Extension:CiteThisPage

Example

 * English Wikipedia :

w:Special:CiteThisPage/Train provides citation info about the article Train, in the format specified by the local English MediaWiki file w:MediaWiki:Citethispage-content

Each normal page (current version only) has a sidebar link to that special page, in addition to the link "permanent link".

The citing style it uses is customizable from the MediaWiki namespace (MediaWiki:Citethispage-content), for instance:

Might produce:


 * Main Page (last modified 02:47, 26 November 2005 UTC). Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:14, 26 November 2005 from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=10403

Variables
The parser variables e.g.  ,  August  etc. will display the time of the last edit to the requested page, to get the current time use , e.g. </citation></>.