Module talk:Citation/CS1/test/errors
This page shows example of Module:Citation error conditions.
Empty citation
[edit]Adds Category:Pages with empty citations and displays visible error message.
{{cite web }} |
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{{cite web}} : Empty citation (help)
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Archive URL problems
[edit]Archive URL with no original URL
[edit]Adds Category:Pages with archiveurl citation errors and displays visible error message.
{{cite web/new | author = Bob | title = A title | archiveurl = http://archive.com/1234 | archivedate = Jan 1, 2005 }} |
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Bob. "A title". {{cite news}} : |archive-url= requires |url= (help)
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Archive URL with no archive date
[edit]Adds Category:Pages with archiveurl citation errors and displays visible error message.
{{cite web/new | author = Bob | title = A title | url = http://www.foo.com | archiveurl = http://archive.com/1234 }} |
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Bob. "A title". {{cite news}} : |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)
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URLs with no description
[edit]Cite web
[edit]Adds Category:Pages with citations having bare URLs and presents a visible error message
This matches the pre-Lua behavior of {{cite web}}.
{{cite web | author = Bob | access-date = 25 May 2010 | url = http://www.foo.com }} |
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Bob. http://www.foo.com. Retrieved 25 May 2010. {{cite web}} : Missing or empty |title= (help)
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Other citations
[edit]Adds Category:Pages with citations having bare URLs, and includes a hidden comment in the HTML saying "Bare URL here
". No visible error message.
This preserves historical behavior during the Lua migration. This might be upgraded to a visible error in the future.
{{cite news | author = Bob | access-date = 25 May 2010 | url = http://www.foo.com }} |
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Bob. http://www.foo.com. Retrieved 25 May 2010. {{cite news}} : Missing or empty |title= (help)
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Citation with no title
[edit]For citations with no title=
or equivalent (such as chapter=
, article=
, book=
, etc.)
Adds Category:Pages with citations lacking titles, and includes a hidden comment in the HTML saying "No citation title here
". No visible error message.
In some cases, this may occur if users are using citation templates as a substitute for {{sfn}} or similar.
{{cite news | author = Ford, Bob | access-date = 25 May 2010 | page = 45 }} |
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Ford, Bob. p. 45. {{cite news}} : |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
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DOI errors
[edit]For citations with invalid DOI code.
Adds Category:Pages with DOI errors. Visible error message.
{{cite journal | author = Ford, Bob | title = My study | journal = Some journal | doi=FUBAR | page = 45 }} |
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Ford, Bob. "My study". Some journal: 45. doi:FUBAR. {{cite journal}} : Check |doi= value (help)
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OpenLibrary errors
[edit]For citations with invalid OL code.
Adds Category:Pages with OL errors. Visible error message.
{{cite journal | author = Ford, Bob | title = My study | journal = Some journal | OL=FUBAR | page = 45 }} |
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Ford, Bob. "My study". Some journal: 45. OL FUBAR. {{cite journal}} : Check |ol= value (help)
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Cite web with no URL
[edit]Adds Category:Pages using web citations with no URL, and includes a hidden comment in the HTML saying "No URL on cite web here
". No visible error message.
This might be upgraded to a visible error message in the future.
{{cite web | author = Ford, Bob | title = Awesome Page | year = 2010 }} |
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Ford, Bob (2010). "Awesome Page". {{cite web}} : Missing or empty |url= (help)
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Page specification conflicts
[edit]Only one of page=
, pages=
, and at=
can be display on any particular citation. If more than one is specified:
Adds Category:Pages with citations using conflicting page specifications, and includes a hidden comment in the HTML saying "Bad page specification here
". No visible error message.
This might be upgraded to a visible error message in the future.
{{cite news | author = Ford, Bob | title = My Story | newspaper=Nowhere News | page = B4 | pages =B4,B7 | year = 2010 }} |
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Ford, Bob (2010). "My Story". Nowhere News. p. B4. {{cite news}} : More than one of |pages= and |page= specified (help)
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Implicit et al.
[edit]First; Second; Third; Fourth; Fifth; Sixth; Seventh; Eighth; Ninth. Twelve Little Authors.
First; Second; Third; Fourth (eds.). Twelve Little Authors.
Format with no URL
[edit]Doe, John (1998). "Title". {{cite news}}
: |format=
requires |url=
(help)