Extension:CiteThisPage

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
CiteThisPage; Release status: stable
Implementation	Special page
Description	Adds a special page that provides different citation formats for a particular article
Author(s)	Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason; James D. Forrester;
Latest version	continuous updates
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	1.36+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball;
	Parameters $wgCiteThisPageAdditionalNamespaces;
	Hooks used SidebarBeforeOutput;
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

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The CiteThisPage extension, previously known as SpecialCite.php, is an extension that creates a special page (Special:CiteThisPage) and toolbox link to it for pages in the main namespace. Given an article name, this extension generates citations to it in a variety of styles.

Installation

This extension comes with MediaWiki 1.25 and later, so you do not need to download it. The remaining configuration instructions must still be followed.

Download and move the extracted CiteThisPage folder to your extensions/ directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:
```
cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/CiteThisPage
```
Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
```
wfLoadExtension( 'CiteThisPage' );
```
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Example

English Wikipedia

w:Special:CiteThisPage/Train provides citation info about the article w:Train, in the format specified by the local English MediaWiki file w:MediaWiki:Citethispage-content

Each normal page (current version only) has a sidebar link to that special page, in addition to the link "permanent link".

The citing style it uses is customizable from the MediaWiki namespace (MediaWiki:Citethispage-content), for instance:

 * ''{{FULLPAGENAME}}'' (last modified {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} UTC).
 {{SITENAME}}, {{int:sitesubtitle}}. Retrieved <citation>{{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}
 {{CURRENTYEAR}}</citation> from {{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|oldid={{REVISIONID}}}}

Might produce:

Main Page (last modified 02:47, 26 November 2005 UTC). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:14, 26 November 2005 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=10403

Variables

The parser variables e.g. {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTMONTH}} etc. will display the time of the last edit to the requested page, to get the current time use ‎<citation>, e.g. ‎<citation>{{CURRENTTIME}}‎</citation>.

Installation

Example

Variables

See also