Template:R:MathWorld/documentation
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Usage
[edit]This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, to cite Eric W. Weisstein's MathWorld.
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following positional or named parameters:
|1=
or|entry=
– the title of the webpage to be cited.|2=
or|entryurl=
– the URL of the webpage to be cited.|3=
or|accessdate=
– The date on which the MathWorld website was accessed. Use either of these date formats: 1 January 2017 or January 1, 2017.|4=
,|text=
, or|passage=
– a passage quoted from the webpage.|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:MathWorld|Generalized Diameter|https://mathworld.wolfram.com/GeneralizedDiameter.html|27 May 2023}}
- Result: Weisstein, Eric W. (1999–2025) “Generalized Diameter”, in MathWorld, Wolfram Research, retrieved 27 May 2023.