This article incorporates text from the Watkins Biographical Dictionary, which was published in 1825 and is in the public domain.
This template indicates that an article incorporates text from the Watkins Biographical Dictionary, which is in the public domain. The template should be placed at the bottom of an article (not on the talk page), just above the categories.
Usage
edit{{Watkins|article=|url=|author=}}
The template takes the following optional parameters, which enable more robust citation:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| article | The name of the article as it appears in Watkins Biographical Dictionary. |
| url | A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) (web address) for the article online. This parameter can only be used if the name of the article is provided. Articles from the Watkins Biographical Dictionary can be found at ???Insert URL???. |
| author | The name of the author of the Watkins Biographical Dictionary entry. This parameter can only be used if the name of the entry is provided. If there is a Wikipedia article about the author, this should be linked to using square brackets ("[[ ]]"). |
Examples
edit| Template | Result |
|---|---|
| {{Watkins}} | This article incorporates text from the Watkins Biographical Dictionary, which was published in 1825 and is in the public domain. |
| {{Watkins|article=Name of article|author=[[Name of author]]}} | This article incorporates text from the article "Name of article" by Name of author, in the Watkins Biographical Dictionary, which was published in 1825 and is in the public domain. |
| {{Watkins|article=Name of article|url=?URL?. org/Anarchism|author=[[Name of author]]}} |
This article incorporates text from the article [?URL? "Name of article"] by Name of author, in the Watkins Biographical Dictionary, which was published in 1825 and is in the public domain. |