Help:Templates/Cite
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Okay, very very simple citation template. The main point being, we can now write references without having to re-write them when we decide there are better layouts or ways to do things.
If a particular citation is used for ~10 pages or more, please write a template of that citation and use that template for pages instead. This makes it easier to update and also makes pages less messy.
Usage
Taking the example of
<ref name="mc20041213">
{{cite
| title=Los Angeles gig - review
| desc=MicroCuts news item
| date=2004-12-13
| fetch=2010-12-13
| pub=MicroCuts/Yahoo
| url=http://microcuts.net/uk/news/archives/12132004-los_angeles_gig_review.php
| dom=microcuts.net
| type=ext
}}</ref>
Where:
- title is the title of the information cited
- desc is a description (by you)
- date is the date the information was posted
- fetch is the date you found the source.
- auth is the author
- pub is the publication. The website name, the magazine name, etc.
- doc is the pagename on MuseWiki.
- url is the full url to the information
- dom is the second and top level domains and third level domain (if it's not www).
- arc is for the archived snapshot of a webpage. This will most likely by from the WayBackMachine.
- med is the medium, e.g. magazine, newspaper, radio etc.
- type is very important. If it's part of the MuseWiki media archive, then type should be int. If it's a webpage, then it should be ext.
If there's a title, then the description isn't used (for now). That doesn't mean a description shouldn't be added if a title is given, it definitely should be included. If there's no title, then description is printed instead.
The style in which one should be written, as the case is on here usually, is otherwise de facto.