Template:Cite newsgroup/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite newsgroup
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Usage

Parameters

The parameter options are displayed above. Note that when the template is used, blank parameters will not be displayed.

The usage parameters are taken mostly from the message header fields (see RFC 2822, RFC 1036) as follows:

title, from Subject header field (required)
author, from From header field (or from signature block)
date, from Date header field (or from NNTP-Posting-Date field)
newsgroup, from Newsgroups header field
id, from Message-ID header field
url, on Google Groups or other newsgroup archive, if possible
- accessdate, for the above URL
quote, relevant excerpt to be quoted from the post.
PS, additional commentary to be included within the cite.
Sep, specifies the punctuation mark used to separate fields. This usually defaults to a period, but may occasionally be a comma.

Summary

Horizontal format

{{cite newsgroup |title= |author= |date= |newsgroup= |id= |url= |accessdate={{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}}}

Vertical format

{{cite newsgroup
  | title = 
  | author = 
  | date = 
  | newsgroup = 
  | id = 
  | url = 
  | accessdate = {{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}
 }}

Examples

{{cite newsgroup 
  | author = A. S. Tanenbaum
  | title = LINUX is obsolete
  | date = 1992-01-29
  | newsgroup = comp.os.minix
  | id = 12595@star.cs.vu.nl
  | url = http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.minix/browse_thread/thread/c25870d7a41696d2/f447530d082cd95d?tvc=2
  | accessdate = 2006-11-27
}}

produces: A. S. Tanenbaum (1992-01-29). "LINUX is obsolete". comp.os.minix. (Web link). Retrieved on 2006-11-27.

{{cite newsgroup 
  | author = Tanenbaum, A. S. 
  | title = LINUX is obsolete
  | date = 1992-01-29
  | newsgroup = comp.os.minix
  | id = 12595@star.cs.vu.nl
  | quote = I am not unhappy with LINUX
  | Sep = ;
  | PS=Single post.
}}- Uses Google Groups default Message-ID lookup URL

produces: Tanenbaum, A. S. (1992-01-29); "LINUX is obsolete"; comp.os.minix; (Google Groups); "I am not unhappy with LINUX" Single post.- Uses Google Groups default Message-ID lookup URL