Template:NBD1849 poster/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:NBD1849 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 A Naval Biographical Dictionary (1823–1835)

Usage

{{NBD1849 poster|Article Name}}

or

{{NBD1849 poster|Article Name|Display Name}}

Examples

{{NBD1849 poster|Allen, John (a)}}

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

{{NBD1849 poster|Allen, John (a) |Admiral John Allen}}

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 NBD1849}}, 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 NBD1849 poster with no parameters

All the templates have to have a unnamed parameter for the name of the NBD1849 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.