| Wikitext | ((cite (({mode))))}
|
|---|---|
| Live | |
| Sandbox |
((cite compare)) is a debug and documentation tool that allows editors to compare the output created by the various versions of a Citation Style 1 (CS1) template. To invoke ((cite compare)) simply add CS1 template parameters to ((cite compare)). For example, a simple ((cite web)) comparison might look like this:
((cite compare |mode=web |url=http://www.example.com |website=Example Website |title=Example comparison))
which produces this output:
| Wikitext | ((cite web
|
|---|---|
| Live | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
| Sandbox | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
Usage[edit]
The default display is a comparison between sandbox and the current live CS1 template.
((cite compare)) is controlled by four parameters:
|template=– selects which of the CS1 templates will be compared; for((cite web)),|template=web; for((cite journal)),|template=journal; etc.; alias:|mode=(deprecated)|mode=– deprecated alias of|template=; for((cite web)),|mode=web; for((cite journal)),|mode=journal; etc.; deprecated because cs1|2 supports a parameter called|mode=
|old=– when set toyes, includes the citation as rendered by((citation/core))|comment=– when set to a comment, displays the comment at the bottom of the comparison table|header=– when set, displays additional header text|nosandbox=– when set, removes the line for the sandbox
Display only live[edit]
((cite compare |template=web |nosandbox=yes |url=http://www.example.com |website=Example Website |title=Example comparison))
| Wikitext | ((cite web
|
|---|---|
| Live | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
Compare old, live and sandbox[edit]
Adding |old=yes will display a comparison of all three versions of a CS1 citation: the current live template, the sandbox template, and the old, pre-Lua-based versions. The non-Lua-based templates are at pages labeled old; for example, ((cite web/old)) is the reference version against which the initial Lua implementation to ((cite web)) were compared.
((cite compare |template=web |old=yes |url=http://www.example.com |website=Example Website |title=Example comparison))
| Wikitext | ((cite web
|
|---|---|
| Old | "Example comparison". http://www.example.com. |
| Live | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
| Sandbox | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
Compare with comment[edit]
To add a comment regarding the comparison, set |comment=<comment text>. If <comment text> contains a vertical bar or pipe (|) use ((!)).
((cite compare |template=web |comment=Comment about ((!))comment=<comment text> |header=(additional header text) |url=http://www.example.com |website=Example Website |title=Example comparison))
| Wikitext | ((cite web
|
|---|---|
| Live | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
| Sandbox | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
| Comment about |comment=<comment text> | |