Template:Citation

Template:Citation

A general-purpose citation template. Called by {{Cite web}}, {{Cite journal}}, {{Cite encyclopedia}}, and others.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
title	Title of the work (required)	About BOINC Central
url	URL if online	https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/about.php
author or last	Author surname	Anderson
first	Author first name	David P.
date or year	Publication date	2022
publisher	Publisher name	University of California, Berkeley
encyclopedia / work / journal	Name of the larger work	Wikipedia
pages	Page number(s)	12–15
doi	Digital Object Identifier	10.1000/xyz123
isbn	ISBN number	978-3-16-148410-0
access-date or accessdate	Date URL was accessed	2026-05-18

Example

{{Citation |last=Anderson |first=David P. |date=2022 |title=A brief history of BOINC |url=https://continuum-hypothesis.com/boinc_history.php |access-date=2026-05-18}}

Renders as: Anderson, David P. (2022). A brief history of BOINC. Retrieved 2026-05-18.