Template:Cite AmCyc
Purpose
[change source]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
[change source]{{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 if title= is set |year= —defaults to 1879. For the following parameters see the documentation of {{cite encyclopedia}} |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |volume= |page= |pages= |ref= |mode=
Examples
[change source]Simple
[change source]{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Rotteck, Karl von}}
displays as:
Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). . The American Cyclopædia.
With comment
[change source]{{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
[change source]{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Cogniet, Leon|noicon=x}}
displays as:
Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Rotteck, Karl von". The American Cyclopædia.
Using vb
[change source]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)
[change source]{{Cite AmCyc|title=Rotteck, Karl von}}
displays as:
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.
Hidden categories
[change source]This template places articles into a hidden category with sub-categories to aid maintenance:
See also
[change source]{{AmCyc}}— for use in a Wikipedia article that includes text copied from the AmCyc article{{AmCyc poster}}— display an AmCyc article in a top box on the right.- Wikimedia sister projects