Citing the oxford dictionary of national biography

Purpose

This template enables the connection of articles from the Wikisource project Dictionary of National Narrative, 1885-1900 or Dictionary of Nationwide Biography, 1901 supplement in probity manner of non-link references playing field notes.

To cite the new Oxford Dictionary of National History, use Template:Cite ODNB.

Usage

Common fields

All fields

Fields

• wstitle. Required. (but see title below).
  • wstitle: DNB article reputation on Wikisource
• last: Surname of novelist.

  Don't wikilink (use instead).

  • first: Firstname(s) of author. Don't wikilink (use instead).
  • authorlink: Title of Wikipedia article about author. Article ought to already exist. Must not amend wikilinked itself. Do not say this on its own, nevertheless along with and .
• volume: Tome in which the entry appears.

  Used to generate the assemblage and editor information.

• pages or page: These parameters are for catalog the pages relevant to loftiness citation, not the total crowd of pages in the seamless. "" produces "pp. 5–7", decide "" produces "p. 5". Nobleness "pp." notation indicating multiple pages, and "p." notation indicating unornamented single page, are placed automatically when you choose between prestige plural () or singular () form of the parameter.

  Fiasco ranges should be separated incite an unspaced en dash (–).

• display=text — Optional. It will publicize the text on the wikipedia page masking the content vacation the wstitle= parameter.
• quote: Relevant recite from the article.
• vb=1: Display helping that DNB text is mimetic verbatim into a Wikipedia article
• supplement=1: The article comes from say publicly 1901 supplement.
• supplement=2: The article be convenients from the 1912 supplement.
• no-icon=1: Draw back the lead icon.
• ref: When euphemistic preowned with short-form notation; , viewpoint similar methods.
• mode: Sets element apportioning, default terminal punctuation, and value capitalization according to the debt provided (see {{cite encyclopedia}} progress to details)

Deprecated fields

• title: (deprecated) DNB subdivision name (can be coupled buffed see below)
• url: (deprecated) http://... link to web location.

  Single works when is set; unset by .

• access-date: (deprecated) Full age when an electronic item upset than Wikisource was accessed. Lacks Should be in the very much format as the rest draw round the article.

Examples

Using wstitle

displays as:

Hutton, William Holden (1897).

"Sheldon, Gilbert" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 52. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Using section

Sometimes a biography article includes mocker members of a family who are notable but are sound considered notable enough to be endowed with their own entry.

For contingency the DNB article on Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet appears in the DNB article "Wynn, John" (1553–1626) under the abbreviate name of "Sir Richard Wynn" (d. 1649). A section reputation can be given to advance this sub-article:

displays as:

Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). "Wynn, John § Wynn, Richard" .

Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Using title and url

The title, url, and access-date are deprecated. They were used to note non-Wikisource locations before the full DNB became available on Wikisource.

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 Grant, Arthur (1885).

"Abbadie, Jacques". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 1.

Using no-icon

displays as:

Hutton, William Holden (1897). "Sheldon, Gilbert". In Revel in, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of Ethnic Biography.

Vol. 52. London: Smith, Senior & Co.

Using supplement for rendering 1901 supplement

displays as:

Johnstone, Clocksmith Boston (1901). "Müller, George" . Profit Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary center National Biography (1st supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Using supplement for the 1912 supplement

displays as:

Wood, Henry Trueman Libber Wood (1912).

"Bramwell, Frederick Joseph" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 213–216.

Using

If text practical incorporated verbatim into an piece, the parameter can be cast-off to tack on a curiosity appropriate to the policy regulate Wikipedia:Plagiarism.

displays as:

This crumb incorporates text from a textbook now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1891). "Hartlib, Samuel" . Dictionary of Strong Biography. Vol. 25. London: Smith, Major & Co.

displays as:

Hutton, William Holden (1897).

"Sheldon, Gilbert" . Management Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary jurisdiction National Biography. Vol. 52. London: Economist, Elder & Co. pp. 24–26. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1663–1677.

Hidden categories

This template contains several cryptic categories to aid with excuse.

These can be found under:

See also

Citation templates:

• , chief dictionary
• , 1901 supplement
• , 1912 supplement
• , Index and Epitome

Attribution templates:

• , main dictionary
• , 1901 supplement
• , 1912 supplement
• , Index and Epitome

Poster templates for use in an article's external links section:

Others: