Template:RQ:Wilde Dorian Gray/documentation

Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Oscar Wilde's work The Picture of Dorian Gray (revised edition, 1891). This was the first edition of the work published in book form, and was lengthened by the author. The earliest version was published in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, and was censored by the editor without Wilde's knowledge to remove portions perceived to be indecent. The template can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.

Parameters

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

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Wilde Dorian Gray|chapter=XX|page=334|passage=Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of '''visage'''. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Wilde Dorian Gray|XX|334|Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of '''visage'''. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.}}
• Result:
  • 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XX, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 334:

    Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Wilde Dorian Gray|chapter=XI|pages=207–208|pageref=208|passage=He possessed a gorgeous cope of crimson silk and gold-thread damask, {{...}} The '''orphreys''' were divided into panels representing scenes from the life of the Virgin, and the coronation of the Virgin was figured in coloured silks upon the hood. {{...}} The '''orphreys''' were woven in a diaper of red and gold silk, and were starred with medallions of many saints and martyrs, among whom was [[w:Saint Sebastian|St. Sebastian]].}}
• Result:
  • 1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, pages 207–208:

    He possessed a gorgeous cope of crimson silk and gold-thread damask, […] The orphreys were divided into panels representing scenes from the life of the Virgin, and the coronation of the Virgin was figured in coloured silks upon the hood. […] The orphreys were woven in a diaper of red and gold silk, and were starred with medallions of many saints and martyrs, among whom was St. Sebastian.