Template:CiteGeneral/doc

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Template:CiteGeneral invokes function generalref in Module:References using Lua.

This template is used to cite sources. It is specifically for web sites.

Usage

Common form for cases where little is known about authorship of the page (with current date)

{{CiteGeneral|url=|title=|accessdate=2024-11-07}}

Using author (with current date)

{{CiteGeneral|url=|title=|author=|date=|accessdate=2024-11-07|publisher=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|quote=}}

All parameters

{{CiteGeneral
|url = 
|title = 
|accessdate = 
|author = 
|last = 
|first = 
|authorlink = 
|coauthors = 
|date = 
|year = 
|month = 
|format = 
|work = 
|publisher = 
|pages = 
|language = 
|archiveurl = 
|archivedate = 
|quote = 
}}

Required parameters

• url: URL of online item.
• title: Title of online item.