[WikiEN-l] References in templates

[Casey Brown]

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On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Finn Aarup Nielsen <fn at imm.dtu.dk> wrote:
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>
> (I hope wikien-l is appropriate for this technical question?)
>
>
> I have been experimenting with having references in templates. I was a bit
> optimistic and tried this variation in a template:
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> <td><ref name="{{{refname}}}"/>
>
> Where "refname" would be defined on the page with the template embedded,
> e.g., as <ref name="Lesch">{{Cite journal | title=Something }}</ref>
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> This way didn't seem to work. I wonder if there is any other
> possibilities. One way would be to use nested templates, e.g.,
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> {{MyTemplate | field=value | reference = <ref name="Lesch">{{Cite journal
> | title=Something }}</ref> }}
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> However, I would like to avoid nested templates for clarity. Another way
> would be just to identify the reference with an external key - the PubMed
> identifier, e.g.,
>
> {{MyTemplate | field=value | pmid = 8929413 }}
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> Any other ideas? Or comments?
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>
> /Finn (User:fnielsen)
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> ___________________________________________________________________
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>          Finn Aarup Nielsen, DTU Informatics, Denmark
>  Lundbeck Foundation Center for Integrated Molecular Brain Imaging
>    http://www.imm.dtu.dk/~fn/      http://nru.dk/staff/fnielsen/
> ___________________________________________________________________
>
>

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Casey Brown
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