Template:Cite/doc

This template is used inside reference tags to standardize the format of references.

Parameters

First parameter to the template is the type of citation. There are several types, and further parameters are inserted depending on the type:

• twitter
• game
• youtube
• tumblr
• code
• news

If no parameters are used, the template is displayed as "^{[citation needed]}", and the article is placed in Category:Articles lacking sources.

twitter

This citation type is used when citing Twitter tweets.

Parameters are as follows:

• Snowflake of the tweet. For example, for https://twitter.com/tobyfox/status/1063270097110949888 the snowflake would be 1063270097110949888.
• Author of the tweet. For the above example, author would be tobyfox.
• Contents of the tweet. For the above example, it would be "Original DELTARUNE concept art of the main characters from 2014 or 2015??? The file was just called "THE FUN GANG""
• Timestamp of the Wayback Machine snapshot of the page. Ideally, all template invocations with this citation type should have one, as authors are known to delete tweets often, rendering references to their tweets on the wiki obsolete. Set to no if you have to insert the next parameter but there is no Wayback Machine snapshot of the page.
• Set to yes if the tweet has been deleted.

All parameters except the last two are required.

game

This citation type is used for quotations from the media in question. First parameter represents the quotation and the second the author of the quotation and the situation they were in when making the quote. Both parameters are required.

When citing a quote that uses modified game text (i.e. different colors or fonts), use <color>text</color> instead of <span class="color">text</span>. See also Template:Flavortext/doc.

youtube

This citation type is used for referencing YouTube videos. First parameter is the YouTube video ID (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQrPYvfXiPo,) second is the video title (Undertale OST - Mad Mew Mew Extended) and third is the time at which the video should play. First and second parameters are required.

tumblr

This citation type is used when citing Tumblr posts. Parameters are as follows:

• Tumblr name of the author.
• Post ID. For example, for http://kanotynes.tumblr.com/post/20106123316/drewapple-kanotynes-woah-im-actually the post ID would be 20106123316.
• A quote from the post.
• Date of the post in the format of YYYY-MM-DD. For the above example, the date would be 2012-03-29 (March 29, 2012.)

All parameters are required.

code

This citation type is used when referencing the game's code. First parameter is the script name, second parameter is the starting line number and third parameter is the ending line number of the lines that are being referred to. Only the first parameter is required.

news

This citation type is used when referencing posts published on news sites. Parameters are as follows:

• Relevant excerpt from the post.
• Title of the post.
• Name of the news site.
• URL to the post.
• Date when the post was published.
• First name of the author.
• Last name of the author. If omitted, only first name will be displayed.

Last two parameters (author related) are not required.

Sample output

{{cite|twitter|1059099905485168640|tobyfox|Looking through old files and these dialogue choice options from 2015 ended up kinda accurately reflecting how people feel LOL}} gives...

{{cite|twitter|1059099905485168640|tobyfox|Looking through old files and these dialogue choice options from 2015 ended up kinda accurately reflecting how people feel LOL|20181125225218|yes}} gives...

{{cite|twitter|1059099905485168640|tobyfox|Looking through old files and these dialogue choice options from 2015 ended up kinda accurately reflecting how people feel LOL|no|yes}} gives...

{{cite|youtube|paRr8myqtUk|Undertale - PS4 Dynamic Theme Preview}} gives...

{{cite|game|I've also prepared a curriculum for your education. This may come as a surprise to you... But I have always wanted to be a teacher. ...actually, perhaps that isn't very surprising.|Toriel}} gives...

{{cite|game|Howdy! I'm <yellow>FLOWEY</yellow>! <yellow>FLOWEY</yellow> the <yellow>FLOWER</yellow>!|Flowey, when introducing himself}} gives...

{{cite|tumblr|kanotynes|20106123316|The reason I made them in the first place was for my design class though.|2012-03-29}} gives...

{{cite|code|gml_Object_obj_town_shelter_event_Create_0}} gives...

{{cite|code|gml_Object_obj_town_shelter_event_Create_0|6}} gives...

{{cite|code|gml_Object_obj_town_shelter_event_Create_0|6|8}} gives...

{{cite|news|As for Susie, I originally designed her right after I had played Phoenix Wright for the first time. At first, she was essentially like Maya Fey, and would serve as your small, friendly, sassy companion. There really wasn’t any tension at all, she was just nice and cute.|Deltarune creator on the game’s origins, progress update, and more|Nintendo Everything|https://nintendoeverything.com/deltarune-creator-on-the-games-origins-progress-update-and-more/|2019-02-17|@NE_Brian}} gives...

{{cite|news|Twitter has deleted 20,000 fake accounts linked to the governments of Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Honduras and Indonesia, saying they violated company policy and were a “targeted attempt to undermine the public conversation”.|Twitter deletes 20,000 fake accounts linked to Saudi, Serbian and Egyptian governments|The Guardian|https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/02/twitter-accounts-deleted-linked-saudi-arabia-serbia-egypt-governments|2020-04-03|Julian|Borger}} gives...

{{Cite}} gives...

See also

Module:Cite for the Lua module handling the template logic