Template:BZPowerCitation

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This template is for citing miscellaneous topics or posts from BZPower.

To cite posts from BZPower topics where members posted PMs with Greg Farshtey, please use Template:GregCitation.

Parameters

Parameter Function
(first parameter) or section The section of BZPower being cited. The valid values are forum, blog, and news. These values are not case-sensitive.
pagetitle The title of the webpage (forum topic, blog entry, or news article) being cited.
originalurl (optional if at least one of archiveurl or brokenurl is specified) The original, non-archived URL on BZPower to cite. At least one of the three parameters originalurl, archiveurl, and brokenurl must be specified.

Default: nothing

archiveurl (optional if at least one of originalurl or brokenurl is specified) The archived URL on BZPower to cite. At least one of the three parameters originalurl, archiveurl, and brokenurl must be specified.

Default: nothing

brokenurl (optional if at least one of originalurl or archiveurl is specified) The URL on BZPower to cite, which points to a broken page. At least one of the three parameters originalurl, archiveurl, and brokenurl must be specified. The value of brokenurl only appears in the final citation as a last resort when neither originalurl nor archiveurl is specified.

Default: nothing

Examples

  • Citing a forum topic with only an original link[1]
  • Citing a forum topic with only an archive link[2]
  • Citing a forum topic with both an original and an archive link[3]
  • Citing a post within a forum topic; given the post's URL, the template will attempt to display the post id[4]
  • Citing a blog entry[5]
  • Citing a comment under a blog entry; given the comments's URL, the template will attempt to display the comment id[6]
  • Citing a news article[7]
  • Citing a news article with a broken link[8]