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Template:CiteForum invokes function forumref in Module:References using Lua.
Template:CiteForum invokes Module:References using Lua.

Usage

{{CiteForum|author=|url=|title=|forum=|postdate=|notes=|name=}}

author

The author of the post. Include "Mod" prefixes, such as "Mod Mark" instead of simply "Mark".

url

Archive the thread at WebCite first, then be sure to include the full URL, including the http://.

title

The title of the thread.

forum

Optional. The forum where the thread is/was located. Defaults to RuneScape.

postdate

The date the post was added. If the post was edited, use the most recent edit date.

Standard parameters

The following parameters are standard across all citation templates.

notes

Optional. This parameter allows you to add text beginning one space after the end of the citation. Having no formatting (meaning you will have to format it yourself), this area can be used for anything you require.

name

Optional. If you want to use this reference more than once, you must name it the first time you use it, then whenever you want to use it again, add {{NamedRef|name}} wherever you want it to re-appear.

group

Optional. This can be used to put the reference into a specific group, to separate it from other types of reference. See here for more on reference groups.

Template data

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Used to create a reference to a RuneScape Official Forum post

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
authorauthor

The author of the post

Example
Mod Mark
Stringsuggested
urlurl

The URL to an archived version of the post

URLsuggested
postdatepostdate

The date the post was published (YYYY-MM-DD)

Example
2018-05-31
Stringsuggested
titletitle

The title of the thread

Example
RuneScape 3 Is Now Live!
Stringsuggested
forumforum

The forum where the thread is located

Default
RuneScape
Example
Recent Game Updates
Stringoptional
namename

The name of the reference (to use more than once)

Example
jmodtweet
Stringoptional
groupgroup

The group to add the reference to

Example
group1
Stringoptional