Template:Cite press release
This template is used to cite press release sources in Wikibooks books.
Usage summary
All field names must be lowercase.
Common form
{{cite press release |title= |url= |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2024-12-30}}
All parameters
When copying all parameters, in either horizontal or vertical format, delete those you don't need.
Horizontal format:
{{cite press release |title= |publisher= |date= |url= |format= |language= |trans_title= |accessdate= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= |ref= }}
Vertical format:
{{cite press release
| publisher =
| date =
| format =
| language =
| title =
| trans_title =
| url =
| accessdate =
| archiveurl =
| archivedate =
| quote =
| ref =
}}
Required parameters
- title: Title of the press release
Optional parameters
- publisher: Issuer of press release
- url: Link to the press release if available online. Start the url with the communications protocol e.g. http://.
- format: Format, i.e. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default).
- accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate=2024-12-30". Must not be wikilinked; it will be linked automatically.
- date: Full date of publication, preferably in ISO format, for example, "date=2006-02-17".
- language: language of press release. Don't specify "English" as this is the default.
- trans_title: Translated title of press release if it is in a foreign language.
- archive parameters (if used, must be used both of them together)
- archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if (or in case) the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like WebCite and Archive.org.
- archivedate: Date when the item was archived. Should not be wikilinked.
- quote: Relevant quote from the press release.
- ref: ID for anchor. By default, no anchor is generated. The ordinary nonempty value
|ref=IDgenerates an anchor with the givenID; such a linkable reference can be made the target of wikilinks to full references, especially useful in short citations like shortened notes and parenthetical referencing. The special value|ref=harvgenerates an anchor suitable for the {{harv}} template; see anchors for Harvard referencing templates.
Example
This input:
{{cite press release |url=http://autismspeaks.org/press/autism_speaks_can_complete.php |title=Autism Speaks and Cure Autism Now complete merger |publisher=Autism Speaks |date=2007-02-05 |accessdate=2007-11-01}}
produces this output:
- Autism Speaks (2007-02-05). "Autism Speaks and Cure Autism Now complete merger". Press release. http://www.autismspeaks.org/press/autism_speaks_can_complete.php. Retrieved 2007-11-01.