Template:R:Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
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Jennifer Speake, editor (2015), “R:Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs”, in Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, 6th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- The following documentation is located at Template:R:Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs/documentation. [edit]
- Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox
Usage
[edit]This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, to cite the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (6th edition, 2015). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|1=or|entry=– the name of the entry. If this parameter is omitted, the name of the Wiktionary entry is used as a default.|2=or|page=, or|pages=– mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. 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. - You must also use
|pageref=to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
- Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this:
- This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.
|3=,|text=, or|passage=– the passage to be quoted.|nodot=– by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use|nodot=1or|nodot=yes.
Examples
[edit]- Wikitext:
{{R:Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs|entry=BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder|page=15|passage=Beauty is not judged objectively, but according to the beholder's estimation.|nodot=1}}; or{{R:Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs|BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder|15|Beauty is not judged objectively, but according to the beholder's estimation.|nodot=1}}
- Result: Jennifer Speake, editor (2015), “BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder”, in Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, 6th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 15: “Beauty is not judged objectively, but according to the beholder's estimation.”