Template:quote-newsgroup/documentation

This template can be used in a dictionary entry to provide a quotation from a newsgroup.

To create a citation in a "References" section or on a discussion page, use.

Sample templates

 * Most basic parameters for English quotations


 * Most basic parameters for non-English quotations


 * Commonly used parameters


 * All available parameters

Examples
produces this:



Parameters
All parameters are optional, and may contain inline interwiki or external links as needed.

TemplateData
{	"description": "This template can be used in a dictionary entry to provide a quotation from a Usenet newsgroup.", "params": { "1": {			"label": "Language", "description": "A comma-separated list of language codes indicating the language(s) of the quoted text.", "example": "en", "type": "string", "required": true, "suggested": true },		"url": { "label": "Page URL", "description": "The URL of the newsgroup post, for example, on Google Groups.", "type": "url", "required": false, "example": "http://groups.google.com/group/alt.folklore.computers/msg/032c30495567b213" },		"title": { "label": "Post title", "description": "The title of the newsgroup post, typically the \"Subject\" header.", "type": "string", "aliases": [], "example": "Re:Microsoft versus Digital Equipment", "required": false, "suggested": true },		"date": { "label": "Publication date", "description": "The date or year that the newsgroup post was posted.", "type": "string", "example": "16 March 2008", "required": false, "suggested": true },			"newsgroup": { "label": "Newsgroup", "description": "The newsgroup the post was posted to. If it was posted to multiple newsgroups, indicate the main one.", "type": "string", "example": "alt.folklore.computers", "required": true },			"id": { "label": "Post message ID", "description": "The message ID from the \"Message-ID:\" header of the post. Do not include angle brackets.", "type": "string", "example": "g0hq1u$2hkn$3@monolith.in.taronga.com", "required": false },			"accessdate": { "label": "Access date", "description": "The date when the URL was accessed.", "type": "string", "required": false },		"author": { "label": "Post author", "description": "The name of the author of the newsgroup post quoted.", "type": "string", "example": "Peter da Silva", "required": false },				"email": { "label": "Author's email", "description": "The author's e-mail address.", "type": "string", "example": "peterdasilva@example.com", "required": false },		"passage": { "label": "Quoted text", "description": "The portion of the newsgroup post being quoted. Highlight the term defined in bold.", "aliases": ["text"], "type": "content", "example": " otherwise the pager needs to start doing a bunch of unnecessary yak shaving.", "required": true },				"translation": { "label": "Translation", "description": "If the quoted text is not in English, this parameter can be used to provide an English translation of it.", "aliases": ["t"], "type": "string", "required": false }	},	"maps": { "citoid": { }	},	"paramOrder": [ "1",		"author", "email", "title", "id", "newsgroup", "date", "url", "accessdate", "passage", "translation" ],	"format": "inline" }