Template:Cite press release/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite press release (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Usage summary

Horizontal format:

{{cite press release |title= |publisher= |date= |url= |format= |language= |accessdate= |quote= }}

Vertical format:

{{cite press release
 | title = 
 | publisher = 
 | date = 
 | format = 
 | language = 
 | url = 
 | accessdate = 
 | quote = 
 }}
  • title is required, the rest are optional
  • publisher: Issuer of press release
  • url: Link to the press release if available online
    • format: Format, i.e. PDF. Don't specify for HTML (implied as default).
  • accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, for example "accessdate=2008-06-13". Must not be wikilinked
  • date: Full date of publication, preferably in ISO format, for example, "date=2006-02-17". It should be wikilinked if it uses some other format; see MOS:DATE.
  • language: language of press release (don't specify "English" as this is the default).
  • quote: Relevant quote from the press release.