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This [[Bluebook|Bluebook style]] template is used to create [[WP:CITE|citations]] to journals and other periodicals like newspapers and magazines. For posts that appear online only, use {{tl|bluebook website}}.
  
== Usage ==
To use, copy and paste the code, fill in the parameters you need, and then delete the ones you do not use to reduce clutter when someone edits the page after you.
{{csdoc|usage common}}
:<code><nowiki>{{bluebook journal |last= |first= |title= |url= |year= |journal= |volume= |page= |pin=}}</nowiki></code>
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==Examples==
{{markup2 |t=Basic usage
|m=<nowiki>{{Bluebook journal| first=Joe| last=Schmoe| title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying| volume=111| journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues| page=222| pin=234| year=2016}}</nowiki>
|r={{Bluebook journal
  | first=Joe
  | last=Schmoe
  | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying
  | volume=111
  | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues
  | page=222
  | pin=234
  | year=2016}}
}}
{{markup2 |t=Basic usage for print materials (with url)
|m=<nowiki>{{Bluebook journal
  | first=Joe
  | last=Schmoe
  | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying
  | volume=111
  | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues
  | page=222
  | pin=234
  | url=https://www.example.com
  | year=2016}}</nowiki>
|r={{Bluebook journal
  | first=Joe
  | last=Schmoe
  | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying
  | volume=111
  | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues
  | page=222
  | pin=234
  | url=https://www.example.com
  | year=2016}}
}}
{{markup2 |t=Without a pinpoint reference
|m=<nowiki>{{Bluebook journal
  | first=Joe
  | last=Schmoe
  | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying
  | volume=111
  | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues
  | page=222
  | url=https://www.example.com
  | year=2016}}</nowiki>
|r={{Bluebook journal
  | first=Joe
  | last=Schmoe
  | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying
  | volume=111
  | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues
  | page=222
  | url=https://www.example.com
  | year=2016}}
}}
{{markup2 |t=With multiple authors
|m=<nowiki>{{Bluebook journal
  | first=Joe
  | last=Schmoe
  | first2=Fick
  | last2=Shawnal
  | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying
  | volume=111
  | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues
  | page=222
  | url=https://www.example.com
  | year=2016}}</nowiki>
|r={{Bluebook journal
  | first=Joe
  | last=Schmoe
  | first2=Fick
  | last2=Shawnal
  | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying
  | volume=111
  | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues
  | page=222
  | url=https://www.example.com
  | year=2016}}
|m2=<nowiki>{{Bluebook journal
  | first=Joe
  | last=Schmoe
  | first2=Fick
  | last2=Shawnal
  | first3=A. Nother
  | last3=Example
  | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying
  | volume=111
  | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues
  | page=222
  | url=https://www.example.com
  | year=2016}}</nowiki>
|r2={{Bluebook journal
  | first=Joe
  | last=Schmoe
  | first2=Fick
  | last2=Shawnal
  | first3=A. Nother
  | last3=Example
  | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying
  | volume=111
  | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues
  | page=222
  | url=https://www.example.com
  | year=2016}}
|m3=<nowiki>{{Bluebook journal
  | first=Joe
  | last=Schmoe
  | first2=Fick
  | last2=Shawnal
  | first3=A. Nother
  | last3=Example
  | first4=And
  | last4=So On
  | first5=...
  | last5=...
  | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying
  | volume=111
  | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues
  | page=222
  | url=https://www.example.com
  | year=2016}}</nowiki>
|r3={{Bluebook journal
  | first=Joe
  | last=Schmoe
  | first2=Fick
  | last2=Shawnal
  | first3=A. Nother
  | last3=Example
  | first4=And
  | last4=So On
  | first5=...
  | last5=...
  | title=How To Win Appeals Without Trying
  | volume=111
  | journal=Law & Other Pol'y Issues
  | page=222
  | url=https://www.example.com
  | year=2016}}
}}

==Parameters==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 80%"
|-
! Parameter
! Use
|-
| <pre>first, first2, first3, ... , first#</pre>
| The first name of author as well as any middle names or initials
|-
| <pre>last, last2, last3, ... , last#</pre>
| The last name of the author ''or'' the name of an institutional author
|-
| <code>title</code>
| The title of the article being cited
|-
| <code>journal</code>
| The name of the periodical the article appears in. Per the Bluebook style, abbreviations should be used for common words such as journal (J.), American (Am.), Law (L.), Policy (Pol.), ''et altera''. For a list of abbreviations, see [http://www.personal.psu.edu/dhk3/research/Bluebook/T-13.htm this site].
|-
| <code>volume</code>
| The volume of the periodical that the work appears in.
|-
| <code>url</code>
| The bare link to the website where the article can be found, do not use brackets (ie, [])
|-
| <code>date</code>
| The month and day the piece was published ''in print''. Dates should be formatted Month Day, not Day Month.
|-
| <code>year</code>
| The year the piece was published
|-
| <code>page</code>
| The page the article starts on. Do not put a page range.
|-
| <code>pin</code>
| The page that the cited information appears on.
|}

==See also==
*{{tl|Bluebook website}}
*{{tl|Cite court}}
*{{tl|Ussc}}
*{{tl|Scite}}

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