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Usage

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from George Orwell's work Down and Out in Paris and London (1st edition, 1933). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.

Parameters

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The template takes the following parameters:

  • |1= or |chapter= – the chapter number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals.
  • |2= 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 indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
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.
  • |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

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  • Wikitext:
    • {{RQ:Orwell Down and Out|chapter=XV|page=112|passage=Mario told me of a hotel in which he had been, where a chambermaid stole a '''priceless''' diamond ring from an American lady. {{...}} The chambermaid had a lover in the bakery, and he had baked the ring into a roll, where it lay unsuspected until the search was over.}}; or
    • {{RQ:Orwell Down and Out|XV|112|Mario told me of a hotel in which he had been, where a chambermaid stole a '''priceless''' diamond ring from an American lady. {{...}} The chambermaid had a lover in the bakery, and he had baked the ring into a roll, where it lay unsuspected until the search was over.}}
  • Result:
    • 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XV, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz [], →OCLC, page 112:
      Mario told me of a hotel in which he had been, where a chambermaid stole a priceless diamond ring from an American lady. [] The chambermaid had a lover in the bakery, and he had baked the ring into a roll, where it lay unsuspected until the search was over.
  • Wikitext: {{RQ:Orwell Down and Out|chapter=XV|pages=115–116|pageref=115|passage=I saw that she had picked up an empty oil '''''bidon''''' that had been lying in the corner. I had bought it weeks before, for an oil lamp I had before I sold my things. {{...}} They always make you pay a deposit on the '''''bidon''''', and you get it back when the '''''bidon''''' is returned. But I'd forgotten all about it. {{...}} She grabbed the '''''bidon''''' and went clattering down the stairs like a herd of elephants, and in three minutes she was back with two pounds of bread under one arm and a half-litre bottle of wine under the other.}}
  • Result:
    • 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XV, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz [], →OCLC, pages 115–116:
      I saw that she had picked up an empty oil bidon that had been lying in the corner. I had bought it weeks before, for an oil lamp I had before I sold my things. [] They always make you pay a deposit on the bidon, and you get it back when the bidon is returned. But I'd forgotten all about it. [] She grabbed the bidon and went clattering down the stairs like a herd of elephants, and in three minutes she was back with two pounds of bread under one arm and a half-litre bottle of wine under the other.