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Usage

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This template indicates that an article incorporates text from the third edition Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century, which is now in the public domain.

Quick explanation (aide-mémoire)

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The template can be placed in different locations and depending on the what it is required the parameters can be mixed and matched:

Parameters Example Note
{{DCBL|wstitle=DCBL article name}} Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainWace, Henry; Piercy, William C., eds. (1911). "Zeno". Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century (3rd ed.). London: John Murray. Use wstitle=DCBL article name if the article exists on Wikisource if not use title=DCBL article name
{{DCBL|title=|url=|first=|last=|pages=}} Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainStokes, G. T. (1911). "Zeno". In Wace, Henry; Piercy, William C. (eds.). Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). London: John Murray. pp. 82, 83. some additional information: title instead of wstitle, url to the external page instead of link to wikisource; the first and last names of the author of the article, the volume and page [number]s.

Detailed notes

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This template is wrapper around {{cite DCBL}}. In its default mode it attributes text to an article from the third edition of the Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century.

This template calls {{cite DCBL}} that automatically sets some of the parameters passed for example "publisher = John Murray". Over and above the standard parameter passed into {{cite DCBL}} there are some additional parameters and those are listed below in a separate table from the table of parameters passed into {{cite encyclopedia}}.

Minimum is:{{DCBL|title=DCBL article name}} or {{DCBL|wstitle=DCBL article name}}.[nb 1]

Full set is:{{DCBL |wstitle= |inline=| noicon= |no-prescript= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= |url= |accessdate= |volume= |page= |pages=}}

Additional parameters
Parameter Note
wstitle=name of the article on wikisource If set, set link to a DCBL article name on wikisource, and unsets title and url if they are also set.
inline=1 Alters the prescript from "This article incorporates text from ..." to "One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text ..."
noicon=1 Suppresses the lead icon.
no-prescript=1 Suppresses the prescript.
Parameters passed into {{cite DCBL}}
Parameter Set to Notes
last= author= or last= If author= and last= are set the value of last= is used.
first= first= Set to the value of first= or not set
authorlink= authorlink= Set to the value of authorlink= or not set
coauthors= coauthors= Unlikely to be needed but can be set
editor-first= Henry Automatically set within the template
editor-last= Wace Automatically set within the template
editor-link= Henry Wace (priest) Automatically set within the template
editor-first2= William C. Automatically set within the template
editor-last2= Piercy Automatically set within the template
encyclopedia= Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century Automatically set within the template
title= wstitle= or title= Set to wstitle= if set, if not to title= if set, if not set then left blank.
url= url= Set to the value of url= unless wstitle= is set in which case it is not set.
accessdate= accessdate= Set to the value of accessdate= or not set
language= Not set
edition= third Automatically set within the template
date= Not set (see year)
year= 1911 Automatically set within the template
month= Not set
publisher= John Murray Automatically set within the template
volume= volume= Set to the value of volume= or not set
location= London Automatically set within the template
id= Not set
isbn= Not set
oclc= Not set
doi= Not set
page= page= Set to the value of page= or not set
pages= pages= Set to the value of pages= or not set
quote= Not set
ref= harv Automatically set within the template. It means that {{sfn}} and {{harvnb}} link to this template. (If you need to ask don't worry about it)

Hidden categories

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This template adds the category Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the DCBL to the articles it is used in.

The template calls {{Cite DCBL}} and depending on the parameters used it also adds the following hidden categories:

For an overview group category of the above see:Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the DCBL

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ For backwards compatibility with {{WaceBio}}, this template takes one unnamed parameter the article name, and article=article name, but these are depreciated. They should not be used as the functionality may be removed in later versions of this template.