Template:circa2/documentation

Usage

This template may be used to generate the word circa (“about, approximately”) or its abbreviation c. before a date. A link to the explanation of the word at Appendix:Glossary is provided.

The template is useful inside quotation templates such as {{quote-book}}, where the use of {{circa}} would cause formatting problems.

Parameters

The template takes two parameters:

• |1= – mandatory: a year, span of years, century, or other date.
• |short= – use |short=1 or |short=yes to abbreviate the word circa to c.

Examples

• Wikitext: {{circa2|1850s}}
• Result: circa 1850s

• Wikitext: {{circa2|1955–1956|short=yes}} (use an en dash to separate the starting and ending years)
• Result: c. 1955–1956

• Wikitext: {{circa2|15th century|short=yes}}
• Result: c. 15th century

See also

• {{circa}}
• {{ante}}
• {{post}}

TemplateData

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Time period	1	A year, span of years or time period of usage Example '16th century', '1980', '1880-1910'	String	required
Abbreviate?	2	if nonempty, uses 'c.' instead of "circa". Example yes	String	suggested