Template:Chambers/doc

There is a 1912 version of Chambers Biographical Dictionary available at the Internet Archive See this link. Text can be copied from it directly into a Wikipedia article providing the attribution requirements of the Plagiarism guideline are met. This template gives minimum attribution requirements, but a full citation should be given that includes, the article and page numbers.

Usage
None standard parameters: |noicon=x – remove leading icon |noprescript=x — remove prescript |inline=x — for use with inline citations. change the wording in the prescript from This article to One or more of the preceding sentences |short=x — shortens the citation by stopping the display of some parameters

For further details of all the parameters in the rest of this section see the documentation in as this template passes all the following parameters into that template.

Allow up to two authors to be set: |first=first name |last=surname |author=first and surname — an alternative to the parameters first and last |authorlink=Wikipedia article — works with first and last; or author |first2=first name |last2=surname |author2=first and surname |authorlink2=Wikipedia article

Set defaults for some parameters: |year=1912 — 1912 is the default but it can be changed to another year |editor-first=David |editor-last=Patrick |editor2-first=Francis H. |editor2-last=Groom |encyclopedia=Chamber's Biographical Dictionary

Some standard parameters needed for a full citation: |title=Chamber's biography article name |url=url to the page containing the biography article — Only set if the title parameter is set |volume=number |page=number |pages=number–number

Appearance: |mode=cs2 — to harmonise look with other citations using template