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Revision as of 21:55, 3 May 2021
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This template is a way to ensure that forum posts are cited using the appropriate citation formatting.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Post URL | url | 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.
| URL | required |
Post author | author | The author of the forum post.
| String | required |
Thread title | title | The title of the forum thread in which the post was made.
| String | required |
Forum name | forum | The name of the forum on which the post was made.
| String | required |
Post date | date | The date on which the post was made.
| String | required |
Archive URL | archive-url | The URL of an archived version of the post. Use if the original post is no longer available.
| URL | optional |
Archive reference page name | archive-page | The name of a reference page on the wiki containing a copy of the forum post. Use if the original post is no longer available and its content has been archived on the wiki.
| Page name | optional |
Archival date | archive-date | The date on which the post was archived. Required if archive-url is given.
| String | optional |
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite forum post/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |