Template:Cite encyclopedia/doc

Template:Csdoc Template:Csdoc Template:Csdoc However, it is not intended for journals or magazines, which are issued periodically and have volume and (usually) issue numbers, and should be cited with {{Cite journal}} or {{Cite magazine}}; nor is it intended for conference proceedings, which should be cited with {{Cite conference}}.

Some citations to tertiary sources such as encyclopedias are problematic; see Wikipedia:Identifying and using tertiary sources.

Usage

{{cite encyclopedia |title= |encyclopedia= |date= |year= |last= |first= |publisher= |location= |id= |url= |access-date= }}

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{{cite encyclopedia |last= |first= |author-link= |editor-last= |editor-first= |editor-link= |encyclopedia= |title= |trans-title= |url= |access-date= |language= |edition= |date= |year= |publisher= |series= |volume= |location= |id= |isbn= |issn= |oclc= |doi= |page= |pages= |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status= |quote= |ref= }}

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{{cite encyclopedia
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 |date= 
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}}

|}

{{cite encyclopedia
  | last = 
  | first = 
  | author-link = 
  | editor-last = 
  | editor-first = 
  | editor-link = 
  | encyclopedia = 
  | title = 
  | trans-title = 
  | url = 
  | access-date = 
  | language = 
  | edition = 
  | date = 
  | year = 
  | publisher = 
  | series = 
  | volume = 
  | location = 
  | id = 
  | isbn = 
  | oclc = 
  | doi = 
  | pages = 
  | archive-url = 
  | archive-date = 
  | url-status =
  | quote = 
  | ref = 
}}

Examples

Above is an example of using |entry-url= to link to the cited entry in the encyclopedia while also using |url= to link to the encyclopedia as a whole.

This text uses uncommon-term_1 and uncommon-term-2 that require references in a dictionary and we don't want to cite the dictionary twice.

References

Parameters

Description

Title

Aliases: title, article

Anchor

Not to be confused with § Identifiers.

Identifiers

Not to be confused with § Anchor.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Cite encyclopedia

This template formats a citation to an article or chapter in an edited collection such as an encyclopedia or dictionary, but more generally to any book or book series containing individual sections or chapters written by various authors, and put together by one or more editors.

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Year of publication	year	Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month and day are also known	String	optional
Source title	title entry	The title of the article or entry in the encyclopedia; displays in quotes	String	required
Encyclopedia	encyclopedia encyclopaedia dictionary	Title of the source; may be wikilinked; displays in italics; alias of 'work'	String	suggested
Publisher	publisher institution	Name of the publisher; displays after title	String	optional
Location of publication	location place	Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'	String	optional
ID	id ID	A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable	String	optional
URL	url URL	The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found	String	optional
URL access date	access-date	The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink	String	optional
Last name	last	The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	String	suggested
First name	first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	String	suggested
Source date	date	Full date of the source; do not wikilink	String	optional
Author link	author-link author-link1 author1-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	Page name	optional
Others	others	Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith', 'Revised by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'	String	optional
Original date	orig-date orig-year	Original year of publication; provide specifics	String	optional
Editor last name	editor-last editor editor-surname editor-last1 editor-surname1 editor1 editor1-last editor1-surname	The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors	Unknown	optional
Editor first name	editor-first editor-given editor-first1 editor-given1 editor1-first editor1-given	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors	Unknown	optional
Editor link	editor-link	Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-link'	Page name	optional
Place of publication	publication-place	Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'	String	optional
Publication date	publication-date	Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink	String	optional
Edition	edition	When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.'	String	optional
Series	series version	When the source is part of a series, such as a book series where the issue numbering has restarted; alias of 'version'	String	optional
Volume	volume	For one publication published in several volumes	String	optional
Page	page p	Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'	String	optional
Pages	pages pp	Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source; displays after 'pp.'	String	optional
No pp	no-pp	Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')	String	optional
At	at	May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient	String	optional
Language	language lang	The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates	String	optional
Translated title	trans-title	An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended	String	optional
Type	type	Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case	String	optional
Format	format	Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML	String	optional
arXiv identifier	arxiv	An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers	String	optional
ASIN	asin	Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters	String	optional
ASIN TLD	asin-tld	ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US	String	optional
Bibcode	bibcode	Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters	String	optional
DOI	doi DOI	Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'	String	optional
DOI broken date	doi-broken-date	The date that the DOI was determined to be broken	String	optional
ISBN	isbn ISBN	International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible	String	optional
ISSN	issn ISSN	International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen	String	optional
jfm code	jfm JFM	Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code	String	optional
JSTOR	jstor JSTOR	JSTOR identifier	String	optional
LCCN	lccn LCCN	Library of Congress Control Number	String	optional
MR	mr MR	Mathematical Reviews identifier	String	optional
OCLC	oclc OCLC	Online Computer Library Center number	String	optional
OL	ol OL	Open Library identifier	String	optional
OSTI	osti OSTI	Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier	String	optional
PMC	pmc PMC	PubMed Center article number	String	optional
PMID	pmid PMID	PubMed Unique Identifier	String	optional
RFC	rfc RFC	Request for Comments number	String	optional
SSRN	ssrn SSRN	Social Science Research Network	String	optional
ZBL	zbl ZBL	Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier	String	optional
Archive URL	archive-url	The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date'	String	optional
Archive date	archive-date	Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink	String	optional
Quote	quote quotation	Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation	String	optional
Ref	ref	An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv template	String	optional
Postscript	postscript	The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined Default .	String	optional
Author mask	author-mask	Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead	String	optional
Display authors	display-authors display-subjects	number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used; default is to do so after 8 of 9 are listed; alias of 'displayauthors' Default 8	Number	optional
Last name 2	last2 author2 surname2 author-last2 author2-last subject2	The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link2'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	String	optional
First name 2	first2 given2 author-first2 author2-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors	String	optional
Last name 3	last3 author3 surname3 author-last3 author3-last subject3	The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link3'.	String	optional
First name 3	first3 given3 author-first3 author3-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.	String	optional
Last name 4	last4 author4 surname4 author-last4 author4-last subject4	The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link4'.	String	optional
First name 4	first4 given4 author-first4 author4-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink.	String	optional
Last name 5	last5 author5 surname5 author-last5 author5-last subject5	The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link5'.	String	optional
First name 5	first5 given5 author-first5 author5-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.	String	optional
Last name 6	last6 author6 surname6 author-last6 author6-last subject6	The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link6'.	String	optional
First name 6	first6 given6 author-first6 author6-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.	String	optional
Last name 7	last7 author7 surname7 author-last7 author7-last subject7	The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link7'.	String	optional
First name 7	first7 given7 author-first7 author7-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.	String	optional
Last name 8	last8 author8 surname8 author-last8 author8-last subject8	The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link8'.	String	optional
First name 8	first8 given8 author-first8 author8-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.	String	optional
Last name 9	last9 author9 surname9 author-last9 author9-last subject9	The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link9'.	String	optional
First name 9	first9 given9 author-first9 author9-first	Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.	String	optional
name-list-style	name-list-style	no description	Unknown	optional

See also

• Category:Encyclopedia source templates contains many wrappers for specific encyclopedias, such as {{EB1911}} for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.