Template talk:Ref Jane's

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[edit] Using this template

You can use this template with no parameters, and it will output the following basic book citation:

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Jane, Fred T. Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1 85170 493 0.

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Optional parameters are available, describing specific entry and page number. These have been added in support of more robust citation.

for example,

{{Ref Jane's|The Hawker Hurricane|128-129}}

produces: Jane, Fred T. “The Hawker Hurricane.” Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. p. 128-129. ISBN 1 85170 493 0.

while

{{Ref Jane's|The Hawker Hurricane}}

results in: Jane, Fred T. “The Hawker Hurricane.” Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1 85170 493 0.

please note that only including a page number won't really work properly.

[edit] Books other than Fighting Aircraft of WWII

Additional Jane's references may be added to the template and selected with the use of a third parameter.

for example,

{{Ref Jane's | The Example Aircraft | 111 | wwi }}

results in: Jane, Fred T., John William Ransom Taylor. “The Example Aircraft.” Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War I. London: Studio, 1919. p. 111. ISBN 1 85170 347 0.

Books currently implemented:

• Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War I (use wwi or ww1)
• Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II (use wwii or ww2)
• Jane’s American Fighting Aircraft of the 20th Century (use 1991 or 20th)
• Jane’s Encyclopedia of Aviation, 1993 edition (use 1993)

[edit] Jane's

There's more than one Jane's item (consider periodicals, other reference materials from them) that could be referenced. I think the title of this template should be made more specific. —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 13:58, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Alternately, the template could be made more generic (ie, {{Ref Jane's|fighting|The Hawker Hurricane|128-129}} rather than the current) to allow the use of any jane's publication by simply adding more options to a #switch field. AWB could run through the existing uses and convert them. ericg ✈ 20:22, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

It's done, though the order can be switched later via awb as previously mentioned. ericg ✈ 22:04, 22 December 2006 (UTC)