Template:Cite web/testcases

Standard use cases

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005}}	Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005}}	Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}	Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 |template-doc-demo=true}}	Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}	Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 |template-doc-demo=true}}	Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}	Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |author=Doe, John |title=My favorite things part II |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 |template-doc-demo=true}}	Doe, John (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/fans/ |title=Digest of rules |publisher= National Football League |accessdate=6 July 2005}}	"Digest of rules". National Football League. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Using format and page/pages

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |publisher=International Narcotics Control Board |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |format=PDF |page= |pages=3–4 |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}	"List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). International Narcotics Control Board. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |publisher=International Narcotics Control Board |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |format=PDF |page= |pages=3–4 |accessdate=6 July 2005 |template-doc-demo=true}}	"List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). International Narcotics Control Board. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Foreign language title and translated trans-title

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |author=Joliet, François |title=Honni soit qui mal y pense |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 |language=French |trans-title=Shame on those who think evil }}	Joliet, François (30 April 2005). "Honni soit qui mal y pense" [Shame on those who think evil] (in French). Retrieved 6 July 2005.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |author=Joliet, François |title=Honni soit qui mal y pense |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 |trans-title=Shame on those who think evil |language=French |template-doc-demo=true}}	Joliet, François (30 April 2005). "Honni soit qui mal y pense" [Shame on those who think evil] (in French). Retrieved 6 July 2005.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Foreign language source as above, with only the translated trans-title available

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |author=Joliet, François |title=Honni soit qui mal y pense |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 |language=French |trans-title=Shame on those who think evil }}	Joliet, François (30 April 2005). [Shame on those who think evil] (in French) http://www.example.org/. Retrieved 6 July 2005.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |author=Joliet, François |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 |trans-title=Shame on those who think evil |language=French |template-doc-demo=true}}	Joliet, François (30 April 2005). [Shame on those who think evil] (in French) http://www.example.org/. Retrieved 6 July 2005.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

author

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |first=John |last=Doe |last2=Smith |first2=Peter |last3=Smythe |first3=Jim |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}	Doe, John; Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |first=John |last=Doe |last2=Smith |first2=Peter |last3=Smythe |first3=Jim |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 |template-doc-demo=true}}	Doe, John; Smith, Peter; Smythe, Jim (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

No author

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/| accessdate=2006-05-16 }}	"My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. 30 April 2005. Retrieved 2006-05-16.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |title=My favorite things part II |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/| accessdate=2006-05-16 |template-doc-demo=true}}	"My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. 30 April 2005. Retrieved 2006-05-16.

No author, no publisher

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |title=My favorite things part II |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}	"My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |title=My favorite things part II |date=30 April 2005 |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 |template-doc-demo=true}}	"My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |title=My favorite things part II |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005}}	"My favorite things part II". 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |title=My favorite things part II |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005|template-doc-demo=true}}	"My favorite things part II". 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=6 July 2005 |language=Greek }}	"List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF) (in Greek). 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2005.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=6 July 2005 |language=Greek |template-doc-demo=true}}	"List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF) (in Greek). 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2005.CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Using website=

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |title=Han Dynasty |website=Wikipedia |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Dynasty |accessdate=2009-11-21 }}	"Han Dynasty". Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 2009-11-21.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |title=Han Dynasty |website=Wikipedia |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Dynasty |accessdate=2009-11-21 |template-doc-demo=true}}	"Han Dynasty". Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 2009-11-21.

Using website= and work= (work= should cause an error message)

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |title=Han Dynasty |website=Wikipedia |work=Pediawiki<!--deliberate error; do not "fix"--> |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Dynasty |accessdate=2009-11-21 }}	"Han Dynasty". Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 2009-11-21.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |title=Han Dynasty |website=Wikipedia |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Dynasty |accessdate=2009-11-21 |template-doc-demo=true}}	"Han Dynasty". Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 2009-11-21.

Using website= when no title= supplied

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |website=Wikipedia |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/ |accessdate=2009-11-21 }}	Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/. Retrieved 2009-11-21.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |website=Wikipedia |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/ |accessdate=2009-11-21 |template-doc-demo=true}}	Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/. Retrieved 2009-11-21.

Using quote

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web |title=My favorite things part II |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 |quote=Lorem ipsum dolor. }}	"My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Retrieved 6 July 2005. Lorem ipsum dolor.

Markup	Renders as
{{cite web/sandbox |title=My favorite things part II |work=Encyclopedia of things |url=http://www.example.org/ |accessdate=6 July 2005 |quote=Lorem ipsum dolor. |template-doc-demo=true}}	"My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things. Retrieved 6 July 2005. Lorem ipsum dolor.

