Template:IOC games/doc

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Usage

{{IOC games|games=|accessdate=}}

Generates a reference (using {{cite web}}) to the International Olympic Committee's main page for the selected Olympic games on the Olympic.org website.

Parameters

Parameters are optional. If you do not provide any parameters, the link will default to the main "Olympic Games" page from which the user can specify the games they want.

games – specifies the Games of interest, such as "games=2008 Summer Olympics" or "games=2006 Winter Olympics" (mainly provided so that you can reference the current page using the PAGENAME variable), or "games=2008 Summer" or "games=2006 Winter"
accessdate – as used by {{cite web}}

Examples

{{IOC games|games=2008 Summer}}
"Beijing 2008". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

The IOC page for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
{{IOC games}}
"Olympic Games". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

The IOC page listing all of the games.
{{IOC games|games={{PAGENAME}} }}
The IOC page for the Games represented on the current page, if the current page is named "XXXX Summer Olympics" or XXXX Winter Olympics". Suitable for use on any main Olympic Games page such as 1964 Summer Olympics.