A template for citing information on Metacritic.

Usage

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Copy a blank version to use. Almost all parameter names are supported only in lower case (some initialisms, such as |isbn= have upper-case aliases like |ISBN=, which are acceptable for use). Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Unused parameters may be deleted to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples on this documentation page may include the current date. If the date is not current, then purge the page.

Required parameters only, in horizontal format
{{Cite Metacritic |id= |type= |title= |access-date=}}
Full parameter set in horizontal format
{{Cite Metacritic |id= |type= |season= |episode= |title= |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status= |mode= |publisher_hide= }}

Examples

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Films

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For Ralph Breaks the Internet:
{{Cite Metacritic |id=ralph-breaks-the-internet |type=movie |title=Ralph Breaks the Internet}}

"Ralph Breaks the Internet". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Missing or empty |access-date=

{{Cite Metacritic |id=ralph-breaks-the-internet |type=movie |title=Ralph Breaks the Internet |accessdate=January 14, 2021}}

"Ralph Breaks the Internet". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. 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, Fandom, Inc., retrieved January 14, 2021

Television series

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For Descendants:
{{Cite Metacritic |id=descendants |type=tv |title=Descendants |accessdate=January 24, 2021}}

"Descendants". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. 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. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved January 25, 2021.

Video games

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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. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved February 14, 2021.

Error detection

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  • The parameters |id=, |type=, |title=, and |access-date= are required. If omitted or left blank, errors will be reported. For example:
{{Cite Metacritic|title=I'm an incomplete citation!|type=movie}}

"I'm an incomplete citation!". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc.Missing or empty |id= Missing or empty |access-date=


Tracking categories

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TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Cite Metacritic

A template for citing information on Metacritic

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
idid

URL identifier used by Metacritic for the media

Stringrequired
typetype

To identify if it is a film, a television series, or a video game. Acceptable inputs are 'movie', 'm', 'film', 'tv', 'television', 'vg', or 'videogame'

Stringrequired
vgtypevgtype

To identify the video game's type. Acceptable inputs are 'pc', 'playstation-3', 'playstation-4', 'playstation-5', 'playstation-vita', 'xbox-one', 'xbox-360', 'ios', '3ds', 'wii-u', 'switch', or 'ds'

Stringoptional
seasonseason

The specific season of a television series

Numberoptional
titletitle

The name of the media. If not entered, will pull from page name.

Stringoptional
publisher_hidepublisher_hide

To hide the publisher parameter

Stringoptional
access dateaccess-date accessdate

The full date when the site was accessed; do not wikilink

Daterequired
archive URLarchive-url archiveurl

The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date'

Stringoptional
archive datearchive-date archivedate

Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink

Dateoptional
URL statusurl-status

If set to 'live', the title displays as the live link; if set to dead, the title displays as the archive link

Stringoptional
modemode

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

Stringoptional