Template:Cite DNB/doc

Purpose
This template enables the citation of articles from the Wikisource project Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 or Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement in the manner of non-link references and notes.

Usage
Common fields

All fields

Fields

 * wstitle or title. Required.
 * wstitle: DNB article name on Wikisource or
 * title: DNB article name (can be coupled with url= see below)
 * url:  http://...  link to web location. Only works when title is set; unset by wstitle.
 * last: Surname of author. Don't wikilink (use authorlink instead).
 * first: Firstname(s) of author. Don't wikilink (use authorlink instead).
 * authorlink: Title of WikiQueer article about author. Article should already exist. Must not be wikilinked itself. Do not use this on its own, but along with "first" and "last".
 * volume: Volume in which the entry appears. Used to generate the year and editor information.
 * accessdate: Full date when item was accessed. Should be in the same format as the rest of the article.
 * pages or page: These parameters are for listing the pages relevant to the citation, not the total number of pages in the book. " " produces "pp. 5–7", while " " produces "p. 5". The "pp." notation indicating multiple pages, and "p." notation indicating a single page, are placed automatically when you choose between the plural (pages) or singular (page) form of the parameter. Page ranges should be separated by an unspaced en dash (–).
 * quote: Relevant quote from the article.
 * vb=1: Display advisory that DNB text is copied verbatim into a WikiQueer article
 * supplement=1: The article comes from the 1901 supplement.
 * no-icon=1: Remove the lead icon.

Using wstitle
displays as:

Using no-icon
displays as:

Using supplement
displays as:

Using
If text is incorporated verbatim into an article, the  parameter can be used to tack on a notice appropriate to the policy in WikiQueer:Plagiarism.

displays as:

This example also shows the resulting display when no value for  is specified. In this case, the range of possible years is displayed instead of just one year value.

Other parameters; add a comment
displays as:

Archbishop of Canterbury, 1663–1677.