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((Wikicite)) creates an anchor, for use in a "References" section for books, journals, web references, etc. The anchor should be linked-to in the body of the article.
The reference text may be formatted manually, and the template merely adds an anchor for linking from in-text citations. This template is also useful when using a citation template that does not support the |ref=
parameter (for example, ((ws))).
This template is only needed for handwritten citations, or citations using non-standard citation templates, that are linked to by a shortened footnote or a parenthetical reference. If you don't mind using a citation template, it is more standard to use ((sfn)) or ((harv)) with a template such as ((citation)), ((cite book)), ((cite web)), etc.
This template is not necessary if the citation uses a citation template (such as ((cite book))). Use the |ref=
parameter of the citation template to create the anchor. This template is also not necessary if the article does not contain a shortened footnote or parenthetical reference that creates a link (e.g. (Atwood 2003)). The anchor serves no purpose if nothing links to it.
Copy-'n'-paste.
((wikicite | id = | reference = ))
or, alternatively (but not equivalently – see below)
((wikicite | ref = | reference = ))
The first parameter is an alias for |reference=
. The |id=
or |ref=
parameters are alternative unique identifiers used for the reference link on the page, compatible with some other reference templates. If both |id=
and |ref=
are provided, |id=
is ignored. There are two differences between these:
|id=
automatically prefixes the link anchor with "Reference-", whereas |ref=
does not|id=
encloses the link anchor in double quotes, so these must not be provided by the editor; but if using |ref=
, the specified content for this parameter must be enclosed in quotes unless it consists entirely of letters, figures, hyphens and periods. If it contains any other character - such as a blank or underscore - it must be quoted. (e.g., a ref anchor of Von Autor-2006 must be specified as |ref="Von Autor-2006"
)Thus, these two forms
((wikicite | id = Anchor 1 | reference = Reference text ))
((wikicite | ref = "Reference-Anchor 1" | reference = Reference text ))
produce identical results.
The |reference=
parameter is the actual reference text. It may be plain text, formatted text, or one of the citation templates.
Recommended formats.
Markup | Renders as |
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According to Atwood, blah blah.<ref>[[#Atwood-2003|Atwood (2003)]], p. 29.</ref> == Notes == ((reflist)) == References == * ((wikicite | ref = Atwood-2003 | reference = Atwood, Margaret (2003). ''Oryx and Crake'', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. ((ISBN|978-0-7710-0868-9)). )) |
According to Atwood, blah blah.[1]
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According to Atwood, blah blah.<ref>[[#Reference-Atwood-2003|Atwood (2003)]], p. 29.</ref> == Notes == ((reflist)) == References == * ((wikicite | id = Atwood-2003 | reference = Atwood, Margaret (2003). ''Oryx and Crake'', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. ((ISBN|978-0-7710-0868-9)). )) |
According to Atwood, blah blah.[1]
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According to Atwood, blah blah.((sfn|Atwood|2003|p=29)) == Notes == ((reflist)) == References == * ((wikicite | ref = ((sfnRef|Atwood|2003)) | reference = Atwood, Margaret (2003). ''Oryx and Crake'', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. ((ISBN|978-0-7710-0868-9)). )) |
According to Atwood, blah blah.[1]
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The parameter reference
can be assigned templates as well as text. So if there is a template that is used for citations that does not support the usual ((Harvnb)) templates (see Help:CS1 and Help:CS2) the template can be passed into this template via the reference
parameter. There is a template called ((ws))
that "places a wikisource icon before text". For example:
((ws|[[s:Wellingon's Waterloo dispatch to Lord Bathurst, 19 June 1815|''The Waterloo dispatch'']])) by the [[Duke of Wellington]] (19 June 1815)
would look like:
Markup | Renders as |
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According to the ''[[Duke of Wellington]]'', blah blah.((sfn|Wellington|1815)) == Notes == ((reflist)) == References == * ((wikicite | ref = ((sfnRef|Wellington|1815)) | reference =((ws|[[s:Wellingon's Waterloo dispatch to Lord Bathurst, 19 June 1815|''The Waterloo dispatch'']])) by the [[Duke of Wellington]] (19 June 1815) )) |
According to the Duke of Wellington, blah blah.[1]
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However this is only one of several ways this particular text could be cited (see § Alternatives for more details):
((ws))
can take a template as a parameter itself, and then the citation can be linked using the standard ((harv))-style footnotes:Technical features:
Note that identical behavior can be achieved using the more standard ((Harvnb)) (or ((sfn))) and ((Citation))
In article body:
((Harv|Atwood|2003))
In references section:
* ((citation | last = Atwood | first = Margaret | year = 2003 | title = Oryx and Crake | location = Toronto | publisher = McClelland & Stewart | isbn = 978-0-7710-0868-9 ))