Template:Appletons'/doc

Usage

This template displays a notice appropriate to the guideline outlined in Wikipedia:Plagiarism.

It should be placed in the References section of an article that contains text copied from Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography.

One of |title= or |wstitle= is required; omission of both will show a red error message indicating that an article title from the Cyclopædia should be added to the citation.

Full template with available options is shown below. if |wstitle= is set, |title= and |url= are ignored.

{{Appletons'
 | noicon =
 | inline =
 | author = 
 | year = set by default to 1891
 | wstitle =
 | title=
 | encyclopedia = set by default to [[Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography]]
 | url = 
 | page =
 | pages =
 | ref = set by default to harv
}}

Hidden categories

This template will add the articles transcluding it to the hidden category:

• Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Appleton's Cyclopedia

See also

• {{Cite Appletons'}} which can do all of the above but without the lead in string
• {{Appletons' poster}}
• Sister projects