Template talk:Cite
Language and format
Can there be an option to show the language of the source? I forgot to mention in the proposal that it could be added as another parameter. Or a format parameter for digital publications so that, let's say for web manuals, a (PDF) is displayed next to the title to show the reader the format of the publication? Super Mario RPG (talk) 12:27, February 7, 2024 (EST)
Dead links
If the original link in a source is dead, I find it more accessible to format the citation like this. Basically, the original link is replaced with the archived one, so that the sole working link becomes more readily available. The original link is then moved to the archive's summary through an added "from the original" field; I don't really know if there is a formal, established reason for doing so, but I think it's a helpful feature to have in the (unlikely, but possible) event one reads a wiki article through, say, the Wayback Machine, as clicking the original link from there will lead the user to an archive of it directly. (The archive link itself can't be used with Wayback Machine, since it obviously does not archive its own archives.)
Could a deadlink parameter be added to the code so that, when given a value, the template is reorganized as I explained above? -- KOOPA CON CARNE 20:22, February 7, 2024 (EST)
automatically add http or https
Is it possible that this template could automatically add the http or https prefix when using the url parameter? Super Mario RPG (talk) 12:40, February 8, 2024 (EST)
- I made
https://optional. If a site only works with the http prefix, then use the full URL. --Steve (talk)
14:22, February 8, 2024 (EST)
Italicizing publishers, and absence of location for publishers
Having this template is great.
Currently, when displayed, it seems that the names of publishers are being italicized (which is incorrect), and there is no option to include the publisher's locations for citations (which is not required for some citation formats, but is for others and would be nice to have as an option for physical texts). Could these things be addressed? - Nintendo101 (talk) 17:17, February 10, 2024 (EST)
- If you take a look at the examples, the publisher is italicized in the output even though the
publisherparameter doesn't contain any italic syntax. So the functionality is consistent with the proposal. I'll add location. --Steve (talk) 17:40, February 10, 2024 (EST)
- Thank you so much! - Nintendo101 (talk) 17:48, February 10, 2024 (EST)
Automatically grab archive date from archive.today URLs
Pages archived on archive.today can also be accessed using long links which include the date and hour at which the page was archived (example: http://archive.today/2024.02.11-143421/https://twitter.com/UniStudios/status/1753149462048800894). Is it possible to make the template automatically grab the date from these URLs similarly to how its done with Wayback Machine URLs? 1468z (talk) 09:54, February 11, 2024 (EST)
