Template:PSM/doc

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

Purpose

This template enables the citation of articles from the Wikisource project Popular Science Monthly in the manner of {{cite journal}}, when text from the article is incorporated verbatim into an article, (see Wikipedia:Plagiarism).

Usage

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Popular Science Monthly. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) </syntaxhighlight>

The parameters wstitle, month-and-year and volume are required.

Examples

Typical

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jordan, David S. (August 1884). "Sketch of Professor Felipe Poey" . Popular Science Monthly. Vol. 25.</syntaxhighlight>

displays as:

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jordan, David S. (August 1884). "Sketch of Professor Felipe Poey" . Popular Science Monthly. Vol. 25.

Using `noicon`

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: David S. Jordan (August 1884). "Sketch of Professor Felipe Poey". Popular Science Monthly. Vol. 25.</syntaxhighlight>

displays as:

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: David S. Jordan (August 1884). "Sketch of Professor Felipe Poey". Popular Science Monthly. Vol. 25.

Hidden categories

This template places articles into a hidden category with sub-categories to aid maintenance:

Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Popular Science Monthly