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This is a citation template for citing entries from The Times newspaper, a newspaper of record of the United Kingdom. The format follows the format used in The Times Index. The Times Index goes back to 1785 and the other newspaper templates such as Cite news do not convey the same information.
Usage
[edit]Short horizontal format
{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= |date= |page= |issue= |column= }}
Full horizontal format
{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= |author= |department= |date= |page= |pages= |issue= |column= |url= }}
Vertical format
{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= |author= |department= |date= |page= |pages= |issue= |column= |url= }}
Example usage
[edit]{{Cite newspaper The Times
|title=The spelling of Kenya
|author=J. H. Reynolds
|department=Letters to the editor
|date=8 February 1932
|page=8
|issue=46051
|column=B
}}
produces:
J. H. Reynolds (8 February 1932). "The spelling of Kenya". Letters to the editor. The Times. No. 46051. London. col B, p. 8.
Notes
[edit]- title
- This is the title of the article; alias: articlename (deprecated)
- author
- Give the author name including the first name or initials
- department
- The section in which the article appears, e.g news, business, sport, letters to the editor etc.; alias: section (deprecated)
- date
- The full date the article was published
- page
- The page number of the article. If the article spans multiple pages, use pages instead. Alias: page_number (deprecated)
- pages
- The page numbers of the article. If the article is only on one page, use page instead. Alias: page_numbers (deprecated)
- issue
- The issue number of the newspaper
- column
- The column the article begins on, the first column is a, the second is b and so on
- subscription
- set
|subscription=nonewhen|url=links to free-to-read content - url
- url of title; automatically marked as requiring subscription
TemplateData
[edit]TemplateData for Cite newspaper The Times
Citation template for entries from The Times, following the format used in The Times Index
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article name | articlename title | Title of the article
| Line | required |
| Author | author | Author of the article, including the first name or initials
| Line | suggested |
| Section | section | The section in which the article appears, e.g news, business, sport, letters to the editor etc. | Line | optional |
| Date | date | The full date the article was published
| Date | required |
| Page | page page_number | The page number of the article. If the article spans multiple pages, use pages instead.
| Number | suggested |
| Pages | pages page_numbers | The page numbers of the article. If the article is only on one page, use page instead. | Unknown | suggested |
| Issue | issue | The issue number of the newspaper | Unknown | required |
| Column | column | The column the article begins on, the first column is a, the second is b and so on | Line | required |
| url | url | no description | Unknown | optional |
| subscription | subscription | no description | Unknown | optional |
| format | format | no description | Unknown | optional |
| department | department | no description | Unknown | optional |
| quote | quote | no description | Unknown | optional |
| ref | ref | no description | Unknown | optional |
| day_of_week | day_of_week | no description | Unknown | deprecated |