Template:CiteReddit/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:CiteReddit. It contains usage information, categories, and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Template:CiteReddit invokes function redditref in Module:References using Lua.

Usage

This is used to cite comments or posts on Reddit usually made by Jagex accounts.

{{CiteReddit|author=|url=|title=|quote=|date=|archiveurl=|archivedate=|notes=|name=}}

author

The author of the information. Include "Mod" prefixes, such as "Mod Mark" instead of simply "Mark". Use their mod name rather than their Reddit handle.

url

The permalink url of the information.

title

The title of the Reddit post.

quote

The exact transcript of the relevant information.

date

The date the information was posted in the format: dd month yyyy.

archiveurl

Archive the permalink using archive.today and insert the archived url

archivedate

The date the url was archived in the format: dd month yyyy.

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.

Used to create a reference to a Reddit comment or post

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
author	author	The author of the information Example Mod Shauny	String	required
url	url	The permalink url of the information Example https://www.reddit.com/r/runescape/comments/9kqukw/runescape_wiki_leaving_wikia_now_launched_at/	String	required
title	title	The title of the Reddit post	String	required
quote	quote	The exact transcript of the relevant information	String	required
date	date	The date the information was posted in the format: dd month yyyy. Example 28 February 2020	String	required
archiveurl	archiveurl	An archived link to the permalink url, usually from archive.today	Unknown	suggested
archivedate	archivedate	The date the url was archived in the format: dd month yyyy.	String	suggested