Jutta von Dincklage wrote: 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 -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ B. M. Whealton - Web Developer, Programmer, Owner: Future Wave Designs: http://FutureWaveDesigns.com "On Being a Poet and Other Existential Ideas":> http://WordSaladPoetryMagazine.com/words/ Publisher of Word Salad Poetry Magazine: http://WordSaladPoetryMagazine.com/ - Submit your poetry ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Eww, Use [[special:export]] and [[special:import]] instead of copying pasting... -Peachey

B. M. Whealton wrote: Go to Special:Export, and export the template choosing to also export any templates used by this page. Also make sure you have installed ParserFunctions extension http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions PS: Please create a new thread when opening a new topic (use a new email instead of replying).

Hi Bruce, it sounds interesting! See http://sextapoetica.com.br It is a poetry wiki from Wikimedia Brasil, the brasilian WMF chapter. What's your wiki url? Hugs Enviado de meu iPhone Em 13/09/2010, às 03:41, Bruce Whealton <bwhealton(a)futurewavedesigns.com> escreveu:

If you click on 'view source' (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Cite_book&action=edit ), you can see the wiki markup of this template. Wikipedia's wiki markup for the template is {{Citation/core |Citation class=book |AuthorMask = {{{authormask|{{{author-mask|}}}}}} |Surname1 = {{{last|{{{surname|{{{last1|{{{surname1|{{{author1|{{{author|{{{authors|{{{author|}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} |Surname2 = {{{last2|{{{surname2|{{{author2|}}}}}}}}} |Surname3 = {{{last3|{{{surname3|{{{author3|}}}}}}}}} |Surname4 = {{{last4|{{{surname4|{{{author4|}}}}}}}}} |Surname5 = {{{last5|{{{surname5|{{{author5|}}}}}}}}} |Surname6 = {{{last6|{{{surname6|{{{author6|}}}}}}}}} |Surname7 = {{{last7|{{{surname7|{{{author7|}}}}}}}}} |Surname8 = {{{last8|{{{surname8|{{{author8|}}}}}}}}} |Surname9 = {{{last9|{{{surname9|{{{author9|}}}}}}}}} |Given1 = {{{first1|{{{given1|{{{first|{{{given|}}}}}}}}}}}} |Given2 = {{{first2|{{{given2|}}}}}} |Given3 = {{{first3|{{{given3|}}}}}} |Given4 = {{{first4|{{{given4|}}}}}} |Given5 = {{{first5|{{{given5|}}}}}} |Given6 = {{{first6|{{{given6|}}}}}} |Given7 = {{{first7|{{{given7|}}}}}} |Given8 = {{{first8|{{{given8|}}}}}} |Given9 = {{{first9|{{{given9|}}}}}} |Authorlink1 = {{{author-link|{{{author1-link|{{{authorlink|{{{authorlink1|}}}}}}}}}}}} |Authorlink2 = {{{author2-link|{{{authorlink2|}}}}}} |Authorlink3 = {{{author3-link|{{{authorlink3|}}}}}} |Authorlink4 = {{{author4-link|{{{authorlink4|}}}}}} |Authorlink5 = {{{author5-link|{{{authorlink5|}}}}}} |Authorlink6 = {{{author6-link|{{{authorlink6|}}}}}} |Authorlink7 = {{{author7-link|{{{authorlink7|}}}}}} |Authorlink8 = {{{author8-link|{{{authorlink8|}}}}}} |Authorlink9 = {{{author9-link|{{{authorlink9|}}}}}} |Coauthors = {{{coauthor|{{{coauthors|}}}}}} |Year={{{year|{{ <!-- attempt to derive year from date, if possible --> #if: {{{date|}}} |{{ #iferror:{{#time:Y|{{{date|}}} }} |{{#iferror:{{#time:Y|{{{publication-date|einval}}} }}||{{#time:Y|{{{publication-date|}}} }}}} |{{#time:Y|{{{date|}}} }} }} |{{{publication-date|}}} <!-- last resort --> }} }}} |YearNote = {{{origyear|}}} |Date = {{#if:{{{date|}}}|{{{date}}}|{{{day|}}} {{{month|}}} {{{year|{{{publication-date|}}}}}}}} |Title={{{title|}}} |TransTitle={{{trans_chapter|}}} |TransItalic={{{trans_title|}}} |URL={{#if:{{{archiveurl|}}}|{{{archiveurl|}}}|{{{url|}}}}} |ArchiveURL = {{{archiveurl|}}} |OriginalURL = {{{url|}}} |ArchiveDate= {{{archivedate|}}} |TitleType={{{type|}}} |Series={{{series|}}} |Volume = {{{volume|}}} |Issue = {{{issue|{{{number|}}}}}} |At = {{ #if: {{{journal|{{{periodical|{{{newspaper|{{{magazine|}}}}}}}}}}}} |{{{pages|{{{page|{{{at|}}}}}}}}} |{{ #if: {{{page|}}} |{{#if:{{{nopp|}}}||p.