Template:Source attribution

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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Usage

This template should be placed in the References section of an article if the article incorporates text from a source that is not under copyright and there is no source specific template listed in Category:Attribution templates.

{{Source-attribution|source and other details|no-icon=y |pl=y |inline=y}}

The four parameters are:

• 1 (unnamed) = source name and other identifying details — The name of the source, along with any other details which are needed to identify the work (the argument (the text) can also be another template such as {{cite book}})
• no-icon=y — remove the leading icon (alternative noicon and the argument can be any string such as yes or 1 etc)
• pl=y — changes the wording from "from a publication" to "from publications" (alternative plural and the argument can be any string such as yes or 1 etc).
• inline=y — change the wording of the prescript from "This article..." to "One or more of the preceding sentences..." (alternative sentence and the argument can be any string such as yes or 1 etc). It is intended for use in inline citations.

TemplateData

Adds a notice that an article incorporates information from a public domain source

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Source	1	The name of the source, along with any other details which are needed to identify the work	Content	suggested
No icon?	no-icon noicon	Set to y to remove the leading icon	Boolean	optional
Plural?	pl plural	Set to y to change "from a publication" to "from publications"	Boolean	optional
Inline?	inline sentence	Set to y to change "This article" to "One or more of the preceding sentences"	Boolean	optional

Examples

1. Using |no-icon=y, as in <ref>{{Source-attribution|no-icon=y}}</ref>, removes the leading icon
2. A text string with no parameters (and followed by a citation), such as <ref>{{Source attribution}} {{cite book|last=Offa |first=Anne |year=1066|title=An Old Book}}</ref>, would display as
3. The template with a citation as the unnamed parameter, e.g. <ref>{{Source-attribution|{{cite book |title= Handbook to the cathedrals of England |first=Richard |last=John |date=1869}} }}</ref>, shows as
4. Using |pl=y, as in <ref>{{Source-attribution|pl=y|John, Richard (1869). ''Handbook to the cathedrals of England''; and {{cite book|last=Offa |first=Anne |year=1066|title=An Old Book}}}}</ref>, shows as
5. Using |inline=y, as in <ref>{{Source-attribution|inline=y|''Handbook to the cathedrals of England'', by Richard John (1869)}}</ref>, shows as
6. Using all four parameters simultaneously <ref>{{Source-attribution|''sources and other details''|no-icon=y |pl=y |inline=y}}</ref>

In the references section, these appear as

References

Hidden category

This template includes a hidden category—Category:Source attribution—which does not appear at the bottom of an article page but does contain any article page that contains this template.

See also

• {{Free-content attribution}} — prescript for a source that meets the definition of a free cultural work
• Wikipedia:Template_index/Sources_of_articles#Other

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