Template:Acad/doc

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This template is a Citation Style 1 specific-source template based on {{Cite encyclopedia}}. For centralised Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1.

Usage

This template is a wrapper template for {{cite encyclopedia}}. It links to the website ACAD (A Cambridge Alumni Database), which is an online enhanced version of Alumni Cantabrigienses, a book that catalogues graduates of Cambridge University through 1900.

{{acad |id= |name= |volume= |year= |ref= |access-date= |hide errors=}}

Required parameters

id : the alphanumeric ID (e.g., "DNKS873WA") of the person's biographical entry. It appears in small print in the right-hand column header for each ACAD search result, and can be hard to spot (search within the web page for the phrase "unique identifier").
name : name of the person/biography

For example:

{{Acad|id=MLN900AA|name=Milne, Alan Alexander}}

"Milne, Alan Alexander (MLN900AA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

and may also be written:

{{Acad|MLN900AA|Milne, Alan Alexander}}

"Milne, Alan Alexander (MLN900AA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

Optional parameters

mode: see {{cite encyclopedia}}. it defaults to cs1 but can be changed, e.g.:
mode=cs2to match the mode used by the {{citation}} template.
ref: see {{cite encyclopedia}}. This can be used in combination with {{harv}}, {{harvnb}} and {{sfn}} templates to link short format citations to this one. Unless overridden by the content of |ref=, {{acad}} creates an anchor id using the content of |id=. To link to the {{acad}} citation, use, for example, {{sfn|ACAD|<id>}} where <id> is the value from |id=.
access-date: full date that ACAD was consulted
hide errors: when set to yes, hides error messages

Error messages

If required parameters are empty or omitted, the template will add appropriate error messages to the end of the citation.

missing id. – |id= is required to create the proper url link to the database; defaults to the database search page;
missing name. – |name= is required to create the correct title in the rendered citation;

{{acad}} citations with missing |name= or |id= are placed in the hidden maintenance category Category:ACAD citations missing parameters when those pages are in article namespace.

Related templates

{{vennAC}} – a template for citing Alumni Cantabrigienses facsimiles held at Internet Archive