Purpose
editThis template facilitates the citation of articles from The Cyclopædia of American Biography of 1918. It uses {{cite encyclopedia}} in its implementation. It provides for links to the Wikisource project The Cyclopædia of American Biography, but also links to other sources (for example Google Books), or no link at all can be used.
Usage
edit{{Cite CAB|wstitle=name of the article}}
or with a specification of the optional title, display, url, page, pages, oclc, noicon, long or vb parameters (see examples).
Examples
editSimple
edit{{Cite CAB|wstitle=Frasch, Herman}}
displays as:
With comment
edit{{Cite CAB|wstitle=Frasch, Herman}} An industrial chemist.
displays as:
Using pages or page
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These work as with other {{cite xxx}} templates:
{{Cite CAB|wstitle=Frasch, Herman|pages=247-249}}
displays as:
Using title (no Wikisource link)
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{{Cite CAB|title=Frasch, Herman}}
displays as:
When title is being used, url can be used to specify an external link.
Using noicon
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{{Cite CAB|wstitle=Frasch, Herman|noicon=x}}
displays as:
Homans, James E., ed. (1918). . The Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: The Press Association Compilers, Inc.
Using vb
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If text is incorporated verbatim into an article, the vb parameter can be used to tack on a notice appropriate to the policy in Wikipedia:Plagiarism.
{{Cite CAB|wstitle=Frasch, Herman|vb=x}}
displays as:
Using short
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The short parameter hides some of the default values (the default values for editors, location and publisher):
{{Cite CAB|wstitle=Frasch, Herman|short=x}}
displays as:
Hidden categories
editThis template places articles into a hidden category with sub-categories to aid maintenance: