Template talk:Onlinesource
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[edit] Merging templates
We have four templates that basically accomplish the same thing. It would seem reasonable to add an optional year parameter to this template to duplicate the functionality of the others and obviate the need to create {{onlinesource2007}} and so on forever. I'm not really hip with the template mojo to do such a thing myself, but I welcome anyone else who can. – Anþony talk 00:27, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 'Small' parameter
Is there any chance that this template could have its code modified to include a "small" parameter? It would help with the layout on some talk-pages, Talk:Sathya Sai Baba for example.
Also, is there some sort of syntax guide which I can consult in order to find out how to include multiple media citations of a WP article in this template? Regards, Ekantik talk 01:58, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Article cited by manga
(Comments moved from Template talk:Onlinesource2006. Mike Peel 20:42, 31 May 2007 (UTC))
The article A Bao A Qu has been cited in the translation notes in the English edition of Negima!: Magister Negi Magi volume 11: "... according to Wikipedia, is itself a Malayan legend ..."
Is there a template I can add to the talk page, a bit like {{Onlinesource2006}} except for reference in a book as opposed to an reference online? And why is the year not a parameter to the template? This way the template has to be recreated every year. Shinobu 01:50, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
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- In the absence of a template, I would use the existing one, putting in the information as best possible. Details can be adjusted later.
- BTW, IS this one of the templates that needs subst? If so, reword the instructions. Shinobu is quite right that all this must be explained more fully. DGG 05:31, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
- In the absence of a template, I would use the existing one, putting in the information as best possible. Details can be adjusted later.
[edit] Comments from Template talk:Onlinesource2004
Is there a reason this ends with a horizontal bar? Depending on where it is placed, that can be very disconcerting. -- Jmabel | Talk 03:55, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Multi-example version needed
(Comments moved from Template talk:Authoronlinesource. Mike Peel 20:42, 31 May 2007 (UTC))
It would be helpful to have a variant of this template that could accept multiple entries, in different years, so that talk pages are not festooned with so many of the templates in this series, but rather just one long one. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SMcCandlish (talk • contribs) 11:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Multiple Tags example
(Comments moved from Template talk:Authoronlinesource2006)
As explained at Multiple Tags, the "This article has been cited as a source" tag should be adapted to fit multiple citations, instead of it being displayed multiple times as follows:
[PLACE EXAMPLE HERE]
- So where's the example and how do we adapt it to fit multiple citations, listing articles from 2004 and 2006 for example? Ekantik talk 03:59, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] What is a press source
[edit] Cited by academic publication?
(Comments moved from Template talk:Authoronlinesource2006)
An article published in a peer-reviewed journal was comparing different claims made on the internet about the numbers of speakers of various languages. A wikipedia page was cited (and its estimates weren't too bad!). It's not exactly a "press" source. Is there another template for academic citations of Wikipedia pages? ntennis 03:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
- As I see it, scholarly journals form the academic press. Even Oxford University Press is a "press". --Damian Yerrick (☎) 16:48, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
- 'Press has two meanings in this context: a colloquial word for "news reporting," and a "publisher," such as OUP mentioned above. This template is presently adapted for news reporting found online, but can be used nonetheless for any reference, online or not, and details adjusted later.
- It is surely much better that editors enter the information in any format rather than leave it out to avoid dealing with reference formats, and I've indicated this on the page. Some people are not confident about these templatesDGG 05:23, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Suggestion
(Comments moved from Template talk:Authoronlinesource2007)
Should this template include a link to the Wikipedia article text as it was on the day the article was cited? John Dalton 00:52, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wording
Currently, the template states "This page..." Since the template is on the talk page, it should state "This article..." --— Gadget850 (Ed) talk - 14:20, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Shoestring annexation
Will somebody kindly visit Shoestring annexation and take care of the deprecated notice at the bottom of the page? Beseechingly, GeorgeLouis (talk) 19:49, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
