Template:quote-web

2018 May 7, Meg Downey, “Marvel’s Comic Soul Stone could Explain the Jump from Infinity War’s Ending to Avengers 4: A Brief History of Crazy Multidimensional Power”, in Polygon‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 June 2018:

There’s a very real chance that, rather than crumbling into the dust and floating off into the ether, Thanos’s victims [in the film Avengers: Infinity War] were actually sucked up into the Soul Stone.

The following documentation is located at Template:quote-web/documentation. ^[edit]

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Uses Lua:

Module:quote

This template can be used in a dictionary entry to provide a quotation from a webpage. Do not use the template for online versions of books or journal articles (including magazines and newspapers) – use {{quote-book}} or {{quote-journal}} instead.

For citations in "References" sections and on talk pages, use {{cite-web}}.

Sample templates

Most basic parameters for English quotations

#* {{quote-web|1=|date=|author=|work=|url=|text=}}

Most basic parameters for non-English quotations

#* {{quote-web|1=|date=|author=|work=|url=|text=|t=}}

Commonly used parameters

#* {{quote-web|1=|author=|authorlink=|title=|work=|url=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|location=|publisher=|date=|accessdate=|text=|t=|tr=}}

All available parameters

#* {{quote-web|1=|author=|last=|first=|authorlink=|author2=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|author3=|last3=|first3=|authorlink3=|author4=|last4=|first4=|authorlink4=|author5=|last5=|first5=|authorlink5=|coauthors=|quotee=|translator=|translators=|title=|trans-title=|work=|trans-work=|url=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|format=|worklang=|location=|publisher=|month=|year=|year_published=|date=|accessdate=|nodate=|page=|pages=|pageurl=|section=|sectionurl=|text=|passage=|lang=|brackets=|t=|translation=|lit=|tr=|transliteration=|subst=}}

Examples

{{quote-web|en|title=Why you should read the Madicken (Mardie) books|url=http://kattahj.tumblr.com/post/72567245752/i-made-a-presentation-on-madicken-because|work=Market Chipping|format=blog|date=7 January 2014|accessdate=8 March 2016|text=Let me tell you about Madicken. (Mardie in English. Or Meg, but that’s in the American translation and that’s '''bowdlerized''' and you should never read it.)}}

produces this:

2014 January 7, “Why you should read the Madicken (Mardie) books”, in Market Chipping‎^[2] (blog), retrieved 8 March 2016:

Let me tell you about Madicken. (Mardie in English. Or Meg, but that’s in the American translation and that’s bowdlerized and you should never read it.)

Parameters

All parameters are optional except those marked "Mandatory", and may contain inline interwiki or external links as needed.

Parameter	Remarks
`1`	A comma-separated list of language codes indicating the language(s) of the quoted text; for a list of the codes, see Wiktionary:List of languages. If the language is other than English, the template will indicate this fact by displaying "(in [language])" (for one language), or "(in [language] and [language])" (for two languages), or "(in [language], [language] ... and [language])" (for three or more languages). The entry page will also be added to a category in the form "Category:[Language] terms with quotations" for the first listed language (unless `termlang` is specified, in which case that language is used for the category, or `nocat` is specified, in which case the page will not be added to any category). The first listed language also determines the font to use and the appropriate transliteration to display, if the text is in a non-Latin script. Use `\|worklang=` to specify the language(s) that the website itself is written in: see below.
`first` and `last` or `author`	The name of the author of the webpage quoted. Use either `author`, or `last` and `first` (for the first name, and middle names or initials), not both. Additional authors can be added using the parameters `author2` to `author5`, or `last2` and `first2` to `last5` and `first5`.
`authorlink`	The name of an English Wikipedia article about the author, which will be linked to the name(s) specified using `author`, or `first` and `last`. Additional articles can be linked to other authors' names using the parameters `authorlink2` to `authorlink5`. Do not add the prefix "`:en:`" or "`w:`". Alternatively, link each person's name directly, like this: "`author=[[w:Kathleen Taylor (biologist)\|Kathleen Taylor]]`" or "`author={{w\|Samuel Johnson}}`".
`coauthors`	The names of the coauthor(s) of the webpage. Separate multiple names with semicolons.
`quotee`	The name of the person being quoted, if the whole quoted text is a quotation of someone other than the author.
`tlr`, `translator`, or `translators`	The name(s) of the translator(s) of the webpage. Separate multiple names with semicolons.
`title`	The title of the webpage.
`trans-title`	If the title of the webpage is not in English, this parameter can be used to provide an English translation of the title.
`url`	The URL or web address of the webpage. Do not link to any webpage that has content in breach of copyright.
`archiveurl` and `archivedate` or `accessdate`	Use `archiveurl` and `archivedate` (which must be used together) to indicate the URL or web address of a webpage on a website such as the Internet Archive or Perma.cc at which the webpage has been archived, and the date on which the webpage was archived. Alternatively, if the webpage cannot be archived, use `accessdate` to indicate when its URL was accessed. (If the webpage has been archived, it is unnecessary to use this parameter.)
`format`	The format of the webpage, for example, "`blog`".
`work`	Mandatory: the name of the website containing the webpage. In addition to `work`, `site` can also be used.
`trans-work`	If the name of the website is not in English, this parameter can be used to provide an English translation of the name.
`location`	The location(s) where the website was published. If more than one location is stated, separate the locations with semicolons, like this: "`London; New York, N.Y.`".
`publisher`	The name of one or more publishers of the website. If more than one publisher is stated, separate the names with semicolons.
`date` or `year` (and `month`)	The date, or year (and month), that the webpage was published. Use either `date`, or `year` (and `month`), not both. If no year or date is specified, the template first tries to use `accessdate` if this has been stated. If not, it displays the message "(Can we date this quote?)". The message can be suppressed using "`nodate=yes`", but rather than do so it is recommended that you use `year` to provide a date or approximate date, for example, "`c. 2010–2011`" or "`After 2005`".
`year_published`	If `year` is used to state the year when the original version of the webpage was published, `year_published` can be used to state the year in which the version quoted from was published, for example, "`\|year=2005\|year_published=2015`".
`page` or `pages`	The page number or range of page numbers of a document on the website. Use `page` to indicate a single page, and `pages` to indicate a range of pages. For example, "`pages=1–2`" will display "`pages 1–2`". Use an en dash to separate the page numbers in the range.
`pageurl`	The URL or web address of a specific page or pages of a document on the website. The page number(s) will be linked to this webpage.
`section`	Use this parameter to identify a page or other portion of a website that does not have page numbers.
`sectionurl`	The URL or web address of the webpage containing the section of the website referred to. The section number will be linked to this webpage.
`text` or `passage`	The portion of the website being quoted. Highlight the term defined in bold in the quoted text like this: "`'''cyberspace'''`".
`worklang`	A comma-separated list of language codes indicating the language(s) that the website itself is written in, if different from the quoted text; for a list of the codes, see Wiktionary:List of languages.
`termlang`	A language code indicating the language of the term being illustrated, if different from the quoted text; for a list of the codes, see Wiktionary:List of languages. If specified, this language is the one used when adding the page to a category of the form "Category:[Language] terms with quotations"; otherwise, the first listed language specified using `1` is used. Only specify this parameter if the language of the quotation is different from the term's language, e.g. a Middle English quotation used to illustrate a modern English term or an English definition of a Vietnamese term in a Vietnamese-English dictionary.
`nocat`	Use `nocat=y` or `nocat=1` or `nocat=on` to suppress adding the page to a category of the form "Category:[Language] terms with quotations". This should not normally be done.
`brackets`	Use "`brackets=on`" to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.
`t` or `translation`	If the quoted text is not in English, this parameter can be used to provide an English translation of it.
`lit`	If the quoted text is not in English and the translation supplied using `t` or `translation` is idiomatic, this parameter can be used to provide a literal English translation.
`footer`	This parameter can be used to specify arbitrary text to insert in a separate line at the bottom, to specify a comment, footnote, etc.
`tr` or `transliteration`	If the quoted text uses a different writing system from the Latin alphabet (the usual alphabet used in English), this parameter can be used to provide a transliteration of it into the Latin alphabet. Note that many languages provide an automatic transliteration if this argument is not specified.
`subst`	Phonetic substitutions to be applied to handle irregular transliterations in certain languages with a non-Latin writing system and automatic transliteration (e.g. Russian and Yiddish). If specified, should be one or more substitution expressions separated by commas, where each substitution expression is of the form `FROM//TO` (`FROM/TO` is also accepted), where `FROM` specifies the source text in the source script (e.g. Cyrillic or Hebrew) and `TO` is the corresponding replacement text, also in the source script. The intent is to respell irregularly-pronounced words phonetically prior to transliteration, so that the transliteration reflects the pronunciation rather than the spelling. The substitutions are applied in order. Note that Lua patterns can be used in `FROM` and `TO` in lieu of literal text; see WT:LUA. See also `{{ux}}` for an example of using `subst` (the usage is identical to that template).

