diff --git a/module_citeq.lua b/module_citeq.lua
index 49d5110..21d07d7 100644
--- a/module_citeq.lua
+++ b/module_citeq.lua
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ local function makelink(v, out, link, maxpos, wdl)
 			local sitelink = mw.wikibase.getSitelink(qnumber)
 			if qnumber == "Q2818964" then sitelink = nil end -- suppress link to "Various authors"
 			if v.qualifiers and v.qualifiers.P1932 then
-				label = v.qualifiers.P1932[1].datavalue.value
+				label = v.qualifiers.P1932[1].datavalue.value  -- object named as
 			else
 				label = mw.wikibase.getLabel(qnumber)
 				if label then
@@ -293,6 +293,50 @@ local function wrap_nowiki(str, disable)
 	return mw.text.nowiki(str or '')
 end
 
+-- returns the first string sequence of 3 or more digits in a date string, or nil
+local function yearFromDate(datestr)
+	if datestr then
+		return string.match(datestr, '%d%d%d+')
+	end
+	return datestr
+end
+
+-- Attempt to determine heuristically if we're citing a news article
+local function isNewsArticle(qid, args)
+	local newsitems = {
+		'Q5707594',   -- news article
+		'Q30070590',  -- magazine article
+		-- TODO: somehow use WHERE {?item (wdt:P31|wdt:P31/wdt:P279*) wd:Q5707594.}
+		-- main subclasses of news article:
+		'Q87849013',  -- AP article
+		'Q2144639',   -- feature story
+		'Q139172839', -- top story
+		'Q18339884',  -- cover story
+		'Q3326038',   -- critical review
+		'Q4202018',   -- interview
+		'Q309481',    -- obituary
+		'Q108970988', -- column
+		'Q2602337',   -- op-ed
+		'Q59908',     -- opinion piece
+	}
+	-- most of the time a cheap lookup to a single value will work
+	if args['instance-of'] and in_array(args['instance-of'], newsitems) then
+		return true
+	end
+	-- otherwise check multiple non-deprecated values
+	local instance_of = mw.wikibase.getBestStatements(qid, 'P31')
+	if instance_of and instance_of[1] then
+		for k, v in pairs(instance_of) do
+			if v.mainsnak.snaktype == "value" and v.mainsnak.datatype == "wikibase-item" then
+				if in_array(v.mainsnak.datavalue.value.id, newsitems) then
+					return true
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	return false
+end
+
 -- sort sequence table whose values are key-value pairs by key
 local function comp_key(a, b)
 	local param_a, enum_a = a[1]:match ('(%D+)(%d+)$');							-- get param name and enumerator from <a>
@@ -594,13 +638,28 @@ local function _cite_q (citeq_args)
 
 	-- code to make a guess what template to use from the supplied parameters
 	-- (first draft for proof-of-concept)
-	if citeq_args.isbn then
-		template = template or "book"
-		citeq_args.asin = nil -- suppress ASIN if ISBN exists
+	local pubyear = yearFromDate(citeq_args['publication-date'])
+	local is_news = isNewsArticle(qid, citeq_args)
+	if is_news then
+		template = template or "news"
+		-- some items use P123 (publisher) as the newspaper instead of P1433 (published in)
+		if citeq_args.publisher and not citeq_args.journal then
+			citeq_args.journal = citeq_args.publisher
+			citeq_args.publisher = nil
+		end
 	elseif citeq_args.journal then
 		template = template or "journal"
+		citeq_args['publication-date'] = pubyear or citeq_args['publication-date']
+		-- articles can be published in books/proceedings, otherwise suppress publisher
+		if not citeq_args.isbn then
+			citeq_args.publisher = nil
+		end
 	elseif is_thesis then
 		template = template or "thesis"
+	elseif citeq_args.isbn then
+		template = template or "book"
+		citeq_args.asin = nil -- suppress ASIN if ISBN exists
+		citeq_args['publication-date'] = pubyear or citeq_args['publication-date']
 	elseif citeq_args.website then
 		template = template or "web"
 	end
@@ -709,6 +768,9 @@ local function _cite_q (citeq_args)
 	-- Disable CiteSeerX IDs for now
 	citeq_args.citeseerx = nil
 
+	-- remove any remaining non-CS1 fields
+	citeq_args['instance-of'] = nil
+
 	-- render the template
 	local lc_template = template and template:lower() or "citation"
 	local output
diff --git a/module_citeq_config.lua b/module_citeq_config.lua
index 70d2667..8a53038 100644
--- a/module_citeq_config.lua
+++ b/module_citeq_config.lua
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ local simple_properties_t = {
 	hdl = {id = "P1184", maxvals = 1}, -- take care of |hdl-access=?
 	ismn = {id = "P1208", maxvals = 1},
 	journal = {id = "P1433", maxvals = 1},
+	['instance-of'] = {id = "P31", qidonly=true, maxvals = 5}, -- transient, non-CS1
 	thesis_degree = {id = "P13338", maxvals = 1}, -- transient, non-CS1
 	thesis_submitted_to = {id = "P4101", maxvals = 1}, -- transient, non-CS1
 	retracted_by = {id = "P5824", qidonly=true, maxvals = 1}, -- transient, non-CS1
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ local simple_properties_t = {
 	asin = {id = "P5749", maxvals = 1}, -- What about |asin-tld=? (WD examples resolve to .com at present, but may change)
 	['article-number'] = {id = "P2322", maxvals = 1, populate_from_journal = true},
 	isbn = {id = "P212", maxvals = 1, populate_from_journal = true}, -- ISBN 13
-	issn = {id = "P236", maxvals = 1, populate_from_journal = true}, -- distinguish from |eissn= for electronic issues?
+--	issn = {id = "P236", maxvals = 1, populate_from_journal = true}, -- distinguish from |eissn= for electronic issues?
 --	jfm = {id = "P?", maxvals = 1}, -- Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik (not Zbl)
 --	sbn = {id = "P?", maxvals = 1}, -- Standard Book Number (predecessor of ISBN, not ICCU)
 --	message-id = {id = "P?", maxvals = 1}, -- Usenet message ID
@@ -120,4 +121,4 @@ local simple_properties_t = {
 return {
 	i18n_t = i18n_t,
 	simple_properties_t = simple_properties_t,
-	}
+}