Template:Cite video/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite video (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Notes

• Purpose: This template (and the redirected forms: {{cite media}} and {{cite audio}}) is used to cite sources in Wikipedia, specifically, audio and visual media sources.

• Please consider using Template:Cite episode as an alternative, to cite episodes of television and radio programs. (Has some different alternative choices of data. Includes an example of use as non-episodic application which can be used instead of this template.)

Usage

Cut and paste one of these three blank versions to use. Note that all fields must be lowercase, and remember to use the "|" (pipe) character between each field.

This documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite video/doc2. (edit | history)

Horizontal list (citing a url, so has current date for you)
{{cite video |people= |date2= |month2= |year2= |title= |url= |format= |medium= |publisher= |location= |accessdate=2024-09-21 |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!

Verbiage and example

1. {{cite video | people=Fouladkar, Assad (Director) | date2=2003-05-15 | url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343175 | title=Lamma hikyit Maryam | medium=Motion picture | location=Lebanon | publisher=Fouladkar, Assad}}
1. Fouladkar, Assad (Director). (2003-05-15). Lamma hikyit Maryam [Motion picture]. Lebanon: Fouladkar, Assad.