Template:DNB/doc
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Quick explanation (aide-mémoire)
The template can be placed in different locations and depending on the what it is required the parameters can be mixed and matched:
Location | Parameters | Example | Note |
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==References== | {{DNB|wstitle=DNB name}} | This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | DNB name is the name of the article on Wikisource. All DNB articles are available there. |
==References== | {{DNB|wstitle=|first=|last=|authorlink=|volume=|page=}} | This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | some additional information: first and last names of the author of the article, link to the author's page on WP, the volume and page [number]. |
inline citation | {{DNB|inline=1|wstitle=DNB name}} | One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | inline=1. Alters the prescript from "This article..." to "One or more...". Suitable for noting that a paragraph is copied from DNB. |
inline citation | {{DNB|prescript=|wstitle=DNB name}} | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | prescript=. Removes the prescript suitable for a citation where a paragraph is a summary of a paragraph from an DNB article and not a copy. title= for no copy on Wikisource. NB. Script error: No such module "Template link general". is more appropriate for this task. |
==Further reading== | {{DNB|no-icon=1|prescript=|wstitle=DNB name}} | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | no-icon=1 remove the lead icon, prescript= removes the prescript. NB. Script error: No such module "Template link general". is more appropriate for this task. |
==External links== | {{DNB|no-icon=1|prescript=|wstitle=DNB name}} | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | no-icon=1, remove the lead icon prescript= removes the prescript as the source is not used in the article. NB. Script error: No such module "Template link general". is more appropriate for this task. |
Deprecated historical template usage
The DNB template predates the availability of the DNB articles at Wikisource and has evolved over time. In the past, editors used the "title=" and "url=" parameters to point to articles in non-Wikisource copies of the DNB, often scans of marginal quality. As of 2013, all DNB articles are available at Wikisource, so pointing non-Wikisource articles is deprecated: use wstitle instead to point to the Wikisource DNB article. If you encounter one of these older template instances, please convert it. If you feel that the pointer to a non-wikisource instance is better for some reason, please put a wiki comment next to the template to explain why and comment on the talk page at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography. Except for a very few anonymous articles, each article has an attributed author. Please use the information at Wikisource to fill in the "last=", "first=", and (when it exists) "authorlink=" parameters. The "volume=" and "page=" parameters are also easy to fill in, but are less critical.
Detailed notes
This template is wrapper around Script error: No such module "Template link general".. In its default mode it attributes text to an article from the [Old] Dictionary of National Biography.
Script error: No such module "Template link general". automatically sets some of the parameters before calling Script error: No such module "Template link general". for example "publisher = Smith, Elder & Co". Over and above the standard parameter passed into Script error: No such module "Template link general". there are some additional parameters and those are listed below in a separate table from the table of parameters passed into Script error: No such module "Template link general"..
Minimum is: {{DNB|wstitle=DNB article name}}[nb 1] Full set is:{{DNB|wstitle=|prescript=|no-icon=|inline=|author=|last=|first=|authorlink=|coauthors=|title=|url=|accessdate=|volume=|page=|pages=|ref=|mode=}}
Parameter | Note |
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wstitle=name of the article on wikisource | Should always be present. Sets link to DNB article on wikisource. (unsets title and url if they are also set.) |
inline=1 | Changes the default prescript from "This article" to "One or more of the preceding sentences". Useful for inline citations (see inline examples in the previous section). |
no-icon=1 | Suppresses the lead icon (useful with Script error: No such module "Template link general".). |
prescript=alternative prescript | prescript can either be set to an alternative string of text (in which case add to the end of the string as a separator from the first word of the citation); or if set with no string it will remove prescript string from in front of the citation. |
Parameter | Set to | Notes |
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last= | author= or last= | Set the value of last= or not set. |
first= | first= | Set to the value of first= or not set |
authorlink= | authorlink= | Set to the value of authorlink= or not set |
coauthors= | coauthors= | Do not use. each DNB article has a single author |
editor= | Sidney Leslie [or Stephen Lee] | Not set, unless the volume parameter then the editor parameter is automatically set within the template. |
encyclopedia= | Dictionary of National Biography | Automatically set within the template |
title= | wstitle= or title= | Set to wstitle= if set, if not to title=, if not set then left blank. |
url= | url= | Set to the value of url= unless wstitle= is set in which case it is not set. |
accessdate= | accessdate= | Set to the value of accessdate= or not set |
language= | Not set | |
edition= | Not set | |
date= | Not set (see year) | |
year= | Not set, or if the volume parameter is set, then set to the year that the volume was first published. | |
month= | Not set | |
publisher= | Smith, Elder & Co | automatically set within the template |
volume= | volume= | Set to the value of volume= or not set |
location= | London | Automatically set within the template |
id= | Not set | |
isbn= | Not set | |
oclc= | Not set | |
doi= | Not set | |
page= | page= | Set to the value of page= or not set |
pages= | pages= | Set to the value of pages= or not set |
quote= | quote= | Set to the value of quote= or not set |
ref= | harv | Set to the value of ref= or set automatically within the template. This means that {{sfn}} and {{harvnb}} link to this template as intended. (If you need to ask don't worry about it) |
mode= | Not set. Sets element separator, default terminal punctuation, and certain capitalization according to the value provided (see {{cite encyclopedia}} for details) |
Hidden category
This template includes one of three hidden subcategories of category Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of National Biography.
- If
{{DNB|wstitle=name}}
is used: Category:Articles incorporating DNB text with Wikisource reference is included. - otherwise Category:Articles incorporating DNB text without Wikisource reference is included.
- If an unnamed parameter is set then the article name is listed in Category:Articles incorporating DNB template with an unnamed parameter
The categories do not appear at the bottom of the article page, but the article is listed on the category page.
Notes
- ↑ It will also work with no parameters, but that sets a category flagging that no article name has been given, as it is not much use to the reader to inform them that a Wikipeda article contains some text copied from somewhere in the 64-volumes of the Dictionary of National Biography!
See also
- Script error: No such module "Template link general"., automatically fills in some fields but has no lead attribution.
- Script error: No such module "Template link general"., for use in Further reading or External links sections. It places a Wikisource poster box (a graphical template) on the right hand side of the screen.
- Script error: No such module "Template link general". This template allows access to the pages in the Index and Epitome of the DNB.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography
- Wikisource:WikiProject DNB