Template talk:Cite Josephus

Fail

I want the template to successfully pass parameters to the named templates within, and present the resulted citations. Next stage, to present a period if only one template is used, or a semi column if two. Thanks, trespassers william (talk) 23:48, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

@Danny lost: this page may be of interest to you. --Mdann52talk to me! 14:23, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

@Mdann52: Thank you thank you thank you! Success. Actually Help:Conditional expressions is clearer. trespassers william (talk) 22:43, 20 August 2014 (UTC)

Proposed interface

I propose we move toward the following interface for Cite Josephus, and keep the implementation details and text sources behind the scenes.

Summary

{{Cite Josephus|work |book |chapter |paragraph |nn |translator= |show-translator=y/n |source= |show-source=y/n |link-translator=y/n |link-work=y/n |abbr=y/n}}

Parameters

Any of those first four parameters can be named or positional. All parameters are optional. However, if paragraph is given, then chapter must be given. If chapter is given, then book must be given.

• book, chapter, and paragraph are Whiston's numbers.
• nn refers to Niese numbers
• translator is the translator's surname.
• If show-translator is true, the translator will be displayed. It defaults to false, but defaults to true if the translator is given.
• source is the website or database from which the document is retrieved.
• If show-source is whether the source is displayed or not. It defaults to false, but defaults to true if the source is given. If it is displayed, it is usually with the via parameter of Template:Cite and may be a long name.
• link-translator is whether to wikilink the translator's name
• If link-work is true, the title will link to the article on that work. If so, then the specific location in the work will be wikilinked to the source text. link-work defaults to false unless no book is given.
• If abbr is true, then both Josephus name and the work itself will be abbreviated. You may want to also use author-mask to remove Josephus' name entirely.

I would discourage use of the source parameter, allowing us to make decisions about which source is best across Wikipedia. I still need to confirm that this works for all of Josephus writings. What do you think? Daask (talk) 19:50, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Abbreviations

I found some abbreviations for Josephus' works in some book that I started using at Template:PACEJ. However, these are not very user friendly to the newcomer, being abbreviations of Latin titles. Are there other somewhat standard abbreviations we could use? Daask (talk) 20:57, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Dead Link Under Section "Numbering systems"

Hello User:Daask, or whomever should fix this:

 The link to the PDF cross-reference for Whiston and Niese numbers is 'dead'.
 Also, the link to the Logos reference requires becoming a member; I thought that should be noted. Daniel B. Sedory (talk) 19:26, 24 January 2024 (UTC)