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Editors often forget the |accessdate=
parameter of {{
Cite web}} templates. {{
Date missing}}'s documentation only mentions the |date=
field. Can it also be used in the |accessdate=
parameter? Should it be used in that parameter?
Blevintron (
talk) 00:45, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
|access-date=
is often not required. I added the following to the documentation, though it may be reverted or changed:Many references are added with an
access-date=
but no publication date. This may be due to the use of citation tools that cannot identify a page's date, but of course theaccess-date=
is always today. The lack of a publication date is clearly wrong, an error; but {{ Cite}} documentation says clearly "Access dates are not required for links to published research papers, published books, or news articles with publication dates."
Inline Templates | ||||
|
Editors often forget the |accessdate=
parameter of {{
Cite web}} templates. {{
Date missing}}'s documentation only mentions the |date=
field. Can it also be used in the |accessdate=
parameter? Should it be used in that parameter?
Blevintron (
talk) 00:45, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
|access-date=
is often not required. I added the following to the documentation, though it may be reverted or changed:Many references are added with an
access-date=
but no publication date. This may be due to the use of citation tools that cannot identify a page's date, but of course theaccess-date=
is always today. The lack of a publication date is clearly wrong, an error; but {{ Cite}} documentation says clearly "Access dates are not required for links to published research papers, published books, or news articles with publication dates."