Template:Cite APOD/sandbox
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![]() | This is the template sandbox page for Template:Cite APOD (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
![]() | This template is a Citation Style 1 wrapper template based on {{Cite web}}. For centralised Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1. |
Usage
This template aids in the creation and standardization of a citation to NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD).
The following 3 named parameters are required, which are then passed to {{Cite web}}. Please refer to {{Cite web}} for more detail on each parameter.
|date=
is the date the picture appeared on APOD. See {{Cite web}} for acceptable date formats.|title=
refers to the title of the|date=
's APOD image, which normally appears immediately below the image. Do not use|title=Astronomy Picture of the Day
.|access-date=
is the date when the|date=
's APOD content was last verified.
The following parameters are also accepted, but are not required:
|name-list-style=amp
to separate the last author with an ampersand&
instead of a semicolon;
.|quote=
to quote relevant text from the APOD page.|df=
to set the date format. See Template:Cite web/doc#Date for accepted values.
Empty horizontal template with all parameters:
{{Cite APOD |date= |title= |access-date= |name-list-style= |quote= |df=}}
Empty vertical template with all parameters:
{{Cite APOD
| date =
| title =
| access-date =
| name-list-style =
| quote =
| df =
}}
|
Examples
{{Cite APOD |date=19 January 2014 |title=Spiral Galaxies in Collision |access-date=20 February 2015 |quote=Quoted text.}}
- Nemiroff, R.; Bonnell, J., eds. (19 January 2014). "Spiral Galaxies in Collision". Astronomy Picture of the Day. NASA. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
Quoted text.
See also
{{APOD}}
— for the non-citation version of this template{{Cite sbdb}}
{{Cite simbad}}