Template:Cite SBDEL/doc

Purpose
This template enables the citation of articles from the Wikisource project A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature in the manner of non-link references and notes.

Parameters

 * title: Title of the entry in Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. If not entered, it will use the title of the article to which the template has been added.
 * comment: Comment following the citation.
 * noicon:

All parameters are optional, although the first entry (title) is strongly recommended

Simplest
displays as:

Comment
displays as:

And, actually, it is easy just to append the comment after the template invocation:

displays as:

A versatile dramatist of Elizabethan England.

Using
displays as:

Using
Removes the default editor publisher fields and displays as:

Cite wikisource functions
This template uses Cite wikisource and can use some additional parameters from that template if necessary. The most useful of these are:


 * wspage: Page number in the original book. This will link to the anchor corresponding to the page at Wikisource; although that will only be noticeable for longer entries.
 * page: This will display the page number but not link to wikisource.
 * scan: Link to the page scan at Wikisource. Must include the full pagename, including the Page: namespace.
 * quote: A quote from the book. A potential alternative to the comment parameter.

Hidden categories
This template places articles into a hidden category with sub-categories to aid maintenance:
 * Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from SBDEL