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This is the template sandbox page for Template:Cite certification (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
Usage
This template creates a {{cite web}} citation for certification data from different regions. The citation created is as accurate as possible using the parameters given.
Fields
artist
– performing artist or grouptitle
– title of worktype
– album/single/videoaward
– Gold/Platinum/Diamond etc.number
– number of awards givencertyear
– year in which certification was awarded, used for linking in some casescertmonth
– month in which certification was awarded, used for linking in some casescertweek
– week in which certification was awarded, used for linking in some casesposition
– chart position of work at time of certification, can used in some cases to ease navigationid
– documented where relevantrecent
– documented where relevantdomestic
– documented where relevantaccess-date
– date in which the data was accesseddate
– certification datedigital
– set totrue
for digital download certifications, see support belowstreaming
– set totrue
for streaming certifications, see support below
Usage examples
- To list all Linkin Park titles winning certification in Germany:
{{Cite certification|region=Germany|artist=Linkin Park}}
Produces
"Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Linkin Park)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
- To list certifications in the United States for Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head (also using access-date):
{{Cite certification|region=United States|artist=Coldplay|title=A Rush of Blood to the Head|access-date=2010-10-29}}
Produces
"American certifications – Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
- To list Australian certifications for U2's album Achtung Baby, note that although the album was released in 1991 the last certification (to date) was in 1998:
{{Cite certification|region=Australia|type=album|certyear=1998}}
Produces
"ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020.
Supported regions
Region | Fields | Notes |
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Argentina | title artist type=album/video |
Information for old singles and compilation albums as well as new digital downloads is unavailable |
Australia | certyear type=album/single/video |
Pre-1997 awards are not shown on ARIA website - these older references show text only without a URL link If recent=book uses Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. and id is the page number.
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Austria | title artist type |
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Belgium | certyear type |
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Brazil | artist type |
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Canada | title artist type certmonth certyear |
certmonth and certyear are only used as backward compatibility if both title and artist are not supplied, in which case the old database is used (only valid from 2001)
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Denmark | certyear recent id type |
If recent=false will use weekly charts, which is required before 2004. In that case certyear is the chart year and id is the chart month. Otherwise, if id is specified, will use the node number (accessible from the URL after search). Otherwise will use the default location http://www.ifpi.dk/certificeringer-0
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Europe | certyear | Albums only. Only up to 2014. |
Finland | artist domestic |
Will used domestic certifications if |domestic=true
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France | certyear award number type=album/single/video/compilation recent |
if recent=false will use non-official www.infodisc.fr tables, which require manual operation, however go back more than 1994
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GCC | certyear | Only up to 2011. |
Germany | title artist type=album/single/video/all* best=yes*/no |
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Greece | id type |
Referenced from wayback machine archive here. id is the full 14 digit timestamp, e.g. 20070114174502. Only up to 2013.
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Hong Kong | certyear | Albums only. Only up to 2008. |
Hungary | certyear | |
Ireland | award number certyear |
From 2005 to 2013 only. |
Italy | type | From 2009 only |
Japan | certmonth certyear digital streaming |
Setting digital uses the digital download certificationsSetting streaming uses the streaming certifications
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Mexico | artist title type |
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Netherlands | artist type |
Manual search required |
New Zealand | type=album/single/compilation id recent domestic |
Supports three sources: if recent=false uses Radioscope certifications which only go April 2007 to July 2011If recent=book uses Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966 – 2006. Wellington: Maurienne House. ISBN 978-1877443-00-8. and id is the page number.Otherwise uses the new website at nztop40.co.nz which has charts from 1975. In this case id is the number of the chart and setting domestic=true will use the domestic charts.
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Norway | artist certyear |
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Philippines | ||
Poland | type=album/video award certyear |
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Portugal | certyear id recent archiveurl archivedate |
Supports three sources. The first is working and the latter two are obsolete and used only for backward-compatibility:
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Russia | certyear | Albums only |
South Korea | type streaming |
From April 2018 only |
Spain | certyear certweek id type |
If |id= is set, will use the El portal de Música entry for the specific title. In this case, id should be set to the end of the url for that title, e.g. for citing "Viva La Vida", the url is https://www.elportaldemusica.es/single/coldplay-viva-la-vida-2 and one needs to set |id=coldplay-viva-la-vida-2 . Also |type= is mandatory in this case.
Otherwise, |
Sweden | certyear certweek position type=single/album |
certweek and type only requried if certyear is greater than 2011. position can be used to ease navigation.
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Switzerland | title certyear |
Will use title if available, certyear otherwise
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United Kingdom | id | Manual search required if id not specified
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United States | title artist type |
You sometimes need to place the artist's name in quotes and put their surname first. Elton John for example should be written like this: artist="John, Elton" |
Uruguay | certyear |
Tracking categories
- Category:Cite certification used with missing parameters (0)
- Category:Cite certification for Portugal without archiveurl (0)
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite certification/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |