Template:Ref/doc

This template is used to cite external sources in articles of the Poupedia. The documentation on the developers wiki provides usage examples and detailed descriptions of all parameters accepted by the template.

TemplateData

Cite an external source

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Year	year	Year the source was released Example 2024	Number	suggested
Month	month	Month the source was released, as a number from 1 to 12 Example 1	Number	suggested
Day	day	Day the source was released Example 14	Number	suggested
Last name	last	Surname of the author Example Salameh	Line	optional
First name	first	Given name of the author Example Paul	Line	optional
Author	author	Name of the author; prefer the first and last name parameters instead when possible Example Zakeh Limited	Line	optional
Title	title	Title of the cited source	Line	required
Author link	author-link	Title of article about the author on the wiki (if there is one)	Page name	optional
Entry	entry	Title of the entry of the cited source; for example, the title of an article in a periodical or a blog	Line	suggested
URL	url	Online location of the text of the cited source	URL	suggested
Access date	access-date	Date the cited URL was accessed Example January 14, 2024	Line	suggested
Link	link	A page name on the wiki for the title to link to; interwiki links are supported, but not URLs	Page name	optional
Entry link	entry-link	A page name on the wiki for the entry title to link to; interwiki links are supported, but not URLs	Page name	optional
Non-italic title	noitalictitle	If set to “true”, the title will not be italicized Example true	Line	optional
Additional authors	additional-authors	Additional authors of the cited source; prefer the numbered first and last name parameters where possible	Content	optional
Publisher	publisher	Publisher of the cited source	Line	optional
Media	media	Media type of the cited source	Line	optional
Platform	platform	Platform or medium of publication of the source	Line	optional
Extra	extra	Additional content placed at the end of the reference, separated by a period and a space	Content	optional
Archive URL	archive-url	Archived copy of the source	URL	optional
Archive date	archive-date	Date the page was archived Example January 1, 2024	Line	optional
Broken link	brokenlink	Set this to “true” if the original URL has gone down, to swap archive and original URLs Example true	Line	optional