Template:Cite speech

Template documentation

Cite template to deal with speeches, modified from {{cite conference}}.

Parameters (no required parameters)

{{cite speech
 | title = Economic Isolationism Isn't an Option
 | author = Eskew, Mike
 | first = Mike
 | last = Eskew
 | authorlink = 
 | date = 2004-12-30
 | location = Washington, D.C.
 | url = 
 | accessdate = 
}}

Description of parameters

• author: Speaker
  • last works with first to produce last, first
  • authorlink works either with author or with last & first to link to the appropriate article
• date: Full date of speech, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. (Not automatically wikified.)
  • OR: year: Year of speech, and month: Name of the month of the speech. If you also have the day, use date instead.
• title: Title of the speech, automatically replaced by Speech if not supplied.
• location: Place of speech.
• url: url of a link to the text of the speech or a page mentioning the speech (will wikify the title or the word Speech)
  • accessdate: Full date when item was accessed, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2006-02-17. (Automatically wikified.)

Example 1

{{cite speech
 | title = Title
 | author = First Last
 | authorlink = First
 | date = 2000-04-01
 | location = Location
 | url = http://www.example.org
 | accessdate = 2006-10-12
}}

Will become:

• First Last. "Title" Location (2000-04-01). Retrieved on 2006-10-12.

Example 2

{{cite speech
 | last = Last
 | first = First
 | date = 2000-04-01
 | location = Location
}}

Will become:

• Last, First. Speech Location (2000-04-01).

Note that this template is self-referencing (in the example).