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

TemplateData for quote-web

This template can be used in a dictionary entry to provide a quotation from a webpage. Do not use the template for online versions of books or journal articles (including magazines and newspapers).

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Language	`1`	A comma-separated list of language codes indicating the language(s) of the quoted text. Example en	String	required
URL	`url`	The URL or web address of the webpage. Do not link to any webpage that has content in breach of copyright. Example https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/books/review-silence-don-delillo.html	URL	required
Page title	`title`	The title of the webpage. Example Don DeLillo, an Old Hand at Paranoia and Dread, Meets Us Where We Are	String	suggested
Website name	`work` `site`	The name of the website containing the webpage. Example New York Times	String	required
Publication date	`date`	The date the webpage was published. Example "2020-10-12", "October 12 2020"	String	suggested
Access date	`accessdate`	If the webpage cannot be archived, use "accessdate" to indicate when its URL was accessed. If the webpage has been archived, it is unnecessary to use this parameter. Auto value `{{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}-{{SUBST:CURRENTMONTH}}-{{SUBST:CURRENTDAY2}}`	String	optional
Author	`author`	The name of the author of the webpage quoted. Additional authors can be added using the parameters "author2" to "author5". Example Dwight Garner	String	suggested
Wikipedia author page	`authorlink`	English Wikipedia article about the author. Example Dwight Garner	String	optional
Quoted text	`passage` `text`	The portion of the website being quoted. Highlight the term defined in bold.	Content	required
Translation	`translation` `t`	If the quoted text is not in English, this parameter can be used to provide an English translation of it.	Content	optional
Archive URL	`archiveurl`	Use "archiveurl" to indicate the URL of a webpage on a website such as the Internet Archive at which the webpage has been archived. Example https://web.archive.org/web/20120210005807/https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912563,00.html	URL	optional
Archive date	`archivedate`	The date on which "archiveurl" was archived. Note: not needed for links to the "Internet Archive". Example 2012-02-10	String	optional
DOI	`doi`	Digital object identifier Example 10.3352/jeehp.2013.10.3	String	optional
Section	`section`	Use this parameter to identify a page or other portion of a website that does not have page numbers.	String	optional
Section URL	`sectionurl`	The URL or web address of the webpage containing the section of the website referred to. The section number will be linked to this webpage.	URL	optional
Format	`format`	The format of the webpage. Example blog	String	optional
Publisher	`publisher`	The name of one or more publishers of the website. If more than one publisher is stated, separate the names with semicolons. Example The New York Times Company	String	optional
Page	`page` `pages`	The page number or range of page numbers of a document on the website.	Number	optional
Brackets	`brackets`	Use "on" to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation contains a mere mention of a term or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms. Example on	Boolean	optional
author2	`author2`	additional author	String	optional
authorlink2	`authorlink2`	additional author Wikipedia article	String	optional
author3	`author3`	additional author	String	optional
authorlink3	`authorlink3`	additional author Wikipedia article	String	optional
author4	`author4`	additional author	String	optional
authorlink4	`authorlink4`	additional author Wikipedia article	String	optional
author5	`author5`	additional author	String	optional
authorlink5	`authorlink5`	additional author Wikipedia article	String	optional

Sample templates

Examples

Parameters

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