Template:Americana
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Template documentationPurpose
This template facilitates the attribution of articles from editions of Encyclopedia Americana that are in the public domain using the template {{Cite Americana}} which in turn calls {{Cite encyclopedia}}.
Usage
{{Americana|wstitle=''name of the Americana article here''}}
or with a specification of additional options:
{{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=
}}
Examples
Simple
{{Americana|wstitle=Cogniet, Leon}}
displays as:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
With comment
{{Americana|wstitle=Cogniet, Leon}} A French history and portrait painter with many famous students.
displays as:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana. A French history and portrait painter with many famous students.
Using author
{{Americana|author=[[Wilbur L. Cross]] |wstitle=David Copperfield}}
displays as:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilbur L. Cross (1920). . In Rines, George Edwin (ed.). Encyclopedia Americana.
Using volume, pages, page
These work as with other {{cite journal}} family templates:
{{Americana |title=Pulte, Joseph Hippolyt |volume=22 |page=799 }}
displays as:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Pulte, Joseph Hippolyt". Encyclopedia Americana. Vol. 22. p. 799.
Using display
The mechanics of Wikisource will sometimes require that a link have disambiguation information which is not part of the original title. The display parameter allows this information to be hidden for the purpose of the citation. For example:
{{Americana|wstitle=Monroe (Louisiana) |display=Monroe, La.}}
displays as:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). . Encyclopedia Americana.
Using noicon
{{Americana|wstitle=Cogniet, Leon|noicon=x}}
displays as:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Cogniet, Leon". Encyclopedia Americana.
Using title (no Wikisource link)
{{Americana |title=Sterne, Simon}}
displays as:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Sterne, Simon". Encyclopedia Americana.
When title is being used, url can be used to specify an external link. For example:
{{Americana
|title=Sterne, Simon
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cr9PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA632
}} At [[Google Books]].
displays as:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Sterne, Simon". Encyclopedia Americana. At Google Books.
Using short
If a shorter citation is desired, containing the editor of the 1920 edition, the long option can be used. For example:
{{Americana|wstitle=Schlatter, Michael|short=x}}
displays as:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: . Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
If another edition besides 1920 is being used, the editor name can be customized using editor-first and editor-last. If used, these two items will be displayed whether or not the long option is specified.
Hidden categories
This template places articles into a hidden category with sub-categories to aid maintenance:
See also
- {{Cite Americana}} — Use for citations where the Americana text summarised but not copied
- {{Americana Poster}} — Place in the external links area for topic relevant Americana articles that may be of interest but are not cited by Wikipedia.