Citation templates
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Below are examples of how to use templates to cite books, encyclopedias, journals, theses, papers, websites, comic strips, videos, and editorial comics.
- For full description of the template — click the template name
- Required field(s) are indicated in bold
- Copy and paste the text under "common usage" to use the template.
- Following each example is the resulting article text.
The use of Citation templates is not required by WP:CITE and is neither encouraged nor discouraged by any other Wikipedia citation guidelines. They may be used at the discretion of individual editors, subject to agreement with the other editors on the article. Some editors find them helpful, while other editors find them annoying, particularly when used inline in the text. Because they are optional, editors should not change articles from one style to another without consensus.
See Citing sources#Tools for a list of tools which can help create some of the templates below.
| source | template (required) | common usage | Example 1 article text | Example 2 article text |
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| book | Template:Tl title |
{{cite book
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| authorlink =
| coauthors =
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| publisher =
| date =
| location =
| pages =
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| doi =
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{{cite book
| last = Mumford
| first = David
| authorlink = David Mumford
| title = The Red Book of V…
| publisher = [[Springer]]
| date = 1999
| pages = 198-203
| doi = 10.1007/b62130
| isbn = 354063293X }}
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{{cite book
| last = Cordell
| first = Bruce R.
| coauthors = Jeff Grubb, David Yu
| title = [[Manual of the Planes]]
| publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]]
| date = 2001
| pages = pp. 198-203
| month = September
| isbn = 0-7869-1850-8 }}
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| Template:Tl |
{{Citation
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{{Citation
| first = David | last = Mu…
| author-link = David Mumfo…
| title = The Red Book of V…
| place = Berlin
| publisher = Springer-Verl…
| year = 1999
| doi = 10.1007/b62130
| isbn = 354063293X }}
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{{Citation
| last1 = Cordell | first1 = Bruce R.
| last2 = Grubb | first2 = David
| last3 = Yu | first3 = David
| title = [[Manual of the Planes]]
| publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]]
| date = September 2001
| year = 2001
| isbn = 0-7869-1850-8 }}
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| journal | Template:Tl Title |
{{cite journal
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{{cite journal
| authorlink = Stephen Brey…
| title = Copyright: A Rejo…
| journal = UCLA Law Review
| volume = 20
| pages = 75–83
| date = October 1972
| publisher = UCLA Schoo… }}
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{{cite journal
| last = Bailey
| first = David H.
| authorlink = David H. Bailey
| coauthors = [[Peter Borwein|Borwein…
| title = The Quest for Pi
| journal = Mathematical Intelligencer
| volume = 19
| issue = 1
| pages = 50–57
| date = [[1999-06-25]]
| publisher = Springer
| url = http://crd.lbl.gov/…-quest.pdf
| format = [[PDF]]
| id = ISSN: 0343-6993
| accessdate = 2006-06-29 }}
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| Template:Tl journal (or periodical) |
{{Citation
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{{Citation
| last = Breyer
| first = Stephen
| author-link = Stephen Bre…
| title = Copyright: A Rejo…
| journal = UCLA Law Review
| volume = 20
| pages = 75–83
| date = October 1972
| year = 1972 }}
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{{Citation
| last1 = Bailey | first1 = David H.
| author1-link = David H. Bailey
| last2 = Borwein | first2 = Peter
| author2-link = Peter Borwein
| last3 = Borwein | first3 = Jonathan…
| author3-link = Jonathan M. Borwein
| title = The Quest for Pi
| journal = Mathematical Intelligencer
| volume = 19
| issue = 1
| pages = 50–57
| date = [[1999-06-25]]
| year = 1999
| url = http://crd.lbl.gov/…-quest.pdf
| id = ISSN 0343-6993 }}
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| conference report or paper | Template:Tl title booktitle |
{{cite conference
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{{cite conference
| first = M.
| last = Turk
| authorlink =
| coauthors = Pentland, A.
| title = Face recognition …
| booktitle = Proc IEEE Con…
| pages = 586–591
| year = 1991 }}
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{{cite conference
| last = Evans
| first = N. R.
| coauthors = Schaefer, G; Bond, H.; …
| title = Direct detection of the clo…
| booktitle = American Astronomical S…
| place = Maui, Hawaii
| date = [[2006-01-09]]
| url = http://www.aas.org/pu…1130.htm
| accessdate = 2006-07-02 }}
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| Template:Tl |
{{Citation
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| editor-last =
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{{Citation
| last1 = Turk | first1 = M.
| last2 = Pet… | first2 = A.
| contribution = Face recog…
| title = Proc IEEE Confere…
| publisher = IEEE
| pages = 586–591
| year = 1991 }}
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{{Citation
| last1 = Evans | first1 = N. R.
| last2 = Schaefer | first2 = G.
| last3 = Bond | first3 = H.
| last4 = Karovska | first4 = M.
| last5 = Nelan | first5 = E.
| last6 = Sasselov | first6 = D.
