Wikipedia:Citation templates/cite template parameter and usage info

Note: this information is for reference in the discussion here.

		template name†
parameter	wikilink	book	book	journal	conf(4)	paper	web	ency(5)	ency(5)	video	newsg(6)	Cbook(1)	Cstrip(2)	Edit(3)
frequency used		>10,000	shortǂ	~4,950"	~140	~400	>10,000	~225**	shortǂ	~40	~23	<20	0	0
last	no	X	X	X	X		X	X						X
first	no	X	X	X	X		X	X						X
author	no	#	#	X		X	#	#			X
authorlink	no	X	X	X	X		X	X
coauthors		X	X	X	X		X	X
editor		X			X			X
others		X			X
title	existing*	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X***	X	X
origdate	no	X
origyear	no	X
origmonth	no	X
url	no*	X		X	X	X	X	X			X			X
format		X		X			X
accessdate	no	X		X	X	X	X	X			X
accessyear	no	X						X
accessmonth	no	X						X
edition		X			X			X
date	no	X		#	X	X	X	X			X	X	X	X****
year	no	X	x	X	X		X	X	X					X
month	no	X		X	X		X	X
publisher		X	x		X	X	X	X	X			X
location		X	x		X			X	X				X	X
language		X					X
id		X	x	X	X			X	X		X	X	X	X
doi		X		X	X			X
pages		X		X	X		X	X				X	X
chapter		X
chapterurl		X
quote		X
journal				X
volume				X				X				X
issue				X								X
booktitle					X
version						X
work							X	O - ency
encyclopedia								X	X
article								O - title
People										X
ReleaseYear										X
Medium										X
DistributorsLocation										X
DistributorsName										X
newsgroup											X
Cartoonist												X	X	X
Writer												X	X
CoWriters												X	X
Artist												X	X
Coartists													X
Penciller												X
Copencillers												X
Inkers												X
Coinkers												X
story												X
panel												X	X
strip													X
paper													X	X
supplement													X
syndicate													X
cartoon														X
page														X
X	available in this cite template
O	Optional - alternative name
X	Indicates required field
#	available but not in the usage box
ǂ	Short form documented on template page
*	If title is wikilink url can't be used
**	About 106 of these are from a redirect
***	"Verify that ""Title"" is not case sensitive"
****	Uses Month and Day only
†	columns correspond to Template:cite xxx where xxx is the column name unless otherwise indicated below
(1)	Comic book reference
(2)	Comic strip reference
(3)	Editorial cartoon reference
(4)	cite conference
(5)	cite encyclopedia
(6)	cite newsgroup