Template:Cite encyclopedia/doc
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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 |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 = | 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[1] and uncommon-term-2[2] that require references in a dictionary and we don't want to cite the dictionary twice.
References
- ↑ Wordsmith 2021, uncommon-term-1.
- ↑ Wordsmith 2021, uncommon-term-2.
Parameters
Syntax
COinS
What's new
Deprecated
Description
Authors
Title
- Aliases: title, article
Date
Publisher
Edition, series, volume
Template:Csdoc Template:Csdoc Template:Csdoc
In-source locations
URL
Anchor
Identifiers
Quote
Editors
Display options
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TemplateData
TemplateData for Cite encyclopedia
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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.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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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
| 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'
| 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.