Template:RQ:Austen Letters

1796 January 9 – 1817 January 8, Jane Austen, edited by Edward, Lord Brabourne, Letters of Jane Austen, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II, or the letter number), London: Richard Bentley & Son, […], published 1884, →OCLC:

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Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote from a collection of Jane Austen's letters entitled Letters of Jane Austen (1st edition, 1884, 2 volume) edited by Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne. It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

• Volume I.
• Volume II.

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |author= – if quoting from:
  • a part of the work such as the introduction written by the editor, Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne, specify |author=Brabourne; or
  • a letter written by Jane Austen's sister Cassandra Austen, specify |author=Cassandra.
• |1= or |volume= – mandatory in some cases: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either |volume=I or |volume=II. This parameter may be omitted if the letter number is specified.
• |2= or |letter= – if quoting from one of the letters, the letter number in uppercase Roman numerals.
• |chapter= – if quoting from a part of the work other than one of the letters, the name of the chapter.
• |3= or |date= – if quoting from one of the letters, the date of the letter in one of the following formats: |date=9 January 1796 or |date=January 9, 1796.
• |4= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from in Arabic or lowercase Roman numerals, as the case may be. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=10–11 or |pages=x–xi.
  • You must also use |pageref= to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).

This parameter must be specified to have the template link to an online version of the work.

• |5=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
• |footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
• |brackets= – use |brackets=on to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

Examples

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Austen Letters|volume=II|letter=LXXXIV|date=23 March 1816|page=301|passage=I was '''languid''' and dull and very bad company when I wrote the above; I am better now, to my own feelings at least, and wish I may be more agreeable.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Austen Letters|II|LXXXIV|23 March 1816|301|I was '''languid''' and dull and very bad company when I wrote the above; I am better now, to my own feelings at least, and wish I may be more agreeable.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Austen Letters|letter=LXXXIV|date=23 March 1816|page=301|passage=I was '''languid''' and dull and very bad company when I wrote the above; I am better now, to my own feelings at least, and wish I may be more agreeable.}} (the template can determine the volume quoted from as the letter number has been specified)
• Result:
  • 1816 March 23, Jane Austen, “Letter LXXXIV”, in Edward, Lord Brabourne, editor, Letters of Jane Austen, volume II, London: Richard Bentley & Son, […], published 1884, →OCLC, page 301:

    I was languid and dull and very bad company when I wrote the above; I am better now, to my own feelings at least, and wish I may be more agreeable.