Template:R:Quinion Ballyhoo/documentation
Usage
editThis template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, to cite Michael Quinion's Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins (2004).
Parameters
editThe template takes the following optional parameters:
|1=
or|entry=
– the entry in the work to be cited. If this parameter is omitted, the template uses the name of the Wiktionary entry.|2=
,|page=
or|pages=
– the page number(s) of the work cited. Use|pages=
to specify a range of pages, separating the first and last page numbers of the range with an en dash like this:|pages=110–111
.|3=
,|text=
, or|passage=
– a passage quoted from the work.|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
edit- Wikitext:
{{R:Quinion Ballyhoo}}
(assuming it is used in the entry ballyhoo); or{{R:Quinion Ballyhoo|entry=Ballyhoo}}
; or{{R:Quinion Ballyhoo|=Ballyhoo}}
- Result: Michael Quinion (2004) “Ballyhoo”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.