Welcome to the citation uniformity section of Wikiproject Wikisource. This page is intended to co-ordinate work towards the goal of uniform citations to Wikisource and texts on Wikisource.

• See: Category:Wikisource link templates

Inline citations

Template	Specific work	Protection status	Uses Cite wikisource?	Notes
{{ Cite wikisource}}	n/a		n/a
{{ Cite EB1911}}	1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica	Semi-protected		url parameter [1]
{{ Cite Americana}}	Encyclopedia Americana		Reverted	url parameter [1]
{{ Cite Appletons'}}	Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography			Adds article to tracking category; additional parameters (inc. url) [1]
{{ Cite Australasia}}	The Dictionary of Australasian Biography		Yes
{{ Cite WS}}	n/a
{{ Cite Collier's}}	Collier's Encyclopedia		Reverted
{{ Cite DGRG}}	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography			Also generates external links
{{ Cite DNB}}	Dictionary of National Biography	Semi-protected
{{ Cite DNB12}}	Dictionary of National Biography
{{ Cite DNBSupp}}	Dictionary of National Biography
{{ Cite EB1922}}	1922 Encyclopaedia Britannica
{{ Cite NIE}}	New International Encyclopedia		Reverted	url parameter [1]
{{ Cite NSRW}}	The New Student's Reference Work		Yes	url parameter [1]
{{ Cite Nuttall}}	The Nuttall Encyclopædia			links to anchor on initialled pages
{{ WsPSM}}	Popular Science Monthly		Yes	See also {{ Cite PSM}}
{{ Cite SBDEL}}	A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature		Yes
{{ Ws}}	n/a	Protected
{{ Ws2}}	n/a			Just creates a wikilink to wikisource, ie. [[s:link]])
{{ Cite Catholic Encyclopedia}}	Catholic Encyclopedia	Protected

• {{ Wikisourcelang-inline}}: For any language
• {{ Constitution of Turkey}}: A navbox rather than a citation template but it includes Template:Ws

Link "poster"

By destination namespace

Template	Link-to namespace
{{ Wikisource}}	Main
{{ Wikisource author}}	Author
{{ Wikisourcecat}}	Category
{{ Wikisource portal}}	Portal
{{ Wikisource index}}
{{ Wikisource publisher}}

• {{ Wikisource-multi}}: Allows multiple links
• {{ Wikisourcelang}}: For any language
• {{ WikisourceWiki}}: Links to a category on Oldwikisource

By work

Template	Link-to work
{{ Americana poster}}	Encyclopedia Americana
{{ Appletons' poster}}	Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
{{ Collier's poster}}	Collier's Encyclopedia
{{ DNB poster}}	Dictionary of National Biography
{{ EB1911 poster}}	1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
{{ EB1922 poster}}	1922 Encyclopaedia Britannica
{{ NIE poster}}	New International Encyclopedia
{{ NSRW poster}}	The New Student's Reference Work
{{ Wikisource1914NSRW}}
{{ Catholic Encyclopedia poster}}	Catholic Encyclopedia
{{ Wikisource1913CatholicEnc}}
{{ SBDEL poster}}	A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

Miscellaneous

• {{ Sister project links}}: when invoked with "author=yes", the box will link to the Wikisource author namespace
• {{ Sourcetext}}: automatic piped link to wikisource

Proposed replacement for Cite Wikisource

• Sandbox for proposed template: /Cite wikisource (under construction)

  This version of the template is now live as {{ Cite wikisource}}

Examples of the proposed template

First example

{{/Cite wikisource
 | editor-first = Hugh
 | editor-last  = Chisholm
 | chapter      = Aard-vark
 | wslink       = 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
 | plaintitle   = [[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|Encyclopædia Britannica]]
 | edition      = Eleventh
 | year         = 1911
 | publisher    = Cambridge University Press
}}

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "   Aard-vark". Encyclopædia Britannica (Eleventh ed.). Cambridge University Press. Wikisource. 

Compare to:

{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Aard-vark}}

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Aard-vark" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Second example

{{/Cite wikisource
 | class        = journal
 | first        = T. E.
 | last         = Lounsbury
 | chapter      = Sketch of George Jarvis Brush
 | wslink       = Popular Science Monthly/Volume 20/November 1881
 | plaintitle   = [[Popular Science Monthly]]
 | volume       = 20
 | month        = November
 | year         = 1881
 | page         = 117
 | wspage       = 117
 | publisher    = [[D. Appleton & Company]]
 | issn         = 0161-7370
 | scan         = Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 20.djvu/127
}}

• Lounsbury, T. E. (November 1881). "   Sketch of George Jarvis Brush". Popular Science Monthly. 20. D. Appleton & Company. Wikisource.  p.  117. ISSN  0161-7370.     [scan]

Compare to:

{{wsPSM|Sketch of George Jarvis Brush|20|November 1881}}

"Sketch of George Jarvis Brush" . Popular Science Monthly. Vol. 20. November 1881. ISSN  0161-7370 – via Wikisource.

Backwards compatibility testing

{{/Cite wikisource|The Souls of Black Folk|type=work}}

  The Souls of Black Folk (work). Wikisource. 

{{/Cite wikisource|Politics|Aristotle}}

Aristotle.   Politics. Wikisource. 

Compare to: The Souls of Black Folk  (work) – via Wikisource. Aristotle. Politics  – via Wikisource.

Used to track behaviour/usage of some templates:

• Category:Wikisource link templates with no link
• Category:Wikisource link templates linking elsewhere