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This template should be placed in theReferences section of an article if the article incorporates text from a source that is not under copyright and there is no source specific template listed inCategory:Attribution templates.
The four parameters are:
1 (unnamed) =source name and other identifying details — The name of thesource, along with any other details which are needed to identify the work (the argument (the text) can also be another template such as{{cite book}})no-icon=y — remove the leading icon (alternativenoicon and the argument can be any string such asyes or1 etc)pl=y — changes the wording from "from a publication" to "from publications" (alternativeplural and the argument can be any string such asyes or1 etc).inline=y — change the wording of the prescript from "This article..." to "One or more of the preceding sentences..." (alternativesentence and the argument can be any string such asyes or1 etc). It is intended for use in inline citations.Adds a notice that an article incorporates information from a public domain source
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source | 1 | The name of the source, along with any other details which are needed to identify the work | Content | suggested |
| No icon? | no-iconnoicon | Set to y to remove the leading icon | Boolean | optional |
| Plural? | plplural | Set to y to change "from a publication" to "from publications" | Boolean | optional |
| Inline? | inlinesentence | Set to y to change "This article" to "One or more of the preceding sentences" | Boolean | optional |
|no-icon=y, as in<ref>{{Source-attribution|no-icon=y}}</ref>, removes the leading icon[1]<ref>{{Source attribution}} {{cite book|last=Offa |first=Anne |year=1066|title=An Old Book}}</ref>, would display as[2]<ref>{{Source-attribution|{{cite book |title= Handbook to the cathedrals of England |first=Richard |last=John |date=1869}} }}</ref>, shows as[3]|pl=y, as in<ref>{{Source-attribution|pl=y|John, Richard (1869). ''Handbook to the cathedrals of England''; and {{cite book|last=Offa |first=Anne |year=1066|title=An Old Book}}}}</ref>, shows as[4]|inline=y, as in<ref>{{Source-attribution|inline=y|''Handbook to the cathedrals of England'', by Richard John (1869)}}</ref>, shows as[5]<ref>{{Source-attribution|''sources and other details''|no-icon=y |pl=y |inline=y}}</ref>[6]In the references section, these appear as
References
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.Offa, Anne (1066).An Old Book. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain:John, Richard (1869).Handbook to the cathedrals of England. This article incorporates text from these sources, which are in thepublic domain: John, Richard (1869).Handbook to the cathedrals of England; andOffa, Anne (1066).An Old Book. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain:Handbook to the cathedrals of England, by Richard John (1869)This template includes a hidden category—Category:Source attribution—which does not appear at the bottom of an article page but does contain any article page that contains this template.