Template:Cite newsgroup

Error on call to Template:Cite newsgroup: parameter title required.

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Parameters are as follows:

• title, the title of the post (required)
• author of the post
• date the post was made
• numeric id of the post
• newsgroup the post was made on
• url on Google Groups
  • accessdate for the above URL

Usage summary

{{cite newsgroup 
  | title = 
  | author = 
  | date =
  | newsgroup = 
  | id = 
  | url = 
  | accessdate = 2026-01-16
}}

Note

Please do not apply this template to use a newsgroup post to verify content. According to Centiare:Reliable sources, "Posts to bulletin boards and Usenet, or messages left on blogs, are never acceptable as primary or secondary sources. This is because we have no way of knowing who has written or posted them." Accordingly, this template should never be included in the "References" section of an article.

This template employs some extremely complicated or esoteric features of template syntax. Please do not attempt to alter it unless you are certain that you understand the setup and are prepared to repair/revert any consequent collateral damage if the results are unexpected. Any experiments should be conducted in the template sandbox or your user space.