User talk:Gracefool/cite book

Documentation

The stable version of this template (ie. what you should use) is {{cite book}}.

This template replaces the deprecated {{book reference}}. It is compatible with book reference but only allows lowercase fields (as is standard). Additionally, {{cite book}} provides seven new parameters: origdate, origyear, origmonth, language, accessdate, accessyear and accessmonth (see below for a description).

Usage

All fields must be lowercase. Copy a blank version to use: {

. Remember, you must specify the kind of identifier, not just give a number.

• pages: 1–2: first page, and optional last page.
• chapter: Produces:"Chapter" ahead of title. Punctuation other than quotes should be included in the value passed to the parameter (e.g., chapter = Meet Dick and Jane.)
  • chapterurl: URL of an individual chapter of online book. Should be at the same site as url, if any.

Deprecated

The following field is provided only for backward compatibility with {{book reference}}. Don't use it.

• author: Full name of author, preferably surname first.

Examples

• Just a title

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• Year and title

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• Basic usage

Joe, Bloggs (1974). Book of Bloggs. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

• Basic usage with url

Bloggs, Joe (1974). Book of Bloggs (1st Edition ed.). Retrieved 2006-02-17. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)

• Three authors, title with a piped wikilink, edition

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• Date without day, wikilinked title and publisher, id

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• Date of first edition, other language, illustrator

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Tests

• Author, year and title

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• Author and title

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• Basic usage, wrong date format

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• Without accessdate

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• Full date of first edition

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Deprecated usage

• Author, year and title

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• Two authors

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Incorrect usage

• [ character in linked title

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• < character in linked title

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Note

Note the extra full-stop when the last author ends with an initial, and there is no date:

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We don't know of a practical solution to this — unless there is a way to test the characters of a field?

}}

To do when breaking compatibility

• Add "Edited by" before editor instead of making the user do it.

··gracefool |☺ 02:11, 20 February 2006 (UTC)