Template:Cite encyclopedia uses standard parameter set; TemplateData has errors:

  • |entry= is not a valid alias of: |title=

This template formats a citation to an article or chapter in an edited collection such as an encyclopedia or dictionary, but more generally to any book or book series containing individual sections or chapters written by various authors, and put together by one or more editors.

Template parameters

This template has custom formatting.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Year of publicationyear

Year of the source being referenced; use 'date' instead, if month and day are also known

Stringoptional
Source titletitle entry

The title of the article or entry in the encyclopedia; displays in quotes

Stringrequired
Encyclopediaencyclopedia encyclopaedia dictionary

Title of the source; may be wikilinked; displays in italics

Stringsuggested
Publisherpublisher institution

Name of the publisher; displays after title

Stringoptional
Location of publicationlocation place

Geographical place of publication; usually not wikilinked; omit when the publication name includes place; alias of 'place'

Stringoptional
IDid ID

A unique identifier used where none of the specialized ones are applicable

Stringoptional
URLurl URL

The URL of the online location where the text of the publication can be found

URLoptional
URL access dateaccess-date

The full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink

Stringoptional
Last namelast

The surname of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Stringsuggested
First namefirst

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Stringsuggested
Source datedate

Full date of the source; do not wikilink

Stringoptional
Author linkauthor-link author-link1 author1-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the author; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Page nameoptional
Othersothers

Used to record other contributions to the work, such as 'Illustrated by John Smith', 'Revised by John Smith' or 'Translated by John Smith'

Stringoptional
Original dateorig-date orig-year

Original year of publication; provide specifics

Stringoptional
Editor last nameeditor-last editor editor-surname editor-last1 editor-surname1 editor1 editor1-last editor1-surname

The surname of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors

Unknownoptional
Editor first nameeditor-first editor-given editor-first1 editor-given1 editor1-first editor1-given

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the editor; don't wikilink, use 'editor-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors

Unknownoptional
Editor linkeditor-link

Title of existing Wikipedia article about the editor; can suffix with a numeral to add additional editors; alias of 'editor1-link'

Page nameoptional
Place of publicationpublication-place

Publication place shows after title; if 'place' or 'location' are also given, they are displayed before the title prefixed with 'written at'

Stringoptional
Publication datepublication-date

Date of publication when different from the date the work was written; do not wikilink

Stringoptional
Editionedition

When the publication has more than one edition; for example: '2nd', 'Revised' etc.; suffixed with ' ed.'

Stringoptional
Seriesseries version

When the source is part of a series, such as a book series where the issue numbering has restarted; alias of 'version'

Stringoptional
Volumevolume

For one publication published in several volumes

Stringoptional
Pagepage p

Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.'

Stringoptional
Pages citedpages pp

A range of pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source); displays after 'pp.'; use either page= or pages=, but not both

Example
5–11
Stringsuggested
No ppno-pp

Set to 'y' to suppress the 'p.' or 'pp.' display with 'page' or 'pages' when inappropriate (such as 'Front cover')

Stringoptional
Atat

May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient

Stringoptional
Languagelanguage lang

The language in which the source is written, if not English; use the full language name; do not use icons or templates

Stringoptional
Translated titletrans-title

An English language title, if the source cited is in a foreign language; 'language' is recommended

Stringoptional
Typetype

Additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case

Stringoptional
Formatformat

Format of the work referred to by 'url'; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; do not specify HTML

Stringoptional
arXiv identifierarxiv

An identifier for arXive electronic preprints of scientific papers

Stringoptional
ASINasin

Amazon Standard Identification Number; 10 characters

Stringoptional
ASIN TLDasin-tld

ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US

Stringoptional
Bibcodebibcode

Bibliographic Reference Code (REFCODE); 19 characters

Stringoptional
DOIdoi DOI

Digital Object Identifier; begins with '10.'

