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The ''title'', ''url'', and ''accessdate'' are deprecated. They were used to reference non-Wikisource locations before the entire DNB became available on Wikisource. | The ''title'', ''url'', and ''accessdate'' are deprecated. They were used to reference non-Wikisource locations before the entire DNB became available on Wikisource. | ||
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talk page of this template doc. Please convert any existing ''title''/''url'' to wstitle if you find one. | talk page of this template doc. Please convert any existing ''title''/''url'' to wstitle if you find one. | ||
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| File:Edit-copy green.svg | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite DNB. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
Contents
Purpose
This template enables the citation of articles from the Wikisource project Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 or Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement in the manner of non-link references and notes.
To cite the contemporary Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, use Template:Cite ODNB.
Usage
Common fields
{{cite DNB |wstitle=|last=|first=
|authorlink=|volume=}}
All fields
{{cite DNB |wstitle= |last= |first=
|authorlink= |volume= |pages= |quote=
|vb= |supplement= |no-icon= |title=
|url= |display= |accessdate=}}
Fields
- wstitle. Required. (but see title below).
- wstitle: DNB article name on Wikisource
- last: Surname of author. Don't wikilink (use
|authorlink=instead).- first: Firstname(s) of author. Don't wikilink (use
|authorlink=instead). - authorlink: Title of Wikipedia article about author. Article should already exist. Must not be wikilinked itself. Do not use this on its own, but along with
|first=and|last=.
- first: Firstname(s) of author. Don't wikilink (use
- volume: Volume in which the entry appears. Used to generate the year and editor information.
- pages or page: These parameters are for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not the total number of pages in the book. "
|pages=5–7" produces "pp. 5–7", while "|page=5" produces "p. 5". The "pp." notation indicating multiple pages, and "p." notation indicating a single page, are placed automatically when you choose between the plural (|pages=) or singular (|page=) form of the parameter. Page ranges should be separated by an unspaced en dash (–). - display=text — Optional. It will display the text on the wikipedia page masking the content of the wstitle= parameter.
- quote: Relevant quote from the article.
- vb=1: Display advisory that DNB text is copied verbatim into a Wikipedia article
- supplement=1: The article comes from the 1901 supplement.
- 2ndsupp=2: The article comes from the 1912 supplement.
- no-icon=1: Remove the lead icon.
- ref: When used with short-form notation;
{{sfn}},{{harv}}and similar methods. - mode: Sets element separator, default terminal punctuation, and certain capitalization according to the value provided (see {{cite encyclopedia}} for details)
Deprecated fields
- title: (deprecated) DNB article name (can be coupled with
|url=see below) - url: (deprecated) http://... link to web location. Only works when
|title=is set; unset by|wstitle=. - accessdate: (deprecated) Full date when an electronic item other than Wikisource was accessed. Requires
|url=Should be in the same format as the rest of the article.
Examples
Using wstitle
{{cite DNB|wstitle=Sheldon, Gilbert|last=Hutton|first=William Holden|authorlink=William Holden Hutton|volume=52}}
displays as:
Hutton, William Holden (1897). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 52. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Using title and url
The title, url, and accessdate are deprecated. They were used to reference non-Wikisource locations before the entire DNB became available on Wikisource. They should not be used unless there is some compelling reason to do so: please leave an inline comment to justify this and leave a comment in the talk page of this template doc. Please convert any existing title/url to wstitle if you find one.
{{cite DNB|title=Abbadie, Jacques
|first=Arthur|last=Grant|url=
https://www.archive.org/stream/dictionarynatio43stepgoog#page/n15/mode/1up
|volume=1|page=1}}
12px Grant, Arthur (1885). "Abbadie, Jacques". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 1.
Using no-icon
{{cite DNB|wstitle=Sheldon, Gilbert|last=Hutton|first=William Holden|authorlink=William Holden Hutton|volume=52|no-icon=1}}
displays as:
Hutton, William Holden (1897). "Sheldon, Gilbert". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 52. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Using supplement
{{cite DNB|wstitle=Müller, George|last=Johnstone|first=Thomas Boston|volume=3|supplement=1}}
displays as:
Johnstone, Thomas Boston (1901). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Using 2ndsupp
{{cite DNB |wstitle=Bramwell, Frederick Joseph|last=Wood|first=Henry Trueman Wright Wood |authorlink= |volume=1 |accessdate=2013-11-20 |pages=213–216 |2ndsupp=2}}
displays as:
Wood, Henry Trueman Wright Wood (1885). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 213–216.
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 DNB|wstitle=Hartlib, Samuel|volume=25|vb=1}}
displays as:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). . Dictionary of National Biography. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Other parameters; add a comment
{{cite DNB|wstitle=Sheldon, Gilbert|last=Hutton|first=William Holden|authorlink=William Holden Hutton|volume=52|pages=24–26|quote=Sheldon was placed at the head of the English church at a very critical time}} Archbishop of Canterbury, 1663–1677.
displays as:
Hutton, William Holden (1897). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 52. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 24–26. Sheldon was placed at the head of the English church at a very critical time
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1663–1677.
Hidden categories
This template contains several hidden categories to aid with maintenance. These can be found under:
See also
- {{DNB}} for use with text attribution.
- {{DNB poster}} for use in the external links section when there is a DNB article but it is not used as a reference.
- {{DNBSupp}}, {{Cite DNBSupp}}, {{DNBSupp poster}} for use with the 1901 DNB Supplement
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography
- Wikisource:WikiProject DNB