I looked at the source code on the second link and I might be missing
something. I guess I'll just have to test it out but the page itself
isn't so readable.
bruce
B. M. Whealton wrote:
Jutta von Dincklage wrote:
Have you set up the required template on your
wiki?
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book
No, I was missing that. So, I go there and it tells me how to use that
particular template. I have an idea from the next link how a template
works. However, being new to mediawiki, I'm not sure yet, how to
actually set up a template that would make those things happen like they
do on wikipedia, when you cite a book for example. I was hoping that
some templates, for consistency, already existed, and so I'd be able to
ensure that the templates I use match the citation templates used on
wikipedia.
Thanks,
Bruce
Useful links:
Wikipedia help menu - Templates:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template
Wikipedia help menu - citation templates:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of B. M. Whealton
Sent: Monday, 13 September 2010 1:31 PM
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Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Cite Books
Hello all,
I added the Cite extension. However, on wikipedia there are ways
that you can use formatting that tells it to cite a book or cite
webpage. For example, I can start with <ref>{{cite book | last1 =
Whealton | first1 = Bruce | title = test | editors = smith, mary; jones,
jean; smith, sam | publisher = Publisher | date = 2010 | pages = 100 |
accessdate = 2010-09-13}}</ref>
Doing that on my wiki shows that it doesn't recognize the cite
book and the {}. How is this accomplished?
Thanks,
Bruce
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