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Revision as of 22:34, 22 May 2013

Purpose

This template facilitates the citation of articles from editions of The American Cyclopædia. Links to Wikisource or external sources are provided for. {{cite encyclopedia}} is used for the implementation.

Usage

{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=put the name of the AmCyc article here}}

or with a specification of additional options:

{{Cite AmCyc
 |name of the article
 |display=
 |author=
 |year=
 |volume=
 |page=
 |pages=
 |noicon=
 |vb=
 |title=
 |url=
}}

The year defaults to 1879.

Examples

Simple

{{Cite AmCyc|Rotteck, Karl von}}

displays as:

12px Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). The American Cyclopædia. Missing or empty |title= (help)

With comment

{{Cite AmCyc|Rotteck, Karl von}} A German historian and activist for freedom of the press.

displays as:

12px Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). The American Cyclopædia. Missing or empty |title= (help) A German historian and activist for freedom of the press.

Using noicon

{{Cite Americana|Cogniet, Leon|noicon=x}}

displays as:

Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). The American Cyclopædia. Missing or empty |title= (help)

Using vb

If text is incorporated verbatim into an article, the vb parameter can be used to tack on a notice appropriate to the policy in Wikipedia:Plagiarism.

{{Cite AmCyc|Rotteck, Karl von|vb=x}}

displays as:

12px This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainRipley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). The American Cyclopædia. Missing or empty |title= (help)

Using title (no Wikisource link)

{{Cite AmCyc|title=Rotteck, Karl von}}

displays as:

12px Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Rotteck, Karl von". The American Cyclopædia.

When title is being used, url can be used to specify an external link.

See also

Notes