User:Eewilson/Cite NatureServe/doc

This template wraps {{Cite web}} and builds a citation to a webpage at NatureServe Explorer in a format similar to the citation written in the NatureServe Explorer Data Use Terms and Citations. Citation Style 1 (CS1) is used unless mode is |mode=cs2.

Parameters

This template will accept all parameters that are available to {{Cite web}}, though only a few are needed because it will automatically provide a standardized set of parameters.

It takes two required parameters, id and title, and two recommended parameters, date and access-date. It automatically sets parameters author, author-link, website, publisher, location, and language.

The url parameter is automatically built to point to the NatureServe Explorer page using the value of id.

Setting id

Parameter id must be set to the NatureServe Explorer identifier for the page being cited. This can be found in the URL. The NatureServe Explorer identifier is the numeric value after the text "ELEMENT_GLOBAL." within the URL. In the example URL shown, it is "2.130353".

https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.130353/Carex_rupestris

Setting id: |id=2.130353

Setting title

Parameter title should be set to the title of the webpage, usually the scientific name of the taxon. The template does not determine the formatting. Examples of the use of parameter title are shown.

Species: |title=''Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha''

Animal subspecies: |title=''Monadenia fidelis baxteriana''

Plant infraspecies: |title=''Symphyotrichum pilosum'' var. ''pringlei''

Usage

Recommended

It is recommended that parameters id, title, date, and access-date be used. The value for date is available at the bottom right of NatureServe's page for the taxon. NatureServe updates the data periodically.

{{User:Eewilson/Cite NatureServe
 | date        = 1 November 2024
 | id          = 2.130353
 | title       = ''Carex rupestris''
 | access-date = 6 November 2024
}}

• NatureServe (1 November 2024). "Carex rupestris". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 6 November 2024.

Not recommended

It not recommended to use the template without setting the date and access-date parameters. If only id and title are set, the result will be as follows.

{{User:Eewilson/Cite NatureServe
 | id    = 2.130353
 | title = ''Carex rupestris'' 
}}

• NatureServe. "Carex rupestris". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe.