Template:RQ:British Encyclopedia/documentation

Usage

This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from William Nicholson's work The British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st edition, 1809, 6 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

• Volume I (A … B).
• Volume II (B … E).
• Volume III (E … I).
• Volume IV (I … N).
• Volume V (N … R).
• Volume VI (S … Z).

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= or |volume= – mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, |volume=I to |volume=VI.
• |2= or |entry= – the entry or headword in the work to be quoted from. If this parameter is omitted, the template uses the name of the Wiktionary entry. Following the format of the work, entry names are indicated entirely capitalized. To use different formatting using wikitext in some cases (see the example below), specify |noformat=1 or |noformat=yes.
• |3= or |url= – mandatory in some cases: the URL of the webpage at the Internet Archive on which the passage to be quoted appears, which will be linked to the entry or headword, in the following format: "https://archive.org/details/gri_33125010881122/page/n16/mode/1up". The URL must be manually specified as the work does not have page numbers. You must specify this information to have the template create an automatic link to an online version of the work.
• |column= or |columns= – the column number(s) to be quoted from in Arabic numerals, either |column=1 or |column=2. When referring to a passage that spans both columns, use an en dash like this: |columns=1–2.
• |4= or |passage= – a passage to be quoted from the work.
• |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:British Encyclopedia|volume=II|entry=CALLIONYMUS|url=https://archive.org/details/gri_33125014817734/page/n53/mode/1up|column=1|passage=Like most other fishes, the dragonet varies slightly in colour in different individuals, and at different seasons of the year. Mr. Pennant describes the pupils of the eyes to be of a rich sapphirine blue; the irides fine fiery carbuncle; the pectoral fins light brown; the '''side-line''' straight; the colours of the fish yellow, blue, and white, making a beautiful appearance when fresh taken.}}; or
  • {{RQ:British Encyclopedia|II|CALLIONYMUS|https://archive.org/details/gri_33125014817734/page/n53/mode/1up|column=1|Like most other fishes, the dragonet varies slightly in colour in different individuals, and at different seasons of the year. Mr. Pennant describes the pupils of the eyes to be of a rich sapphirine blue; the irides fine fiery carbuncle; the pectoral fins light brown; the '''side-line''' straight; the colours of the fish yellow, blue, and white, making a beautiful appearance when fresh taken.}}
• Result:
  • 1809, William Nicholson, “CALLIONYMUS”, in The British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […], volume II (B … E), London: Printed by C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], →OCLC, column 1:

    Like most other fishes, the dragonet varies slightly in colour in different individuals, and at different seasons of the year. Mr. Pennant describes the pupils of the eyes to be of a rich sapphirine blue; the irides fine fiery carbuncle; the pectoral fins light brown; the side-line straight; the colours of the fish yellow, blue, and white, making a beautiful appearance when fresh taken.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:British Encyclopedia|volume=III|entry={{smallcaps|Index}} ''of a globe''|noformat=yes|url=https://archive.org/details/gri_33125014817791/page/n619/mode/1up|column=2|passage={{smallcaps|Index}} ''of a globe'', the little style or '''gnomon''', which being fixed on the pole of the globe, and turning round with it, points out the hours upon the hour circle.}}
• Result:
  • 1809, William Nicholson, “Index of a globe”, in The British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […], volume III (E … I), London: Printed by C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], →OCLC, column 2:

    Index of a globe, the little style or gnomon, which being fixed on the pole of the globe, and turning round with it, points out the hours upon the hour circle.