Template:A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/doc

Description
A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature is out of copyright due to its age. Its content can be copied verbatim into a Wikipedia article providing that the text meets Wikipedia policies and guidelines (see "Copying material from free sources" in the plagiarism guideline). The plagiarism guideline requires that suitable attribution is provided if content is copied from a public domain source (see the section "Copying material from free sources").

(or ) is a special case of the template because it provides the attribution requested in the plagiarism guideline. So use only if text has been copied from A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature; otherwise, use the   template.

Usage
This template should be placed either as an inline citation (see WP:CITE), or in the References section (see WP:APPENDIX) of a Wikipedia article that contains text copied from A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

If an SBDEL article exists onWikisource (see A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature) then use the   parameter for example
 *   produces:

If there is no SBDEL article on Wikisource then use the   parameter for example
 *   produces:

In the past the template could be used with no parameter this however is deprecated, always add an SBDEL article name, because without an SBDEL name a reader might need to check many articles to find the relevant one and the template would not meet the requirements of the verification policy "Cite the source clearly, ideally giving page number(s) – though sometimes a section, chapter, or other division may be appropriate instead".

Hidden category
This template will add the articles transcluding it to the hidden category Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature.
 * Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature with an unnamed parameter‎
 * Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from SBDEL with no article parameter
 * Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from SBDEL without Wikisource reference
 * Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from SBDEL with Wikisource reference