Template:RQ:Lewis Stranger
1916 August – 1945, Sinclair Lewis, “(please specify the page)”, in Mark Schorer, editor, I’m a Stranger Here Myself and Other Stories, Laurel edition, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., published October 1962, →OCLC:
- The following documentation is located at Template:RQ:Lewis Stranger/documentation. [edit]
- Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox
Usage
[edit]This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Sinclair Lewis's work I'm a Stranger Here Myself and Other Stories (1st edition, 1962). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work (contents) at the Internet Archive.
| Chapter or short story | First page number |
|---|---|
| Note (by Mark Schorer; October 1962) | page 6 |
| Introduction (by Schorer; written on 1 September 1962) | page 7 |
| I’m a Stranger Here Myself (August 1916) | page 17 |
| He Loved His Country (October 1916) | page 32 |
| A Woman by Candlelight (28 July 1917) | page 48 |
| Afterglow (19 January 1918) | page 74 |
| The Cat of the Stars (19 April 1919) | page 95 |
| The Hack Driver (29 August 1933) | page 108 |
| He Had a Brother (May 1929) | page 116 |
| A Letter from the Queen (December 1929) | page 137 |
| Ring around a Rosy (6 June 1931) | page 155 |
| Land (12 September 1931) | page 177 |
| The Man Who Cheated Time (March 1941) | page 200 |
| Virga Vay and Allan Cedar (1945) | page 218 |
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters: {{quote-meta/paramdoc|1=
|1=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 determine the name of the chapter or short story quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.
If quoting from the note by Mark Schorer, specify the page as
|page=6.
|2=,|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:Lewis Stranger|page=50|passage=Also, the Hillbridge house was of an even more gorgeous fancifulness than he had remembered, in its tapestry and velours rockers with carved arms, and the storm of light from the bracket lamps and from the '''electrolier''' of crimson, pearl and orange mosaic glass.}}; or{{RQ:Lewis Stranger|50|Also, the Hillbridge house was of an even more gorgeous fancifulness than he had remembered, in its tapestry and velours rockers with carved arms, and the storm of light from the bracket lamps and from the '''electrolier''' of crimson, pearl and orange mosaic glass.}}
- Result:
- 1917 July 28, Sinclair Lewis, “A Woman by Candlelight”, in Mark Schorer, editor, I’m a Stranger Here Myself and Other Stories, Laurel edition, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., published October 1962, →OCLC, page 50:
- Also, the Hillbridge house was of an even more gorgeous fancifulness than he had remembered, in its tapestry and velours rockers with carved arms, and the storm of light from the bracket lamps and from the electrolier of crimson, pearl and orange mosaic glass.
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