Template:Cite Americana/doc

Purpose
This template facilitates the citation of articles from editions of Encyclopedia Americana that are in the public domain using cite encyclopedia. The template can also be used to cite articles from editions that are not in the public domain. In these cases, the  parameter should be used to suppress the icon.

Usage
or with a specification of additional options: {{ Cite Americana |noicon=1 — suppress the leading icon |inline=1 — changes the prescript and should be used when this template is used as an inline citation |short=1 — suppresses some of the fields such as editor's name |ref=harv — can be overridden (if you need to ask you do not need to change it) |wstitle=Americana article — if the article is available on Wikisource |display=alternative name — displayed inplace of the wstitle name |title=Americana article — if the article is not available on Wikisource |url= — will not be set unless the parameter title= is set

If not set, set in the template Cite Americana to default values |encyclopedia= — "Encyclopedia Americana" |editor-first= — defaults to "George Edwin" |editor-last= — defaults to "Rines" |{encyclopedia= |year — defaults to 1920

If set pass in other standard parameters: |first= |first1= |first2= |last= |last1= |last2= |author= |author1= |author2= |authors= |authorlink= |coauthors= |volume= |page= |pages= |separator= |postscript= }}

Some parameters, unless set to other values, are pre-set:
 * defaults to "George Edwin"
 * defaults to "Rines"
 * defaults to "1920"

Simple
displays as:

With comment
displays as:

A French history and portrait painter with many famous students.

Using
displays as:

Using, ,
These work as with other cite journal templates:

displays as:

Using
The mechanics of Wikisource will sometimes require that a link have disambiguation information which is not part of the original title. The  parameter allows this information to be hidden for the purpose of the citation. For example:

displays as:

Using
displays as:

Using
If text is incorporated verbatim into an article, the  parameter can be used to tack on a notice appropriate to the policy in Plagiarism.

displays as:

This option is depreciated. Instead use Americana which does the same thing without the need for a vb=x parameter.

Using (no Wikisource link)
displays as:

When  is being used,   can be used to specify an external link. For example:

At Google Books.

displays as:

At Google Books.

Using
If a shorter citation is desired, excluding the editor of the 1920 edition, the  option can be used. For example:

displays as:

If another edition besides 1920 is being used, the editor name can be customized using  and. If used, these two items will be displayed whether or not the  option is specified.

Hidden categories
This template places articles into a hidden category with sub-categories to aid maintenance:
 * Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the Encyclopedia Americana