Template:R:Dictionary of Modern Slang/documentation
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Usage
[edit]This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections and on talk pages to cite various editions of John Camden Hotten's work A Dictionary of Modern Slang. It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work:
- 1st edition, 1859 (Google Books).
- 2nd edition, 1860 (Google Books).
- 5th edition, 1874 (Internet Archive).
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|edition=
– the template defaults to the 1st edition (1859) of the work. To cite the 2nd edition (1860), use|edition=2nd
. To cite the 5th edition (1874), use|edition=5th
.|1=
or|entry=
– the entry in the work quoted. If this is not specified, the template uses the name of the Wiktionary entry.|2=
or|page=
, or|pages=
– mandatory: the page or range of pages 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=110–111
. - You must also use
|pageref=
to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the entry appears).
- Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this:
- This parameter must be specified for the template to link automatically to an online version of the work.
|3=
,|text=
, or|passage=
– a passage to be quoted from the work.|nodot=
– by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use|nodot=1
or|nodot=yes
.
Examples
[edit]- 1st edition (1859)
- Wikitext:
{{R:Dictionary of Modern Slang|entry=flabbergasted|page=39}}
- Result: “FLABBERGASTED” in [John Camden Hotten], A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, […], London: John Camden Hotten, […], 1859, →OCLC, page 39.
- 2nd edition (1860)
- Wikitext:
{{R:Dictionary of Modern Slang|edition=2nd|entry=flabbergast|page=140|passage='''FLABERGAST''', or {{smallcaps|flabberghast}}, to astonish, or strike with wonder.}}
- Result: “FLABBERGAST” in [John Camden Hotten], A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, […], 2nd revised edition, London: John Camden Hotten, […], 1860, →OCLC, page 140: “FLABERGAST, or flabberghast, to astonish, or strike with wonder.”.
- 5th edition (1874)
- Wikitext:
{{R:Dictionary of Modern Slang|edition=5th|entry=beeline|page=80}}
- Result: “Beeline” in [John Camden Hotten], The Slang Dictionary […], 5th edition, London: Chatto and Windus, 1874, page 80.