Editing Template:Wikicite/doc

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{{tl|Wikicite}} creates an anchor, for use in a "References" section for books, journals, web references, etc. The anchor should be linked-to in the body of the article.  

The reference text may be formatted manually, and the template merely adds an anchor for linking from in-text citations. This template is also useful when using a citation template that does not support the {{para|ref}} parameter (for example, {{tl|ws}}).

'''This template is only needed for ''handwritten'' citations, or citations using non-standard citation templates, that are linked to by a [[WP:CITESHORT|shortened footnote]] or a [[WP:Parenthetical references|parenthetical reference]]'''. If you don't mind using a citation template, it is more standard to use {{tl|sfn}} or {{tl|harv}} with a template such as {{tl|citation}}, {{tl|cite book}}, {{tl|cite web}}, etc.

This template is ''not'' necessary if the citation uses a citation template (such as {{tl|cite book}}). Use the {{para|ref}} parameter of the citation template to create the anchor. This template is also ''not'' necessary if the article does not contain a [[WP:CITESHORT|shortened footnote]] or [[WP:Parenthetical references|parenthetical reference]] that creates a link (e.g. {{Harv|Atwood|2003}}). The anchor serves no purpose if nothing links to it.

== Usage ==
Copy-'n'-paste.
 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{wikicite | id = | reference = }}</syntaxhighlight>
or, alternatively (but not equivalently{{snd}}see below)
 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{wikicite | ref = | reference = }}</syntaxhighlight>

The first parameter is  an alias for {{para|reference}}.  The {{para|id}} or {{para|ref}} parameters are alternative unique identifiers used for the reference link on the page, compatible with some other reference templates. If both {{para|id}} and {{para|ref}} are provided, {{para|id}} is ignored. There are two differences between these:
* {{para|id}} automatically prefixes the link anchor with "Reference-", whereas {{para|ref}} does not
* {{para|id}} encloses the link anchor in double quotes, so these must not be provided by the editor; but if using {{para|ref}}, the specified content for this parameter must be enclosed in quotes ''unless'' it consists entirely of letters, figures, hyphens and periods. If it contains ''any'' other character - such as a blank or underscore - it must be quoted. (e.g., a ref anchor of ''Von Autor-2006'' must be specified as {{para|ref|"Von Autor-2006"}})
Thus, these two forms
 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{wikicite | id = Anchor 1 | reference = Reference text }}</syntaxhighlight>
 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{wikicite | ref = "Reference-Anchor 1" | reference = Reference text }}</syntaxhighlight>
produce identical results.

The {{para|reference}} parameter is the actual reference text. It may be plain text, formatted text, or one of the citation templates.

== Examples ==
Recommended formats.

{{markup|<nowiki>
According to Atwood, blah blah.<ref>[[#Atwood-2003|Atwood (2003)]], p. 29.</ref>

== Notes ==
{{reflist}}

== References ==
* {{wikicite | ref = Atwood-2003 | reference = Atwood, Margaret (2003). ''Oryx and Crake'', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. {{ISBN|978-0-7710-0868-9}}. }}
</nowiki>|
According to Atwood, blah blah.<ref>[[#Atwood-2003|Atwood (2003)]], p. 29.</ref>

{{fake heading|Notes}}
{{reflist|close=1}}

{{fake heading|References}}
* {{wikicite | ref = Atwood-2003 | reference = Atwood, Margaret (2003). ''Oryx and Crake'', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. {{ISBN|978-0-7710-0868-9}}. }}
|<nowiki>
According to Atwood, blah blah.<ref>[[#Reference-Atwood-2003|Atwood (2003)]], p. 29.</ref>

== Notes ==
{{reflist}}

== References ==
* {{wikicite | id = Atwood-2003 | reference = Atwood, Margaret (2003). ''Oryx and Crake'', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. {{ISBN|978-0-7710-0868-9}}. }}
</nowiki>|
According to Atwood, blah blah.<ref>[[#Reference-Atwood-2003|Atwood (2003)]], p. 29.</ref>

{{fake heading|Notes}}
{{reflist|close=1}}

{{fake heading|References}}
* {{wikicite | id = Atwood-2003 | reference = Atwood, Margaret (2003). ''Oryx and Crake'', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. {{ISBN|978-0-7710-0868-9}}. }}
|<nowiki>
According to Atwood, blah blah.{{sfn|Atwood|2003|p=29}}

== Notes ==
{{reflist}}

== References ==
* {{wikicite | ref = {{sfnRef|Atwood|2003}} | reference = Atwood, Margaret (2003). ''Oryx and Crake'', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. {{ISBN|978-0-7710-0868-9}}. }}
</nowiki>|
According to Atwood, blah blah.{{sfn|Atwood|2003|p=29}}

{{fake heading|Notes}}
{{reflist|close=1}}

{{fake heading|References}}
* {{wikicite | ref = {{sfnRef|Atwood|2003}} | reference = Atwood, Margaret (2003). ''Oryx and Crake'', Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. {{ISBN|978-0-7710-0868-9}}. }}
}}

The parameter <code>reference</code> can be assigned templates as well as text. So if there is a template that is used for citations that does not support the usual {{tl|Harvnb}} templates (see [[Help:CS1]] and [[Help:CS2]]) the template can be passed into this template via the <code>reference</code> parameter. There is a template called {{tlx|ws}} that "places a wikisource icon before text". For example:
:<code><nowiki>{{ws|[[s:Wellingon's Waterloo dispatch to Lord Bathurst, 19 June 1815|''The Waterloo dispatch'']]}} by the [[Duke of Wellington]] (19 June 1815)</nowiki></code>
would look like:
:{{ws|[[s:Wellingon's Waterloo dispatch to Lord Bathurst, 19 June 1815|''The Waterloo dispatch'']]}} by the [[Duke of Wellington]] (19 June 1815)

{{markup|<nowiki>
According to the ''[[Duke of Wellington]]'', blah blah.{{sfn|Wellington|1815}}

== Notes ==
{{reflist}}

== References ==
* {{wikicite
   | ref = {{sfnRef|Wellington|1815}}
   | reference ={{ws|[[s:Wellingon's Waterloo dispatch to Lord Bathurst, 19 June 1815|''The Waterloo dispatch'']]}} by the [[Duke of Wellington]] (19 June 1815)
  }}
</nowiki>|
According to the ''[[Duke of Wellington]]'', blah blah.{{sfn|Wellington|1815}}

{{fake heading|Notes}}
{{reflist|close=1}}

{{fake heading|References}}
* {{wikicite
   | ref = {{sfnRef|Wellington|1815}}
   | reference ={{ws|[[s:Wellingon's Waterloo dispatch to Lord Bathurst, 19 June 1815|''The Waterloo dispatch'']]}} by the [[Duke of Wellington]] (19 June 1815)
  }}
}}

However this is only one of several ways this particular text could be cited (see [[#Alternatives| § Alternatives]] for more details):
*{{tlx|ws}} can take a template as a parameter itself, and then the citation can be linked using the standard {{tl|harv}}-style footnotes:
:*<code><nowiki>{{ws| {{citation |last=Wellington |first=Duke of  |date=19 June 1815 |title=[[s:Wellingon's Waterloo dispatch to Lord Bathurst, 19 June 1815|''The Waterloo dispatch'']] }} }}</nowiki></code>
:*{{ws| {{citation |last=Wellington |first=Duke of  |date=19 June 1815 |title=[[s:Wellingon's Waterloo dispatch to Lord Bathurst, 19 June 1815|''The Waterloo dispatch'']] }} }}

== Features ==
* Compatible with any reference style: editor has 100% control of the format through a technology called ''editing wikitext''

Technical features:
* Produces well-formed, accessible, semantically-correct HTML code
* Compatible with many other templates' in-text citation links (any id which starts with "Reference-")
* No conditionals
* No CSS hacks

== Alternatives ==
Note that identical behavior can be achieved using the more standard {{tl|Harvnb}} (or {{tl|sfn}}) and {{tl|Citation}}

In article body:
<code><nowiki>{{Harv|Atwood|2003}}</nowiki></code>

In references section:
<code><nowiki>* {{citation | last = Atwood | first = Margaret | year = 2003 | title = Oryx and Crake | location = Toronto | publisher = McClelland & Stewart | isbn = 978-0-7710-0868-9 }}</nowiki></code>

== See also ==
* {{tl|Citation}}
* {{tl|Harvnb}}
* {{tl|Sfn}}, an alternative method for creating shortened footnotes
* {{tl|Citeref}}, alternative method to create links to citations
* [[Wikipedia:Citation templates]]
* [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]]
* [[Wikipedia:Citing sources/Further considerations#Using Wikicite]]
* [[T-34#References]], example of usage

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