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Template:Cite episode uses unique and standard parameter sets; TemplateData has errors:

  • |last= has duplicate aliases: |author-last=

This template formats citations for television or radio programs and episodes.

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Episode titletitle

Title of the episode

Stringsuggested
Episode article in Wikipedia.episode-link

Wikilink to an existing Wikipedia article for this one episode.

Page namesuggested
URLurl URL

The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found

URLoptional
Seriesseries

The name of the series the episode belongs to.

Stringrequired
Series article in Wikipedia.series-link

Wikilink to an existing Wikipedia article for this series.

Page namesuggested
Last namelast last1 author author1 author1-last author-last surname1 author-last1 subject1 surname author-last subject

The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Stringoptional
First namefirst given author-first first1 given1 author-first1 author1-first

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Stringoptional
Author linkauthor-link subject-link author-link1 author1-link subject-link1 subject1-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Page nameoptional
Last name 2last2 author2

The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link2'.

Unknownoptional
First name 2first2

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink.

Unknownoptional
Author link 2author-link2 author2-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author.

Page nameoptional
Networknetwork

The network the episode was aired on.

Stringsuggested
Stationstation

Call letters of the local station (if any).

Stringoptional
Source datedate airdate

Full date when the source was published; if unknown, use access-date instead; do not wikilink

Stringsuggested
Year of publicationyear

Year when the source was published, if the full date is not available

Stringoptional
Season numberseason

Season number, usually for US shows.

Numbersuggested
Series numberseries-no series-number

Series number, usually for British shows.

Numberoptional
Episode numbernumber

Many episodic shows are identified by separate season and episode numbers. Alternately, some shows prefer the format of a single episode number that includes the season within it; this format can be used by omitting the season field.

Stringsuggested
Minutes into episode.minutes

Time the event occurs in the source. When rendered, followed by "minutes in".

Stringoptional
Time within episode.time

Alternate to minutes. Time the event occurs in the source. When rendered, preceded by default text "Event occurs at time".

Stringoptional
Transcript transcript

Transcript of the original source.

Stringoptional
Transcript URLtranscript-url

URL of the transcript.

URLoptional
Quotequote

Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; must include terminating punctuation

Stringoptional
Translated titletrans-title

An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended

Stringoptional
Translated quotetrans-quote

English translation of the quotation if the source quoted is in a foreign language. Displays in square brackets.

Stringoptional
Viavia

Name of the content deliverer, if different from publisher

Example
YouTube
Stringoptional
Languagelanguage

The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates

Stringoptional
URL access dateaccess-date

The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink

Stringoptional
URL statusurl-status

The status of the URL- live, dead, usurped/unfit (inappropriate content) or deviated (different content)

Suggested values
dead live usurped unfit deviated
Stringoptional
Archive URLarchive-url

The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date'

URLoptional
Archive datearchive-date

Date when the original URL was archived; preceded by default text "archived from the original on". Use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations.

Dateoptional

See also

This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.