Template:Source-attribution/doc

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This template should be placed in the References section of an article if the article incorporates text from a source that is not under copyright and there is no source specific template listed in Category:Attribution templates.

{{Source-attribution|source and other details|no-icon=y |pl=y |inline=y}}

The four parameters are:

• 1 (unnamed) = source name and other identifying details — The name of the source, along with any other details which are needed to identify the work (the argument (the text) can also be another template such as {{cite book}})
• no-icon=y — remove the leading icon (alternative noicon and the argument can be any string such as yes or 1 etc)
• pl=y — changes the wording from "from a publication" to "from publications" (alternative plural and the argument can be any string such as yes or 1 etc).
• inline=y — change the wording of the prescript from "This article..." to "One or more of the preceding sentences..." (alternative sentence and the argument can be any string such as yes or 1 etc). It is intended for use in inline citations.

1. Using |no-icon=y, as in <ref>{{Source-attribution|no-icon=y}}</ref>, removes the leading icon ^[1]
2. A text string with no parameters (and followed by a citation), such as <ref>{{Source attribution}} {{cite book|last=Offa |first=Anne |year=1066|title=An Old Book}}</ref>, would display as ^[2]
3. The template with a citation as the unnamed parameter, e.g. <ref>{{Source-attribution|{{cite book |title= Handbook to the cathedrals of England |first=Richard |last=John |date=1869}} }}</ref>, shows as ^[3]
4. Using |pl=y, as in <ref>{{Source-attribution|pl=y|John, Richard (1869). ''Handbook to the cathedrals of England''; and {{cite book|last=Offa |first=Anne |year=1066|title=An Old Book}}}}</ref>, shows as ^[4]
5. Using |inline=y, as in <ref>{{Source-attribution|inline=y|''Handbook to the cathedrals of England'', by Richard John (1869)}}</ref>, shows as ^[5]
6. Using all four parameters simultaniously <ref>{{Source-attribution|''sources and other details''|no-icon=y |pl=y |inline=y}}</ref>^[6]

In the references section, these appear as

This template includes a hidden category—Category:Source attribution—which does not appear at the bottom of an article page but does contain any article page that contains this template.

• {{Free-content attribution}} — prescript for a source that meets the definition of a free cultural work
• Wikipedia:Template_index/Sources_of_articles#Other