Template:RQ:Ballantyne Blue Lights
1888, R[obert] M[ichael] Ballantyne, Blue Lights: Or Hot Work in the Soudan. […], London: James Nisbet & Co., […], →OCLC:
- The following documentation is located at Template:RQ:Ballantyne Blue Lights/documentation. [edit]
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Usage
[edit]This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote R. M. Ballantyne's work Blue Lights: Or Hot Work in the Soudan (1st edition, 1888). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at Google Books (archived at the Internet Archive).
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|1=or|chapter=– the name of the chapter quoted from.|2=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. - 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.
If quoting from the preface, specify the page number as
|page=iv.
|3=,|text=, or|passage=– the passage to be quoted.|footer=– a comment on the passage quoted.|brackets=– use|brackets=onto 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
[edit]- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Ballantyne Blue Lights|chapter=The False Step|page=1|passage=There is a dividing ridge in the great northern wilderness of America, whereon lies a '''lakelet''' of not more than twenty yards in diameter.}}; or{{RQ:Ballantyne Blue Lights|The False Step|1|There is a dividing ridge in the great northern wilderness of America, whereon lies a '''lakelet''' of not more than twenty yards in diameter.}}
- Result:
- 1888, R[obert] M[ichael] Ballantyne, “The False Step”, in Blue Lights: Or Hot Work in the Soudan. […], London: James Nisbet & Co., […], →OCLC, page 1:
- There is a dividing ridge in the great northern wilderness of America, whereon lies a lakelet of not more than twenty yards in diameter.
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Ballantyne Blue Lights|chapter=Describes a Few Meetings and Several Surprises|pages=402–403|pageref=403|passage=A concert was to take place in the great hall of the Institute for some local charity, we believe, but are not sure, at which the ''élite'' of Alexandria was expected, and the musical talent was to perform—among others the band of the '''something{{sup|th}}''' Regiment. And let us impress on you, reader, that the band of the '''something{{sup|th}}''' Regiment was something to be proud of!}} - Result:
- 1888, R[obert] M[ichael] Ballantyne, “Describes a Few Meetings and Several Surprises”, in Blue Lights: Or Hot Work in the Soudan. […], London: James Nisbet & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 402–403:
- A concert was to take place in the great hall of the Institute for some local charity, we believe, but are not sure, at which the élite of Alexandria was expected, and the musical talent was to perform—among others the band of the somethingth Regiment. And let us impress on you, reader, that the band of the somethingth Regiment was something to be proud of!
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