Template:R:Word Spy/documentation

Usage

This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, to cite the Online Word Spy website.

Parameters

The template takes the following positional or named parameters:

• |1= or |entry= – the entry on the website to be cited. If this parameter is omitted, the template uses the name of the Wiktionary entry.
• |url= – if the default URL is not linking to the correct webpage, use this parameter to indicate the URL of the webpage to be linked to.
• |date= – the date when the entry on the website was posted. If this parameter is omitted the template uses "1996–2024", 1996 being the year when the website was launched.
• |2= or |accessdate= – The date on which the website was accessed. Use either of these date formats: 1 January 2017 or January 1, 2017.
• |3=, |text=, or |passage= – a passage quoted from the website.
• |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

• Wikitext: {{R:Word Spy|accessdate=1 January 2017}} (assuming the template is used in the entry coolhunter).
• Result: Paul McFedries (1996–2024) “coolhunter”, in Word Spy, Logophilia Limited, retrieved 1 January 2017.

• Wikitext: {{R:Word Spy|entry=desire line|url=https://wordspy.com/index.php?word=desire-line|date=8 January 2003|passage=An informal path that pedestrians prefer to take to get from one location to another rather than using a sidewalk or other official route.|nodot=1}}
• Result: Paul McFedries (2003 January 8) “desire line”, in Word Spy, Logophilia Limited: “An informal path that pedestrians prefer to take to get from one location to another rather than using a sidewalk or other official route.”