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Should websites be replaced with publications? Vsmith (talk) 12:40, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
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This template calls ((Include-USGov)), which now has a source parameter. That parameter allows us to pass in formatting templates, such as ((cite web)). The sandbox version of ((USGS)) now converts its arguments to ((cite web)) and passes them along to ((Include-USGov)). This will promote uniformity in formatting of PD references and in reference metadata. Please see the test cases to see how this affects the formatting.
Admins: please copy the sandbox version of the template to the main template. Thank you. —hike395 (talk) 19:10, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
((edit protected))
is not required for edits to unprotected pages, or pending changes protected pages. Assuming there is consensus, you should be able to make the change yourself. Anomie⚔ 04:24, 27 February 2012 (UTC)Blue Mountains (ecoregion) has this:
((USGS|author=Thorson, T.D., Bryce, S.A., Lammers, D.A., et al. | article=Ecoregions of Oregon|comment=color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs; with a [ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/or/or_back.pdf Reverse side]|url=ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/or/or_front.pdf))
((citation))
: Explicit use of et al. in: |author=
(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs; with a Reverse side).This template misuses |author=
by including more than one author-name and by including explicit 'et al.' text. In cs1|2, |author=
is used to name a single author and 'et al.' is controlled by |display-authors=
. The live version of ((USGS))
supports an extremely limited subset of the ((cite web))
parameters. I have modified the ((USGS/sandbox))
to use Module:template wrapper so that editors don't need to abuse those parameters that ((USGS))
currently supports.
Rewriting the example above:
((USGS/sandbox |author=Thorson, T.D. |author2=Bryce, S.A. |author3=Lammers, D.A. |display-authors=etal |article=Ecoregions of Oregon |comment=color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs; with a [ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/or/or_back.pdf Reverse side] |url=ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/or/or_front.pdf))
This change will allow editors to provide more complete referencing.
As its use shows in Blue Mountains (ecoregion), this attribution template is used as a reference template. Because editors will misapply this template, it would, perhaps, be sensible to provide a mechanism to inhibit the rendering of the attribution text and icon:
perhaps |attrib=no
?
—Trappist the monk (talk) 12:18, 19 February 2019 (UTC)