Difference between revisions of "Template:Citation Style documentation/date"

Revision as of 15:56, 14 January 2012

date: Full date of publication edition being referenced, in the same format as other dates in citations in the same article; do not be wikilink. Use only the full date including month, day and year, else the anchor may be malformed.
OR: year: Year of publication edition being referenced.
- month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead; do not wikilink.
- origyear: Original publication year; displayed after the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics; example: |origyear=First published 1859 or |origyear=Composed 1904.

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-* '''date''': Full date of publication edition being referenced, in the same format as other dates in citations in the same article. Must not be wikilinked. Use only the full date including month, day and year, else the anchor may be malformed.
+* '''date''': Full date of publication edition being referenced, in the same format as other dates in citations in the same article; do not be wikilink. Use only the full date including month, day and year, else the anchor may be malformed.
 *OR:  '''year''': Year of publication edition being referenced.
-** '''month''': Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use '''date''' instead. Must not be wikilinked.
+** '''month''': Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use '''date''' instead; do not wikilink.
-** '''origyear''': Original publication year, for display alongside the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics, for instance {{para|origyear|First published 1859}} or {{para|origyear|Composed 1904}}.
+** '''origyear''': Original publication year; displayed after the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics; example: {{para|origyear|First published 1859}} or {{para|origyear|Composed 1904}}.