Template: Cite web/doc

===Choosing between [[Template:cite web]] and [[Template:cite news]]<span class="anchor" id="Consistency"></span>===

Before 2014, editors had to decide whether to use {{tl|cite web}} or {{tl|cite news}} based on their features. In 2014, {{em|most of}} the differences between the two templates were eliminated.

As of {{diff|Module:Citation/CS1|732205428|723907342|29 July 2016}}, {{tlf|cite web}} and {{tlf|cite news}} have the following differences:
* {{tlf|cite news}} can be used for [[WP:OFFLINE|offline]] (paper) sources whereas {{tlf|cite web}} generates a missing URL error when no URL is provided
* {{tlf|cite news}} accepts {{para|issue}} and {{para|volume}} parameters while {{tlf|cite web}} does not (See {{slink|Help:Citation Style 1#Pages}}; see also {{tl|cite magazine}}).
But given the same set of valid parameters, their output is exactly the same:
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{|
| '''cite web''': || {{cite web |url=https://blog.chron.com/techblog/2011/07/microsoft-envisions-a-universal-os-but-it-might-not-be-called-windows/ |title=Microsoft envisions a universal OS, but it might not be called Windows |last=Silverman |first=Dwight |date=July 15, 2011 |work=Houston Chronicle |publisher=Hearst Corporation |access-date=May 26, 2015}}
|-
| '''cite news''': || {{cite news |url=https://blog.chron.com/techblog/2011/07/microsoft-envisions-a-universal-os-but-it-might-not-be-called-windows/ |title=Microsoft envisions a universal OS, but it might not be called Windows |last=Silverman |first=Dwight |date=July 15, 2011 |work=Houston Chronicle |publisher=Hearst Corporation |access-date=May 26, 2015}}
|}