Template:R:EOL

R:EOL at Encyclopedia of Life

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The following documentation is located at Template:R:EOL/documentation. ^[edit]

Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= – mandatory: should be the ITIS number found by searching Encyclopedia of Life on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
• |2= – optional: optionally a name other than the pagename.
• |noi= – optional: by default the linked term will be italicized. To disable italicization, set |noi=1.

Examples

• <ref name=EOL0>{{R:EOL}}; accessed on 2 Feb 2015</ref> yields
  • This won't do at all.
    • Follow the first link in the first item under the References section below to validate this bad reference.
    • Note that the second link in the reference list goes not to the EOL page, but to the en:wikipedia article about the Encyclopedia of Life.
    • Don't forget to include the accessed date in your reference.

• <ref name=EOL1>{{R:EOL|1178570}}; accessed on 2 Feb 2015</ref> yields
  • Better, but still not correct.
    • Without the second parameter on this page, the reference is still not correct because the name of this page (i.e., R:EOL/documentation) does not match the page name on EOL (Apus melba Alpine Swift).
    • However, since we specified the name parameter in the opening reference tag, <ref name=EOL1>, we can use just the closed tag <ref name=EOL1/> in other locations on the page, and we'll get a another count/hit on this (bad) reference.
      • You may place the <ref name=EOL1> before the fully qualified <ref name=EOL1>{{R:EOL|1178570}}</ref>; however, if you do so, it makes finding the fully qualified reference difficult when it needs to be modified.

• <ref name=EOL2>{{R:EOL|1178570|''Apus melba'' Alpine Swift}}; accessed on 2 Feb 2015</ref> yields
  • Everything is good now.
  • Now we can use the closed reference tag<ref name=EOL2/> with impunity, and we'll get another hit on this (good) reference.

References