Template:1828 Webster's Dictionary
Template:Source-attribution Webster, Noah (1828). "Webster's entry needed". Webster's Dictionary. Springfield, Massachusetts: C. & G. Merriam Co.
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Usage[edit source]
This template should be placed on the main page of a Wikipedia article that includes text from Webster's Dictionary (1828).
The template is a wrapper around the standard template {{cite encyclopedia}}. It takes a number of optional parameters:
- Parameters that default to known values and display with those values
year=year — year of publication, defaults to 1828
title=entry name — the name of the entry in the dictionary
last=surname — surname of the editor/director defaults to Webster
first=first name(s)— first names of the editor/director defaults to Noah
encyclopedia=title of the work — defaults to Webster's Dictionary
location=location of publication — defaults to Springfield, Massachusetts
publisher=publisher — defaults to C. & G. Merriam Co.
ref=harv — defaults to harv see {{harv}} for details.
- Optional parameters
no-prescript=1 — turn off the prescript when there is no copied text in the Wikipedia article. url=url — url link for the tile parameter volume=volume number page=page number pages=page numbers
- Parameters that can be set to alter the punctuation
postscript — The closing punctuation for the citation; defaults to none. mode — Alter the mode. It defaults to Citation Style 1 (cs1)
Hidden categories[edit source]
This template will add the articles transcluding it to the hidden category Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1828 Webster's Dictionary.