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Times newspaper to Wikipedia citation

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Creates a Wikipedia citation from any timesonline.co.uk newspaper article page.

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Using an on-page edit area, the script extracts key information from an online Times newspaper article to create a standard Wikipedia citation. This includes articles written for The Times, The Sunday Times, The Times Literary Supplement and special articles for Times Online. The Times has been published in the UK since 1785, though the free full on-line search is limited to as far back as 1998.

You may find the similar scripts for BBC News, The New York Times and Wired of interest.

2009 Oct 26: Extended to blog pages timesonline.typepad.com and timesnews.typepad.com.

Example output:

<ref name=Longenecker2009 >{{cite news
 |title = Ecclesiastical Pick up Stix
 |last = Longenecker
 |first = Fr Dwight
 |date = October 21, 2009
 |newspaper = Times Online
 |url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6883609.ece
}}</ref>

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