Template:Cite newspaper The Times

[edit] Template documentation

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

[edit] Usage

Horizontal format

{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename= |author= |section= |day_of_week=
  |date= |page_number= |page_numbers= |issue= |column= }}

Vertical format

{{Cite newspaper The Times
|articlename=
|author=
|section=
|day_of_week=
|date=
|page_number=
|page_numbers=
|issue=
|column=
}}

[edit] Example usage

{{Cite newspaper The Times
|articlename=The spelling of Kenya
|author=J.H. Reynolds
|section=Letters to the editor
|day_of_week=Mon
|date=Feb 08 1932
|page_number=8
|issue=46051
|column=B
}}

produces:

J.H. Reynolds. "The spelling of Kenya" (Letters to the editor). The Times. Mon, Feb 08 1932. Issue 46051, col B, pg. 8.

[edit] Notes

article name

This is the title of the article

author

Give the author name including the first name or initials

section

The section in which the article appears, e.g news, business, sport, letters to the editor etc.

day_of_week

Ideally give this in the short form Mon, Tue etc.

date

The full date the article was published

page_number

The page number of the article. If the article spans multiple pages, use page_numbers instead.

page_numbers

The page numbers of the article. If the article is only on one page, use page_number instead.

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