Someone asked, how do I use the templates for cite book, cite web etc? What does its columns mean?<br><br>Let us look at a template cite book in this post.<br><br>Typically, I store a shortened blank template for {{cite book}} which is:<br>
<br><ref name="">{{cite book |title= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref><br><br>Its really simple, just fill in the blanks. For example -<br>
<br>title (title of the book) = The Last Days of the Mahatma<br>last (last name of author) = Desai<br>first (first name of author) = Hirenbhai<br>authorlink (if the author has a Wikipedia article on him, this is the name of that article, leave blank if none) =<br>
coauthors (names of additional authors, only if any) = Kulkarni, Srikanth & Karlekar, H. B.<br>year (year of publication) = 2001<br>publisher (name of publisher) = Nawajiwan Press<br>location (which city is publisher located in) = Ahmedabad<br>
isbn (International Standard Book Number, earlier in 9 digits, now in thirteen digits, IMPORTANT, specify only one isbn in the template, doesn't matter whether 9-digit or 13-digit) = <span>0-941990-93-9</span><br>
page (give the page number; only use if the page referred was just one page) = 324<br>pages (give the page numbers; only use if the page(s) referred to were more than one page ) = 324-327<br>(IMPORTANT - Use "page" or "pages" but not both.)<br>
url (uniform resource locator, i.e. your web address in layman's terms) - <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ESgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60">http://books.google.com/books?id=ESgDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60</a><br>accessdate=The day you accessed it on the web<br>
<br>Ah yes, <br><br>ref name=some phrase you think off to link your common list-defined references.<br><br>Hope this helps,<br><br clear="all">Warm regards,<br><br>Ashwin Baindur<br>------------------------------------------------------<br>