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Usage

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This template is used for citing the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), particularly the online version found at the United States Navy Naval History & Heritage Command website at this address. Though the U.S. Navy version is generally preferred, other online versions of DANFS material may be cited with this template as well.

Important note

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This template is not intended to replace the template {{DANFS}}. Where public domain material from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships is incorporated into an article {{DANFS}} must still be used in the article for the proper attribution of public domain text. (DANFS, as a work of the U.S. federal government, is in the public domain.)

Parameters

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Required parameters

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This template requires these parameters:

  • title — the ship name. Will automatically format with italics
  • url — the DANFS online URL. Can be from the NHC website (preferred) or elsewhere

Optional parameters

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These optional parameters are similar to those in other citation templates:

  • first, last OR author — used when there is a known author of a DANFS article (the optional authorlink will work for either)
  • date — used when a date is provided. For DANFS, this is typically on new or newly updated entries.
  • accessdate — the full retrieval date.

These optional parameters are specific to this template:

  • short — when set to "on" (or "yes") provides a succinct entry; useful as a note in a Notes, Reference style, with a full (i.e. not using short) in the References section
    • set short to "first" to display the full name of Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
  • link — when set to "off" (or "no") provides a full entry without wikilinks for the work title and publisher information; useful for second and additional uses to avoid overlinking within the references section

Note: if the "short" and "link" options are not necessary, leave the optional parameters completely out (i.e. don't put "short = off" or "link = on")

Examples

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Example Final result
Typical usage {{cite DANFS | title = Enterprise VII (CV-6) | url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/enterprise-cv-6-vii.html | accessdate = 2016-09-15 }} "Enterprise VII (CV-6)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
Known author and date {{cite DANFS | last = Cressman | first = Robert J. | title = Bridgeport | url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/bridgeport-i.html | date = 2005-12-06 | accessdate = 2016-09-15}} Cressman, Robert J. (2005-12-06). "Bridgeport". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
Short version {{cite DANFS | title = Enterprise VII (CV-6) | url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/enterprise-cv-6-vii.html| short = yes }} "Enterprise VII (CV-6)". DANFS.
Unlinked usage {{cite DANFS | title = Enterprise VII (CV-6) | url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/enterprise-cv-6-vii.html | link = off | accessdate = 2016-09-15 }} "Enterprise VII (CV-6)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 2016-09-15.

See also

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type group template ref article example
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) (external link)
source dictionary {{DANFS}} DANFS public domain attribution notice Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
source dictionary {{Cite DANFS}} DANFS material citation Cressman, Robert J. (2005-12-06). "Bridgeport". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
Naval Vessel Register (NVR) (external link)
source register {{NVR}} Naval Vessel Register, public domain attribution notice Public Domain This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
source register {{NVR url}} creates urls for NVR ship details pages
source register {{NVR SC url}} creates urls for NVR service craft details pages