Template:Cite press release

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Citation Style 1 templates

{{Cite arXiv}}	arXiv preprints
{{Cite AV media}}	audio and visual media
{{Cite AV media notes}}	AV media liner notes
{{Cite bioRxiv}}	bioRxiv preprints
{{Cite book}}	books and chapters
{{Cite CiteSeerX}}	CiteSeerX papers
{{Cite conference}}	conference papers
{{Cite encyclopedia}}	edited collections
{{Cite episode}}	radio or TV episodes
{{Cite interview}}	interviews
{{Cite journal}}	academic journals
{{Cite magazine}}	magazines, periodicals
{{Cite mailing list}}	public mailing lists
{{Cite map}}	maps
{{Cite news}}	news articles
{{Cite newsgroup}}	online newsgroups
{{Cite podcast}}	podcasts
{{Cite press release}}	press releases
{{Cite report}}	reports
{{Cite serial}}	audio or video serials
{{Cite sign}}	signs, plaques
{{Cite speech}}	speeches
{{Cite ssrn}}	SSRN papers
{{Cite techreport}}	technical reports
{{Cite thesis}}	theses
{{Cite web}}	web sources not covered by the above
See also

This Citation Style 1 template is used to create citations for press releases.

Usage

Copy a blank version to use. Almost all parameter names are supported only in lower case (some initialisms, such as |isbn= have upper-case aliases like |ISBN=, which are acceptable for use). Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Unused parameters may be deleted to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples on this documentation page may include the current date. If the date is not current, then Template:Purge the page.

Most-commonly-used parameters in horizontal format

To cite a press release with a credited author {{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |location= |publisher= |agency= |access-date=2026-08-12}} To cite a press release with no credited author {{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title= |url= |location= |publisher= |agency= |date= |access-date=2026-08-12}} To cite an online press release that has been archived {{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title= |url= |url-status= |location= |publisher= |agency= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2026-08-12}} To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=2026-08-12}} 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=}}

Full parameter set in horizontal format

{{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=}}

Most-commonly-used parameters in vertical format

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 authorTemplate:Loop {{cite press release | author = <!--Not stated--> | 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 = }}

