For use on Author: namespace pages within the {{author}} template within the description = field, being used to identify people who have written articles within the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition.

Most contributors have codes/initials used to identify their contributions, though numbers of contributors did not where they were minor contributors. There are two display means dpend

Usage

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initials of contributor

Example: {{EB9 contributor|initials=L. W. K.}}

produces


This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "L. W. K."

initials2

{{EB9 contributor|E. B.|initials2=G.}}


This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "E. B." or by "G."

no initials

Example:

{{EB9 contributor|noinit=y}}

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition



templatedata

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contributor template for Ninth edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Adds text and a category

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
initialsinitials 1

initials used for contibutions

Example
L. W. K.
Stringsuggested
noinitnoinit

where contributor NOT allocated initials

Example
noinit=y
Booleanoptional
notenote

append text to block

Stringoptional