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Error: no shortcuts were specified and the |msg= parameter was not set. A template for citing information on Metacritic.
Usage
Copy a blank version to use. All parameter names must be in lowercase. Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Delete unused parameters to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples may include the current date. If the date is not current, then
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Examples
Films
For Ralph Breaks the Internet:
{{Cite Metacritic |id=ralph-breaks-the-internet |type=movie |title=Ralph Breaks the Internet}}
{{Cite Metacritic |id=ralph-breaks-the-internet |type=movie |title=Ralph Breaks the Internet |accessdate=January 14, 2021}}
- "Ralph Breaks the Internet". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
{{Cite Metacritic |id=ralph-breaks-the-internet |type=movie |title=Ralph Breaks the Internet |accessdate=January 14, 2021 |mode=cs2}}
- "Ralph Breaks the Internet", Metacritic, Red Ventures, retrieved January 14, 2021
Television series
For Descendants:
{{Cite Metacritic |id=descendants |type=tv |title=Descendants |accessdate=January 24, 2021}}
- "Descendants". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
For WandaVision (season 1):
{{Cite Metacritic |title=WandaVision |id=wandavision |type=tv |season=1 |access-date=January 25, 2021 }}
- "WandaVision: Season 1". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
Video games
For PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PC):
{{Cite Metacritic |id=playerunknowns-battlegrounds |type=game |vgtype=pc |title=PlayerUnknown{{'}}s Battlegrounds (PC) |access-date=February 14, 2021}}
- "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PC)". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
Error detection
- The parameters
|id=
,|type=
, and|title=
are required. If omitted or left blank, errors will be reported. For example:
{{Cite Metacritic|title=I'm an incomplete citation!|type=movie}}
Error: no |id=
specified when using {{Cite Metacritic}}
TemplateData
TemplateData for Cite Metacritic
A template for citing information on Metacritic
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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id | id | URL identifier used by Metacritic for the media | String | required |
type | type | To identify if it is a film, a television series, or a video game. Acceptable inputs are 'movie', 'film', 'tv', 'television', 'vg', or 'videogame' | String | required |
vgtype | vgtype | To identify the video game's type. Acceptable inputs are 'pc', 'playstation-3', 'playstation-4', 'playstation-vita', 'xbox-one', 'xbox-360', 'ios', '3ds', 'wii-u', 'switch', or 'ds' | String | optional |
season | season | The specific season of a television series | Number | optional |
title | title | The name of the media | String | required |
access date | access-date accessdate | The full date when the site was accessed; do not wikilink | Unknown | optional |
archive URL | archive-url archiveurl | The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date' | String | optional |
archive date | archive-date archivedate | Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink | String | optional |
URL status | url-status | If set to 'live', the title displays as the live link; if set to dead, the title displays as the archive link | String | optional |
mode | mode | Similar to the parameter used by cs1|2 templates, when set to cs2, element separator switches from dot to comma; static text is rendered in lowercase; rendering omits the trailing dot | String | optional |