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:

Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Rotteck, Karl von" . 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). "Rotteck, Karl von" . 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). "Rotteck, Karl von" . The American Cyclopædia.

Using title (no Wikisource link)

{{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

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