Full parameter set in vertical format

Vertical list	Prerequisites	Brief instructions / notes
{{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  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          Used in HARV and SFN referencing styles   Examples Full parameter set in horizontal format 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}} Roithmayr, Mark (February 5, 2007). "Autism Speaks and Cure Autism Now Complete Merger" (Press release). New York: Autism Speaks. Trat ite ai November 19, 2007. A press release with no credited author {{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |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}} "Sprint 4G LTE Lights Up in 11 New Cities and Counties in Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia" (Press release). Overland Park, Kansas: Sprint Nextel. November 26, 2012. Trat ite ai November 28, 2012. A press release that has been archived {{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |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}} "Burberry Uses iPhone 5s To Capture Spring / Summer 2014 Runway Show" (Press release). Cupertino, California and London: Burberry Group. September 13, 2013. Archivià dal uriginel ai October 15, 2013. Trat ite ai November 15, 2013. A press release written in a foreign language {{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |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}} "General Motors de México Refuerza Su Compromiso con el Medio Ambiente y Realiza un Año Más Actividades de Reforestación" [General Motors of Mexico Marks Its Commitment to the Environment and Marks One Year of Reforestation Activities] (Press release) (per Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: General Motors Company. August 20, 2013. Trat ite ai October 16, 2013.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) 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.}} Thompson, Walter; Mittlebrun, Angela (June 15, 1990). "Das Internet ist selbstverständlich nicht auf Fang" [The Internet Will Not Catch On] (PDF) (Press release) (per German). Bonn, Germany: Forschungs Institut Stiftung. Archivià dal uriginel ai August 17, 2012. Trat ite ai August 17, 2012 – via HighBeam Research. Internet-Nutzung wird erwartet, dass für den Rest des Jahrzehnts zurückgehen.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) Parameters Syntax Nested parameters rely on their parent parameters: parent OR: parent2—may be used instead of parent child—may be used with parent (and is ignored if parent is not used) OR: child2—may be used instead of child (and is ignored if parent2 is not used) Where aliases are listed, only one of the parameters may be defined; if multiple aliased parameters are defined, then only one will show. COinS This template embeds COinS metadata in the HTML output, allowing reference management software to retrieve bibliographic metadata. See Wikipedia:COinS. As a general rule, only one data item per parameter. Do not include explanatory or alternate text: use |date=27 September 2007 not |date=27 September 2007 (print version 25 September) Use of templates within the citation template is discouraged because many of these templates will add extraneous HTML or CSS that will be included raw in the metadata. Also, HTML entities, for example &nbsp;, &ndash;, or &#160;, should not be used in parameters that contribute to the metadata. COinS metadata is created for these parameters Note: This table of metadata is displayed in the documentation of all Citation Style 1 templates. Not all of these parameters are supported by every CS1 template. Some of these parameters are mutually exclusive, some are aliases of another parameter, and some require other parameters to be present. A full list of this template's supported parameters, their aliases, and their dependencies is shown in the Usage section near the top of this documentation page. |periodical=, |journal=, |newspaper=, |magazine=, |work=, |website=, |encyclopedia=, |encyclopaedia=, |dictionary= |chapter=, |script-chapter=, |contribution=, |script-contribution=, |entry=, |script-entry=, |article=, |script-article=, |section=, |script-section= |title=, |script-title=, |book-title= |publication-place=, |place=, |location= |date=, |year=, |publication-date= |series=, |version= |volume=, |issue=, |number= |page=, |pages=, |at=, |quote-page=, |quote-pages= |edition= |publisher=, |institution= |url=, |chapter-url=, |contribution-url=, |section-url= |author-last=, |author-last#=, |author#-last=, |author-surname=, |author-surname#=, |author#-surname=, |last=, |last#=, |surname=, |surname#=, |author=, |author#=, |subject=, |subject#=, |host=, |host#= |author-first=, |author-first#=, |author#-first=, |author-given=, |author-given#=, |author#-given=, |first=, |first#=, |given=, |given#= |degree= |arxiv=, |bibcode=, |biorxiv=, |citeseerx=, |doi=, |eissn=, |eprint=, |hdl=, |isbn=, |issn=, |jfm=, |jstor=, |lccn=, |message-id=, |mr=, |oclc=, |osti=, |pmc=, |pmid=, |rfc=, |ssrn=, |s2cid=, |zbl= Description Authors last: Surname of a single author. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead. For corporate authors or authors for whom only one name is listed by the source, use last or one of its aliases (e.g. |author=Bono). Aliases: surname, author, last1, surname1, author1. author: this parameter is used to hold the name of an organizational author (e.g. a committee) or the complete name (first and last) of a single person; for the latter, prefer the use of |first= and |last=. This parameter should never hold the names of more than one author. first: Given or first names of author; for example: Firstname Middlename or Firstname M. or Firstname M. Sr. Do not wikilink—use author-link instead. Aliases: given, first1, given1. Requires last; first name will not display if last is empty. Use generational and Template:Notatypo suffixes only in accordance with and use honorifics only in accordance with . OR: for multiple authors, use last1, first1 through lastn, firstn, where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of authors (each firstn requires a corresponding lastn, but not the other way around). See the display parameters to change how many authors are displayed. Aliases: surname1, given1 through surnamen, givenn, or author1 through authorn. For an individual author plus an institutional author, you can use |first1=...