Template:Coflein

"Details from Coflein database ({{{num}}})". Coflein. RCAHMW.

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This template is used to provide a link to the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) — Coflein database (https://coflein.gov.uk/en/) containing details of over 110,000 buildings, archaeological, industrial and maritime sites throughout Wales.

Usage

Most commonly used parameters in horizontal format

{{Coflein|num= |desc= |access-date= }}

Required parameter

• num: the NPRN (National Primary Record Number) from the database.

Optional parameters

Additional information for the title:

• desc: additional text description such as the name of the building or site; useful if there are several listed objects in an article. If this parameter is not used, default text 'Details from Coflein database' will be displayed instead.
• access-date: the date a Wikipedia editor retrieved information from the Coflein database.
• mode: defaults to |mode=cs1; set to |mode=cs2 to provide consistency with citation style 2, as produced by {{citation}}
• postscript: controls the closing punctuation for the citation; defaults to a period (.); for no terminating punctuation, set to |postscript=none, however using |mode=cs2 does this automatically
• fewer-links: use |fewer-links=yes to remove repeated wikilinks where the template is used more than once in an article
• ref: defaults to author (RCAHMW) and the NPRN, but can be reset to any value
• short: use |short=yes with |num= to produce an external link with just the list number shown; |short=yes suppresses the display of other parameters.

All {{Cite web}} parameters are available.

Examples

{{Coflein|num=24145}} displays as:

"Details from Coflein database (24145)". Coflein. RCAHMW.

{{Coflein|num=24145|short=yes}} displays as:

24145

{{Coflein|num=24145|desc=Pontypridd Old Bridge, Pontypridd}} displays as:

"Pontypridd Old Bridge, Pontypridd (24145)". Coflein. RCAHMW.

{{Coflein|num=24145|desc=Pontypridd Old Bridge, Pontypridd|access-date=5 May 2025}} displays as:

"Pontypridd Old Bridge, Pontypridd (24145)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 5 May 2025.

{{Coflein|num=24145|desc=Pontypridd Old Bridge, Pontypridd|access-date=5 May 2025|mode=cs2}} displays as:

"Pontypridd Old Bridge, Pontypridd (24145)", Coflein, RCAHMW, retrieved 5 May 2025

If a short citation is required (not to be confused with |short=) and one of the {{harv}} templates or {{sfn}} is used then {{harv|RCAHMW|NPRN}} will link the short reference to the long one. For example, {{harv|RCAHMW|24145}} produces (RCAHMW & 24145) that links to the 'Pontypridd Old Bridge, Pontypridd' example above. This is different from the standard use of the {{harv}} that links using the parameters 'author' and 'date' or 'year'.

Some articles may have multiple entries. |fewer-links=yes can be used to remove the repeated internal wikilinks from any additional and subsequent instances of the template:
{{Coflein|num=24145|desc=Pontypridd Old Bridge, Pontypridd}}
{{Coflein|num=275874|desc=Great Western Colliery: Hetty Pit, Pontypridd|fewer-links=yes}} displays as:

"Pontypridd Old Bridge, Pontypridd (24145)". Coflein. RCAHMW.

"Great Western Colliery: Hetty Pit, Pontypridd (275874)". Coflein. RCAHMW.

Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Coflein in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Coflein

Provides an external link to an entry on Coflein, the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) database for the National Monuments Record of Wales (NMRW)

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
num	num	the NPRN (National Primary Record Number) from the database	Number	required
desc	desc	Additional text description, such as the name of the building or site. Useful if there are several listed objects in an article. If this parameter is not used, default text 'Details from Coflein database' will be displayed instead. Default Details from Coflein database	String	suggested
access-date	access-date accessdate	the date a Wikipedia editor retrieved and/or verified information from the Coflein database Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested
mode	mode	defaults to 'cs1'; set to 'cs2' to provide consistency with Citation style 2, as produced by {{citation}}	String	optional
postscript	postscript	controls the closing punctuation for the citation; defaults to a period (.); for no terminating punctuation set to none, however using mode=cs2 does this automatically	String	optional
fewer-links	fewer-links	set to 'yes' to remove repeated wikilinks to 'RCAHMW', where the template is used more than once in an article	String	optional
ref	ref	defaults to author and the NPRN, but can be set to any value	String	optional
short	short	use 'yes' with just the num parameter to produce an external link with just the list number shown; suppresses the display of other parameters	String	optional

Tracking categories

• Category:Coflein citations needing attention (0)

  This tracks pages which have an empty |num= field.

See also

• {{National Historic Assets of Wales}} – provides a link to items on the Cadw database.
• {{National Heritage List for England}} — provides a link to items on Historic England's National Heritage List for England
• {{Historic Environment Scotland}} – provides a link to items on the Historic Environment Scotland database.

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