Template:Cite compare/sandbox
{{cite {{{mode}}}}}
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![]() | This is the template sandbox page for Template:Cite compare (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
{{cite compare}} is a debug and documentation tool that allows editors to compare the output created by the various versions of a Citation Style 1 (CS1) template. To invoke {{cite compare}} simply add CS1 template parameters to {{cite compare}}
. For example, a simple {{cite web}} comparison might look like this:
{{cite compare |mode=web |url=http://www.example.com |website=Example Website |title=Example comparison}}
which produces this output:
Wikitext | {{cite web
|
---|---|
Live | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
Sandbox | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
Usage
[edit]The default display is a comparison between sandbox and the current live CS1 template.
{{cite compare}} is controlled by four parameters:
|template=
– selects which of the CS1 templates will be compared; for{{cite web}}
,|template=web
; for{{cite journal}}
,|template=journal
; etc.; alias:|mode=
(deprecated)|mode=
– deprecated alias of|template=
; for{{cite web}}
,|mode=web
; for{{cite journal}}
,|mode=journal
; etc.; deprecated because cs1|2 supports a parameter called|mode=
|old=
– when set toyes
, includes the citation as rendered by{{citation/core}}
|comment=
– when set to a comment, displays the comment at the bottom of the comparison table|header=
– when set, displays additional header text|nosandbox=
– when set, removes the line for the sandbox
Display only live
[edit]{{cite compare |template=web |nosandbox=yes |url=http://www.example.com |website=Example Website |title=Example comparison}}
Wikitext | {{cite web
|
---|---|
Live | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
Compare old, live and sandbox
[edit]Adding |old=yes
will display a comparison of all three versions of a CS1 citation: the current live template, the sandbox template, and the old, pre-Lua-based versions. The non-Lua-based templates are at pages labeled old; for example, {{cite web/old}} is the reference version against which the initial Lua implementation to {{cite web}} were compared.
{{cite compare |template=web |old=yes |url=http://www.example.com |website=Example Website |title=Example comparison}}
Wikitext | {{cite web
|
---|---|
Old | "Example comparison". http://www.example.com. |
Live | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
Sandbox | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
Compare with comment
[edit]To add a comment regarding the comparison, set |comment=<comment text>
. If <comment text> contains a vertical bar or pipe (|) use {{!}}
.
{{cite compare |template=web |comment=Comment about {{!}}comment=<comment text> |header=(additional header text) |url=http://www.example.com |website=Example Website |title=Example comparison}}
Wikitext | {{cite web
|
---|---|
Live | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
Sandbox | "Example comparison". Example Website. |
Comment about |comment=<comment text> |