This is a documentation subpage for Template:Cite DANFS. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template uses Lua: Module:WPSHIPS utilities (sandbox) Module:template wrapper (sandbox)

This template is used for citing the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), particularly the online version found at the United States Navy Naval History & Heritage Command website at this address. Though the U.S. Navy version is generally preferred, other online versions of DANFS material may be cited with this template as well.

This template is not intended to replace the template ((DANFS)). Where public domain material from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships is incorporated into an article ((DANFS)) must still be used in the article for the proper attribution of public domain text. (DANFS, as a work of the U.S. federal government, is in the public domain.)

This template requires these parameters:

• title — the ship name. Will automatically format with italics
• url — the DANFS online URL. Can be from the NHC website (preferred) or elsewhere

These optional parameters are similar to those in other citation templates:

• first, last OR author — used when there is a known author of a DANFS article (the optional authorlink will work for either)
• date — used when a date is provided. For DANFS, this is typically on new or newly updated entries.
• accessdate — the full retrieval date.

These optional parameters are specific to this template:

• short — when set to "on" (or "yes") provides a succinct entry; useful as a note in a Notes, Reference style, with a full (i.e. not using short) in the References section
  • set short to "first" to display the full name of Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
• link — when set to "off" (or "no") provides a full entry without wikilinks for the work title and publisher information; useful for second and additional uses to avoid overlinking within the references section

Note: if the "short" and "link" options are not necessary, leave the optional parameters completely out (i.e. don't put "short = off" or "link = on")

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type	group	template	ref article	example
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) (external link)
source	dictionary	((DANFS))	DANFS public domain attribution notice	This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
source	dictionary	((Cite DANFS))	DANFS material citation	Cressman, Robert J. (2005-12-06). "Bridgeport". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
Naval Vessel Register (NVR) (external link)
source	register	((NVR))	Naval Vessel Register, public domain attribution notice	This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
source	register	((NVR url))	creates urls for NVR ship details pages
source	register	((NVR SC url))	creates urls for NVR service craft details pages
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