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This template links to the episode pages of Skeptoid.
Parameters
[edit]- id: Used to identify the specific URL being linked to. The URL takes the format "https://skeptoid.com/episodes/id". Required.
- number The number of the episode. This parameter will be used as part of the external hyperlink. Required.
- title: The title of the story. This parameter will be used as part of the external hyperlink. Required.
- last: Podcast author's last name. Optional, defaults to Dunning.
- author-link: Podcast author's Wikipedia page. Optional, defaults to Brian Dunning (author), even if a different author is given.
- first: Podcast author's first name. Optional, defaults to Brian.
- date: The date the episode was released. Optional but recommended.
- access-date (or accessdate): For use in citations. Optional but recommended.
- quote: Like for {{Cite web}}, i.e.:
quote=This is a quote.. Optional. - ref: Like for {{Cite web}}, i.e.
ref=harv. Optional.
To specify more than one author, last1/first1, last2/first2 and last3/first3 are supported like for {{cite web}}. To specify a second author and leave the first author to the default (Dunning, Brian), simply add last2 and first2.
Template
[edit]- {{Skeptoid | id= | number= | title= | date= | last= | first= | access-date=}}
Example
[edit]- {{Skeptoid | id=4132 | number=132 | date=16 December 2008 | title=The Sargasso Sea and the Pacific Garbage Patch | access-date=20 June 2017}}
- Dunning, Brian (16 December 2008). Skeptoid #132: The Sargasso Sea and the Pacific Garbage Patch. Skeptoid. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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