Template:RQ:Spectator/documentation

Usage
This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote the serial publication The Spectator, which was published in 1711, 1712 and 1714. It can be used to create a link to an online version of an 1853 edition of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:

Parameters
The template takes the following parameters:


 * author – the author of the issue of The Spectator quoted from; this information, if known, is indicated in a footnote at the end of the issue. If the author is indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the value indicated in the first column:


 * If the parameter is omitted, the template indicates the authors as "Joseph Addison; Richard Steele [et al.]".


 * 1 or volume – the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, from I to VI. If this parameter is omitted, the template can determine the volume number from the issue number.
 * 2 or issue – mandatory: the issue number quoted from in Arabic numerals. This parameter must be specified for the template to determine the volume number quoted from.
 * chapter – the title of the issue quoted from, if there is one.
 * 3 or date – mandatory: the date of the issue quoted from, like this: 1 January 1711. The dates were stated according to the Julian calendar and the calendar year ran from 25 March of one year to 24 March of the next. Therefore, the work uses the convention of indicating two years for dates between 1 January and 24 March. Do not follow this convention; instead of specifying such a date as 1 March 1710–1711, use 1 March 1711. The template automatically determines the date according to the Gregorian calendar for display as the actual date of the work, and formats the Julian calendar date for display as the date indicated on the issue.
 * 4 or page, or pages – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
 * Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this: 10–11.
 * You must also use pageref to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
 * This parameter must be specified to have the template link to an online version of the work.


 * 5, text, or passage – a passage quoted from the book.
 * footer – a comment on the passage quoted.
 * brackets – use on to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

Examples

 * Wikitext:
 * (the template can determine the volume number from the issue number); or
 * ; or
 * Result:
 * Result:


 * Wikitext: (date originally indicated as 19 February 1711–1712)
 * Result:


 * Wikitext: (author known to be Addison)
 * Result:


 * Wikitext:
 * Result: