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Extension:CiteThisPage

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CiteThisPage
Release status: stable
File:Cite This Page MediaWiki plugin.png
Implementation Special page
Description Adds a special page that provides different citation formats for a particular article
Author(s)
  • Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
  • James D. Forrester
Latest version continuous updates
Compatibility policy Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki 1.36+
License GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download
<translate> Download extension</translate>
<translate> Git</translate> [?]:
Parameters
  • $wgCiteThisPageAdditionalNamespaces
Hooks used
Quarterly downloads Lua error in Module:Extension at line 172: bad argument #1 to 'inNamespace' (unrecognized namespace name 'skin').
Public wikis using Lua error in Module:Extension at line 172: bad argument #1 to 'inNamespace' (unrecognized namespace name 'skin').
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The CiteThisPage extension, previously known as SpecialCite.php, is an extension that creates a special page (Special:CiteThisPage) and toolbox link to it for pages in the main namespace. Given an article name, this extension generates citations to it in a variety of styles.

Installation

  • <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/CiteThisPage</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>CiteThisPage</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
    <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate>cd extensions/
    git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/CiteThisPage
  • <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate> 
    wfLoadExtension( 'CiteThisPage' );
  • File:OOjs UI icon check-constructive.svg <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

Example

English Wikipedia

w:Special:CiteThisPage/Train provides citation info about the article w:Train, in the format specified by the local English MediaWiki file w:MediaWiki:Citethispage-content

Each normal page (current version only) has a sidebar link to that special page, in addition to the link "permanent link".

The citing style it uses is customizable from the MediaWiki namespace (MediaWiki:Citethispage-content), for instance: 

 * ''{{FULLPAGENAME}}'' (last modified {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} UTC).
 {{SITENAME}}, {{int:sitesubtitle}}. Retrieved <citation>{{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
 {{CURRENTYEAR}}</citation> from {{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|oldid={{REVISIONID}}}}

Might produce:

Main Page (last modified 02:47, 26 November 2005 UTC). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:14, 26 November 2005 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=10403

Variables

The parser variables e.g. {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTMONTH}} etc. will display the time of the last edit to the requested page, to get the current time use ‎<citation>, e.g. ‎<citation>{{CURRENTTIME}}‎</citation>.

See also

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