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|"''[news:////{{{id}}} {{{title}}}]''". 
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|[news:////{{{newsgroup}}} {{{newsgroup}}}]. 
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|[{{{url}}} (Google Groups)]. 
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|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 ===
<nowiki>{{cite newsgroup </nowiki>
| title =
| author =
| date =
| newsgroup =
| id =
| url =
| accessdate = {{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}
<nowiki>}}</nowiki>
===Note===
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|align="left" width="95%"|Please do '''not''' apply this template to use a newsgroup post to [[Centiare:Verifiability|verify content]].
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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.
|}
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[[Category:Citation templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Templates using ParserFunctions|{{PAGENAME}}]]
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