Template:SBDEL link/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:SBDEL link.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Purpose

This template enables linking from Wikisource articles (usually author pages) to articles in the the Wikisource project A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature.

Usage

Deceased authors

{{SBDEL link|name of the article}}

Appendix authors

{{SBDEL link|name of the article|app}}

Examples

{{SBDEL link|Stevenson, Robert Louis}}

displays as:

"Stevenson, Robert Louis," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)

or

{{SBDEL link|Seccombe, Thomas|app}}

displays as:

"Seccombe, Thomas," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)

The app directive only affects the link and not the appearance.