Template:Cite video/doc2

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}}This SUB-template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia. It is specifically for video or video related media such as broadcast documentaries, newscasts, etc.

Horizontal list (citing a url, so has current date for you)
{{cite video |people= |date2= |month2= |year2= |title= |url= |format= |medium= |publisher= |location= |accessdate=2024-12-23 |time= |quote= }}
Horizontal list (without current date)
{{cite video |people= |date2= |month2= |year2= |title= |url= |format= |medium= |publisher= |location= |accessdate= |accessmonth= |accessyear= |time= |quote= }}

Vertical list	Prerequisites *
{{cite video |people = |date2 = |month2 = |year2 = |title = |url = |format = |medium = |publisher = |location = |accessdate = |accessmonth= |accessyear = |time = |id = |isbn = |oclc = |quote = }}	year2   REQUIRED ** (Video or program title) title or link title title   publisher or broadcaster   accessyear

Descriptions

Use of 'date', 'year, and 'month' is depreciated for '2' suffixed parameters.

• people: May be anyone associated with the film. Add role in parentheses (Producer, Director, Actor, etc).
• date2: Full date when production was first released or aired, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. 2000-01-31 (January 01, 2000). Use only if full date is known. Must not be wikilinked.
• year2: Year when production was first released or aired. Use if full date is not known.
  • month2: Month when production was first released or aired. May only be used with year2.
• title: Title of the production. This is the only required field.
  • url: Provides a link to either the production's website or to its entry at IMDb. May wikilink to an article rather than provide a URL.
  • format: File format of the URL link if containing digital media. For example, "mov" or "avi".
  • medium: Type of production being sourced. Please use one of the following if applicable:
        Motion picture, Television production, Documentary, Videotape, DVD.
• publisher: Name of the individual or group releasing the production, or airing the broadcast. For example, "Paramount Pictures" or "Disney" or "History Channel International".
  • location: Physical location of the publisher, formatted as either "City, State" or "City, Country". For example, "New York, NY" or "London, England".
• accessdate: Full date when url was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. 2005-01-31 (January 01, 2005). Required when url field is used to link a url. (Must not be wikilinked.)
  • OR: accessyear: Year of access, and accessmonth: Name of the month of access. If you also have the day, use accessdate instead. Must not be wikilinked.
• time: Roughly what time, if accessible, a scene occurs with-in a production. Useful for citing specific scenes, quotations or data.
• id: A unique identifier, used if none of the above are applicable. In this case, you need to specify the kind of identifier you are using, preferably with a template like {{ISSN}}. (Use one of the more specialized parameters if possible; they are linked automatically. In other words, don't use id = ISBN 1-111-22222-9 anymore. Use isbn = 1-111-22222-9.)
• isbn: International Standard Book Number such as 1-111-22222-9.
• oclc: Online Computer Library Center ID number, such as 3185581.
• quote: information source quotation of pertinent data like is the likely reason for citing the media in the first place!