Template:Cite newsgroup

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Formats citation of the Newsgroup Template

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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
URL	url URL	The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found	String	suggested
Source title	title	The title of the source page on the website; displays in quotes	String	required
Last name	last last1 author author1	The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'.	Unknown	suggested
First name	first first1	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'.	Unknown	suggested
Source date	date	Full date of the source; do not wikilink	String	suggested
Publisher	publisher	Name of the publisher; displays after title	String	optional
News Group	newsgroup	Name of newsgroup; a link is automatically created; do not wikilink.	String	suggested
Last name 2	last2 author2	The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link2'.	Unknown	optional
First name 2	first2	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Vauthors	vauthors	comma separated list of author names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses	Line	optional
Others	others	Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'	String	optional
Year of publication	year	Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month and day are also known	String	optional
Editor last name	editor-last editor1-last editor editor-last1	The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors.	Line	optional
Editor first name	editor-first editor1-first editor-first1	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-first'	Line	optional
Editor link	editor-link editor1-link editor-link1	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors	Page name	optional
Translator Last Name	translator-last translator1 translator1-last translator-last1	Surname of translator. Do not wikilink	Line	optional
Translator First Name	translator-first translator1-first translator-first1	Given or first names of translator. Do not wikilink	Line	optional
Translator Link	translator-link translator-link1 translator1-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.	Page name	optional
Translator Last Name 2	translator2-last translator-last2	Surname of second Translator	Line	optional
Translator First Name 2	translator2-first translator-first2	Given or first names of second translator. Do not wikilink	Line	optional
Translator Link 2	translator2-link translator-link2	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Issue	issue number	Issue identifier when the source is part of a series that is published periodically	String	optional
Department	department	Department within the periodical	String	optional
Location of publication	location	Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'	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'	String	optional
Publication date	publication-date	Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink	String	optional
Edition	edition	When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.'	String	optional
Volume	volume	For one publication published in several volumes	String	optional
Page	page	Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'	String	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.'	String	optional
No pp	no-pp	Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')	String	optional
At	at	May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient	String	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	String	optional
Script title	script-title	For titles in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc). Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon. For Japanese use: |script-title=ja:...	String	optional
Translated title	trans-title	An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended	String	optional
Type	type	Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case	String	optional
Format	format	Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML	String	optional
arXiv identifier	arxiv	An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers	String	optional
ASIN	asin	Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters	String	optional
ASIN TLD	asin-tld	ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US	String	optional
Bibcode	bibcode	Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters	String	optional
DOI	doi	Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'	String	optional
DOI broken date	doi-broken-date	The date that the DOI was determined to be broken	String	optional
ISBN	isbn	International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible	String	optional
ISSN	issn	International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen	String	optional
jfm code	jfm	Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code	String	optional
JSTOR	jstor	JSTOR identifier	String	optional
LCCN	lccn	Library of Congress Control Number	String	optional
MR	mr	Mathematical Reviews identifier	String	optional
OCLC	oclc	Online Computer Library Center number	String	optional
OL	ol	Open Library identifier	String	optional
OSTI	osti	Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier	String	optional
PMC	pmc	PubMed Center article number	String	optional
PMID	pmid	PubMed Unique Identifier	String	optional
RFC	rfc	Request for Comments number	String	optional
SSRN	ssrn	Social Science Research Network	String	optional
Zbl	zbl	Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier	String	optional
Message ID	message-id	the newsgroup's message identifier; the value in the message header between angle-brackets < and >; do not include the angle-brackets in |message-id=; must include @	String	suggested
id	id	A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable	String	optional
Quote	quote	Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation	String	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	String	optional
Postscript	postscript	The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined; to suppress use reserved keyword 'none' Default .	String	optional
Last name 3	last3 author3	The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link3'.	Unknown	optional
First name 3	first3	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Last name 4	last4 author4	The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link4'.	Unknown	optional
First name 4	first4	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Last name 5	last5 author5	The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link5'.	Unknown	optional
First name 5	first5	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Last name 6	last6 author6	The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link6'.	Unknown	optional
First name 6	first6	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Last name 7	last7 author7	The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link7'.	Unknown	optional
First name 7	first7	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Last name 8	last8 author8	The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link8'.	Unknown	optional
First name 8	first8	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Last name 9	last9 author9	The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link9'.	Unknown	optional
First name 9	first9	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Author mask	author-mask	Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead	String	optional
Display authors	display-authors	number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used;	Number	optional
Author link	author-link author-link1 author1-link	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	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author.	Page name	optional
Archive URL	archive-url	The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archivedate'	String	optional
Archive date	archive-date	Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink	String	optional
URL status	url-status	If set to 'live', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live	String	optional
Author link 3	author-link3 author3-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.	Page name	optional
Author link 4	author-link4 author4-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth author.	Page name	optional
Author link 5	author-link5 author5-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth author.	Page name	optional
Author link 6	author-link6 author6-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.	Page name	optional
Author link 7	author-link7 author7-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.	Page name	optional
Author link 8	author-link8 author8-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.	Page name	optional
Author link 9	author-link9 author9-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.	Page name	optional
Name list style	name-list-style	Set to 'amp' or 'and' to change the separator between the last two names of the name list to ' & ' or ' and ', respectively. Set to 'vanc' to display name lists in Vancouver style.	String	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth editor; don't wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 2	editor2-link editor-link2	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second editor.	Page name	optional
Editor link 3	editor3-link editor-link3	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third editor.	Page name	optional
Editor link 4	editor4-link editor-link4	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth editor.	Page name	optional
Editor link 5	editor5-link editor-link5	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth editor.	Page name	optional
Editor link 6	editor6-link editor-link6	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth editor.	Page name	optional
Editor link 7	editor7-link editor-link7	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh editor.	Page name	optional
Editor link 8	editor8-link editor-link8	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth editor.	Page name	optional
Editor link 9	editor9-link editor-link9	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth editor.	Page name	optional
Translator Last Name 3	translator3-last translator-last3	Surname of third translator. Do not wikilink	Line	optional
Translator First Name 3	translator3-first translator-first3	Given or first names of third translator. Do not wikilink	Line	optional
Translator Link 3	translator3-link translator-link3	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Translator Last Name 4	translator4-last translator-last4	Surname of fourth translator. Do not wikilink	Line	optional
Translator First Name 4	translator4-first translator-first4	Given or first names of fourth translator. Do not wikilink	Line	optional
Translator Link 4	translator4-link translator-link4	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.	Page name	optional
Translator Last Name 5	translator5-last translator-last5	Surname of fifth translator. Do not wikilink	Line	optional
Translator First Name 5	translator5-first translator-first5	Given or first names of fifth translator. Do not wikilink	Page name	optional
Translator Link 5	translator5-link translator-link5	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.	Page name	optional
Translator Last Name 6	translator6-last translator-last6	Surname of sixth translator. Do not wikilink	Page name	optional
Translator First Name 6	translator6-first translator-first6	Given or first names of sixth translator. Do not wikilink	Page name	optional
Translator Link 6	translator6-link translator-link6	Title of existing Wikipedia article about sixth the translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.	Page name	optional
Translator Last Name 7	translator7-last translator-last7	Surname of seventh translator. Do not wikilink	Page name	optional
Translator First Name 7	translator7-first translator-first7	Given or first names of seventh translator. Do not wikilink	Page name	optional
Translator Link 7	translator7-link translator-link7	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.	String	optional
Translator Last Name 8	translator8-last translator-last8	Surname of eighth translator. Do not wikilink	String	optional
Translator First Name 8	translator8-first translator-first8	Given or first names of eighth translator. Do not wikilink	String	optional
Translator Link 8	translator8-link translator-link8	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.	String	optional
Translator Last Name 9	translator9-last translator-last9	Surname of ninth translator. Do not wikilink	String	optional
Translator First Name 9	translator9-first	Given or first names of ninth translator. Do not wikilink	String	optional
Translator Link 9	translator9-link translator9-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink.	String	optional
URL access date	access-date	The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink	String	suggested
Original date	orig-date	Original date of publication; provide specifics	String	optional
URL access level	url-access	Classification of the access restrictions on the URL ('registration', 'subscription' or 'limited')	String	optional
Bibcode access level	bibcode-access	If the full text is available from ADS via this Bibcode, type 'free'.	String	optional
DOI access level	doi-access	If the full text is free to read via the DOI, type 'free'.	String	optional
HDL access level	hdl-access	If the full text is free to read via the HDL, type 'free'.	String	optional
Jstor access level	jstor-access	If the full text is free to read on Jstor, type 'free'.	String	optional
OpenLibrary access level	ol-access	If the full text is free to read on OpenLibrary, type 'free'.	String	optional
OSTI access level	osti-access	If the full text is free to read on OSTI, type 'free'.	String	optional
via	via	Identify the aggregator of the resource that provided the digital version (usually a database provider), when it differs from the publisher (e.g., for The Wikipedia Library) Example EBSCOHost , Proquest, Newspapers.com	Unknown	suggested

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