Module:Cite web

This module is rated as ready for general use. It has reached a mature form and is thought to have only few to no bugs and is ready for use wherever appropriate. It is ready to mention on help pages and other essential Wikipedia resources as an option for new users to learn. To reduce server load and bad output as well as confusion, it should be improved by sandbox testing rather than repeated trial-and-error editing.

This module depends on the following other modules:

Module:Citation/CS1 (sandbox)

Usage

This module may be placed directly on articles by replacing {{Cite web| with {{#invoke:Cite web|| (note the double pipe). This is likely to be unclear to other editors and should only be done to prevent pages exceeding the post-expand include size limit. It is also fine to use in templates that wrap {{Cite web}}.

For the module that actually implements {{Cite web}}, see Module:Citation/CS1.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Cite web

This module is like {{Cite web}} with two exceptions. It is only for use on pages with lots of citations (e.g. several hundred) where that is causing technical problems, and you must pass an empty first parameter. For all other usage information, see [[Template:Cite web]].

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Required blank parameter	`1`	no description	Unknown	optional

local p = {}
local CS1 = require('Module:Citation/CS1')

p[''] = function(frame)
	local newFrame = {
	    getParent = function(self)
	    	return frame
	    end,
	    getTitle = function(self)
	    	return 'Template:Cite web'
	    end,
	    args = {CitationClass='web'}
	}
	setmetatable(newFrame, {
		__index = function(t, k)
			if type(frame[k]) == 'function' then
				return function(...)
					return frame[k](frame, select(2, ...))
				end
			else
				return frame[k]
			end
		end
	})
	return CS1.citation(newFrame)
end

return p