සැකිල්ල:Cite Metacritic/doc

A template for citing information on Metacritic.

Usage

Copy a blank version to use. All parameter names must be in lowercase. Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Delete unused parameters to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples may include the current date. If the date is not current, then purge the page.

Required parameters only, in horizontal format

{{Cite Metacritic |id= |type= |title= |access-date=}}

Full parameter set in horizontal format

{{Cite Metacritic |id= |type= |season= |episode= |title= |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status= |mode= |publisher_hide= }}

Examples

Films

For Ralph Breaks the Internet:
{{Cite Metacritic |id=ralph-breaks-the-internet |type=movie |title=Ralph Breaks the Internet}}

"Ralph Breaks the Internet". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc.

{{Cite Metacritic |id=ralph-breaks-the-internet |type=movie |title=Ralph Breaks the Internet |accessdate=January 14, 2021}}

"Ralph Breaks the Internet". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. සම්ප්‍රවේශය January 14, 2021.

{{Cite Metacritic |id=ralph-breaks-the-internet |type=movie |title=Ralph Breaks the Internet |accessdate=January 14, 2021 |mode=cs2}}

"Ralph Breaks the Internet", Metacritic, Fandom, Inc., සම්ප්‍රවේශය January 14, 2021

Television series

For Descendants:
{{Cite Metacritic |id=descendants |type=tv |title=Descendants |accessdate=January 24, 2021}}

"Descendants". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. සම්ප්‍රවේශය January 24, 2021.

For WandaVision (season 1):
{{Cite Metacritic |title=WandaVision |id=wandavision |type=tv |season=1 |access-date=January 25, 2021 }}

"WandaVision: Season 1". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. සම්ප්‍රවේශය January 25, 2021.

Video games

For PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PC):
{{Cite Metacritic |id=playerunknowns-battlegrounds |type=game |vgtype=pc |title=PlayerUnknown{{'}}s Battlegrounds (PC) |access-date=February 14, 2021}}

"PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PC)". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. සම්ප්‍රවේශය February 14, 2021.

Error detection

• The parameters |id=, |type=, |title=, and |access-date= are required. If omitted or left blank, errors will be reported. For example:

{{Cite Metacritic|title=I'm an incomplete citation!|type=movie}}

"I'm an incomplete citation!". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc.

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TemplateData

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TemplateData for Cite Metacritic

A template for citing information on Metacritic

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
id	id	URL identifier used by Metacritic for the media	String	required
type	type	To identify if it is a film, a television series, or a video game. Acceptable inputs are 'movie', 'm', 'film', 'tv', 'television', 'vg', or 'videogame'	String	required
vgtype	vgtype	To identify the video game's type. Acceptable inputs are 'pc', 'playstation-3', 'playstation-4', 'playstation-5', 'playstation-vita', 'xbox-one', 'xbox-360', 'ios', '3ds', 'wii-u', 'switch', or 'ds'	String	optional
season	season	The specific season 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