Template:Dictionary of Welsh Biography/doc

This template is used to provide a link to the online version of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography (DWB) (https://biography.wales/) containing details of over 5,000 biographies of individuals associated with Wales.

Note: The shortcut version is "Cite DWB", not "DWB" as that template is used for something else.

Usage

Most commonly used parameters in horizontal format

{{ Dictionary of Welsh Biography |id= |title= |year= |first= |last= |author-link= |access-date= }}

Required parameters

• id: Extracted from the last section of the URL: https://biography.wales/article/##-####-###-####
• title: Title of the entry, e. g. EDWARDS, WILLIAM (1719 - 1789), Independent minister, and architect

Optional parameters

Additional information for the title:

• first: First name(s) of the entry's author. For multiple authors use first1, first2 etc. with the corresponding last1, last2, and author-link1, author-link2.
• last: Last name of the entry's author.
• author-link: Name of article on author. See Dictionary of Welsh Biography for a list of notable contributors.
• year or date:
• access-date: the date a Wikipedia editor retrieved information from the Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
• mode: defaults to |mode=cs1; set to |mode=cs2 to provide consistency with citation style 2, as produced by {{citation}}
• fewer-links: use |fewer-links=yes to remove repeated wikilinks where the template is used more than once in an article
• short: use |short=yes to change the output 'Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales' to 'DWB'. Can be useful for matching the citation formatting on pages that use abbreviations for citations.

All {{Cite encyclopedia}} parameters are available.

Examples

{{Dictionary of Welsh Biography|id=s-EDWA-ROB-1775|title=EDWARDS, ROBERT (Robin Ddu o Feirion; 1775 - 1805), poet and antiquary|first=Elwyn|last=Evans|year=1959|access-date=16 November 2024}} displays as:

Evans, Elwyn (1959). "EDWARDS, ROBERT (Robin Ddu o Feirion; 1775 - 1805), poet and antiquary". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2024.

{{Dictionary of Welsh Biography|id=s12-YATE-NIG-1944|title=YATES, WILFRID NIGEL (1944 - 2009), archivist and historian|first=Liz|last=Rees|mode=cs2|date=10 August 2021|access-date=16 November 2024}} displays as:

Rees, Liz (10 August 2021), "YATES, WILFRID NIGEL (1944 - 2009), archivist and historian", Dictionary of Welsh Biography, National Library of Wales, retrieved 16 November 2024

Some articles may have multiple entries. |fewer-links=yes can be used to remove the repeated internal wikilinks from any additional and subsequent instances of the template:
{{Dictionary of Welsh Biography|id=s11-HALL-BEN-1802|title=HALL, BENJAMIN Lord Llanover (1802-1867), politician and reformer|first=Marion|last=Löffler|date=8 June 2016|fewer-links=yes|access-date=16 November 2024}} displays as:

Löffler, Marion (8 June 2016). "HALL, BENJAMIN Lord Llanover (1802-1867), politician and reformer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2024.

Some articles may use abbreviations for sources which are used extensively. |short=yes can be used to replace 'Dictionary of Welsh Biography' and 'National Library of Wales' with the abbreviation 'DWB'.:
{{Dictionary of Welsh Biography|id=s11-HALL-BEN-1802|title=HALL, BENJAMIN Lord Llanover (1802-1867), politician and reformer|first=Marion|last=Löffler|date=8 June 2016|short=yes|access-date=16 November 2024}} displays as:

Löffler, Marion (8 June 2016). "HALL, BENJAMIN Lord Llanover (1802-1867), politician and reformer". DWB. Retrieved 16 November 2024.

Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Dictionary of Welsh Biography in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Dictionary of Welsh Biography

Provides a citation to the online version of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography (DWB)

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
id	id	Extracted from the URL: https://biography.wales/article/##-####-###-#### Example s-EDWA-WIL-1719	String	required
title	title	Title of entry. Example EDWARDS, WILLIAM (1719 - 1789), Independent minister, and architect	String	required
access-date	access-date accessdate	the date a Wikipedia editor retrieved and/or verified information from the website Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested
last	last	Last name of the entry's author.	String	optional
first	first	First name(s) of the entry's author.	String	optional
author-link	author-link authorlink	Name of article on author.	String	optional
date	date	Date.	Number	optional
year	year	Year.	Number	optional
mode	mode	defaults to 'cs1'; set to 'cs2' to provide consistency with Citation style 2, as produced by {{citation}}	String	optional
fewer-links	fewer-links	set to 'yes' to remove repeated wikilinks to 'Dictionary of Welsh Biography' and 'National Library of Wales' where the template is used more than once in an article	String	optional
short	short	set to 'yes' to replace 'Dictionary of Welsh Biography' and 'National Library of Wales' with the abbreviation 'DWB'. Can be used to provide consistent formatting in an article	String	optional

Tracking categories

• Category:Dictionary of Welsh Biography citations needing attention (3)

  This tracks pages which have an empty |id= field.

See also

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Wales/Dictionary of Welsh Biography –
• {{National Historic Assets of Wales}} – provides a link to items on the Cadw database.
• {{Coflein}} – provides a link to items on the RCAHMW database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW).