Template:Cite web

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Usage

This template formats citations to webpages, official announcements, press releases, developer posts, promotional sites, and similar online sources.

<ref>{{Cite web
 | author = Rocksteady Studios
 | title = Article or announcement title
 | website = Rocksteady Studios
 | publisher = Warner Bros.
 | date = June 2015
 | url = https://example.com/article
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/example
 | access-date = September 20, 2026
}}</ref>

Parameters

author: The author, organization, studio, or publisher responsible for the page.

title: The title of the webpage, post, announcement, or article.

website: The name of the website.

publisher: The organization publishing the website, when useful.

date: The publication date.

url: The original URL.

archive-url: An archived copy of the page.

access-date: The date the page was accessed.

Official sources

This template is especially useful for:

Official game websites
Developer websites
Publisher websites
Press releases
Development blogs
Official support articles
Promotional websites
Official character or game pages
Official social-media posts that are preserved on the web

Whenever possible, use the original source rather than a later summary.

Archived webpages

Older Arkham websites and promotional pages may no longer exist.

If an archived copy is available, include both the original URL and the archive:

<ref>{{Cite web
 | title = Original Arkham promotional page
 | website = Official Batman: Arkham website
 | date = 2011
 | url = https://original.example/page
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/example
 | access-date = September 20, 2026
}}</ref>

Do not remove the original URL simply because it is dead.

The original address helps identify where the material was first published.

Missing dates

If no publication date is available, leave date blank.

Do not invent a date based on assumptions.

Use an access date when appropriate.

Authors and organizations

If an individual author is known:

 | author = Jane Doe

If no individual author is listed but the page was published directly by a studio:

 | author = Rocksteady Studios

If neither is known, omit the parameter.

Citation quality

Avoid:

<ref>Rocksteady website</ref>

Prefer:

<ref>{{Cite web
 | author = Rocksteady Studios
 | title = Article title
 | website = Rocksteady Studios
 | date = 2015
 | url = https://example.com/article
}}</ref>

Fan websites

The existence of this template does not make every webpage a reliable source.

Fan wikis, forum posts, Reddit threads, unsourced databases, and similar pages should generally not be used as final evidence for factual claims.

See Arkham Wiki:Sourcing policy.