Template:CWGC/doc
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This template tracks the Wikidata property: Lua error in Module:Uses_Wikidata at line 13: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
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This template is used to provide links to casualty details in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database at http://www.cwgc.org.
Usage
{{CWGC|id=|name=|access-date=}}
- id: (optional; will fetch ID from Wikidata if no value provided) the number found in the URL for the casualty (see "Examples" below)
- name: (optional) the name of the casualty
- access-date: (optional) the date the information was retrieved from the website
- fewer-links: (optional) set
|fewer-links=yesto disable wikilinks and prevent overlinking, i.e. if the template is used more than once in an article - mode: (optional) set
|mode=cs2to make the template compatible with Citation Style 2; defaults to Citation Style 1
Examples
The url for Wilfred Owen is http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/336417/
Extract the 336417 and use this number for the |id= parameter, i.e.
{{CWGC|id=336417}}, which displays as
Other examples using the optional parameters:
{{CWGC|id=336417|name=Owen, Wilfred Edward Salter}}, which displays as
{{CWGC|id=336417|name=Owen, Wilfred Edward Salter|access-date=3 August 2024}}, which displays as
- "Casualty Details: Owen, Wilfred Edward Salter". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
{{CWGC|id=336417|name=Owen, Wilfred Edward Salter|access-date=3 August 2024|fewer-links=yes}}, which displays as
- "Casualty Details: Owen, Wilfred Edward Salter". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
{{CWGC|id=336417|name=Owen, Wilfred Edward Salter|access-date=3 August 2024|mode=cs2}}, which displays as
- "Casualty Details: Owen, Wilfred Edward Salter", Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 3 August 2024
Tracking categories
- Category:CWGC person ID not in Wikidata (0)
- Category:CWGC person ID different from Wikidata (0)
- Category:CWGC person ID same as Wikidata (0)
- Category:CWGC template with no id set (exists in template, not created)
See also
- {{CWGC cemetery}}
- {{AFM roll of honour}}