Template:BDA1906 poster/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:BDA1906 poster.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Purpose

To link to articles in the Wikisource edition of The Biographical Dictionary of America (1906).

Usage

{{BDA1906 poster|Article Name}}

or

{{BDA1906 poster|Article Name|Display Name}}

Examples

{{BDA1906 poster|Allen, Edward Patrick}}

This result is displayed in the top box to the right. If the last-name-first format looks too ugly, use:

{{BDA1906 poster|Allen, Edward Patrick|ALLEN Edward}}

This result is displayed in the bottom box to the right.

Usage tips

When this template is put into a Wikipedia article, please be kind to the regular Wikipedians who are working on those articles. This should be placed at the bottom of the article, usually the External links section. Sometimes it simply will not fit within the Wikipedia article at the bottom, so editors may have to use some judgement: think about using the inline version, {{Cite BDA1906}}, and/or enlisting the cooperation of Wikipedians who normally edit the article, particularly if it is a larger and more popular article with many recent changes.

Hidden categories

There is a hidden maintenance category created by this template:

Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating the template BDA1906 poster with no parameters

All the templates have to have a unnamed parameter for the name of the BDA1906 article on Wikisource, because if the Wikipedia article is moved any article that does not have such a parameter will have the link to the article on Wikisource broken. It also means that if the Wikisource article is renamed finding any links to it are easier. So adding a parameter is a failsafe.