Difference between revisions of "Template:Cite"
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| − | + | '''USAGE:''' | |
| − | + | <nowiki>{{Cite | SHORTCUT NAME TO USE LATER | FULL NORMAL CITATION | CITE-U-LIKE LINK}}</nowiki> | |
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| − | <nowiki>{{Cite | SHORTCUT NAME TO USE LATER | FULL NORMAL CITATION | CITE-U-LIKE LINK}}</nowiki> | ||
It should be noted that this page does have a "references" at the bottom of it, but that is not part of the template, '''you will need to include a <nowiki>"<references />"</nowiki> at the end of your document''' | It should be noted that this page does have a "references" at the bottom of it, but that is not part of the template, '''you will need to include a <nowiki>"<references />"</nowiki> at the end of your document''' | ||
If you have already used this reference name once, then you can simply use the <nowiki>{{Cite | REF NAME}}</nowiki> | If you have already used this reference name once, then you can simply use the <nowiki>{{Cite | REF NAME}}</nowiki> | ||
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| + | For those of you wanting to see how and why this works, please check the following pages (in no particular order): | ||
| + | [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions String Parsing], | ||
| + | [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions#.23if Parser Logic], | ||
| + | [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#Miscellaneous Magic words for refs inside templates], | ||
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template#Noinclude.2C_includeonly.2C_and_onlyinclude includeonly and noinclude], | ||
| + | And understanding that the <nowiki><!-- ... -></nowiki> is the html equivalent of a comment and without it, the extra whitespace would be parsed into the template as well. The noinclude inside the #pos word is to ensure the citation is not done twice. | ||
{{Reflist hide}} | {{Reflist hide}} | ||
</noinclude> | </noinclude> | ||
Revision as of 13:11, 21 September 2012
USAGE:
{{Cite | SHORTCUT NAME TO USE LATER | FULL NORMAL CITATION | CITE-U-LIKE LINK}}
It should be noted that this page does have a "references" at the bottom of it, but that is not part of the template, you will need to include a "<references />" at the end of your document
If you have already used this reference name once, then you can simply use the {{Cite | REF NAME}}
For those of you wanting to see how and why this works, please check the following pages (in no particular order): String Parsing, Parser Logic, Magic words for refs inside templates, includeonly and noinclude, And understanding that the <!-- ... -> is the html equivalent of a comment and without it, the extra whitespace would be parsed into the template as well. The noinclude inside the #pos word is to ensure the citation is not done twice.