Template:Ref/YouTube
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Usage
This template should be used when referencing YouTube. For other citation templates, see Template:Ref. For more reference templates, see Template:Ref.
{{Ref/YouTube
|Id=
|Code=
|Channel=
|VideoName=
|Detail=
|T=
|Quote=
|Quotee=
|QuoteeLinkText
|Year=
|Month=
|Day=
|Archive=
|ArchiveURL=
|ArchiveTime=
}}
Fields
Example:
Sergeant Johnson believes your squad is the best-of-the-best.[1]
The citation is:
{{Ref/YouTube|Id=BipBapBam|cBPnUFn4s_4|Bungie|Bip. Bap. Bam. Welcome to Firefight.|Detail=Sergeant Johnson's narration.|T=36|Quote=Your squad is the best-of-the-best.|Quotee=Avery Johnson|QuoteeLinkText=Sergeant Johnson (voiceover)|Y=2009|M=08|D=29|Archive=hJGPpqXFBcE|ArchiveTime=36}}
The citation creates:
- ^ YouTube - Bungie, Bip. Bap. Bam. Welcome to Firefight.: Sergeant Johnson's narration. "Your squad is the best-of-the-best." - Sergeant Johnson (voiceover) (Retrieved on Aug 29, 2009) [archive]
Breakdown of the fields:
| Field Name | Optional or Required? | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Id | Recommended | An ID for the reference, so it can be reused. Tie it to the source, so it does not conflict with other IDs. Always put this at the start. While not required, it is recommended to give every citation a unique Id for future use.
|
BipBapBam |
| 1 (unnamed) | Required | Code: The unique code following https://youtu.be/ in the url.
|
cBPnUFn4s_4 |
| 2 (unnamed) | Recommended | Channel: The name of the YouTube channel. | Bungie |
| 3 (unnamed) | Recommended | Title: The name of the video. | Bip. Bap. Bam. Welcome to Firefight. |
| Detail | Optional | Any details related to what is being cited. | Sergeant Johnson's narration. |
| T | Optional | Timestamp of the video where its content is being cited. This is measured in seconds; as an example, for the video at 1:01, the number is 61.
|
36 |
| Quote | Optional | A quote, if a line of dialogue is being cited. | Your squad is the best-of-the-best. |
| Quotee | Optional | The name of the person for which the quote is attributed to, if a line of dialogue is being cited. This will automatically link to a wikipage. | Avery Johnson |
| QuoteeLinkText | Optional | The displayed name of the person, if you want the name to display differently from the name of their wikipage. | Sergeant Johnson (voiceover) |
| Y | Optional | Year that the reference was archived. | 2009 |
| M | Optional | Month that the reference was archived. | 08 |
| D | Optional | Day that the reference was archived. | 29 |
| Archive | Optional | If there is an archived version of the video on YouTube, this is for the unique code following https://youtu.be/ in the url of the archived video.
|
hJGPpqXFBcE |
| ArchiveURL | Optional | If the archived version of the video is on another website, this is for the full URL of that webpage. Filling this field will automatically omit the previous field. | http://halo.bungie.net/projects/odst/vidaudio.aspx |
| ArchiveTime | Optional | If there is archived version of the video on YouTube, this for the timestamp of the video where its content is being cited. This is also measured in seconds. | 36 |