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In modern times, more and more things are becoming available on the Internet, and these are often cited on Wikipedia. As a matter of fact, as of 8 September 2013, {{cite web}} was the most used of all the citation templates.

But what about a news article that is available online? It's a news article ({{cite news}}) and a Web page ({{cite web}}). So, which one should be used?

The answer is {{cite news}}, not {{cite web}}. This isn't just because of the possibility that the article was published in print. As a matter of fact, {{cite news}} should be used for online-only news publications as well.

According to the documentation at Template:Cite web/doc:

This Citation Style 1 template is used to create citations for web sources that are not characterized by another CS1 template. [emphasis added]

So, if another template (such as {{cite news}}) can be used, then use that one. Most of the time, switching to another template involves simply changing "web" to the specific type of source; the parameters are largely the same.

But what about URLs? Don't worry, the other templates still let you use |url= for online sources.

Common replacements

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Check if your source meets one of these descriptions and use the specific template if it does.

See also

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