing journals/magazines and websites, see Cite journal and Cite web, respectively.

Usage
All parameter names must be lower case.

Copy a blank version to use. Remember to use the "undefined" (pipe) character between each field. Please delete any unused fields to avoid clutter in the edit window.

Citations within a page should use consistent formats. However, there is no consensus about which format is best.

Common form with author(s) in a single parameter

 * Day Month Year:


 * Month Day, Year:

Common form with first and last

 * Day Month Year:


 * Month Day, Year:

All parameters

 * All parameters, horizontal format (delete parameters you don't need):


 * All parameters, vertical format

Examples
Using first and last for author's name

No author but sourced to a news agency

Using authorlink to link to article about the author on Wikipedia

'''Using format parameter when not HTML. No need to use location parameter because "New York" is already in name of paper.'''

Using page to identify the reference by page; news item in library but not on line

A foreign-language news article

Using archiveurl and archivedate to refer to items that disappeared from newspaper's own website but are now available from an archive site