|last1=...|author2=.... author-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author—not the author's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: author-link1, author1-link, authorlink. OR: for multiple authors, use author-link1 through author-linkn. Aliases: author1-link through authorn-link. name-list-style: accepts a limited list of keywords as value; when set to amp, ampersand, or &, inserts an ampersand between the last two names in a name list; when set to and, inserts the conjunction 'and' between the last two names of a name list; when set to vancdisplays name lists in Vancouver style when the lists use the last/first forms of name parameters. vauthors: comma-separated list of author names in Vancouver style; enclose corporate or institutional author names in doubled parentheses. End with etal if appropriate: |vauthors=Smythe JB, ((Megabux Corp.)), etal author-link and author-mask may be used for the individual names in |vauthors= as described above authors: deprecated Free-form list of author names; use of this parameter is discouraged because it does not contribute to a citation's metadata; not an alias of last. translator-last: Surname of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator-surname, translator1, translator1-last, translator-last1. translator-first: Given or first names of translator. Do not wikilink—use translator-link instead. Aliases: translator-given, translator1-first, translator-first1. OR: for multiple translators, use translator-last1, translator-first1 through translator-lastn, translator-firstn, where n is any consecutive number for an unlimited number of translators (each translator-firstn requires a corresponding translator-lastn, but not the other way around). Aliases: translator1-last, translator1-first through translatorn-last, translatorn-first, or translator1 through translatorn. translator-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the translator—not the translator's website; do not wikilink. Aliases: translator-link1, translator1-link. OR: for multiple translators, use translator-link1 through translator-linkn. Aliases: translator1-link through translatorn-link. collaboration: Name of a group of authors or collaborators; requires author, last, or vauthors listing one or more primary authors; follows author name-list; appends "et al." to author name-list. others: To record other contributors to the work, including illustrators. For the parameter value, write Illustrated by John Smith. Note: When using shortened footnotes or Template:Paren styles with templates, do not use multiple names in one field, or else the anchor will not match the inline link. Title title: Title of source. Can be wikilinked to an existing Wikipedia article or url may be used to add an external link, but not both. Displays in quotation marks. For titles containing quotation marks, convert regular quotation marks (") to single quotation marks ('). See for guidance in more complex situations. If script-title is defined, use title to hold a Romanization (if available) of the title in script-title. script-title: Original title for languages that do not use a Latin-based script (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, etc.); not italicized, follows italicized Romanization defined in title (if present). Must be prefixed with one of the supported language codes to help browsers properly display the script: ... |title=Tōkyō tawā |script-title=ja:東京タワー |trans-title=Tokyo Tower ... 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. Titles containing certain characters will not display and link correctly unless those characters are encoded. newline [ ] | space &#91; &#93; {{!}} (preferred) {{bracket|text}} &#124; or {{pipe}} – see also Help:Table § Rendering the pipe title-link: Title of existing Wikipedia article about the source named in title – do not use a web address; do not wikilink. language: The language (or a comma-separated list of the languages) in which the source is written, as either the ISO 639 language code (preferred) or the full language name. Examples: |language=ru; |lang=fr, pt-br; |lang=Russian; |language=French, Portuguese. See the list of supported codes and names. Do not use templates or wikilinks. Displays in parentheses with "in" before the language name or names. When the only source language is English, no language is displayed in the citation. The use of languages recognized by the citation module adds the page to the appropriate subcategory of Template:Cl. Because cs1|2 templates are often copied from en.wiki to other wikis, the use of language codes is preferred so that language names render in the correct language and form: espagnol at a French-language wiki instead of the English word "Spanish". Aliases: lang Date "Wikipedia:Undated" porta tlo. Per undated signatures, cëla Template:Undated. date: Date of referenced source. Can be full date (day, month, and year) or partial date (month and year, season and year, or year). Use same format as other publication dates in the citations.Template:R/ref Do not wikilink. Displays after the authors and is enclosed in parentheses. If there is no author, then displays after the website and publisher. For acceptable date formats, see Help:Citation Style 1 § Dates. Shortened footnotes target full citations using the year specified in this parameter. A lowercase letter may be suffixed to the year to disambiguate {{sfn}} links to multiple works by the same author in the same year,[more] unless the date is formatted as YYYY-MM-DD. In the latter case, year or ref is required to disambiguate the link targets. For approximate year, precede with "c. ", like this: |date=c. 1900. For no date, or "undated", use |date=n.d. The date of a Web page, PDF, etc. with no visible date can sometimes be established by searching the page source or document code for a created or updated date; a comment for editors such as date=2021-12-25<!