Template:Cite press release/doc

Usage

To cite a press release with a credited author

{{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |location= |publisher= |agency= |access-date=2025-11-06}}

To cite a press release with no credited author

{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= |url= |location= |publisher= |agency= |date= |access-date=2025-11-06}}

To cite an online press release that has been archived

{{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |url-status= |location= |publisher= |agency= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2025-11-06}}

To cite a press release written in a foreign language

{{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title= |trans-title= |url= |language= |location= |publisher= |agency= |access-date=2025-11-06}}

To cite and quote an archived, two-author, foreign language press release re-published as a PDF on an information aggregation service requiring a subscription

{{cite press release |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |trans-title= |url= |url-status= |format= |language= |location= |publisher= |agency= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |via= |quote=}}

|} {{cite press release |last1= |first1= |author-link1= |last2= |first2= |author-link2= |last3= |first3= |author-link3= |last4= |first4= |author-link4= |last5= |first5= |author-link5= |display-authors= |author-mask= |name-list-style= |date= |year= |editor1-last= |editor1-first= |editor1-link= |editor2-last= |editor2-first= |editor2-link= |editor3-last= |editor3-first= |editor3-link= |editor4-last= |editor4-first= |editor4-link= |editor5-last= |editor5-first= |editor5-link= |display-editors= |title= |trans-title= |url= |url-status= |format= |type=Press release |language= |others= |location= |publisher= |agency= |page= |pages= |at= |id= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |via= |quote= |postscript= |ref=}}

|}

To cite a press release with a credited author

{{cite press release
| last         = 
| first        = 
| date         = 
| title        = 
| url          = 
| location     = 
| publisher    = 
| agency       = 
| access-date  = 
}}

To cite a press release with no credited author

{{cite press release
| author       = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
| title        = 
| url          = 
| format       = 
| location     = 
| publisher    = 
| agency       = 
| date         = 
| access-date  = 
}}

To cite an online press release that you have archived

{{cite press release
| last         = 
| first        = 
| title        = 
| url          = 
| url-status   = 
| location     = 
| publisher    = 
| agency       = 
| date         = 
| archive-url  = 
| archive-date = 
| access-date  = 
}}

To cite a press release written in a foreign language

{{cite press release
| last         = 
| first        = 
| date         = 
| title        = 
| trans-title  = 
| url          = 
| language     = 
| location     = 
| agency       = 
| publisher    = 
| access-date  = 
}}

To cite and quote an archived, two-author, foreign language press release re-published as a PDF on an information aggregation service requiring a subscription

{{cite press release
| last1        = 
| first1       = 
| last2        = 
| first2       = 
| date         = 
| title        = 
| trans-title  = 
| url          = 
| url-status   = 
| format       = 
| language     = 
| location     = 
| publisher    = 
| agency       = 
| archive-url  = 
| archive-date = 
| access-date  = 
| via          = 
| quote        = 
}}

|}

{{cite press release
| last1            = 
| first1           = 
| author-link1     = 
| last2            = 
| first2           = 
| author-link2     = 
| last3            = 
| first3           = 
| author-link3     = 
| last4            = 
| first4           = 
| author-link4     = 
| last5            = 
| first5           = 
| author-link5     = 
| display-authors  = 
| author-mask      = 
| name-list-style  = 
| date             = 
| year             = 
| editor1-last     = 
| editor1-first    = 
| editor1-link     = 
| editor2-last     = 
| editor2-first    = 
| editor2-link     = 
| editor3-last     = 
| editor3-first    = 
| editor3-link     = 
| editor4-last     = 
| editor4-first    = 
| editor4-link     = 
| editor5-last     = 
| editor5-first    = 
| editor5-link     = 
| display-editors  = 
| title            = 
| trans-title      = 
| url              = 
| url-status       = 
| format           = 
| type             = 
| language         = 
| others           = 
| location         = 
| publisher        = 
| agency           = 
| page             = 
| pages            = 
| at               = 
| id               = 
| archive-url      = 
| archive-date     = 
| access-date      = 
| via              = 
| quote            = 
| postscript       = 
| ref              = 
}}

 
 
 last1
 
 last1
 last2
 
 last2
 last3
 
 last3
 last4
 
 last4
 last5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 editor1-last
 editor2-last
 
 editor2-last
 editor3-last
 
 editor3-last
 editor4-last
 
 editor4-last
 editor5-last
 
 
 
 title
 archive-url
 url
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 archive-date
 archive-url
 url
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 or use |last=
 or use |first=
 or use |author-link=
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 or use |editor-last=
 or use |editor-first=
 or use |editor-link=
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 |url-status=live if pre-archiving a url; |url-status=dead if url is dead
 For non-HTML formats e.g. PDF, XLS, DOC, PPT etc.
 Omit this parameter - "Press release" displays automatically
 Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, etc.
 Illustrator or other contributor type and name e.g. Illustrated by Gahan Wilson
 Location named at the beginning of a press release e.g. Omaha, Nebraska
 The organization that published the press release
 
 Page number of relevant information; if populated can not use |pages or |at
 Pages of relevant information; if populated can not use |page or |at
 Placement of relevant information; if populated can not use |page or |pages
 
 
 Date the main url was archived
 
 
 Overridden by |subscription
 If populated, |registration will not display
 Opening and closing quotation marks display automatically.
 
 Used in HARV and SFN referencing styles
 

Examples

A press release with a credited author

• {{cite press release |last=Roithmayr |first=Mark |date=February 5, 2007 |title=Autism Speaks and Cure Autism Now Complete Merger |url=http://autismspeaks.org/press/autism_speaks_can_complete.php |location=New York |publisher=Autism Speaks |access-date=November 19, 2007}}

A press release with no credited author

• {{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Sprint 4G LTE Lights Up in 11 New Cities and Counties in Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia |url=http://newsroom.sprint.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=2468 |location=Overland Park, Kansas |publisher=Sprint Nextel |date=November 26, 2012 |access-date=November 28, 2012}}

A press release that has been archived

• {{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Burberry Uses iPhone 5s To Capture Spring / Summer 2014 Runway Show |url=http://www.burberryplc.com/media_centre/press_releases/2013/burberry-uses-iphone-5s-to-capture-spring--summer-2014-runway-show |url-status=live |location=Cupertino, California and London |publisher=Burberry Group |date=September 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6KPzNEAeQ |archive-date=October 15, 2013 |access-date=November 15, 2013}}

A press release written in a foreign language

• {{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=General Motors de México Refuerza Su Compromiso con el Medio Ambiente y Realiza un Año Más Actividades de Reforestación |trans-title=General Motors of Mexico Marks Its Commitment to the Environment and Marks One Year of Reforestation Activities |url=http://media.gm.com/content/media/mk/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/mx/es/2013/Aug/0820-reforestacion.html |language=Spanish |location=Mexico City, Mexico |publisher=General Motors Company |date=August 20, 2013 |access-date=October 16, 2013}}

A two author press release that you quote and archive, is written in a foreign language and has been re-published as a PDF on an information aggregation service requiring a subscription

• {{cite press release |last1=Thompson |first1=Walter |last2=Mittlebrun |first2=Angela |date=June 15, 1990 |title=Das Internet ist selbstverständlich nicht auf Fang |trans-title=The Internet Will Not Catch On |url=http://forschungsinstitut.de/internet.html |url-status=live |format=PDF |language=German |location=Bonn, Germany |publisher=Forschungs Institut Stiftung |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6KPzNEAej |archive-date=August 17, 2012 |access-date=August 17, 2012 |via=[[HighBeam Research]] |url-access=subscription |quote=Internet-Nutzung wird erwartet, dass für den Rest des Jahrzehnts zurückgehen.}}

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TemplateData

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TemplateData for Cite press release

This Citation Style 1 template is used to create citations to press releases. N.B. Parameters have been provided for up to 3 authors; however, additional parameters up to 'last9', 'first9' and 'author-link9' can be added manually as parameters.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Title	title	Title of source. Displays in quotes.	String	required
Date	date	Full date of source being referenced in the same format as other publication dates in the citations. Do not wikilink. Displays after the authors and enclosed in parentheses. If there is no author, then displays after publisher.	String	optional
Publisher	publisher	Name of publisher. Not normally included for periodicals. Corporate designations such as 'Ltd', 'Inc' or 'GmbH' are not usually included. Displays after title.	String	optional
Location of publication	location	Geographical place of publication. Displays after the title.	String	optional
URL	url	URL of an online location where the text of the publication can be found. Use of the access-date parameter is recommended.	String	optional
Quote	quote	Relevant text quoted from the source. Displays enclosed in quotes. When supplied, the citation terminator (a period by default) is suppressed, so the quote needs to include terminating punctuation.	String	optional
Anchor ID	ref	ID for anchor, overrides the default anchor. A nonempty value |ref=ID generates an anchor with the given ID; such a linkable reference can be made the target of wikilinks to full references, especially useful in short citations like shortened notes and parenthetical referencing. See anchors for Harvard referencing templates.	String	optional
Language	language	It not English, the language the source is written in. Displays in parentheses with 'in' before the language name. Use the full language name; do not use icons or templates.	String	optional
Last name 1	last1 last	Last name of the first author. To link to author article, use 'author-link1'.	String	optional
First name 1	first1 first	First name of the first author. To link to author article, use 'author-link1'.	Unknown	optional
Last name of second author	last2	For use when a work has up to nine authors. To link to author article, use 'author-link2'.	Unknown	optional
First name of second author	first2	For use when a work has up to nine authors. To link to author article, use 'author-link2'.	Unknown	optional
Last name of third author	last3	For use when a work has up to nine authors. To link to author article, use 'author-link3'.	Unknown	optional
First name of third author	first3	For use when a work has up to nine authors. To link to author article, use 'author-link3'.	Unknown	optional
URL access date	access-date accessdate	Full date when original URL was accessed; use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations; do not wikilink. Not required for web pages or linked documents that do not change; mainly of use for web pages that change frequently or have no publication date.	String	optional
Use if archived but not dead	dead-url deadurl	When the URL is still live, but preemptively archived, then set |url-status=live. This changes the display order with the title retaining the original link and the archive linked at the end.	String	optional
URL of an archived copy of the source	archive-url archiveurl	The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the url becomes unavailable. Requires parameter 'archive-date'.	String	optional
Date when the original URL was archived.	archive-date archivedate	Date when the original URL was archived. Use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations; do not wikilink. Displays preceded by 'archived from the original on'.	String	optional
English translation of source title	trans-title trans_title	English translation of the title if the source cited is in a foreign language. Displays in square brackets after title. Use of the language parameter is recommended.	String	optional
First author biography link	author-link1 authorlink1 authorlink author-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the first author—not the author's website; do not wikilink.	Page name	optional
Second author biography link	author-link2 authorlink2	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author—not the author's website; do not wikilink.	Page name	optional
Third author biography link	author-link3 authorlink3	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author—not the author's website; do not wikilink.	Page name	optional

This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.