Template:Cite newspaper The Times

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This is a citation template for citing entries from The Times newspaper, a newspaper of record of the United Kingdom. The format follows the format used in The Times Index. The Times Index goes back to 1785 and the other newspaper templates such as Cite news do not convey the same information.

Usage

Short horizontal format

{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= |date= |page= |issue= |column= }}

Full horizontal format

{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= |author= |department= |date= |page= |pages= |issue= |column= |url= }}

Vertical format

{{Cite newspaper The Times
 |title=
 |author=
 |department=
 |date=
 |page=
 |pages=
 |issue=
 |column=
 |url=
 }}

Example usage

{{Cite newspaper The Times
 |title=The spelling of Kenya
 |author=J. H. Reynolds
 |department=Letters to the editor
 |date=8 February 1932
 |page=8
 |issue=46051
 |column=B
 }}

produces:

J. H. Reynolds (8 February 1932). "The spelling of Kenya". Letters to the editor. The Times. No. 46051. London. col B, p. 8.

Notes

title: This is the title of the article; alias: articlename (deprecated)
author: Give the author name including the first name or initials
department: The section in which the article appears, e.g news, business, sport, letters to the editor etc.; alias: section (deprecated)
date: The full date the article was published
page: The page number of the article. If the article spans multiple pages, use pages instead. Alias: page_number (deprecated)
pages: The page numbers of the article. If the article is only on one page, use page instead. Alias: page_numbers (deprecated)
issue: The issue number of the newspaper
column: The column the article begins on, the first column is a, the second is b and so on
subscription: set |subscription=none when |url= links to free-to-read content
url: url of title; automatically marked as requiring subscription

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Cite newspaper The Times

Citation template for entries from The Times, following the format used in The Times Index

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Article name	`articlename` `title`	Title of the article Example The spelling of Kenya	Line	required
Author	`author`	Author of the article, including the first name or initials Example J. H. Reynolds	Line	suggested
Section	`section`	The section in which the article appears, e.g news, business, sport, letters to the editor etc.	Line	optional
Date	`date`	The full date the article was published Example 8 February 1932	Date	required
Page	`page` `page_number`	The page number of the article. If the article spans multiple pages, use pages instead. Example 8	Number	suggested
Pages	`pages` `page_numbers`	The page numbers of the article. If the article is only on one page, use page instead.	Unknown	suggested
Issue	`issue`	The issue number of the newspaper	Unknown	required
Column	`column`	The column the article begins on, the first column is a, the second is b and so on	Line	required
url	`url`	no description	Unknown	optional
subscription	`subscription`	no description	Unknown	optional
format	`format`	no description	Unknown	optional
department	`department`	no description	Unknown	optional
quote	`quote`	no description	Unknown	optional
ref	`ref`	no description	Unknown	optional
day_of_week	`day_of_week`	no description	Unknown	deprecated

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