Template:Cite VICNAMES/doc

VICNAMES is the Victorian Government's dataset of place names.

Usage
This template creates a cite web citation to individual records in the online database of VICNAMES, a useful searchable reference source on Victoria's place names. It covers cities, towns, suburbs, localities and railway stations as well as geographical features such as mountains, rivers, etc.

Parameters

 * There are two unnamed parameters
 * 1) Place ID number. This is the only mandatory parameter. It can be found at the end of the URL
 * 2) Place name. It is optional but really useful to include for the benefit of the reader

For example, the town of Kerang record can be referenced using

resulting in:


 * The access date can be specified using the  fields.
 * Error checking is not done at all. Specifying an incorrect ID will result in a link to a non-existing record.

More examples

 * Use of  field, for Shelbourne, Victoria:

result: