Template:Cite Person

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Purpose

This is a variant of the {{Cite}} template that is to be used when you're quoting a person, such as a Zelda series developer. This is to be used to cite sources and should be used within <ref></ref> tags. Please read Guidelines:References for more information.

Usage

Blank code:

<ref>{{Cite Person|quote= |name= |title= |url= |archive= |published= |retrieved= }}</ref>

Usage:

  • Quote — The quoted text from the person.
  • Name — The name of the person being quoted in "first-name last-name" format (use usernames if nessecary).
  • Title — The title of the article or document that hosts the quote.
  • URL — The direct URL to the website that hosts the quote. Try to limit the amount of redirects a URL uses.
  • Archive — A link to a web archive of the webpage. This ensures that any information on the webpage that is changed (or lost) in the future can be cross-referenced with the web archive of how the webpage looked when the information was cited on the wiki article.
  • Published — The date the quote was published on the URL in "Month Day, Year" format.
  • Retrieved — The date you accessed the URL to cite the person (Use "March 29, 2024" for today).

Make sure to surround this template with <ref></ref> tags so it gets put into a box like this: [1]. Furthermore, make sure to include a space between each parameter |, as URLs can sometimes break if there is no space.

Examples

Input
{{Cite Person|quote= Welcome to Zelda Wiki!|name= Madeup Fakename|title= Zelda Wiki|url= https://www.zeldapedia.wiki|published= October 19, 2022|retrieved= October 21, 2022}}
Output
"Welcome to Zelda Wiki!" —Madeup Fakename (Zelda Wiki, published October 19, 2022, retrieved October 21, 2022.)

Input
{{Cite Person|quote= First, we started making The Legend of Zelda, and then we started Super Mario Bros. The Legend of Zelda was for the Family Computer Disk System, so we decided to finish up Super Mario Bros. first.|name= Shigeru Miyamoto|title= The Legend of Zelda™ Developer Interview|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161125231834/https://www.nintendo.com/nes-classic/the-legend-of-zelda-developer-interview/|retrieved= November 25, 2016}}
Output
"First, we started making The Legend of Zelda, and then we started Super Mario Bros. The Legend of Zelda was for the Family Computer Disk System, so we decided to finish up Super Mario Bros. first." —Shigeru Miyamoto (The Legend of Zelda™ Developer Interview, retrieved November 25, 2016.)

Input
{{Cite Person|quote= Skyward Sword is so excellently designed around motion controls that adding support for a classic controller would have meant compromising the game for people playing it the correct way.|name= BuckoA51|title= Skyward Sword’s controls are great, and Skyrim proves it|url= https://videogameperfection.com/2011/12/21/skyward-swords-controls-are-great-and-skyrim-proves-it/|archive= https://web.archive.org/web/20211028105542/https://videogameperfection.com/2011/12/21/skyward-swords-controls-are-great-and-skyrim-proves-it/|published= December 21, 2011|retrieved= November 14, 2022}}
Output
"Skyward Sword is so excellently designed around motion controls that adding support for a classic controller would have meant compromising the game for people playing it the correct way." —BuckoA51 (Skyward Sword’s controls are great, and Skyrim proves it, web archive, published December 21, 2011, retrieved November 14, 2022.)
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