[Mediawiki-l] Cite Books

[B. M. Whealton]

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
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of B. M. Whealton
>> Sent: Monday, 13 September 2010 1:31 PM
>> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
>> 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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