Template:WikiLeaks cable/doc

Purpose

Provides a uniform method of formatting references to United States diplomatic cables initially released by WikiLeaks. This template makes it simpler to update if the initially proposed format of those references is changed.

Usage

This template can be used in the following ways:

• {{WikiLeaks cable|id=01CITYNAME1234}}
• {{WikiLeaks cable|01CITYNAME1234}}

The parameter(s) have the following meaning(s):

• id specifies the ID of the cable in the recommended format YYC*N* (without the hash symbol "#", since the hash is specific to services like Twitter) where:
  • YY are the last two digits of the year the cable was sent
  • C* is an upper case alphabetical string of the city or source of the cable
  • N* is a positive integer, with preceding zeroes removed, for additional identification.

A colon instead of a hash is output in order to conform with URI generic syntax.

Example

Code	Result
{{WikiLeaks cable|07RIYADH651}}	WikiLeaks cable: 09ASTANA677
{{WikiLeaks cable|id=09ASTANA677}}	WikiLeaks cable: 09ASTANA677

Example full citation

Code:

<ref name="97CITYNAME1234">{{cite journal |last=Ambassador |first=Joe |author-link= |title=Requesting a coup d'etat |id={{WikiLeaks cable|97CITYNAME1234}} |work= |publisher=[[WikiLeaks]] |date=1997-01-01 |url=http://wikileaks.ch/cable/1997/MM/97CITYNAME1234.html |format= |doi= |access-date=2011-01-01 |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status=live}}</ref>

Result:

• Ambassador, Joe (1997-01-01). "Requesting a coup d'etat". WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks cable: 97CITYNAME1234. Retrieved 2011-01-01. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

Webcitation can be used for archiveurl and archivedate entries.

The "id" parameter works with {{cite journal}}, not with {{cite web}}.