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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

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">The Times. London. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)</syntaxhighlight>

Full horizontal format

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">The Times. London. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)</syntaxhighlight>

Vertical format

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">The Times. London. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)</syntaxhighlight>

Example usage

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext>J. H. Reynolds (8 February 1932). "The spelling of Kenya". Letters to the editor. The Times. No. 46051. London. col. B, p. 8.</syntaxhighlight>

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 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|subscription=none when <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|url= links to free-to-read content

url

url of title; automatically marked as requiring subscription

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Cite newspaper The Times in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Cite newspaper The Times

<templatedata> { "params": { "author": { "label": "Author", "description": "Author of the article, including the first name or initials", "example": "J. H. Reynolds", "type": "line", "suggested": true }, "articlename": { "aliases": [ "title" ], "label": "Article name", "description": "Title of the article", "example": "The spelling of Kenya", "type": "line", "required": true }, "url": {}, "subscription": {}, "format": {}, "section": { "label": "Section", "description": " The section in which the article appears, e.g news, business, sport, letters to the editor etc.", "type": "line" }, "department": {}, "day_of_week": { "deprecated": "no longer supported" }, "date": { "label": "Date", "description": "The full date the article was published", "example": "8 February 1932", "type": "date", "required": true }, "issue": { "label": "Issue", "description": "The issue number of the newspaper", "required": true }, "column": { "label": "Column", "description": " The column the article begins on, the first column is a, the second is b and so on", "type": "line", "required": true }, "quote": {}, "ref": {}, "page": { "aliases": [ "page_number" ], "label": "Page", "description": " The page number of the article. If the article spans multiple pages, use pages instead.", "example": "8", "type": "number", "suggested": true }, "pages": { "aliases": [ "page_numbers" ], "label": "Pages", "description": " The page numbers of the article. If the article is only on one page, use page instead.", "suggested": true } }, "description": "Citation template for entries from The Times, following the format used in The Times Index", "paramOrder": [ "articlename", "author", "section", "date", "page", "pages", "issue", "column", "url", "subscription", "format", "department", "quote", "ref", "day_of_week" ], "format": "inline" } </templatedata>

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