Template:Journal abbreviations helper/doc

This is a preview template, designed to facilitate the finding of abbreviations, and creation of various redirects for academic journals and similar publications.

Usage

Mode 1

In the first mode, the template supports up to 10 parameters, for 10 different journal names.

• {{JAH|JOURNALNAME1|JOURNALNAME2|...|JOURNALNAME10}}

To use the template, put say {{JAH|Journal of Foobar}} in the edit window, and click on Show preview.

If JOURNALNAME exist, you will be presented with something like this

• Search abbreviations for Journal of Physics: ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) · NLM · MathSciNet

• Journal of Physics exists!

which can then be used to search for abbreviations.

If JOURNALNAME does not exist, you will then be presented with something like

• Search abbreviations for Journal of Foobar: ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) · NLM · MathSciNet

• Journal of Foobar doesn't exist! Create it as an {{R from...}}

Bluebook ISO 4 (dotless) MathSciNet (dotless) NLM (dotless) other (dotless)

acronym (dotless) former name typo / miscaps to / from diacritics with possibilities / plain

The redirect creation links will pre-load a page that can then be saved to create redirects from JOURNALNAME to the page the template is previewed on. For instance if JOURNALNAME is a former name of the journal, click on "former name", to create a redirect tagged with {{R from former name}}.

However, to create a redirect from an abbreviation, you first need to find the abbreviation (e.g. J. Foobar), and preview the page again to get

• Search abbreviations for J. Foobar: ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) · NLM · MathSciNet

• J. Foobar doesn't exist! Create it as an {{R from...}}

Bluebook ISO 4 (dotless) MathSciNet (dotless) NLM (dotless) other (dotless)

acronym (dotless) former name typo / miscaps to / from diacritics with possibilities / plain

You can then click on the appropriate link (e.g. 'ISO 4 abbreviation' for an ISO 4 abbreviation) to pre-load a page that can then be saved.

Mode 2

In the second mode, the template supports two parameters. The first for the journal name, the second for the ISSN.

Put say {{JAH|Journal of Foobar|0123-4567}} in the edit window, and click on Show preview.

You will be then be presented with something like this

• Search abbreviations for Journal of Foobar: ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) · NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )

• Journal of Foobar doesn't exist! Create it as an {{R from...}}

Bluebook ISO 4 (dotless) MathSciNet (dotless) NLM (dotless) other (dotless)

acronym (dotless) former name typo / miscaps to / from diacritics with possibilities / plain

which includes extra 'alt' search links for NLM and MathSciNet.