Template:Cite video/doc

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

[edit] Notes

  • Purpose: This template (and the redirected forms: {{cite media}} and {{cite audio}}) is used to cite sources in Wikipedia, specifically, audio and visual media sources.
  • Please consider using Template:Cite episode as an alternative, to cite episodes of television and radio programs. (Has some different alternative choices of data. Includes an example of use as non-episodic application which can be used instead of this template.)

[edit] Usage

Cut and paste one of these three blank versions to use. Note that all fields must be lowercase, and remember to use the "|" (pipe) character between each field.

This documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite video/doc2. (edit | history)
Horizontal list (citing a url, so has current date for you)
{{cite video |people= |date2= |month2= |year2= |title= |url= |format= |medium= |publisher= |location= |accessdate=2008-06-12 |time= |quote= }}
Horizontal list (without current date)
{{cite video |people= |date2= |month2= |year2= |title= |url= |format= |medium= |publisher= |location= |accessdate= |accessmonth= |accessyear= |time= |quote= }}
Vertical list Prerequisites * 
{{cite video
 |people     = 
 |date2      = 
 |month2     = 
 |year2      = 
 |title      = 
 |url        = 
 |format     = 
 |medium     = 
 |publisher  = 
 |location   = 
 |accessdate = 
 |accessmonth= 
 |accessyear = 
 |time       = 
 |id         = 
 |isbn       = 
 |oclc       = 
 |quote      = 
}}

 
 
 
year2
 
REQUIRED ** (Video or program title)
title or link
title
title
 
publisher or broadcaster 
 
accessyear

[edit] Descriptions

Use of 'date', 'year, and 'month' is depreciated for '2' suffixed parameters.
  • people: May be anyone associated with the film. Add role in parentheses (Producer, Director, Actor, etc).
  • date2: Full date when production was first released or aired, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. 2000-01-31 (January 01, 2000). Use only if full date is known. Must not be wikilinked.
  • year2: Year when production was first released or aired. Use if full date is not known.
    • month2: Month when production was first released or aired. May only be used with year2.
  • title: Title of the production. This is the only required field.
    • url: Provides a link to either the production's website or to its entry at IMDb. May wikilink to an article rather than provide a URL.
    • format: File format of the URL link if containing digital media. For example, "mov" or "avi".
    • medium: Type of production being sourced. Please use one of the following if applicable:
          Motion picture, Television production, Documentary, Videotape, DVD.
  • publisher: Name of the individual or group releasing the production, or airing the broadcast. For example, "Paramount Pictures" or "Disney" or "History Channel International".
    • location: Physical location of the publisher, formatted as either "City, State" or "City, Country". For example, "New York, NY" or "London, England".
  • accessdate: Full date when url was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. 2005-01-31 (January 01, 2005). Required when url field is used to link a url. (Must not be wikilinked.)
    • OR: accessyear: Year of access, and accessmonth: Name of the month of access. If you also have the day, use accessdate instead. Must not be wikilinked.
  • time: Roughly what time, if accessible, a scene occurs with-in a production. Useful for citing specific scenes, quotations or data.
  • id: A unique identifier, used if none of the above are applicable. In this case, you need to specify the kind of identifier you are using, preferably with a template like {{ISSN}}. (Use one of the more specialized parameters if possible; they are linked automatically. In other words, don't use id = ISBN 1-111-22222-9 anymore. Use isbn = 1-111-22222-9.)
  • isbn: International Standard Book Number such as 1-111-22222-9.
  • oclc: Online Computer Library Center ID number, such as 3185581.
  • quote: information source quotation of pertinent data like is the likely reason for citing the media in the first place!


[edit] Verbiage and example

  1. {{cite video | people=Fouladkar, Assad (Director) | date2=2003-05-15 | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343175 | title=Lamma hikyit Maryam | medium=Motion picture | location=Lebanon | publisher=Fouladkar, Assad}}
  2. Fouladkar, Assad (Director). (2003-05-15). Lamma hikyit Maryam [Motion picture]. Lebanon: Fouladkar, Assad.