| contribution = Direct detection of …
| title = American Astronomical…
| publisher = AAS
| date = [[2006-01-09]]
| year = 2006
| contribution-url = http://…30.htm }}
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| encyclopedia | Template:Tl Title encyclopedia |
{{cite encyclopedia
| title =
| encyclopedia =
| volume =
| pages =
| publisher =
| date =
| id =
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{{cite encyclopedia
| title = Kirkegaard, Ole L…
| encyclopedia = Grote Wink…
| volume = 9
| publisher = [[Winkler P…]]
| date = 1882 }}
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{{cite encyclopedia
| last = Kramer
| first = Martin
| authorlink = Martin Kramer
| title = Bernard Lewis
| encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Hist…
| volume = 1
| pages = 719–720
| publisher = Fitzroy Dearborn
| location = London
| date = 1999
| url = http://www.geocities.com/mart…
| accessdate = 2006-05-23 }}
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| Template:Tl contribution=name of article |
{{Citation
| last =
| first =
| contribution =
| year =
| title =
| editor-last =
| editor-first =
| volume =
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{{Citation
| contribution = Kirkegaard…
| title = Grote Winkler Pri…
| editor-last = Winkler Pri…
| editor-first = Anthony
| editor-link = Anthony Win…
| volume = 9
| publisher = Elsevier
| year = 1882 }}
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{{Citation
| last = Kramer
| first = Martin
| author-link = Martin Kramer
| contribution = Bernard Lewis
| editor-last = Boyd
| editor-first = Kelley
| title = Encyclopedia of Historians …
| volume = 1
| pages = 719–720
| publisher = Fitzroy Dearborn
| place = London
| year = 1999
| contribution-url = http://…is.htm }}
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| news article | Template:Tl Title |
{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| coauthors =
| title =
| work =
| pages =
| language =
| publisher =
| date =
| url =
| accessdate = }}
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{{cite news
| last = McGee
| first = Maggie
| title = Seabed 'scarred' …
| pages = 12–27
| publisher = CNN
| date = [[2005-02-10]]
| url = http://www.cnn.com/…
| accessdate = 2006-07-03 }}
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{{cite news
| last = Andersen
| first = David
| coauthors = Witter, Lameen
| title = Former Marine, Go Daddy CEO…
| publisher = Marine Corps News
| date = [[2006-02-17]]
| url = http://www.military.com/Caree…
| accessdate = 2006-06-02 }}
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| Template:Tl newspaper (or magazine, journal, periodical) |
{{Citation
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{{Citation
| last=Cowdery
| first=Oliver
| author-link=Oliver Cowdery
| title=Letter VIII
| newspaper=[[Latter Day Sa…
| volume=2
| issue=1
| pages=195–202
| year=1835
| date=October 1835
| url=http://www.centerp… }}
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{{Citation
| last1 = Andersen | first1 = David
| last2 = Witter | first2 = Lameen
| title = Former Marine, Go Daddy CEO…
| newspaper = Marine Corps News
| date = [[2006-02-17]]
| year = 2006
| url = http://www.military.com/Ca… }}
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| website | Template:Tl title url |
{{cite web
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{{cite web
| last = Spiegel
| first = Rachel
| title = Research: Thalido…
| url=http://science-educat…
| accessdate = 2006-04-30 }}
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{{cite web
| last = Hansen
| first = James E.
| authorlink = James Hansen
| coauthors = R. Ruedy, M. Sato, and …
| title = GISS Surface Temperature An…
| work =
| publisher = [[Goddard Institute for…
| date = [[2005-12-15]]
| url = http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gis…
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 2006-09-28 }}
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| Template:Tl title url |
{{Citation
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{{Citation
| last = Spiegel
| first = Rachel
| title = Research: Thalido…
| url=http://science-educat…
| access-date = 2006-04-30}}
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{{Citation
| last1 = Hansen | first1 = James E.
| author1-link = James Hansen
| last2 = Ruedy | first2 = R.
| last3 = Sato | first3 = M.
| last4 = Lo | first4 = K.
| title = GISS Surface Temperature An…
| date = [[2005-12-15]]
| year = 2005
| url = http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gis…
| access-date = 2006-09-28 }}
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| newsgroup posting USE TO VERIFY | Template:Tl Title |
{{cite newsgroup
| title =
| author =
| date =
| newsgroup =
| id =
| url =
| accessdate = }}
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{{cite newsgroup
| author = Gary S. Terhune
| title = Lost Ctrl-Alt-Del…
| date = [[2004-01-11]]
| newsgroup = microsoft.pub…
| id = uAIVMjC2DHA.2336@TK2…
| url = http://groups.googl…
| accessdate = 2006-05-16 }}
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{{cite newsgroup
| title = How can helping "Kids in Af…
| author = Trodel
| date = [[2006-06-10]]
| newsgroup= humanities.philosophy.ob…
| id = 1149950890.204481.35810@h76g20…
| url = http://groups.google.com/grou…
| accessdate = 2006-07-03 }}
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| paper thesis dissertation | Template:Tl Title |
{{cite paper
| author =
| title =
| version =
| publisher =
| date =
| url =
| format =
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{{cite paper
| author = Ziman, J.M., F.R…
| title = Public Knowledge:…
| date = 1968
| url =http://info.med.yale…
| format = [[PDF]]
| accessdate = 2006-07-03 }}
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{{cite paper
| author = Williamson, John and Zagha…
| title = From the Hindu Rate of Grow…
| version = Working Paper No 144
| publisher = Center for Research on …
| date = 2002
| url = http://scid.stanford.e…144.pdf
| format = [[PDF]]
| accessdate = 2006-07-03 }}
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| press release | Template:Tl Title |
{{cite press release
| title =
| publisher =
| date =
| url =
| accessdate = }}
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{{cite press release
| title = Nature compares W…
| publisher = The Wikimedia…
| date = [[2005-12-15]]
| url = http://en.wikipedia…
| accessdate = 2006-07-03 }}
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{{cite press release
| title = HFPA Announces Timetable fo…
| publisher = [[Hollywood Foreign P…]]
| date = [[2006-05-25]]
| url = http://www.hfpa.org/news/id/32
| accessdate = 2006-06-13 }}
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| video | Template:Tl people title |
{{cite video
| people =
| title =
| medium =
| publisher =
| location =
| date = }}
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{{cite video
| people = Al-Issawi, Omar …
| title = [http://www.imdb…]
| medium = TV-Series
| publisher = Al-Issawi, Om…
| location = Lebanon
| date = 2001 }}
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{{cite video
| people = Dick Cavett
| title = The Dick Cavett Show — Rock…
| medium = DVD
| publisher = Shout Factory
| date = 2005 }}
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| television or radio episode | Template:Tl title |
{{cite episode
| title =
| episodelink =
| series =
| serieslink =
| airdate =
| season =
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{{cite episode
| title = Tabula Rasa
| episodelink = Tabula Rasa …
| series = Lost
| serieslink = Lost (TV Seri…
| airdate = [[October 6]], […
| season = 1
| number = 3 }}
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{{cite episode
| title = Duet
| episodelink = Duet (Stargate Atlant…
| series = Stargate Atlantis
| serieslink = Stargate Atlantis
| airdate = [[August 5]], [[2005]]
| season = 2
| number = 4 }}
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| court case | {{cite court}} |
{{cite court
|litigants=
|vol=
|reporter=
|opinion=
|pinpoint=
|court=
|date=
|url= }}
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{{cite court
|litigants=Roe v. Wade
|vol=410
|reporter=U.S.
|opinion=113
|pinpoint=
|court=
|date=1973
|url=http://www.law.corn… }}
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| map | Template:Tl publisher title edition |
{{cite map
|publisher=
|title=
|url=
|edition=
|section=
|accessdate= }}
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{{cite map
|publisher=Kansas Departmen…
|title=Official State Trans…
|url=http://www.ksdot.org/b…
|edition=2005-2006
|section=F9
|accessdate=2007-03-30 }}
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{{cite map
|publisher=Skelly Oil Company
|title=Highway Map of Oklahoma
|cartography=Diversified Map Co
|edition=1966
|section=11C }}
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| mailing list | Template:Tl title url |
{{cite mailing list
| last =
| first =
| authorlink =
| title =
| mailinglist =
| date =
| url =
| accessdate = }}
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{{cite mailing list
|last=Murdock
|first=Ian
|authorlink=Ian Murdock
|title=Debian GNU/Linux 0.9…
|mailinglist=debian-announce
|date=[[1995-10-26]]
|url=http://lists.debian.or…
|accessdate=2007-04-20 }}
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- Comic/cartoon citations and other notes
| What to type | What it makes |
|---|---|
{{Comic book reference | writer=[[Stan Lee|Lee, Stan]] | penciller=[[Jack Kirby|Kirby, Jack]] | inker=[[Christopher Rule|Rule, Christopher]] | story=The Fantastic Four! | title=[[The Fantastic Four]] | volume=1 | issue=1 | date=[[November]], [[1961]] | publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] | page=3 | panel=2 }}
| Template:Comic book reference |
{{Comic strip reference | cartoonist=[[Milton Caniff|Caniff, Milton]] | strip=[[Steve Canyon]] | paper=Journal Herald | location=Dayton, OH | date=[[July 15]], [[1967]] | supplement=Color Comics Supplement | syndicate=Newspaper Syndicate | page=1 }}
| Template:Comic strip reference |
{{Editorial cartoon reference | cartoonist=[[Steve Bell|Bell, Steve]] | cartoon=The alleged al-Qaida threat to Los Angeles | paper=The Guardian | date=10 February | year=2006 | page=29 | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/stevebell/0,,1706884,00.html}}
| Template:Editorial cartoon reference |
(for books, periodicals, contributions to edited books, etc.)
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Based on related Harvard citation template (automatically creates a one-directional link to the first matching Harvard reference on the same page):
Three Harvcol templates are altered to use colons to indicate page numbers. Their syntax is identical to the Harvard citation template:
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Harvcol templates |
