Template:EBD/doc

Purpose
This template facilitates the attribution of articles from either an external source or from the Wikisource project Easton's Bible Dictionary in the manner of cite encyclopedia.

This template should usually be placed on the main page of the article, in the "References" section near the bottom of the page (see WP:Plagiarism).

Usage
List of parameters noicon=x – if set removes the icon from the start of the citation prescript=string – alter prescript to string, for no prescript see inline=x — alter the prescript from "This article" to "One or more of the preceding sentences" short=x — prevents author, publisher and edition information being displayed ref=harv — default. can be modified by setting the parameter to another value (see ) encyclopedia=Easton's Bible Dictionary — default setting. Can be modified year=1897 — default setting. Can be modified last=Easton — default setting. Can be modified authorlink=Matthew George Easton — default setting. Can be modified edition=New and revised — default setting. Can be modified publisher=T. Nelson and Sons — default setting. Can be modified wstitle=EBD article name — set if the EBD article resides on Wikisource title=EBD article name — set if the EBD article does not reside on Wikisource url=article link — set if the EBD article resides on a known external web server volume=volume number — not set by default see (see ) page=page number — not set by default see (see ) pages=page number — not set by default see (see cite encyclopedia)

To link to an article on Wikisource: or to name an article and optionally link to another site using the url parameter:

Using the article name Samaritan Pentateuch as an example with wstitle=:

and with title= and url=



The parameter noicon=x stops the display of the icon:

The parameter short=x removes author, publisher and edition information:

Combining noicon=x and short=x:

Hidden category
This template will add the articles transcluding it to the hidden category Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Easton's Bible Dictionary.