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CiteThisPage Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Implementation	Special page Category:Special page extensions
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.Category:Extensions with release branches compatibility policy
MediaWiki	1.36+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
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 Category:Extensions in Wikimedia version control
Parameters $wgCiteThisPageAdditionalNamespaces
Hooks used SidebarBeforeOutput Category:SidebarBeforeOutput extensions
Quarterly downloads	32 (Ranked 64th)
Public wikis using	1,524 (Ranked 197th)
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

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

• 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>.

See also

• Extension:Cite

This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page.

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: BlueSpice Category:Extensions included in BlueSpice Canasta Category:Extensions included in Canasta Debian Category:Extensions available as Debian packages Miraheze Category:Extensions included in Miraheze MyWikisCategory:Extensions included in MyWikis ProWikiCategory:Extensions included in ProWiki semantic::coreCategory:Extensions included in semantic::core wiki.gg Category:Extensions included in wiki.gg WikiForgeCategory:Extensions included in WikiForge This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm.