Template:R:Dictionary of the Scots Language/documentation

Usage

This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, to create a link to The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL).

A guide to abbreviations and symbols used in the Dictionary can be found here.

Parameters

• |1= or |entry= – the name of the entry in the DSL. If this parameter is not stated, the name of the Wiktionary entry is used.
• |2=, |pos=, or |part of speech= – the part of speech of the entry. By default, the template italicizes the value assigned to the parameter and adds a full stop (period) to the end. To turn off the default formatting for the purpose of specifying a different formatting using wikitext markup and templates, specify |noformat=1 or |noformat=yes: see the example below.
• |url= – if the default URL is not linking to the correct webpage, use this parameter to indicate the URL of the DSL webpage to be linked to.
• |subentry= – a term that appears as a subentry under an entry.
• |subpos= – the part of speech of the subentry.
• |accessdate= – The date on which the DSL was accessed. Use either of these date formats: 1 January 2017 or January 1, 2017.
• |source= – use this parameter to indicate the source relied on by the DSL, as follows:
  • DOST – The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue.
  • SND – The Scottish National Dictionary.
• |3=, |text=, or |passage= – a passage quoted from the DSL.
• |nodot= – by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use |nodot=1 or |nodot=yes.

Examples

• Wikitext: {{R:Dictionary of the Scots Language|accessdate=30 January 2017}} (assuming the template is used on the page taghairm)
• Result: “taghairm”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 30 January 2017.

• Wikitext:
  • {{R:Dictionary of the Scots Language|entry=taghairm|pos=n|source=SND|accessdate=30 January 2017|passage=A form of divination said to have been practised of old in the Highlands}}; or
  • {{R:Dictionary of the Scots Language|taghairm|n|source=SND|accessdate=30 January 2017|A form of divination said to have been practised of old in the Highlands}}
• Result: “taghairm, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 30 January 2017, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC: “A form of divination said to have been practised of old in the Highlands”

• Wikitext: {{R:Dictionary of the Scots Language|entry=fard, faird|pos=''n.''{{sup|1}}|noformat=1|url=https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/fard_n_1|source=DOST|accessdate=30 January 2017}}
• Result: “fard, faird, n.¹”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 30 January 2017, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

See also

• {{R:DSL}}
• {{RQ:Dictionary of the Scottish Language}} – for quotations in Wiktionary entries