Template:Cite loa/doc

Usage
This template creates a cite web citation to individual pages at Lighthouses of Australia Inc., a useful reference site on the Lighthouses of Australia.

Parameters

 * There are three mandatory unnamed parameters:
 * 1) the postal abbreviation of the state name, e.g. TAS or NT, capitalized
 * 2) the lighthouse name, from the url
 * 3) title

For example, the Cape Wickham Lighthouse page url is. The parameters are
 * 1)   or   as the author see fits
 * 1)   or   as the author see fits
 * 1)   or   as the author see fits

The full citation is

resulting in:


 * In special cases with non-standard url, use the url3 field to indicate the last part of the url. For example, the Point Perpendicular Lighthouse page is . The last part of the url is not   but  . So a full citation will be

resulting in:


 * In addition, date and access date can be specified using the date and accessdate fields. The date of writing can be found on the lower left corner of each page, "Page last updated:".


 * Error checking is done only on the state, thus using  will result in an error:

However, using a non-existing page results in a link to a non-existing page, thus using  results in:

Harvard style referencing
This template provides a simple Harvard style reference, using Lighthouses of Australia Inc or Lighthouses of Australia Inc, as appropriate. However, year referencing is not supported at this time.

One can also specify the  parameter to use other tags.