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Template:Cite AmCyc/doc

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Purpose

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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

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{{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

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Simple

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

displays as:

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

With comment

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{{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

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

displays as:

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

Using vb

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

Using title (no Wikisource link)

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

displays as:

public domain 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

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

See also

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Notes

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