Template:Gutenberg/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Gutenberg (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This is a template to generate links to the Project Gutenberg. This template should be used exclusively for BOOKS.

To link to AUTHOR listings in Project Gutenberg, use template:Gutenberg author.

[edit] Process

  1. Go to the Project Gutenberg web site.
  2. Look up the page that has the book you want to link via the template.
  3. Get the EText-No. and the Book name.
  4. Edit the wikipedia page and add in the Gutenberg template, setting the 'no' variable equal to the EText-No. and the 'name' equal to the book name.

[edit] Examples of correct usage

{{gutenberg|no=2383|name=The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems}}
{{gutenberg|no=2383|name=The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems ''by Geoffrey Chaucer'}}