Template talk:Authoronlinesource2006

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This template takes the following input and should be used instead of {{source}} which we consider deprecated.

{{authoronlinesource2006|section={Section}
| author={Author}
| title={Title of press article}
| org={Media outlet/organization}
| url={URL to press article}
| date={Date} }}

Contents 1 Usage examples 1.1 Basic example 1.2 Author unknown example 1.3 Optional unnamed parameter example 1.4 Multiple Tags example 2 What is a press source 2.1 Cited by academic publication?

[edit] Usage examples

[edit] Basic example

Adding double brackets to the string authoronlinesource2006|author=Joe Blow|date=16 November 2006|url=http://google.com|title=Something Nifty This Way Comes|org=Slashdot|section=November produces:

This page has been cited as a source by a media organization. See the 2006 press source article for details. The citation is in: Joe Blow. "Something Nifty This Way Comes", Slashdot, 16 November 2006.

[edit] Author unknown example

Alternatively, Template:onlinesource2006 does the same thing except it leaves out the author field in case the author of the press article is unknown. DynaBlast 18:48, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Optional unnamed parameter example

An optional unnamed parameter allows you to customize the text describing the citation. -- nae'blis 22:40, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

This page has been cited as a source by a media organization. See the 2006 press source article for details. The citation is in: Joe Blow. "Something Nifty This Way Comes", Slashdot, 16 November 2006.

[edit] Multiple Tags example

As explained at Multiple Tags, the "This article has been cited as a source" tag should be adapted to fit multiple citations, instead of it being displayed multiple times as follows:

[PLACE EXAMPLE HERE]

So where's the example and how do we adapt it to fit multiple citations, listing articles from 2004 and 2006 for example? Ekantik ^talk 03:59, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What is a press source

[edit] Cited by academic publication?

An article published in a peer-reviewed journal was comparing different claims made on the internet about the numbers of speakers of various languages. A wikipedia page was cited (and its estimates weren't too bad!). It's not exactly a "press" source. Is there another template for academic citations of Wikipedia pages? ntennis 03:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

As I see it, scholarly journals form the academic press. Even Oxford University Press is a "press". --Damian Yerrick (☎) 16:48, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

'Press has two meanings in this context: a colloquial word for "news reporting," and a "publisher," such as OUP mentioned above. This template is presently adapted for news reporting found online, but can be used nonetheless for any reference, online or not, and details adjusted later.

It is surely much better that editors enter the information in any format rather than leave it out to avoid dealing with reference formats, and I've indicated this on the page. Some people are not confident about these templatesDGG 05:23, 22 December 2006 (UTC)