Template:Cite web

Cites a website or web page. Calls {{Citation}}.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example
`title`	Page title (required)	`About BOINC Central`
`url`	Full URL (required)	`https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/about.php`
`author` or `last`	Author surname	`Anderson`
`first`	Author first name	`David P.`
`date`	Publication date	`2024-03-01`
`work` or `website`	Name of the website	`BOINC Central`
`publisher`	Publisher	`UC Berkeley`
`access-date` or `accessdate`	Date accessed	`2026-05-18`
`archive-url` or `archiveurl`	Wayback Machine URL	`https://web.archive.org/web/20240101000000/https://example.com/`
`archive-date` or `archivedate`	Date of archive snapshot	`2024-01-01`
`url-status`	`live`, `dead`, `unfit`, or `usurped`	`dead`
`language`	Language if not English	`fr`
`quote`	Brief relevant quotation	`volunteer computing since 2002`

Examples

Live page:

{{Cite web |url=https://boinc.berkeley.edu/central/about.php |title=About BOINC Central |work=BOINC Central |publisher=UC Berkeley |access-date=2026-05-18}}

Dead page with archive:

{{Cite web |url=https://boinc.nanohub.org/nanoHUB_at_home/ |title=What is nanoHUB@Home? |publisher=nanoHUB@Home |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330190511/https://boinc.nanohub.org/nanoHUB_at_home/ |archive-date=2024-03-30 |url-status=dead |access-date=2026-05-21}}