Template:Cite AmCyc/doc
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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:
|noicon =1 — no leading icon |vb =1 — prescript to attribute copied text (see WP:PLAGIARISM) |inline =1 — alters the prescript to make it suitable for inline citations |wstitle=name of the AmCyc article on Wikisource |display=alternative name to display in place of the AmCyc article name on Wikisource |title=name of the AmCyc article if not on Wikisource |url=only set it title= is set |year= —defaults to 1879. For the following parameters see the documentation of {{cite encyclopedia}} |author= |volume= |page= |pages= |ref=
Examples
Simple
{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Rotteck, Karl von}}
displays as:
Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). . The American Cyclopædia.
With comment
{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Rotteck, Karl von}} A German historian and activist for freedom of the press.
displays as:
Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). . The American Cyclopædia. A German historian and activist for freedom of the press.
Using noicon
{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Cogniet, Leon|noicon=x}}
displays as:
Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Rotteck, Karl von". The American Cyclopædia.
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|wstitle=Rotteck, Karl von|vb=x}}
displays as:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). . The American Cyclopædia.
Using title (no Wikisource link)
{{Cite AmCyc|title=Rotteck, Karl von}}
displays as:
File:PD-icon.svg 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
- {{AmCyc poster}} — display a AmCyc article in a top box on the right.
- Wikimedia sister projects
Notes