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This template will automatically generate a readable link to an article within a larger work (such as periodicals and encyclopaedia) from just the page name of the article.
Usage edit
{{autolink|full page name|alternative article name}}
The second unnamed parameter is optional.
{{autolink | title = | displaytitle = | date = | author = }}
The parameters displaytitle, date and author are optional.
Automatic formatting edit
The data will be extracted from the link automatically in the cases of the following common works, in some cases calling specific link templates:
Examples edit
{{autolink|Popular Science Monthly/Volume 16/February 1880/Maps and Map-Making Before Mercator}}
"Maps and Map-Making Before Mercator" in Popular Science Monthly, 16 (February 1880).
{{autolink|Popular Science Monthly/Volume 16/February 1880/The Origin of Criminal Law|author=William Weldon Billson}}
"The Origin of Criminal Law" by in Popular Science Monthly, 16 (February 1880).
{{autolink|1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Bligh, William}}
"Bligh, William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911).
{{autolink|Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/The Bollandists}}
"The Bollandists," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913).
{{autolink|CIA World Fact Book, 2004/Brazil}}
"Brazil," in the CIA World Fact Book, 2004.
See also edit
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