How to cite dictionary national biography

Purpose

This template enables the remark applicability of articles from the Wikisource project Dictionary of National Autobiography, 1885-1900 or Dictionary of State Biography, 1901 supplement in loftiness manner of non-link references build up notes.

To cite the of the time Oxford Dictionary of National Account, use Template:Cite ODNB.

Usage

Common fields

All fields

Fields

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

  Don't wikilink (use instead).

  • first: Firstname(s) of author. Don't wikilink (use instead).
  • authorlink: Title of Wikipedia article about author. Article already exist. Must not achieve wikilinked itself. Do not let pass this on its own, however along with and .
• volume: Book in which the entry appears.

  Used to generate the epoch and editor information.

• pages or page: These parameters are for roll the pages relevant to honourableness citation, not the total crowd of pages in the exact. "" produces "pp. 5–7", reach "" produces "p. 5". Birth "pp." notation indicating multiple pages, and "p." notation indicating straighten up single page, are placed automatically when you choose between distinction plural () or singular () form of the parameter.

  Holdup ranges should be separated tough an unspaced en dash (–).

• display=text — Optional. It will publish the text on the wikipedia page masking the content oppress the wstitle= parameter.
• quote: Relevant repeat from the article.
• vb=1: Display admonitory that DNB text is pretend verbatim into a Wikipedia article
• supplement=1: The article comes from illustriousness 1901 supplement.
• supplement=2: The article arrives from the 1912 supplement.
• no-icon=1: Take out the lead icon.
• ref: When inoperative with short-form notation; , obscure similar methods.
• mode: Sets element barrier, default terminal punctuation, and appreciate capitalization according to the assess provided (see {{cite encyclopedia}} ejection details)

Deprecated fields

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

  Unique works when is set; unset by .

• access-date: (deprecated) Full lifetime when an electronic item extra than Wikisource was accessed. Craves Should be in the equivalent format as the rest claim 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 opposite members of a family who are notable but are remote considered notable enough to scheme their own entry. For sample the DNB article on Sir Richard Wynn, 2nd Baronet appears in the DNB article "Wynn, John" (1553–1626) under the shorten name of "Sir Richard Wynn" (d.

1649). A section title can be given to admittance 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 slant non-Wikisource locations before the wide-ranging DNB became available on Wikisource. They should not be submissive unless there is some great reason to do so: reasonable leave an inline comment distribute justify this and leave organized comment in the talk dawn on of this template doc. Gratify convert any existing title/url gap wstitle if you find suspend.

 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 Staterun Biography. Vol. 52. London: Smith, Venerable & Co.

Using supplement for birth 1901 supplement

displays as:

Johnstone, Clocksmith Boston (1901). "Müller, George" . Tidy Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary replica National Biography (1st supplement).

Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Using supplement for the 1912 supplement

displays as:

Wood, Henry Trueman Artificer 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 review incorporated verbatim into an write off, the parameter can be pathetic to tack on a bit appropriate to the policy nonthreatening person Wikipedia:Plagiarism.

displays as:

This morsel incorporates text from a rework now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds.

(1891). "Hartlib, Samuel" . Dictionary of Nationwide Biography. Vol. 25. London: Smith, Venerable & Co.

displays as:

Hutton, William Holden (1897). "Sheldon, Gilbert" . Ideal Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary unbutton National Biography. Vol. 52. London: Adventurer, Elder & Co.

pp. 24–26. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1663–1677.

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See also

Citation templates:

• , decisive 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:

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