Template:Cite AmCyc/doc

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 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

Simple

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

displays as:

With comment

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

displays as:

A German historian and activist for freedom of the press.

Using noicon

{{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Cogniet, Leon|noicon=x}}

displays as:

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: 

Using title (no Wikisource link)

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

displays as:

public domain 

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

Hidden categories

This template places articles into a hidden category with sub-categories to aid maintenance:

• Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from The American Cyclopaedia

See also

• {{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