Stringoptional
DOI broken datedoi-broken-date

The date that the DOI was determined to be broken

Stringoptional
ISBNisbn ISBN

International Standard Book Number; use the 13-digit ISBN where possible

Stringoptional
ISSNissn ISSN

International Standard Serial Number; 8 characters; may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen

Stringoptional
jfm codejfm JFM

Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik classification code

Stringoptional
JSTORjstor JSTOR

JSTOR identifier

Stringoptional
LCCNlccn LCCN

Library of Congress Control Number

Stringoptional
MRmr MR

Mathematical Reviews identifier

Stringoptional
OCLCoclc OCLC

Online Computer Library Center number

Stringoptional
OLol OL

Open Library identifier

Stringoptional
OSTIosti OSTI

Office of Scientific and Technical Information identifier

Stringoptional
PMCpmc PMC

PubMed Center article number

Stringoptional
PMIDpmid PMID

PubMed Unique Identifier

Stringoptional
RFCrfc RFC

Request for Comments number

Stringoptional
SSRNssrn SSRN

Social Science Research Network

Stringoptional
ZBLzbl ZBL

Zentralblatt MATH journal identifier

Stringoptional
URL statusurl-status

If set to 'live', the title display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live. Set to "dead" or 'usurped' for broken links. Entering 'unfit' or 'usurped' makes the original link not appear at all.

Suggested values
dead live usurped unfit deviated
Default
'dead' if an Archive URL is entered
Example
'dead' or 'live'
Stringoptional
Archive URLarchive-url

The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date'

URLoptional
Archive datearchive-date

Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink

Stringoptional
Quotequote quotation

Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; needs to include terminating punctuation

Stringoptional
Refref

An anchor identifier; can be made the target of wikilinks to full references; special value 'harv' generates an anchor suitable for the harv template

Stringoptional
Postscriptpostscript

The closing punctuation for the citation; ignored if 'quote' is defined

Default
.
Stringoptional
Author maskauthor-mask

Replaces the name of the first author with em dashes or text; set to a numeric value 'n' to set the dash 'n' em spaces wide; set to a text value to display the text without a trailing author separator; for example, 'with' instead

Stringoptional
Display authorsdisplay-authors display-subjects

number of authors to display before 'et al.' is used; default is to do so after 8 of 9 are listed; alias of 'displayauthors'

Default
8
Numberoptional
Last name 2last2 author2 surname2 author-last2 author2-last subject2

The surname of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link2'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Stringoptional
First name 2first2 given2 author-first2 author2-first

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the second author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link'; can suffix with a numeral to add additional authors

Stringoptional
Last name 3last3 author3 surname3 author-last3 author3-last subject3

The surname of the third author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link3'.

Stringoptional
First name 3first3 given3 author-first3 author3-first

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the third author; don't wikilink.

Stringoptional
Last name 4last4 author4 surname4 author-last4 author4-last subject4

The surname of the fourth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link4'.

Stringoptional
First name 4first4 given4 author-first4 author4-first

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fourth author; don't wikilink.

Stringoptional
Last name 5last5 author5 surname5 author-last5 author5-last subject5

The surname of the fifth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link5'.

Stringoptional
First name 5first5 given5 author-first5 author5-first

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the fifth author; don't wikilink.

Stringoptional
Last name 6last6 author6 surname6 author-last6 author6-last subject6

The surname of the sixth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link6'.

Stringoptional
First name 6first6 given6 author-first6 author6-first

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the sixth author; don't wikilink.

Stringoptional
Last name 7last7 author7 surname7 author-last7 author7-last subject7

The surname of the seventh author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link7'.

Stringoptional
First name 7first7 given7 author-first7 author7-first

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the seventh author; don't wikilink.

Stringoptional
Last name 8last8 author8 surname8 author-last8 author8-last subject8

The surname of the eighth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link8'.

Stringoptional
First name 8first8 given8 author-first8 author8-first

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the eighth author; don't wikilink.

Stringoptional
Last name 9last9 author9 surname9 author-last9 author9-last subject9

The surname of the ninth author; don't wikilink, use 'author-link9'.

Stringoptional
First name 9first9 given9 author-first9 author9-first

Given or first name, middle names, or initials of the ninth author; don't wikilink.

Stringoptional
Name list stylename-list-style

Set to 'amp' or 'and' to change the separator between the last two names of the name list to ' & ' or ' and ', respectively. Set to 'vanc' to display name lists in Vancouver style.

Stringoptional

See also

This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.