Template:Cite executive order

Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

Purpose

This template allows for the easy citing and linking to of executive orders.

Syntax

Horizontal

{{cite executive order |number= |url= |date= |language= |post= |accessdate= }}

Vertical

{{cite executive order
| number = 
| url = 
| date = 
| language = 
| post = 
| accessdate = 
}}

Examples

All parameters specified

{{cite executive order
| number = 2007-01
| url = http://app.estado.gobierno.pr/Ordenes_Ejecutivas/2007/OE-2007-01.pdf
| date = {{date|2007-01-16|mdy}}
| language = Spanish
| post = Governor of Puerto Rico
| accessdate = {{date|2012-12-30|mdy}}
}}

will display as:

Exec. Order No. 2007-01 (January 16, 2007; in Spanish) Governor of Puerto Rico. Retrieved on December 30, 2012.

Number, year, and URL only

{{cite executive order
| number = 2007-01
| year = 2007
| url = http://app.estado.gobierno.pr/Ordenes_Ejecutivas/2007/OE-2007-01.pdf
}}

will display as:

Exec. Order No. 2007-01 (2007)

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Requirement
number	number of the executive order	required
url	URL hosting a copy of the executive order	optional
title	executive orders sometimes bear a title	optional
date	date the executive order was proclaimed	required
language	language in which the executive order was written	optional
post	government post held by the politician that proclaimed the executive order	optional
accessdate	date the URL hosting the executive order was accessed successfully	optional

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite executive order/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.