Module:Cite/doc
 | This is a documentation subpage for Module:Cite. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original module page. |
 | This Lua module is used on approximately 50,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the module's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own module sandbox. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
 | This module should only be used on articles that are near the post-expand include size limit, in order to prevent them exceeding it. Unless there is a pressing technical need, use appropriate cs1 and {{citation}} templates |
 | This module depends on the following other modules: |
| {{Cite arXiv}} | arXiv preprints |
|---|---|
| {{Cite AV media}} | audio and visual media |
| {{Cite AV media notes}} | AV media liner notes |
| {{Cite bioRxiv}} | bioRxiv preprints |
| {{Cite book}} | books and chapters |
| {{Cite CiteSeerX}} | CiteSeerX papers |
| {{Cite conference}} | conference papers |
| {{Cite document}} | short, stand-alone, offline documents |
| {{Cite encyclopedia}} | edited collections |
| {{Cite episode}} | radio or TV episodes |
| {{Cite interview}} | interviews |
| {{Cite journal}} | academic journals |
| {{Cite magazine}} | magazines, periodicals |
| {{Cite mailing list}} | public mailing lists |
| {{Cite map}} | maps |
| {{Cite medRxiv}} | medRxiv preprints |
| {{Cite news}} | news articles |
| {{Cite newsgroup}} | online newsgroups |
| {{Cite podcast}} | podcasts |
| {{Cite press release}} | press releases |
| {{Cite report}} | reports |
| {{Cite serial}} | audio or video serials |
| {{Cite sign}} | signs, plaques |
| {{Cite speech}} | speeches |
| {{Cite SSRN}} | SSRN papers |
| {{Cite tech report}} | technical reports |
| {{Cite thesis}} | theses |
| {{Cite web}} | web sources not covered by the above |
| See also | Specific-source templates Citation Style 1 wrapper templates |
Usage
[edit]This module may be used to replace any of the cs1|2 templates in articles that are nearing the post-expand include size limit. Such use should only be done to prevent an article from exceeding the PEIS limit. If necessary, this module may be used in templates that wrap a cs1|2 template.
Examples
[edit]This module requires no parameters but does require the canonical name of a cs1 template without the cite prefix: cite book → book, cite web → web. To replace {{citation}} templates, use citation.
The structure for calls to this module:
{{#invoke:cite |<template name>|<cs1 parameters>}}
where:
#invoke:cite– calls this module: Module:cite|<template name>– is the canonical name of the template without theciteprefix; this is the#invoke:function call; case insensitive|<cs1 parameters>– are all of the parameters required by{{cite <template name>}}
To go from {{cite book}}:
{{cite book |author=EB Green |date=1915 |title=Title |publisher=PseudoRandom}}- EB Green (1915). Title. PseudoRandom.
write:
{{#invoke:cite |book |author=EB Green |date=1915 |title=Title |publisher=PseudoRandom}}- EB Green (1915). Title. PseudoRandom.