Editing Template:Cite forum post/doc


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{
	"params": {
		"url": {
			"label": "Post URL",
			"description": "The URL of the forum post. This should always be the post's original URL, even if it is no longer available - the URL of an archived copy can be provided in the archive-url parameter.",
			"example": "http://forums.drcsite.org/viewtopic.php?t=2790",
			"type": "url",
			"required": true
		},
		"author": {
			"label": "Post author",
			"description": "The author of the forum post.",
			"example": "Victor Laxman",
			"type": "string",
			"required": true
		},
		"title": {
			"label": "Thread title",
			"description": "The title of the forum thread in which the post was made.",
			"example": "Activity in the Cavern?",
			"type": "string",
			"required": true
		},
		"forum": {
			"label": "Forum name",
			"description": "The name of the forum on which the post was made.",
			"example": "DRC Site Forums",
			"type": "string",
			"required": true
		},
		"date": {
			"label": "Post date",
			"description": "The date on which the post was made.",
			"example": "February 04, 2010",
			"type": "string",
			"required": true
		},
		"archive-url": {
			"label": "Archive URL",
			"description": "The URL of an archived version of the post. Use if the original post is no longer available.",
			"example": "https://web.archive.org/web/20100210032314/http://forums.drcsite.org:80/viewtopic.php?t=2790",
			"type": "url"
		},
		"archive-date": {
			"label": "Archival date",
			"description": "The date on which the post was archived. Required if archive-url is given.",
			"example": "February 10, 2010",
			"type": "string"
		}
	},
	"description": "This template is a way to ensure that forum posts are cited using the appropriate citation formatting.",
	"paramOrder": [
		"url",
		"author",
		"title",
		"forum",
		"date",
		"archive-url",
		"archive-date"
	],
	"format": "inline"
}
</templatedata>