&nbsp;}}{{{page}}} |{{ #if: {{{pages|}}} |{{#if:{{{nopp|}}}||pp.&nbsp;}}{{{pages}}} |{{{at|}}} }} }} }} |IncludedWorkTitle = {{{chapter|{{{contribution|}}}}}} |IncludedWorkURL = {{{chapter-url|{{{chapterurl|{{{contribution-url|}}}}}}}}} |Other = {{{others|}}} |Edition = {{{edition|}}} |Place = {{{place|{{{location|}}}}}} |PublicationPlace = {{{publication-place|{{{place|{{{location|}}}}}}}}} |Publisher = {{{publisher|}}} |PublicationDate = {{{publication-date|}}} |EditorSurname1 = {{{editor-last|{{{editor-surname|{{{editor1-last|{{{editor1-surname|{{{editor|{{{editors|}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} |EditorSurname2 = {{{editor2-last|{{{editor2-surname|}}}}}} |EditorSurname3 = {{{editor3-last|{{{editor3-surname|}}}}}} |EditorSurname4 = {{{editor4-last|{{{editor4-surname|}}}}}} |EditorGiven1 = {{{editor-first|{{{editor-given|{{{editor1-first|{{{editor1-given|}}}}}}}}}}}} |EditorGiven2={{{editor2-first|{{{editor2-given|}}}}}} |EditorGiven3={{{editor3-first|{{{editor3-given|}}}}}} |EditorGiven4={{{editor4-first|{{{editor4-given|}}}}}} |Editorlink1={{{editor-link|{{{editor1-link|}}}}}} |Editorlink2={{{editor2-link|}}} |Editorlink3={{{editor3-link|}}} |Editorlink4={{{editor4-link|}}} |language = {{{language|{{{in|}}}}}} |format = {{{format|}}} |ID={{{id|{{{ID|}}}}}} |ISBN={{{isbn|{{{ISBN|}}}}}} |OCLC={{{oclc|{{{OCLC|}}}}}} |Bibcode={{{bibcode|}}} |DOI={{{doi|{{{DOI|}}}}}} |DoiBroken={{{doi_brokendate|}}} |AccessDate={{{access-date|{{{accessdate|}}}}}} |DateFormat={{{dateformat|none}}} |quote = {{{quote|}}} |laysummary = {{{laysummary|}}} |laydate = {{{laydate|}}} |Ref={{{ref|}}} |Sep = {{{separator|{{{seperator|.}}}}}} |PS = {{#if:{{{quote|}}}||{{{postscript|.}}}}} |AuthorSep = {{#ifeq:{{{author-separator|}}}|;|&#059;|{{{author-separator|&#059;}}}}}&#32; |NameSep = {{{author-name-separator|,}}}&#32; |Trunc = {{{display-authors|8}}} |amp = {{{lastauthoramp|}}} }}{{#if:{{{accessdaymonth|}}}{{{accessmonthday|}}}{{{accessday|}}}{{{accessmonth|}}}{{{accessyear|}}}{{{day|}}}{{{access-date|}}}{{{dateformat|}}}|[[Category:Pages containing cite templates with deprecated parameters|{{NAMESPACE}} {{PAGENAME}}]]}} Wikipedia's template documentation (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Cite_book ) tells you how to use it. -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of B. M. Whealton Sent: Monday, 13 September 2010 2:25 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Cite Books Jutta von Dincklage wrote: 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 -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ B. M. Whealton - Web Developer, Programmer, Owner: Future Wave Designs: http://FutureWaveDesigns.com "On Being a Poet and Other Existential Ideas":> http://WordSaladPoetryMagazine.com/words/ Publisher of Word Salad Poetry Magazine: http://WordSaladPoetryMagazine.com/ - Submit your poetry ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l

Sorry if this is insulting, but just to make sure: You write <references/> at some point to display the footnotes, don't you? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haim (Howard) Roman Computer Center, Jerusalem College of Technology Phone: 052-8-592-599 (6022 from within Machon Lev) On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 05:30, B. M. Whealton < bwhealton(a)futurewavedesigns.com&gt; wrote: