Template:Wikisource author/doc

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It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 5,400 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses Lua:

Module:WikidataIB (sandbox)

This template when used on an author's page will utilise interwiki links stored at Wikidata to create the link and the label to the author page at English Wikisource. A different language can be chosen by using the |lang= parameter and the corresponding language code.

Usage

Wikisource title link via Wikidata Sitelink

Wikitext	Output	Notes
At William Shakespeare {{wikisource author}}	Wikisource has original works by or about: *William Shakespeare*	Placement of the template is usually after the "External links" section header prior to any inline list. Warning: Do not put an asterisk *""** at the start of the line or it will cause the box and text to be distorted.

Wikisource title link via Parameter Argument

To note that parameters can still be utilised to override the presentation, though this would not be the preferred means as when a page is moved here or at Wikisource the link would be broken. An example of such usage would be adding an author link on an article that is a list of works of the author.

Wikitext	Output
At Alice Bertha Gomme {{wikisource author\|wslink=Alice Bertha Gomme\|title=Alice Gomme}}	Wikisource has original works by or about: *Alice Gomme*

"works by or about"

The default template text says "Wikisource has original works by or about [author]". This can be changed to "works by [author]", "works about [author]", or "works by and about [author]", by setting the |works= parameter.

Wikitext	Output
At Joseph Hardman {{wikisource author\|works=by}}	Wikisource has original works by: *Joseph Hardman*
At Henry VII {{wikisource author\|works=about}}	Wikisource has original works about: *Henry VII*
At William Shakespeare {{wikisource author\|works=both}}	Wikisource has original works by and about: *William Shakespeare*

Maintenance

Templates applied to articles without Wikidata items will be listed in Category:Wikisource templates with missing id.