Template:RQ:Sandburg Chicago Poems

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1916 April, Carl Sandburg, “(please specify the poem)”, in Chicago Poems, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC:

Usage[edit]

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Carl Sandburg's work Chicago Poems (1st edition, 1916). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.

Parameters[edit]

The template takes the following parameters:

  • |1=, |chapter=, or |poem=mandatory: the name of the "chapter" or poem quoted from. If the parameter is given the value shown in the first column of the following table, the template will link to an English Wikipedia article about the poem as shown in the second column:
Parameter value Result
Chicago Chicago
Fog Fog
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  • |2= or |page=, or |pages=mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
    • Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=110–111.
    • You must also use |pageref= to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
You must specify this information to have the template link to the online version of the work.
  • |3=, |text=, 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[edit]

  • Wikitext:
    • {{RQ:Sandburg Chicago Poems|poem=Old Woman|page=168|passage=Only an old woman, bloated, disheveled and bleared. / Far-wandered '''waif''' of other days, / Huddles for sleep in a doorway, / Homeless.}}; or
    • {{RQ:Sandburg Chicago Poems|Old Woman|168|Only an old woman, bloated, disheveled and bleared. / Far-wandered '''waif''' of other days, / Huddles for sleep in a doorway, / Homeless.}}
  • Result: