قالب:Cite certification/doc

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 group
  • title – title of work
  • type – album/single/video
  • award – Gold/Platinum/Diamond etc.
  • number – number of awards given
  • certyear – year in which certification was awarded, used for linking in some cases
  • certmonth – month in which certification was awarded, used for linking in some cases
  • certweek – week in which certification was awarded, used for linking in some cases
  • position – chart position of work at time of certification, can used in some cases to ease navigation
  • id – documented where relevant
  • recent – documented where relevant
  • domestic – documented where relevant
  • access-date – date in which the data was accessed
  • date – certification date
  • digital – set to true for digital download certifications, see support below
  • streaming – set to true 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

[[[:قالب:Certification Cite/URL]] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Linkin Park)"] (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

{{Cite certification|region=United States|artist=Coldplay|title=A Rush of Blood to the Head|access-date=2010-10-29}}

Produces

[[[:قالب:Certification Cite/URL]] "[[:قالب:Certification Cite/Title]]"]. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-10-29. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help)

  • 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

Cite/URL%5d%5d "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from [[[:قالب:Certification Cite/URL]] the original] on 10 August 2020. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Check |url= value (help)

Supported regions

Region Fields Notes
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 قالب:Cite Ryan and id is the page number.
Austria title
artist
type
Belgium certyear
type
Brazil artist
type
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)
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
Europe certyear Albums only. Only up to 2014.
Finland artist
domestic
Will used domestic certifications if |domestic=true
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
GCC certyear Only up to 2011.
Germany title
artist
best=yes*/no
In cases where the best certification does not show up (known bug), set |best=no to show the entire certification history
Greece id
type
Referenced from wayback machine archive here. id is the full 14 digit timestamp, e.g. 20070114174502. Only up to 2013.
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 certifications
Setting streaming uses the streaming certifications
Mexico artist
title
type
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 2011
If recent=book uses قالب:Cite Scapolo 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.
Norway artist
certyear
Philippines
Poland type=album/video
award
certyear
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:
  • audiogest: Used if certyear>=2018. Requires |id=<filename>, where filename is according to the stored URL http://www.audiogest.pt/uploads/files/<FILENAME>.
  • Obsolete 1 afp: Used if |recent=true. It will only work correctly for 2007<=certyear<=2010. Will be used an archived version.
  • Obsolete 2 artistas-espectaculos: Used in all other cases. Requires |id=XXXXYY where XXXX is the year and YY is the week in which the title charted. Requires |archiveurl= and |archivedate=, but will provide an helper link if they are not supplied. Will only work correctly for 2003<=certyear<=2010.
Russia certyear Albums only
Singapore Albums only, and only for 2019
South Korea type
streaming
From April 2018 only
Spain certyear
certweek
id
type
streaming
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, certyear is the year for the certification and certweek is the week number on which the PDF is available from the dropdown available under the week tab.

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.
Switzerland title
certyear
Will use title if available, certyear otherwise
United Kingdom id Manual search required if id not specified
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

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