Template:RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness/documentation

Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote from two editions of Joseph Conrad's work Heart of Darkness, the 1st edition (February–April 1899) which appeared in three issues of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, and the 1st collected edition (1902) which appeared in the book Youth: A Narrative: And Two Other Stories. There are differences in the text, so please ensure the correct edition is quoted from.

The template can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

• 1st edition (1899).
• 1st collected edition (1902).

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

Applicable to the 1st edition (1899)

• |chapter= or |part= – the chapter or part of the work quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either |part=I, |part=II, or |part=III. If this parameter is omitted, the template tries to automatically determine the part number from the page number(s) specified.
• |column= or |columns= – the column number(s) quoted from, either |column=1 or |column=2. If quoting a passage that spans both columns, either specify |columns=1–2 (with an en dash between the numbers) or omit the parameter.

Applicable to the 1st collected edition (1902)

• |year= – mandatory: if quoting from the 1st collected edition (1902), specify |year=1902. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1st edition (1899).
• |chapter= or |part= – mandatory in one case: if quoting from page 100, use this parameter to specify in uppercase Roman numerals, either |part=I or |part=II, whether part I or II of the work is quoted from, as the template is unable to ascertain this automatically. (In other cases the template can determine the part from the page number.)

Applicable to both editions

• |1= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=10–11.
  • You must also use |pageref= to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).

You must specify this information to have the template determine the part of the work quoted from in some cases, and to link to an online version of the work.

• |2=, |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

1st edition (1899)

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness|part=I|page=205|column=2|passage=He had a uniform jacket with one button off, and seeing a white man on the path, hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with '''alacrity'''.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness|page=205|column=2|passage=He had a uniform jacket with one button off, and seeing a white man on the path, hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with '''alacrity'''.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness|205|column=2|He had a uniform jacket with one button off, and seeing a white man on the path, hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with '''alacrity'''.}}
• Result:
  • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 205, column 2:

    He had a uniform jacket with one button off, and seeing a white man on the path, hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with alacrity.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness|pages=210–211|pageref=211|passage=His eyes, of the usual blue, were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as '''trenchant''' and heavy as an axe.}}
• Result:
  • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, pages 210–211:

    His eyes, of the usual blue, were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as trenchant and heavy as an axe.

1st collected edition (1902)

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness|year=1902|page=77|passage=And he was devoted to his books, which were in '''apple-pie order'''.}}
• Result:
  • 1902, Joseph Conrad, “Heart of Darkness”, in Youth: A Narrative: And Two Other Stories, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and sons, →OCLC, part I, page 77:

    And he was devoted to his books, which were in apple-pie order.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Conrad Heart of Darkness|year=1902|part=II|page=100|passage=I became aware that the two were standing on the shore alongside the '''forepart''' of the steamboat, just below my head.}} – if page 100 is quoted from, the part of the work must also be specified as the template cannot automatically determine it
• Result:
  • 1902, Joseph Conrad, “Heart of Darkness”, in Youth: A Narrative: And Two Other Stories, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and sons, →OCLC, part II, page 100:

    I became aware that the two were standing on the shore alongside the forepart of the steamboat, just below my head.