Template:Reddit/doc

Instructions

This template is to be used for citing individual pages on Reddit.

Usage

Copy the template code below, fill the required fields, and remove any that you don't use.

{{Reddit|url=|thread=|user=|date=|quote=|archivedate=|archiveurl=|archivefile=|nobackup=}}

Required parameters

• |url= URL of the web page, minus the domain name (https://www.reddit.com/).
• |thread= Title of the thread where the Reddit post is being cited.

Optional parameters

• |user= Username (not real name) of the author of the post. May be wikilinked.
• |date= Date the Reddit post was published online. In the format YYYY-MM-DD.
• |quote= Relevant quote from the Reddit post. Users are encouraged to utilize this optional field in the template whenever possible.

Backup links

Instructions for providing a backup link In accordance with our Sourcing policy, all links to external sites must include a link to a backup version, preferably using Internet Archive. Instances that do not include one of the following parameters will result in the page being placed in the maintenance category. Please only use one of the following parameters. |archivedate=20250520235806 This parameter uses the timestamp feature of Internet Archive. The URL supplied earlier in the template, along with archivedate, will provide a link to Internet Archive. |archiveurl=https://archive.is/EfD8P If Internet Archive does not work for the link in question, you can use archiveurl to provide a full URL to another backup website, such as archive.is. |archivefile=File:Jon_Favreau_The_Mandalorian.png If none of the archiving sites work, then provide a link to a screenshot of the page, uploaded to Wookieepedia, as per Wookieepedia:Mofferences/June 29, 2014. |nobackup=1 If no backup link can be found for content that is no longer available, this parameter can be used. If the content is still available, you can screenshot and upload it to Wookieepedia instead. |nolive=1 If the original content is no longer available, this parameter can be used, which will make the template add "content now obsolete;" to the citation. This may also mean a backup link can no longer be provided, and therefore may be used as well as |nobackup=1. Some citation templates such as {{SWArchive}} link to older content that is known to be no longer available, and therefore automatically default to |nolive=1 without the need to add the parameter manually. Note that for citation templates using a central repository (/Archive subpage), archivedate values must be added to the repository, and not on the individual instance of those templates.

Example(s)

{{Reddit|url=r/StarWars/comments/5k6cq4/anybody_know_the_names_of_two_particular_star/dbme8sm|thread=Anybody know the names of two particular Star Destroyers that appear in Rogue One?|user=[[John Knoll|JohnKnoll]]|date=2016-12-25|quote=The two ships are the Persecutor and the Intimidator. Affectionately known to the crew at ILM as Timmy and Percy.|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/NWSzu}}

Results in:

Anybody know the names of two particular Star Destroyers that appear in Rogue One? on Reddit by JohnKnoll (on December 25, 2016): "The two ships are the Persecutor and the Intimidator. Affectionately known to the crew at ILM as Timmy and Percy." (backup link)