Template:R:Quinion Ballyhoo/documentation

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Usage edit

This 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 edit

The 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.