Template:Bluebook website/doc

Usage
This template creates citations to websites in a modified Bluebook citation style. If you are citing a periodical (like a newspaper or magazine) that is also published online you should use Bluebook journal. The general way to use this template is:

Authorship

 * For institutional authors use last alone
 * For named authors, use both first and last
 * Additional authors (up to 3) can be added using firstn and lastn. Do not use first1 or last1

Basic info

 * Use title for the name of the webpage or web resource
 * Use publisher for the publisher of the resource. This is usually the institution who created the resource or the name of the larger site the resource is found on.
 * If the resource has page numbers, and you wish to cite a specific page, use pin to specify the page.
 * Date information can be specified in three ways in descending precedence:
 * date will always be displayed if specified.
 * updated should be used to specify a specific version with a known update date. If specified, access-date will not display.
 * access-date should be the date when the resource was last accessed. It will only display if no other date parameter is specified.

URLs and links

 * url should contain a bare link to the original location of the resource.
 * url-access Citations of online sources that require registration or a subscription are acceptable in Wikipedia as documented in Verifiability § Access to sources. As a courtesy to readers and other editors, editors can signal restrictions on access to material provided via the external links included in a citation. Four access levels can be used:
 * Lock-green.svg : the source is free to read for anyone (from the viewpoint of the provider of the source – could still be blocked by client-side filtering or safeguarding, or distributor-based geoblocking)
 * Lock-gray-alt-2.svg : a free registration with the provider of the source is required to access the source, even if a limited preview, abstract or review may still be available without registration
 * Lock-gray-alt-2.svg : there are other constraints (such as a cap on daily views, a restriction to certain day or night times, or providing the contents only to certain IP ranges/locales on behalf of the provider of the source) to freely access this source as a whole
 * Lock-red-alt-2.svg : the source as a whole is only accessible via a paid subscription with the provider of the source ("paywall"), even if a limited preview, abstract or review may still be available without subscription
 * url-status This optional parameter is ignored if archive-url is not set. If omitted, or with null value, the default value is dead. When the URL is still live, but pre-emptively archived, then set live; this changes the display order, with the title retaining the original link and the archive linked at the end. When the original URL is 'live' but no longer supports the article text, set deviated.  When the original URL has been usurped for the purposes of spam, advertising, or is otherwise unsuitable, setting unfit or usurped suppresses display of the original URL (but url and archive-url are still required).
 * archive-url may contain a link to an archived version of the web resoruce.
 * archive-date the date or archival for the linked archival resource.

Other

 * punct a punctuation mark to follow the citation. Defaults to a period.

Deviations from the Bluebook

 * The main deviation from the Bluebook is the omission of a plain text link. As an online encyclopedia the inclusion of a plain text link is not as useful as simply linking the title. This change also maintains consistency with other citation styles used on Wikipedia.
 * If url-access is set, the linked text includes a following icon symbolizing whether the resource is free-to-access, registration-restricted, or paywalled.
 * If an archival url is included via archive-url, the Bluebook style is augmented with a parenthetical explanation of the archival information.

Template Data
{	"params": { "last3": { "label": "Last name of third author", "type": "string" },		"last": { "label": "Last name or institutional author", "type": "string", "required": true },		"first": { "label": "First name of first author", "type": "string", "suggested": true },		"last2": { "label": "Last name of second author", "type": "string" },		"first2": { "label": "First name of second author" },		"url-access": { "label": "Website access limits", "type": "string", "suggestedvalues": [ "free", "limited", "registration", "subscription" ],			"suggested": true },		"title": { "label": "Title", "type": "string", "required": true },		"url": { "label": "Link", "type": "url", "suggested": true },		"archive-url": { "label": "Archive link", "type": "url", "suggested": true },		"url-status": { "label": "Website status", "type": "string", "suggestedvalues": [ "live", "dead", "deviated", "usurped", "unfit" ]		},		"publisher": { "label": "Publisher", "type": "string", "required": true },		"pin": { "label": "Page number cited", "type": "number" },		"date": { "label": "Date", "type": "date", "suggested": true },		"updated": { "label": "Date website updated", "type": "date", "suggested": true },		"access-date": { "label": "Date accessed", "type": "date", "suggested": true },		"archive-date": { "label": "Archive date", "type": "date" },		"punct": { "label": "Following punctuation", "type": "string" }	},	"paramOrder": [ "last", "first", "last2", "first2", "last3", "title", "url", "publisher", "date", "updated", "access-date", "archive-url", "archive-date", "url-access", "url-status", "pin", "punct" ],	"format": "inline" }