Archive parameter usage

Using |archiveurl= and |archivedate= for webpages that have been archived

• {{cite web |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=6 July 2005 |archiveurl=https://archive.org/2005-09-11/www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |archivedate=11 September 2005 }}
  → "List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). 30 April 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2005.
  → "List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). 30 April 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

• {{cite web |url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm |title=Interview with Maggie Downs |date=31 March 2006 |publisher=The Desert Sun |archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm |archivedate=26 April 2006 }}
  → "Interview with Maggie Downs". The Desert Sun. 31 March 2006. Archived from the original on 26 April 2006.
  → "Interview with Maggie Downs". The Desert Sun. 31 March 2006. Archived from the original on 26 April 2006.

Using |archiveurl= and |archivedate= for webpages that have been archived, specifying that the main link is live by |url-status=live

• {{cite web |url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm |title=Interview with Maggie Downs |date=31 March 2006 |publisher=The Desert Sun |archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm |archivedate=26 April 2006 |url-status=live }}
  → "Interview with Maggie Downs". The Desert Sun. 31 March 2006. Archived from the original on 26 April 2006.
  → "Interview with Maggie Downs". The Desert Sun. 31 March 2006. Archived from the original on 26 April 2006.

Using |archiveurl= and |archivedate= for webpages that have been archived, while using other value that "no" for |url-status=

• {{cite web |url=http://joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi?archive=currnews&story=20060405-01shore.htm |title=Interview with Maggie Downs |date=31 March 2006 |publisher=The Desert Sun |archiveurl=http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:JAxf4v-pQmgJ:joanjettbadrep.com/cgi-bin/fullStory.cgi%3Farchive%3Dcurrnews%26story%3D20060405-01shore.htm |archivedate=26 April 2006 |url-status=who knows? }}
  → "Interview with Maggie Downs". The Desert Sun. 31 March 2006. Archived from the original on 26 April 2006.
  → "Interview with Maggie Downs". The Desert Sun. 31 March 2006. Archived from the original on 26 April 2006.

Specifying |dead=yes without archival parameters

• {{cite web |title=List of psychotropic substances under international control |date=30 April 2005 |url=http://www.incb.org/pdf/e/list/green.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=6 July 2005 |url-status=dead }}
  → "List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2005.
  → "List of psychotropic substances under international control" (PDF). 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2005.

Format comparison with other Cite templates

This section is to compare the format of Cite web with other cite templates. An exact match is not expected or desired, but the outputs should have a somewhat harmonized styleauthor and coauthor information

• {{cite web |last=Doe |first=John |last2=Roe |first2=Richard |date=30 April 2005 |title=My favorite things part II |url=http://www.example.org/ |format=PDF |work=Encyclopedia of things |publisher=Open Publishing |pages=20–25 |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
  
  → Doe, John; Roe, Richard (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II" (PDF). Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. pp. 20–25. Retrieved 6 July 2005.
  → Doe, John; Roe, Richard (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II" (PDF). Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. pp. 20–25. Retrieved 6 July 2005.
  → Doe, John; Roe, Richard (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things (PDF). Open Publishing. pp. 20–25. Retrieved 6 July 2005.[{{Cite book}}]
  → Doe, John; Roe, Richard (30 April 2005). "My favorite things part II" (PDF). Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing: 20–25. Retrieved 6 July 2005.[{{Cite journal}}]
  
  {{Cite book}} does not support the |work= parameter and so in that example, the |work= and |title= parameters shown above were replaced by |chapter=My favorite things part II and |title=Encyclopedia of things.

Typical call with no author information

• {{cite web |title=My favorite things part II |url=http://www.example.org/ |format=PDF |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |pages=20–25 |work=Encyclopedia of things |accessdate=6 July 2005 }}
  
  → "My favorite things part II" (PDF). Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. 30 April 2005. pp. 20–25. Retrieved 6 July 2005.
  → "My favorite things part II" (PDF). Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing. 30 April 2005. pp. 20–25. Retrieved 6 July 2005.
  → "My favorite things part II". Encyclopedia of things (PDF). Open Publishing. 30 April 2005. pp. 20–25. Retrieved 6 July 2005.[{{Cite book}}]
  → "My favorite things part II" (PDF). Encyclopedia of things. Open Publishing: 20–25. 30 April 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2005.[{{Cite journal}}]
  
  As above, for {{Cite book}} the |work= and |title=#REDIRECT [[]] parameters shown above were replaced by |chapter=My favorite things part II and |title=Encyclopedia of things.