User:Jpacobb/Silrnt/doc

UNDER DEVELOPMENT
The whole subject of Bible references and citation is discussed in detail at Wikipedia:Citing_sources/Bible and User:Jpacobb/Citing_the_Bible(Essay).

The three templates {{User:Jpacobb/Silrnt}}, {{User:Jpacobb/Silrot}} and {{User:Jpacobb/Silrdc}} have the same general style and aims as rest of the {{Sirl}} templates. They are used to create external links to sites where copyright translations of the Bible and Intertestamental Apocrypha may be legally consulted. On the screen, they produce a short summary reference, but this has a hover function and when the cursor is placed over the reference it interprets the abbreviation by giving the full name of the book etc., for example([[#SILR|]]) The task is divided with the New Testament, the Old Testament, and the Deuterocanonical books each having their own template to reduce the time-lag involved in loading around eighty sets of data which would be necessary if only one template was used. All three templates use the same core, {{User:Jpacobb/Silrnt/core}}.

The specific problems caused by the difference between the Roman Catholic Canon of Scripture and the more limited Protestant one are discussed in the section on the Old Testament Apocrypha.

General Usage

The templates take three unnamed parameters and two optional named ones which affect the presentation.

{{User:Jpacobb/SilrXX | key | chapter:verse-chapter:verse | version | nb=... | fsize=..}}

XX is 'nt', 'ot' or 'dc' as appropriate

key is a three-letter short code indicating the book. With one exception it consists of the first three characters of the book's name without any spaces. For example, the key for '1 Corinthians' is "1co". The key is not case-sensitive. The exception is the New Testament book Philemon which has the key 'Phm' since 'Phi' corresponds to Philipians. In the case of the deutero-canonical books which begin with the word the this word should be ignored.

chapter:verse indicates the starting point for the reference and the optional details after the hyphen provide the finishing point if the passage is more than a single verse.

version determines which version will be referenced. Again it is not case-sensitive. Details of the codes are given below. The default is ???

nb controls the use of the initial and final brackets, allowing them to be omitted when two or three references are given together. In this respect it follows the standard "nb syntax". However, it has an extended use here in that if it starts with a '2' it will cause the template not to display on screen the name of the book. The standard syntax is as follows:

1. If nb= r, the right bracket will be replaced with a semicolon followed by a space.
2. If nb= l (lower-case 'L'), the left bracket will be omitted. In these templates only, the use of the initial '2' not only eliminates mention of the book, it also stops the leading left bracket appearing so the combination 2L is unnecessary. Note: the preceding link will require nb=r.
3. The values nb = lr or rl combine both effects.

fsize controls the size of font and is based on percentages with 100 being the standard font. The default value is 89 which normally reduces the text sufficiently to make it less conspicuous on the assumption that the references are normally useful additional information. When the references are central to the statement made, fsize=100 should be used

Examples

"Some....text{{User:Jpacobb/Silrnt|Joh|1:1-2|LEB|nb=r}}{{User:Jpacobb/Silrnt|Joh|1:18|kjv|nb=2}} more... text" produces:

"Some....text([[#SILR|]]; [[#SILR|]]) more ... text"

Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical Books

Unfortunately the naming and division into chapters and verses of these books is not as standardized as with those of the Old and New Testaments, the sections of Esther and Daniel which are only found in the Greek versions being a particular case in point. THIS TEMPLATE IS NOT YET FUNCTIONAL

Deutero-canonical Books

Traditional English Name	Key	Linked to	Vulgate Equivalent
1 Esdras	1es		3 Esdras
2 Esdras	2es		4 Esdras /Ezra Apocalypse
Tobit*	tob		Tobit
Judith*	jud		Judith
Rest of Esther, The	res
Wisdom of Solomon, The*	wis		Wisdom
Ecclesiasticus*	ecc		Sirach
Baruch*	bar		Baruch
History of Susanna, The	his		Dan 13:1-63
Bel and the Dragon	bel		Dan 13:64-14:21 + Dan14:22-42
Prayer of Manasses	pra		In appendix
1 Maccabees*	1ma		1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees*	2ma		2 Maccabees

Bible Versions

As of August 2012 the Bible versions available are given in the table below. Since they depend on external sites, they may change from time to time.

Versions Available

Version	Code	Linked to
21st Century King James Version	KJ21	bg
American Standard Version	ASV	bg
Amplified Bible	AMP	bg
Common English Bible + Apocrypha	CEB	bg
Complete Jewish Bible	CJB	bg
Contemporary English Version	CEV	bg
Darby Translation	DARBY	bg
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition + Apocrypha	DRA	bg
Easy-to-Read Version	ERV	bg
English Standard Version	ESV	bg
English Standard Version Anglicised	ESVUK	bg
GOD’S WORD Translation	GW	bg
Good News Translation + Apocrypha	GNT	bg
Holman Christian Standard Bible	HCSB	bg
J.B. Phillips New Testament	PHILLIPS	bg
King James Version	KJV	bg
Lexham English Bible	LEB	bg
The Message	MSG	bg
Mounce Reverse-Interlinear New Testament	MOUNCE	bg
New American Standard Bible	NASB	bg
New Century Version	NCV	bg
New International Reader's Version	NIRV	bg
New International Version	NIV	bg
New International Version 1984	NIV	bg
New International Version - UK	NIVUK	bg
New King James Version	NKJV	bg
New Life Version	NLV	bg
New Living Translation	NLT	bg
Revised Standard Version	RSV	pending
Revised Version	RV	pending
SBL New Testament (KOINE)	SBLGNT	bg
Scrivener 1894 KOINE N.T.	TR1894	bg
Stephanus 1550 KOINE N.T.	TR1550	bg
Today's New International Version	TNIV	bg
Wescott-Hort 1881 KOINE N.T.	WHNU	bg
Worldwide English New Testament	WE	bg
Wycliffe Bible	WYC	bg
Young's Literal Translation	YLT	bg

bg=BibleGateway; blb=Blue Letter Bible