Template:Cite MoBotPF/doc

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

This template is a Citation Style 1 wrapper template based on {{Cite web}}. For centralized Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1.

This external link template is underused, compared to the number of links to the site it represents (check here). Please help convert those links to make use of this template, for ease of tracking, and ease of interoperability with Wikidata.

This template wraps {{Cite web}} and formats a citation to a webpage at Missouri Botanical Garden (MoBot) Plant Finder (PF). Citation Style 1 (CS1) is used unless |mode=cs2.

Parameters

This template will accept all parameters that are available to {{Cite web}}, though only a few are needed because it will automatically provide a standardized set of parameters. Parameters url, last1, author1-link, website, location, and language are set within the template to pre-formatted values. The template will overwrite any values placed in these parameters.

Parameters id and title are required. Using the value of id, the template formats url so that it points to a MoBotPF webpage.

Parameter access-date is strongly recommended.

Setting id

Parameter id must be set to the MoBotPF identifier for the page being cited. This can be found in the URL. In the example URL shown, it is prefixed by "taxonid=". The id in this URL is "281067".

https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=281067&isprofile=1&basic=Crocus%20chrysanthus

Correct:

Correct : |id=281067

Using another value or additional characters will not work:

Incorrect: |id=taxonid=281067

Incorrect: |id=281067&

Incorrect: |id=Crocus%20chrysanthus

Incorrect: |id=Crocus chrysanthus

Setting title

Parameter title should be set to the title of the webpage, usually the scientific name of the taxon. The template does not determine the formatting. Italics for species and infraspecies must be used when setting title.

Correct:

Species: |title=''Crocus chrysanthus''

Cultivar: |title=''Crocus chrysanthus'' 'Advance'

Hybrid: |title=''Ipomoea'' × ''multifida''

Incorrect:

Species: |title=Crocus chrysanthus

Cultivar: |title=Crocus chrysanthus Advance

Hybrid: |title=''Ipomoea × multifida''

Hybrid: |title=''Ipomoea x multifida''

Setting access-date

Parameter access-date is the date you accessed the webpage.

Pre-formatted parameters

Parameters url, last1, author1-link, website, location, and language are set within the template to pre-formatted values. Parameter publisher is not set as it is deemed redundant. Do not use pre-formatted parameters because the template will overwrite anything placed in them with the following values.

|url=https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=id

|last1=Missouri Botanical Garden

|author1-link=Missouri Botanical Garden

|website=Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder

|location=St. Louis

|language=en

Copy and paste

Vertical

{{Cite MoBotPF
 | id          = 
 | title       = 
 | access-date = 
}}

Horizontal

{{Cite MoBotPF | id = | title = | access-date = }}

Usage

Not recommended

Using the template without setting access-date is not recommended.

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{{Cite MoBotPF
 | id    = 281067
 | title = ''Crocus chrysanthus'' 
}}

Missouri Botanical Garden. "Crocus chrysanthus". Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder. St. Louis.