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Made year usage much more explicit based on this discussion User talk:Tom.Reding#Year vs. date citation parameter preference
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(Made year usage much more explicit based on this discussion User talk:Tom.Reding#Year vs. date citation parameter preference)
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{{#if:{{{lua|}}}|:For approximate year, precede with "<code>c. </code>", like this: {{para|date|c. 1900}}; for no date, add as {{para|date|n.d.}} }}
* <span id="csdoc_year" />OR:
** '''year''': Year of source being referenced .. Required with some types of {{tld|sfn}} citations;{{sup|[[Template:Sfn#More_than_one_work_in_a_year|[more]]]}} otherwise use '''date'''.
**: Is the template {{t1|cite episode}} or {{t1|cite mailing list}} or {{t1|cite map}} or {{t1|cite report}} or {{t1|cite serial}}?
 
::::NO: Does the template use {{para|ref|harv}}? (answer YES if the template is {{tlx|citation}})
:::::NO: use {{para|date}}.
:::::YES: Is the date format in {{para|date}} YYYY-MM-DD?
::::::NO: use {{para|date}}.
::::::YES: Does the citation require a <code>CITEREF</code> disambiguator?
:::::::NO: use {{para|date}}.
:::::::YES: {{para|year}} ''required''.
::::YES: Does the citation use {{para|ref|harv}}?
:::::NO: use {{para|date}}.
:::::YES: Is the date format in {{para|date}} DD Month YYYY or Month YYYY or YYYY or Month DD, YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD?
::::::NO: {{para|year}} ''required''.
::::::YES: Does the citation require a <code>CITEREF</code> disambiguator?
:::::::NO: use {{para|date}}.
:::::::YES: {{para|year}} ''required''.
* <span id="csdoc_origyear" />'''orig-year''': Original publication year; displays after the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics. For example: {{para|orig-year|First published 1859}} or {{para|orig-year|Composed 1904}}.{{#if:{{{began|}}}|
* <span id="csdoc_began" />OR: '''began''': Full date the first part of the program or episode aired.
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