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This template is used to cite sources. It is specifically for websites.

Usage

Common form for cases where little is known about the authorship of the page (with current date)

{{CiteGeneral|url=|title=|accessdate=11 April 2026}}

Using author (with current date)

{{CiteGeneral|url=|title=|author=|date=|accessdate=11 April 2026|publisher=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|quote=}}

All parameters

{{CiteGeneral
|url = 
|title = 
|accessdate = 
|author = 
|last = 
|first = 
|authorlink = 
|coauthors = 
|date = 
|year = 
|month = 
|format = 
|work = 
|publisher = 
|pages = 
|language = 
|archiveurl = 
|archivedate = 
|quote = 
|lost =
}}

Required parameters

• url: URL of online item.
• title: Title of the online item.

Optional parameters

Author

• author: Full name of the author of the content.
• first: Given or first names of the author.
• last: Surname of the author.
• authorlink: URL to link the author name to.
• coauthors: Co-authors of the content.

Dates and archiving

• date: Date of source being referenced (dd month year, e.g. 11 April 2026).
• month: Month of source being referenced (only used if year is also supplied, date takes precedence over both)
• year: Year of source being referenced (date takes precedence).
• accessdate: Date when the content pointed to by url was last verified to support the text being cited (dd month year).
• archiveurl: URL for an archived snapshot of the web page, e.g., requires archivedate to be specified.
• archivedate: Creation date of the archived snapshot at the URL in archiveurl.
• lost: Source is no longer able to be accessed in its original form.

Further details

• format: Format of the work referred to by url, if non-HTML (e.g. PDF).
• language: Language in which the source is written, if not English.
• pages: Range of pages in the source that support the content.
• publisher: Name of the company that published the work being cited. Specifying both publisher and work is typically unnecessary.
• quote: Relevant text quoted from the source.
• work: Title (name) of the website (or its short URL if no plain-language title is discernible). Specifying both work and publisher is typically unnecessary.