Usage

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This template indicates that an article cites the first edition Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, which is now in the public domain.

Quick explanation (aide-mémoire)

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The template can be placed in different locations and depending on the what it is required the parameters can be mixed and matched:

Parameters Example Note
{{Cite Cyclopaedia 1728|title=|url=|volume|page=}} Public Domain Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Abactor". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al. p. 2. some additional information: title=Cyclopædia article name, url to the external page; the first and last names of the author of the article, the volume and page [number]s.

Detailed notes

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In its default mode this template cites first edition of the Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.

This template automatically sets some of the parameters for example "publisher = James and John Knapton, et al". Over and above the standard parameter passed into {{cite encyclopedia}} there are some additional parameters and those are listed below in a separate table from the table of parameters passed into {{cite encyclopedia}}.

Minimum is:{{Cite Cyclopaedia 1728|title=Cyclopædia article name}}.

Full set is:{{Cyclopaedia 1728 |vb= |inline=| noicon= |no-prescript= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= |url= |accessdate= |volume= |page= |pages=}}

Additional parameters
Parameter Note
vb=1 Adds a prescription "This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:"
inline=1 Alters the prescript from "This article incorporates text from ..." to "One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text ..."
noicon=1 Suppresses the lead icon.
no-prescript=1 Suppresses the prescript. (the default is to show no prescript)
Parameters passed into {{Cite Cyclopaedia 1728}}
Parameter Set to Notes
last= author= or last= If author= and last= are set the value of last= is used.
first= first= Set to the value of first= or not set
authorlink= authorlink= Set to the value of authorlink= or not set
coauthors= coauthors= Unlikely to be needed but can be set
Ephraim Automatically set within the template
editor-last= Chambers Automatically set within the template
editor-link= Ephraim Chambers Automatically set within the template
encyclopedia= Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences Automatically set within the template
title= title= If not set then indicates with a message in red: article name needed
url= url= Set to the value of url=
accessdate= accessdate= Set to the value of accessdate= or not set
language= Not set
edition= First Automatically set within the template
date= Not set (see year)
year= 1728 Automatically set within the template
month= Not set
James and John Knapton, et al Automatically set within the template
volume= volume= Set to the value of volume= or not set
location= location= Set to the value of location= or not set
id= Not set
isbn= Not set
oclc= Not set
doi= Not set
page= page= Set to the value of page= or not set
pages= pages= Set to the value of pages= or not set
quote= Not set
ref= harv Automatically set within the template. It means that {{sfn}} and {{harvnb}} link to this template. (If you need to ask don't worry about it)

Maintenance categories

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This template places all articles transcluding it to the Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1728 Cyclopaedia

It also includes two sub-categories:

See also

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