Template:Cite serial/doc

Cite serial is used in place of Cite episode for television or radio programs which use individual titles for a collection of episodes. In these instances, while episode titles should still appear in quotation marks, the titles of the serial should be italicized. For example, "The Cave of Skulls" is the second episode of the serial An Unearthly Child in the television program Doctor Who.

Usage
All fields must be in lowercase. The only required field is "title". Copy a blank version to use:

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Wikilinks
Most fields can be wikilinked (ie. network = network name ), but should generally only be linked to an existing Wikipedia article. Any wikilinked field must not contain any brackets apart from normal round brackets  — don't use.

Description

 * title: The title of the serial being cited. This will automatically be italicized.
 * episode: The title of an episode within the serial being cited, if any. This will automatically be placed in quotes. ''If you are citing an episode that is not a part of a serial, do not use this template; use cite episode instead.
 * seriallink: The title of a Wikipedia article about this serial. Don't link this yourself, it will be linked by the template. Remember that you can use section names here if the only relevant material in Wikipedia is a section of a larger article such as an episode list.
 * url: May be used to provide an external link if no article exists in Wikipedia.
 * series: The name of the series the serial belongs to.
 * serieslink: The title of a Wikipedia article about the series. As with seriallink, don't link this yourself.
 * credits: Writers, directors, performers, producers, etc.
 * network: The network the episode was aired on. (ex. ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, Disney, USA Network)
 * station: Call letters of the local station (if any).
 * city: City of the local station (if any) or network.
 * airdate: Full date the program or serial aired, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. 2004-06-27. Must not be wikilinked.
 * OR began: Full date the first part of the serial aired, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. 2004-06-27. Must not be wikilinked.
 * AND ended: Full date the last part of the serial aired, in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format, eg. 2004-06-27. Must not be wikilinked.
 * season, number: Many episodic shows are identified by separate season and episode numbers. Alternately, some shows prefer the format of a single episode number that includes the season within it; this format can be used by omitting the season field.
 * minutes: Used only when there is a need for citing a specific event that happens at a particular time within the episode; not useful if only citing the serial as a whole. Roughly analogous to page number.
 * transcript: Specifies that the source was a transcript, rather than its original airing
 * OR transcripturl: Identifies the URL of a transcript for the source.

Syntax (for the technical-minded)
Nested fields either rely on their parent fields, or replace them:
 * parent
 * child — may be used with parent (and is ignored if parent is not used)
 * OR: child2 — may be used instead of parent (and is ignored if parent is used)