Template:Citation/fcite book/doc

The Template:Citation/fcite book, as with {{Citation/fcite web}} and other templates in the Citation/fcite group, is a fast-cite alternative to {{cite book}} for use in large articles. To allow extreme speed, only the basic parameter names are supported, such as "last6=" or "first6=" rather than "surname6=" or "given6=" (etc.), and "author=" but not "authormask=". For rare parameters, the original cite templates can still be used, and mixed within an article. To view parameter names, see: Template:Citation/doc.

In articles which contain more than 300 formatted references, the speed of formatting a large article, during 2009, reached 30–60 seconds for logged-in users, so the Citation/fcite templates can be used to run 5x faster (6–12 seconds) when reformatting an article. Many large articles experienced similar long delays during 2009–2012, due to using numerous large templates. Also, there have been some cases where other large templates, in the same articles, have exceeded template resources, and so {Citation/fcite_web} or {Citation/fcite_news} could be used in those articles to allow hundreds more citations without exceeding the template limits.

Examples

The operation is very similar to {{cite web}} and related templates.

For using {{Citation/fcite_book}}:

• Markup: {{citation/fcite book|title=Life of Days |publisher=Acme Printing |date=May 1999

| url=http://www.google.com | accessdate=1 June 2009}}

  Result: Life of Days. Acme Printing. May 1999. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

• Markup: {{cite book|title=Life of Days |publisher=Acme Printing |date=May 1999

| url=http://www.google.com | accessdate=1 June 2009}}

  Result: Life of Days. Acme Printing. May 1999. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

For a chapter, or short story, in the book:

• Markup: {{citation/fcite book|chapter=Chapter 2: Dawn |title=Life of Days |publisher=Acme Ink

|date=May 1999| url=https://books.google.com | accessdate=1 June 2009}}

  Result: "Chapter 2: Dawn". Life of Days. Acme Ink. May 1999. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

• Markup: {{cite book|chapter=Chapter 2: Dawn |title=Life of Days |publisher=Acme Ink

|date=May 1999| url=https://books.google.com | accessdate=1 June 2009}}

  Result: "Chapter 2: Dawn". Life of Days. Acme Ink. May 1999. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

Related templates

The various templates within the Citation/fcite group include:

• Template:Citation/fcite web – for webpages, with "url=" link
• Template:Citation/fcite book – for books, with optional "url=" link
• Template:Citation/fcite news – for news articles, with "url=" link
• Template:Citation/fcite journal – for journal articles, with issue/format
• Template:Citation/fcite – puts a Harvard-ref anchor, linked from {{Harvnb}}

See also

• Template:Cite web – the massive template with many options
• Template:Citation – large template to put Harvard-ref anchors