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Formats a citation to a website using the provided information such as URL and title. Used only for sources that are not correctly described by the specific citation templates for books, journals, news sources, etc.

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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
URL	url URL	The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found	String	required
Source title	title	The title of the source page on the website; will display with quotation marks added	String	required
Last name	last last1 author author1 authors	The surname of the author; do not wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	Line	suggested
First name	first first1	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; do not wikilink, use 'authorlink'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	Line	suggested
Author link	authorlink authorlink1 author-link author1-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	Page name	optional
Last name 2	last2 author2	The surname of the second author; do not wikilink, use 'authorlink2'.	Line	optional
First name 2	first2	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 2	authorlink2 author2-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author.	Page name	optional
Source date	date	Full date when the source was published; if unknown, use accessdate instead; do not wikilink	String	suggested
Year of publication	year	Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month and day are also known	String	optional
Editor last name	editor-last editor1-last editor editors	The surname of the editor; do not wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors.	Line	optional
Editor first name	editor-first editor1-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; do not wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-first'	Line	optional
Editor link	editor-link editor1-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors	Page name	optional
Editor last name 2	editor2-last editor2	The surname of the second editor; do not wikilink, use 'editor2-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 2	editor2-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second editor; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 2	editor2-link editor2link editorlink2	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second editor.	Page name	optional
Website title	website work	Title of the website; may be wikilinked; will display in italics	String	suggested
Series identifier	series	Series identifier when the source is part of a series, such as a book series or a journal	String	optional
Publisher	publisher	Name of the publisher; may be wikilinked	String	suggested
Location of publication	location	Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'	String	optional
Page	page	Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'	String	optional
Pages	pages	Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source; displays after 'pp.'	String	optional
At	at	May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient	String	optional
Language	language	The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates	String	optional
Script title	script-title	For titles in languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet (Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, etc). Prefix with two-character ISO639-1 language code followed by a colon. For Japanese use: |script-title=ja:...	String	optional
Translated title	trans-title	An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended	String	optional
Type	type	Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case	String	optional
Format	format	Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML	String	optional
Others	others	Used to record other (non-author) contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'	String	optional
Month of publication	month	Name of the month of publication; do not wikilink; use 'date' instead, if day of month is also known	String	optional
Original year	orig-year origyear	Original year of publication; provide specifics	String	optional
Place of publication	publication-place	Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'	String	optional
Publication date	publication-date	Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink	String	optional
No pp	nopp	Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')	String	optional
arXiv identifier	arxiv	An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers	String	optional
AZIN	asin	Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters	String	optional
AZIN TLD	asin-tld	ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US	String	optional
Bibcode	bibcode	Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters	String	optional
DOI	doi	Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'	String	optional
DOI broken date	doi-broken-date	The date that the DOI was determined to be broken	String	optional
ISBN	isbn	International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible	String	optional
ISSN	issn	International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen	String	optional
jfm code	jfm	Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code	String	optional
JSTOR	jstor	JSTOR identifier	String	optional
LCCN	lccn	Library of Congress Control Number	String	optional
MR	mr	Mathematical Reviews identifier	String	optional
OCLC	oclc	Online Computer Library Center number	String	optional
OL	ol	Open Library identifier	String	optional
OSTI	osti	Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier	String	optional
PMC	pmc	PubMed Center article number	String	optional
PMID	pmid	PubMed Unique Identifier	String	optional
RFC	rfc	Request for Comments number	String	optional
SSRN	ssrn	Social Science Research Network	String	optional
Zbl	zbl	Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier	String	optional
id	id	A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable	String	optional
Archive URL	archiveurl archive-url	The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archivedate'	String	optional
Archive date	archivedate archive-date	Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink	String	optional
Dead URL	dead-url	If set to 'no', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live	String	optional
URL access date	accessdate	The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink	String	suggested
Quote	quote	Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation	String	optional
Ref	ref	An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv template	String	optional
Postscript	postscript	The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined Default .	String	optional
Subscription required	subscription	When set to yes, displays '(subscription required)' to indicate an online source that requires subscription	String	optional
Registration required	registration	When set to yes, displays '(registration required)' to indicate an online source that requires registration	String	optional
Separator	separator	The punctuation used to separate lists of authors, editors, etc.; a space must be encoded as   do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark Default .	String	optional
Lay URL	layurl	URL link to a non-technical summary or review of the source; alias of 'laysummary'	String	optional
Lay source	laysource	Name of the source of the laysummary; displays in italics, preceded by an en dash	String	optional
Lay date	laydate	Date of the summary; displays in parentheses	String	optional
Author mask	author-mask	Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead	String	optional
Last name 3	last3 author3	The surname of the third author; do not wikilink, use 'authorlink3'.	Line	optional
First name 3	first3	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 3	authorlink3 author3-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author.	Page name	optional
Last name 4	last4 author4	The surname of the fourth author; do not wikilink, use 'authorlink4'.	Line	optional
First name 4	first4	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 4	authorlink4 author4-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth author.	Page name	optional
Last name 5	last5 author5	The surname of the fifth author; do not wikilink, use 'authorlink5'.	Line	optional
First name 5	first5	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 5	authorlink5 author5-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.	Page name	optional
Last name 6	last6 author6	The surname of the sixth author; do not wikilink, use 'authorlink6'.	Line	optional
First name 6	first6 author6-link	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 6	authorlink6	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth author.	Page name	optional
Last name 7	last7 author7	The surname of the seventh author; do not wikilink, use 'authorlink7'.	Line	optional
First name 7	first7	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 7	authorlink7 author7-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh author.	Page name	optional
Last name 8	last8 author8	The surname of the eighth author; do not wikilink, use 'authorlink8'.	Line	optional
First name 8	first8	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 8	authorlink8 author8-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth author.	Page name	optional
Last name 9	last9 author9	The surname of the ninth author; do not wikilink, use 'authorlink9'. If nine authors are defined, then only eight will show and 'et al.' will show in place of the last author.	Line	optional
First name 9	first9	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Author link 9	authorlink9 author9-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth author.	Page name	optional
Author name separator	author-name-separator	Changes the separator between last and first names; defaults to a comma and space; a space must be encoded as   do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark Default ,	String	optional
Author separator	author-separator	Changes the separator between authors; defaults to a semicolon and space; a space must be encoded as   do not use an asterisk, colon, or hash mark Default ;	String	optional
Display authors	display-authors displayauthors	Number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used; default is to do so after 8 of 9 are listed. Default 8	Number	optional
Last author ampersand	lastauthoramp	When set to any value, changes the separator between the last two names of the author list to 'space ampersand space'	String	optional
Editor last name 3	editor3-last editor3	The surname of the third editor; do not wikilink, use 'editor3-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 3	editor3-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third editor; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 3	editor3-link editor3link editorlink3	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third editor.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 4	editor4-last editor4	The surname of the fourth editor; do not wikilink, use 'editor4-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 4	editor4-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth editor; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 4	editor4-link editor4link editorlink4	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fourth editor.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 5	editor5-last editor5	The surname of the fifth editor; do not wikilink, use 'editor5-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 5	editor5-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth editor; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 5	editor5-link editor5link editorlink5	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the fifth editor.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 6	editor6-last editor6	The surname of the sixth editor; do not wikilink, use 'editor6-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 6	editor6-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth editor; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 6	editor6-link editor6link editorlink6	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the sixth editor.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 7	editor7-last editor7	The surname of the seventh editor; do not wikilink, use 'editor7-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 7	editor7-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh editor; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 7	editor7-link editor7link editorlink7	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the seventh editor.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 8	editor8-last editor8	The surname of the eigth editor; do not wikilink, use 'editor8-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 8	editor8-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eigth editor; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 8	editor8-link editor8link editorlink8	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the eighth editor.	Page name	optional
Editor last name 9	editor9-last editor9	The surname of the ninth editor; do not wikilink, use 'editor9-link'.	Line	optional
Editor first name 9	editor9-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth editor; do not wikilink.	Line	optional
Editor link 9	editor9-link editor9link editorlink9	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the ninth editor.	Page name	optional
Edition	edition	Specify the edition or revision of the source, when applicable. For example: '2nd' or '5.1'. What you supply here is suffixed by ' ed.'	String	optional

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