Template:Chicago 16th/doc

Usage
This template is a "shorthand" template for creating a properly formatted reference citation to The Chicago Manual of Style 16th Ed. (current, without having to specify all the parameters of Cite book. The CMoS most often cited in articles on grammar and style, and in Wikipedia's own WP:Manual of Style. The template is almost always used inside.

If you need to cite the same source in the same article more than once, use  for the subsequent citations.

Parameters
The first three listed parameters are required.

– required

– required – or do both, with colon, at once: section number : Section title

– optional

The numbered section of the CMoS be added, with the at parameter, as it is the only way to find the material in the online version, which is not paginated like the print book.

Page numbering
See rp if a page number is needed in subsequent citations with the  notation.

Otherwise, simply add the page number(s) as the named p or pp.

The URL to the online version can be added manually, with the url parameter, but it will auto-generate a tag in the citation, since the online version is not free to access.

Example
Produces:

Article text.

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