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Contents

   



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1 Purpose  





2 Syntax  



2.1  Horizontal  





2.2  Vertical  







3 Examples  



3.1  All required parameters  





3.2  Amendments  





3.3  With additional parameters  







4 Parameters  





5 TemplateData  














Template:Cite constitution








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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


This template allows for the easy citing and linking to of constitutions.

Syntax

Horizontal

{{cite constitution |article= |clause= |section= |polity= |date= }}

Vertical

{{cite constitution
| article = 
| clause = 
| section = 
| polity = 
| date = 
}}

Examples

All required parameters

{{cite constitution
| article =IV| section =1| polity = Puerto Rico
| ratified = 1952
}}

will display as:

Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico (1952)

Amendments

{{cite constitution
| amendment =12| polity = United States
| date = 1804
}}

will display as:

Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution of United States (1804)

With additional parameters

{{cite constitution | article=XIV |section=7|polity=the Philippines |date=1987 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines-article-xiv/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609073807/https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines-article-xiv/ |archive-date=June 9, 2017 |access-date=February 11, 2023 |website=[[Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines]]}}

will display as:

"Article XIV, Section 7". Constitution of the Philippines. Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. 1987. Archived from the original on June 9, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2023.

Parameters

Parameter Description Requirement
amendment amendment of the constitution where the citation resides semi-required
article article of the constitution where the citation resides semi-required
clause clause within the article of the constitution where the citation resides optional
section section within the article of the constitution where the citation resides optional
polity political entity (polity) of the constitution being cited required
date date the constitution was ratified; can be year only required
url an external site with the text (required if websiteorarchive-urlorarchive-dateoraccess-dateorvia are used) optional
website the website publishing the text (requires url) optional
archive-url an external archive site with the text (requires url and archive-date) optional
archive-date date on which the archive was made (requires url and archive-url) optional
access-date the last date on which the site was verified to be operational (requires url) optional
via the website hosting the text (if different from website, requires url) optional

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Cite constitution in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Cite constitution

For citing and linking to constitutions of various countries.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Amendmentamendment

Amendment of the constitution where the citation resides

Unknownsuggested
Articlearticle

Article of the constitution where the citation resides

Unknownrequired
Sectionsection

Section within the article of the constitution where the citation resides

Unknownsuggested
Clauseclause

Clause within the article of the constitution where the citation resides

Unknownsuggested
Politicalpolity country

Political entity (polity) of the constitution being cited

Unknownrequired
Datedate ratified

Date the constitution was ratified; can be year only

Unknownrequired
URLurl

an external site with the text

Unknownoptional
Websitewebsite work

the website publishing the text

Unknownoptional
Archive URLarchive-url archiveurl

an external archive site with the text

Unknownoptional
Archive datearchive-date archivedate

date on which the archive was made

Unknownoptional
Access dateaccess-date accessdate

the last date on which the site was verified to be operational

Unknownoptional
Viavia

the website hosting the text (if different from website)

Unknownoptional

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