Template:Wikisource/doc

Usage

The default behaviour of this template is to present a string "Wikisource has original text related to this article:" with a link to a page on Wikisource with the same name as the Wikipedia page.

This template takes up to two optional parameters which will alter the page name used to link to Wikisource.

• {{Wikisource|alternative page link|different name, if desired}}

Examples

{{Wikisource|1=Leaves of Grass/Book XVII|2=name for Leaves of Grass}}

produces

{{Wikisource|1=Leaves of Grass/Book XVII#To You|2=name for Leaves of Grass To You}}

produces

Limitations

Square brackets – [ ]

• You cannot use square brackets ("[" and "]") in the first parameter.

{{Wikisource|1=Leaves of Grass/Book XVII#Year of Meteors [1859-60]|2=name for Leaves of Grass Year of Meteors [1859-60]}}

produces

To resolve this, use "[" and "]" instead:
{{Wikisource|1=Leaves of Grass/Book XVII#Year of Meteors [1859-60]|2=name for Leaves of Grass Year of Meteors [1859-60]}}

produces

English only

For foreign language Wikisources use: {{Wikisourcelang}}

example: {{Wikisourcelang|fr|Du contrat social}} gives

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

Wikisource

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Creates a small box with a links to a document at Wikisource.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page name	1	The document name on Wikisource. The article's page name is used as a default. Square brackets <tt>&#91;</tt> and <tt>&#93;</tt> need to be coded as <tt>&amp;#91;</tt> and <tt>&amp;#93;</tt> instead.	String	optional
Displayed name	2	Optional displayed link text.	String	optional

See also

• {{Wikisource-inline}} inline version
• {{Wikisourcehas}} for allowing the including editor to choose the wording
• {{Wikisource-multi}} for linking to multiple pages on Wikisource
• {{Wikisource author}} for linking to an author's pages in Wikisource
• {{Cite wikisource}} used to cite sources in Wikipedia
• {{Ws}} for a less complicated interface than {{Cite wikisource}}
• {{Wikisource redirect}} a specialized template for redirecting to Wikisource

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• Wikipedia:Sister projects for background and full usage information
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Sister projects#Wikisource for full usage information

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• {{Copy to Wikisource}}