Template:Cite DNB12

Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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Purpose

This template enables the citation of articles from the Wikisource project Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement in the manner of non-link references and notes.

Usage

Common fields

{{cite DNB12|wstitle=|last=|first=|authorlink=|volume=}}

All fields

{{cite DNB12|wstitle=|title=|last=|first=|authorlink=|volume=|pages=|quote=|accessdate=|no-icon|comment=|ref=}}

Fields

wstitle or title. Required.
- wstitle: DNB supplement article name on Wikisource or
- title: DNB supplement article name (can be coupled with url= see below)
url: http://... link to web location other than Wikisource. Useful with title, unset by wstitle
last: Surname of author. Don't wikilink (use authorlink instead).
- first: Firstname(s) of author. Don't wikilink (use authorlink instead).
- authorlink: Title of Wikipedia article about author. Article should already exist. Must not be wikilinked itself. Do not use this on its own, but along with "first" and "last".
volume: Volume in which the entry appears. Used to generate the year and editor information.
accessdate: Full date when an electronic item other than Wikisource was accessed. Requires |url=. Should be in the same format as the rest of the article.
pages or page: These parameters are for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not the total number of pages in the book. "|pages= 5–7" produces "pp. 5–7", while "|page= 5" produces "p. 5". The "pp." notation indicating multiple pages, and "p." notation indicating a single page, are placed automatically when you choose between the plural (pages) or singular (page) form of the parameter. Page ranges should be separated by an unspaced
en dash
(–).
quote: Relevant quote from the article.
no-icon=1: removes the lead icon
comment: Optional comment which follows the citation.
ref: Optional anchor for use with short reference links.

Examples

Example using wstitle:

{{Cite DNB12|first=Augustus Robert |last=Buckland|wstitle=Perowne, Edward Henry|volume=3}} displays as:

Buckland, Augustus Robert (1912). "Perowne, Edward Henry" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Example using title and url:

{{Cite DNB12|first=Augustus Robert |last=Buckland|title=Perowne, Edward Henry |url=https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati23lees#page/108/mode/2up |volume=3 |page=108}} displays as:

Buckland, Augustus Robert (1912). "Perowne, Edward Henry". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 108.

Example using more parameters:

{{cite DNB12|wstitle=Perowne, Edward Henry|last=Buckland|first=Augustus Robert|authorlink=Augustus Robert Buckland|volume=3|page=108|accessdate=27 March 2011|quote=He died unmarried at Cambridge, after a long illness|comment=Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.}}

displays as:

Buckland, Augustus Robert (1912). "Perowne, Edward Henry" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography

(2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 108. He died unmarried at Cambridge, after a long illness Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

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