User:Anon126/Cite web

In modern times, more and more things are becoming available on the Internet, and these are often cited on Wikipedia. As a matter of fact,, was the most used of all the citation templates.

But what about a news article that is available online? It's a news article and a Web page. So, which one should be used?

The answer is,. This isn't just because of the possibility that the article was published in print. As a matter of fact, should be used for online-only news publications as well.

According to the documentation at Template:Cite web/doc:

So, if another template (such as ) can be used, then use that one. Most of the time, switching to another template involves simply changing "web" to the specific type of source; the parameters are largely the same.

But what about URLs? Don't worry, the other templates still let you use url for online sources.

Common replacements
Check if your source meets one of these descriptions and use the specific template if it does.


 * News article:
 * Magazine:
 * Report: or
 * Scholarly article:
 * Dictionary:
 * Encyclopedia:
 * Press release:
 * Podcast: