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A template for citing information on Rotten Tomatoes.
Usage
[edit]Copy a blank version to use. Almost all parameter names are supported only in lower case (some initialisms, such as |isbn=
have upper-case aliases like |ISBN=
, which are acceptable for use). Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Unused parameters may be deleted to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples on this documentation page may include the current date. If the date is not current, then the page.
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Examples
[edit]Films
[edit]For Titanic:
{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=titanic |type=movie |title=Titanic |access-date=February 14, 2020}}
- "Titanic". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=titanic |type=movie |title=Titanic |access-date=February 14, 2020 |mode=cs2}}
- "Titanic", Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango Media, retrieved February 14, 2020
Television series
[edit]For The Simpsons:
{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=the_simpsons |type=tv |title=The Simpsons |access-date=February 14, 2020}}
- "The Simpsons". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
For The Simpsons (season 29):
{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=the_simpsons |type=tv |season=29 |title=The Simpsons |access-date=February 14, 2020}}
- "The Simpsons: Season 29". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
For The Simpsons (season 29) episode "The Serfsons":
{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=the_simpsons |type=tv |season=29 |episode=1 |title=The Serfsons |access-date=February 14, 2020}}
- "The Serfsons". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
Person
[edit]For James Cameron:
{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=james_cameron |type=celeb|title=James Cameron |access-date=February 14, 2020}}
- "James Cameron". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
Error detection
[edit]- The parameters
|id=
,|type=
, and|access-date=
are required. If omitted or left blank, errors will be reported. For example:
{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|title=I'm an incomplete citation!|type=m|access-date=February 14, 2020}}
"I'm an incomplete citation!". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved February 14, 2020.Missing or empty |id=
Tracking categories
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TemplateData
[edit]TemplateData for Cite Rotten Tomatoes
A template for citing information on Rotten Tomatoes
Parameter | Description | Typ | Status | |
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id | id | URL identifier used by Rotten Tomatoes for the media | String | required |
type | type | To identify if it is a film or television series. Acceptable inputs are 'm', 'movie', 'Movie', 'film', 'tv', 'TV' or 'television', 'celeb' or 'celebrity'
| String | required |
season | season | The specific season of a television series | Number | optional |
episode | episode | The specific episode of a television series | Number | optional |
title | title | The name of the media. If not entered, will pull from page name. | String | optional |
publisher_hide | publisher_hide | To hide the publisher parameter | String | optional |
access date | access-date accessdate | The full date when the site was accessed; do not wikilink | Date | required |
archive URL | archive-url archiveurl | The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date' | String | optional |
archive date | archive-date archivedate | Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink | Date | optional |
URL status | url-status | If set to 'live', the title displays as the live link; if set to dead, the title displays as the archive link | String | optional |
mode | mode | Similar to the parameter used by cs1|2 templates, when set to cs2, element separator switches from dot to comma; static text is rendered in lowercase; rendering omits the trailing dot | String | optional |