User:Daric Gaersmith/Sandbox/Ged/Doc

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Summary

The purpose of this template is to present links to external sites in a consistent fashion. It is based on the template of the same name from Wikipedia, but is greatly simplified and does not support as many options.

Parameters

Daric Gaersmith/Sandbox/Ged

Parameter	Scope	Description
url	Required	The full link to the article.
title	Optional	The name of the article being linked to. This should be supplied if at all possible.
author	Optional	The name of the author. This should be supplied if at all possible.
publisher	Optional	Name of the organization or website that created the article.
date	Optional	Date on which the article was written.
accessdate	Required	Date on which the article was last checked and determined to be correct. This value should be checked every few months to ensure external links are kept up to date.
style	Optional	If present, applies a Style Guide to the reference. Currently only APA and MLA are implemented.

Style Guides

We now have the option to apply a Style Guide to the references, using the optional |style= parameter. Currently only the APA and MLA styles are implemented, but more can be readily added if required. If the |style= parameter is not specified, or is specified incorrectly, the default referencing style used on the UESP wiki will be applied. One important thing to note when using Style Guides is that they will automatically add punctuation consistently, so avoid manually adding any punctuation in other parameters where possible.

Examples

Just the URL

{{Cite web|url=http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/09/12/20-minutes-of-skyrim-action/|accessdate=22 September 2011}}

[1], last accessed 22 September 2011

URL and Title

{{Cite web|url=http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/09/12/20-minutes-of-skyrim-action/|accessdate=22 September 2011|title=20+ minutes of Skyrim action!}}

"20+ minutes of Skyrim action!", last accessed 22 September 2011

URL, Title and Date

{{Cite web|url=http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/09/12/20-minutes-of-skyrim-action/|accessdate=22 September 2011|title=20+ minutes of Skyrim action!|date=12 September 2011}}

"20+ minutes of Skyrim action!", 12 September 2011, last accessed 22 September 2011

URL, Title, Publisher and Date

{{Cite web|url=http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/09/12/20-minutes-of-skyrim-action/|accessdate=22 September 2011|publisher=Bethesda Blog|title=20+ minutes of Skyrim action!|date=12 September 2011}}

"20+ minutes of Skyrim action!", Bethesda Blog, 12 September 2011, last accessed 22 September 2011

URL, Title, Author, Publisher and Date

{{Cite web|url=http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/09/12/20-minutes-of-skyrim-action/|accessdate=22 September 2011|author=Grandstaff, M|publisher=Bethesda Blog|title=20+ minutes of Skyrim action!|date=12 September 2011}}

Grandstaff, M,"20+ minutes of Skyrim action!", Bethesda Blog, 12 September 2011, last accessed 22 September 2011

As above, with APA Style applied

{{Cite web|url=http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/09/12/20-minutes-of-skyrim-action/|accessdate=22 September 2011|author=Grandstaff, M|publisher=Bethesda Blog|title=20+ minutes of Skyrim action!|date=12 September 2011|style=APA}}

Grandstaff, M,"20+ minutes of Skyrim action!", Bethesda Blog, 12 September 2011, last accessed 22 September 2011

As above, with MLA Style applied

{{Cite web|url=http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/09/12/20-minutes-of-skyrim-action/|accessdate=22 September 2011|author=Grandstaff, M|publisher=Bethesda Blog|title=20+ minutes of Skyrim action!|date=12 September 2011|style=MLA}}

Grandstaff, M,"20+ minutes of Skyrim action!", Bethesda Blog, 12 September 2011, last accessed 22 September 2011