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Template:Cite sports-reference displays an external link to a web page at Sports-Reference.com. It is implemented via the {{Cite web}} template for use as a reference within an article.
Links to Olympics at Sports-Reference.com, also known as SR/Olympics, are archived since the Sports Reference Olympic site closed on 14 May 2020. The web archive defaults to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. The archive date defaults to 4 December 2016 because pages after that display incorrect output for extended characters. A specific archive may be specified via the |archive-url= and |archive-date= parameters.
Usage
[edit source]{{Cite sports-reference |title= [link text/name] |url= [full url] |access-date= [date accessed] }}
Day Month Year format
[edit source]{{Cite sports-reference |title= [link text/name] |url= [full url] |access-date= 30 April 2026 }}
Month Day, Year format
[edit source]{{Cite sports-reference |title= [link text/name] |url= [full url] |access-date= April 30, 2026 }}
All parameters
[edit source]{{Cite sports-reference |title= |url= |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status= |quote= |df= |ref= }}
Examples
[edit source]| Usage | Result |
|---|---|
| {{Cite sports-reference |title= Larysa Latynina |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/larysa-latynina-1.html |access-date= 5 May 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110501003537/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/larysa-latynina-1.html |archive-date= 1 May 2011 |url-status= dead }} | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| {{Cite sports-reference |title= 2004 Modern Pentathlon: Men's Individual |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/MOP/mens-individual.html |access-date= 13 November 2012 }} | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| {{Cite sports-reference |title= Bob Djokovich |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/bob-djokovich-1.html |accessdate= July 16, 2012 }} | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| {{Cite sports-reference |title= Arkansas Razorbacks |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/arkansas/ |access-date= August 12, 2014 }} | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| {{Cite sports-reference |title= Heinie Zimmerman wins the retro-active 1912 NL Triple Crown |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2015/03/heine-zimmerman-1912-triple-crown/ |accessdate= March 5, 2015 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150306075319/http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2015/03/heine-zimmerman-1912-triple-crown/ |archivedate= March 6, 2015 |url-status= live }} | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
Tracking categories
[edit source]Unknown and unnamed parameters:
- Category:Pages using Cite sports-reference with unknown parameters (11)
- Category:Articles using Cite sports-reference with unnamed parameters (0)
URL not specified:
- Category:Articles using Cite sports-reference with Wikidata (1,318)
- Category:Articles using Cite sports-reference without URL (1)
Olympic athlete URL:
- Category:Articles using Cite sports-reference with incorrect URL (0)
- Category:Articles using Cite sports-reference with different Wikidata (0)
- Category:Sports Reference ID not in Wikidata (0)
- Category:Articles without Wikidata item (303)
Templates and modules used
[edit source]- Module:String
- Module:Wd
- {{PAGENAMEBASE}} and {{First word}}, implemented with Module:String
- {{Cite web}}, implemented with Module:Citation/CS1
- {{Str endswith}}
- {{Yesno-yes}}
- Module:Check for unknown parameters
See also
[edit source]- Template:Sports reference, for external links to Olympic athlete profiles
- Template:Olympedia, for non-archived links to Olympedia.org (source for Olympics at Sports-Reference pages)
External links
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