This template when used on an author's page will utilise interwiki links stored at Wikidata to create the link and the label to the author page at English Wikisource. A different language can be chosen by using the |lang= parameter and the corresponding language code.

Usage

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Wikitext Output Notes
At William Shakespeare
{{wikisource author}}
Placement of the template is usually after the "External links" section header prior to any inline list.
Warning: Do not put an asterisk "*" at the start of the line or it will cause the box and text to be distorted.
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To note that parameters can still be utilised to override the presentation, though this would not be the preferred means as when a page is moved here or at Wikisource the link would be broken. An example of such usage would be adding an author link on an article that is a list of works of the author.

Wikitext Output
At Alice Bertha Gomme
{{wikisource author|wslink=Alice Bertha Gomme|title=Alice Gomme}}

"works by or about"

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The default template text says "Wikisource has original works by or about [author]". This can be changed to "works by [author]", "works about [author]", or "works by and about [author]", by setting the |works= parameter.

Wikitext Output
At Joseph Hardman
{{wikisource author|works=by}}
At Henry VII
{{wikisource author|works=about}}
At William Shakespeare
{{wikisource author|works=both}}

See also

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Maintenance

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Templates applied to articles without Wikidata items will be listed in Category:Wikisource templates with missing id.