Template:Cite FTP/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite FTP.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is a Citation Style 1 wrapper template based on {{Cite web}}. For centralized Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1.

Cite FTP is for citing FTP links such as ftp://

FTP has been largely deprecated since 2021. FTP is no longer natively supported by most modern web browsers due to security, and other complications with protocol variations. Some FTP links can be converted to HTTPS links simply by changing ftp:// --> https:// .. please do this where possible, then use {{cite web}} or a similar template.

Some FTP links are only available as ftp:// and that is what this template is for.

If there is also a copy of the ftp:// link on the Wayback Machine, use that in {{cite web}} with |archive-url= and |url-status=dead. This way it will be readable on the web for the broadest number of users, without needing an FTP client. For this reason, this template does not support |archive-url= .. if an archive URL exists, use {{cite web}} or other CS1|2 templates.

For further information see Help:FTP.

Usage

Use the same as {{Cite web}} except replace |work= (or |website=) with |server=

Example:

{{cite FTP |last1=Standish |first1=Myles |date=October 31, 1997 |title=CDroms |server=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |url=ftp://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/eph/planets/CDROM.notes}}
Output: Standish, Myles (October 31, 1997). "CDroms". Jet Propulsion Laboratory (FTP). (To view documents see Help:FTP)

|url= is required and must have a value that uses the ftp:// scheme. When the value assigned to |url= does not have an ftp:// scheme, this template emits an error message:

{{Cite FTP}} must use ftp:// scheme

These errors are categorized in Category:Articles using cite FTP with improper URL.

{{cite FTP}} accepts most of the parameters that {{cite web}} will accept. The template ignores: |archive-url=, |archive-date=, and their unhyphenated aliases. |publisher=, |website=, and |work= are also ignored; replace these with |server=.

Unlike {{cite web}} (which this template wraps), |url-status= is supported without |archive-url=. |url-status= accepts a single value: dead; any other value is ignored. When |url-status=dead, the template renders a ^{[dead ftp link]} annotation and categorizes the article in Category:Articles with dead FTP links.