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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Wai Wai (talk | contribs) at 11:45, 10 August 2006 ('.' each type has their own specific citations (eg "book" has its own citation format). To comply with specific citation formats, we should use specific templates.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

{{{author}}}, {{{title}}}, [[{{{publisher}}}]], [[{{{date}}}]].


This template is for citing sources.

The use of citation templates is neither recommended nor required. See Wikipedia:Citing sources for the relevant and complete guideline.

The use of specific citation templates are prefered to this general template. For other citation templates, see Category:Citation templates.


Example:
Code: {{cite|author=Fred Bloggs|title=A book|publisher=A Publisher|date=2004-07-31}}
Result: Fred Bloggs, A book, A Publisher, 2004-07-31.
Note: As "the date" is a single parameter in the code, using something like date=July 31, 2004 doesn't work. Hence the ISO date format is used in the example.