--date from page source-->|orig-date=Original date 2011-01-01 can be added. year: Year of publication. The more flexible |date= parameter also handles a year by itself. Do not use in combination with the |date= parameter, unless both of the following conditions are met: Shortened footnotes target multiple citations with same last name and year of publication. (This situation necessitates a CITEREF disambiguator, usually a lowercase letter suffixed to the year.) The |date= format is YYYY-MM-DD. (This format prevents the addition of a disambiguating letter to the year.) orig-date: Original publication date or year; displays in square brackets after the date (or year). For clarity, please supply specifics. For example: |orig-date=First published 1859 or |orig-date=Composed 1904. As |orig-date= does not support automatic date formatting, use the same date format as defined by |df= (or, if it exists in the article, by |cs1-dates= of a {{use dmy dates}} or {{use mdy dates}} template), or as used in the |date= parameter. Alias: orig-year df: date format; sets rendered dates to the specified format; does not support date ranges or seasonal dates; overrides the automatic date formatting described above. Accepts one value which may be one of these: dmy – set publication dates to day month year format; access- and archive-dates are not modified; mdy – as above for month day, year format ymd – as above for year initial numeric format YYYY-MM-DD dmy-all – set publication, access-, and archive-dates to day month year format; mdy-all – as above for month day, year format ymd-all – as above for year initial numeric format YYYY-MM-DD Edition, series, volume edition: When the publication has more than one edition; for example: "2nd", "Revised", and so forth. Appends the string " ed." after the field, so |edition=2nd produces "2nd ed." Does not display if a periodical field is defined. TemplateData This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData. 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. Parametri template[Modifica dati del modello] Questo template ha una formattazione personalizzata. Parametro Descrizione Tipo Stato Title title Title of source. Displays in quotes. Stringa obbligatorio 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. Stringa facoltativo 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. Stringa facoltativo Location of publication location Geographical place of publication. Displays after the title. Stringa facoltativo URL url URL of an online location where the text of the publication can be found. Use of the access-date parameter is recommended. Stringa facoltativo 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. Stringa facoltativo 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. Stringa facoltativo 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. Stringa facoltativo Last name 1 last1 last Last name of the first author. To link to author article, use 'author-link1'. Stringa facoltativo First name 1 first1 first First name of the first author. To link to author article, use 'author-link1'. Sconosciuto facoltativo Last name of second author last2 For use when a work has up to nine authors. To link to author article, use 'author-link2'. Sconosciuto facoltativo First name of second author first2 For use when a work has up to nine authors. To link to author article, use 'author-link2'. Sconosciuto facoltativo Last name of third author last3 For use when a work has up to nine authors. To link to author article, use 'author-link3'. Sconosciuto facoltativo First name of third author first3 For use when a work has up to nine authors. To link to author article, use 'author-link3'. Sconosciuto facoltativo URL access date access-date 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. Stringa facoltativo Use if archived but not dead url-status 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. Stringa facoltativo URL of an archived copy of the source archive-url The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the url becomes unavailable. Requires parameter 'archive-date'. Stringa facoltativo Date when the original URL was archived. archive-date 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'. Stringa facoltativo English translation of source 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. Stringa facoltativo First author biography link author-link1 author1-link author-link Title of existing Wikipedia article about the first author—not the author's website; do not wikilink. Nome della pagina facoltativo Second author biography link author-link2 author2-link Title of existing Wikipedia article about the second author—not the author's website; do not wikilink. Nome della pagina facoltativo Third author biography link author-link3 author3-link Title of existing Wikipedia article about the third author—not the author's website; do not wikilink. Nome della pagina facoltativo Vollständigkeit der Einbindungen prüfen The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite press release/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages. Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.