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Citing

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{{cite book | first=Abraham | last=Lincoln | coauthors=U.S. Grant, Jefferson Davis | title=Resolving Family Differences Peacefully | publisher=Printing Press | location=Gettysburg | year=1861 | editor=Stephen A. Douglas | id=ISBN 0-12-345678-9}}

title is the only required parameter.

Empty version (short)
{{cite book | first= | last= | authorlink= | coauthors= | year= | title= | edition= | publisher= | location= | id= }}
Empty version (full)
{{cite book | last= | first= | authorlink= | coauthors= | editor= | others= | title= | origdate= | origyear= | origmonth= | url= | format= | accessdate= | accessyear= | accessmonth= | edition= | date= | year= | month= | publisher= | location= | language= | id= | pages= | chapter= | chapterurl= }}
Lincoln, Abraham (1861). Stephen A. Douglas (ed.). Resolving Family Differences Peacefully. Gettysburg: Printing Press. ISBN 0-12-345678-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
{{cite web | title=Title | work=Title of Complete Work | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2024-11-27}}
Notes
  • The title of the complete work may be a major section of a web page or it may be the name of the web page itself.
  • The year can be the full date: e.g. "June 1, 2004" instead of "2004" if available.
  • The accessdate can be in ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DD: eg: "2004-06-01".
"Title". Title of Complete Work. Retrieved 2004-06-01.
{{cite web | author=Last, First| year=1998| title=Title | format=PDF | work=Title of Complete Work | url=http://www.example.org | accessdate=2024-11-27}} Last, First (1998). "Title" (PDF). Title of Complete Work. Retrieved 2004-06-01.

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