author: The name of the author of the newsgroup post quoted. Use either author, or last and first (for the first name, and middle names or initials), not both.

last: The name of the author of the newsgroup post quoted. Use either author, or last and first (for the first name, and middle names or initials), not both.

first: The name of the author of the newsgroup post quoted. Use either author, or last and first (for the first name, and middle names or initials), not both.

title: The title of the newsgroup post, typically the "Subject:" header.

newsgroup: The newsgroup the post was posted to. If it was posted to multiple newsgroups, indicate the main one.

id: The message ID from the "Message-ID:" header of the post. Do not include the angle brackets as these will be inserted by the template.

url: The URL or web address of the newsgroup post, for example, on Google Groups.

accessdate: The date when the URL was accessed.

date: The date or year that the newsgroup post was posted. Use either date, or year, not both.

year: The date or year that the newsgroup post was posted. Use either date, or year, not both.

passage: The portion of the newsgroup post being quoted. The defined term will be highlighted in bold in the passage quoted like this: "'''cyberspace'''".

term: The defined term to be highlighed in the passage.