Template:Cite SBDEL/doc

Purpose

This template enables the citation of articles from the Wikisource project A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature in the manner of non-link references and notes.

Usage

{{Cite SBDEL
 | wstitle   = put the name of the article here
 | comment = optional comment
 | noicon  = x
 | short  = x
}}

Parameters

• title: Title of the entry in Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. If not entered, it will use the title of the article to which the template has been added.
• comment: Comment following the citation.
• noicon:

All parameters are optional, although the first entry (title) is strongly recommended

Examples

Simplest

{{Cite SBDEL|wstitle=Shakespeare, William}}

displays as:

 Cousin, John William (1910), "Shakespeare, William", A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource

Comment

{{Cite SBDEL|wstitle=Shakespeare, William|comment=A versatile dramatist of Elizabethan England.}}

displays as:

 Cousin, John William (1910), "Shakespeare, William", A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource A versatile dramatist of Elizabethan England.

And, actually, it is easy just to append the comment after the template invocation:

{{Cite SBDEL|wstitle=Shakespeare, William}} A versatile dramatist of Elizabethan England.

displays as:

 Cousin, John William (1910), "Shakespeare, William", A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource A versatile dramatist of Elizabethan England.

Using noicon

{{Cite SBDEL|wstitle=Shakespeare, William|noicon=x}}

displays as:

Cousin, John William (1910), "Shakespeare, William", A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource

Using short

{{Cite SBDEL|wstitle=Shakespeare, William|short=x}}

Removes the default editor publisher fields and displays as:

 "Shakespeare, William", A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, 1910 – via Wikisource

Cite wikisource functions

This template uses {{Cite wikisource}} and can use some additional parameters from that template if necessary. The most useful of these are:

• wspage: Page number in the original book. This will link to the anchor corresponding to the page at Wikisource; although that will only be noticeable for longer entries.
  • page: This will display the page number but not link to wikisource.
• scan: Link to the page scan at Wikisource. Must include the full pagename, including the Page: namespace.
• quote: A quote from the book. A potential alternative to the comment parameter.

Example

{{Cite SBDEL|Shakespeare, William|wspage=350|scan=Page:Cousins's Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature.djvu/350|quote=The genius of S. was so intensely dramatic that it is impossible to say confidently when he speaks in his own character.}}  Cousin, John William (1910), "Shakespeare, William", A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, p. 350 – via Wikisource, The genius of S. was so intensely dramatic that it is impossible to say confidently when he speaks in his own character. [scan]

Hidden categories

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

1. Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from SBDEL

See also

• {{SBDEL}} — similar to this template but with an attribution prescript.
• {{SBDEL poster}} — box for use in an external links section
• Wikipedia:Sister projects