Template:Tt1

=Mockup of proposed Wikipedia help page=

What's happening here

 * Proto-test of compendium of cites templates ideas detailed in Wikipedia talk:Citation templates a few days back.

Notes on the scheme

 * Suggested 'help' page is/will be: Citation Templates II with shortcuts WP:CITET2 and WP:CIT2 modeled on Citation Templates.


 * It's purpose is to provide a one stop shopping plaza of the most commonly used generic (i.e. uncustomized) citation templates for people to select between, each with parameter definitions suitable to understand what a field is for. Examples, categorization, interwikis all remain on the primary /doc page for display of help when viewing a template one knows by name.


 * The page desired is for less experienced editors, or those who've primarily used only one cite template flavor and may need another for a different kind of article page. (e.g. Someone branches out to add sports data (news cast as source about a record) to a favored team that has primarily done web cites or cited books. The need to cite a broadcast needs a different kind of citation template. This kind of comparison page should help them locate one in as little time as possible.)


 * A tertiary (minor) purpose would be to see all such templates and potentially bring equivalent fields into tighter agreement. Or as an aid to understanding, the contrast and ability to see the differences could help the novice learn which to use easier.

Base beginning aggregation on: (Suggestions by Huntster with a starting list by Fra nkB &mdash;to get a feel for the task and how a page might look. Other possibilities are .)
 * Cite book
 * Cite news
 * Cite press release
 * Cite web
 * Cite video
 * Cite visual
 * a place to start taken together

Organization

 * possibly use as feed stock: (Stealing text shamelessly!)

This editing aid is ordered alphabetically, not by most used, first listed. It will provide a compendium of key parameter definitions, and a cut and paste guide for one stop shopping of the correct common. For additional detail and more examples within each kind, the provided link to the template page will in general give a longer fuller picture of what a templates capabilities are, and of usage examples in certain circumstances. (e.g. How to use Cite episode for a single media program, not solely as a serialized program&mdash;including it's adaptability to a broadcast radio event, are not covered here, but in the template link given.

This page is to conveniently group usage notes in one place, not cover minute shades of meaning or less common employments of such.


 * FYI for anyone looking in: the logic that needs installed is sensitive to the local pagename, so the result cannot be seen easily locally. Hence editing is occurring from here, the mock up of the desired compendium page. The primary editing is currently within the various /doc2 pages...

=Dummied up content=

Cite book

 * This section and pages need redone from scratch... too complicated, the method of Cite press release is best./Fra nkB
 * / Cite book/doc / Cite book/doc2

Cite news

 * This section and pages needs redone as well... still too complicated as requires multiple if-then-else logic, the method of Cite press release is best for only two are needed. // Fra nkB 16:51, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * / Cite news/doc / Cite news/doc2

Cite press release

 * / Cite press release/doc / Cite press release/doc2
 * this is the prefered technique...
 * minimal changes to both the old (/doc) and new (/doc2) sub-pages needed.
 * The extant documentation in this page was sparse to say the least, but aside from the wide versus tall issue, this will work.

Cite video

 * / Cite video/doc / Cite video/doc2

Cite visual

 * / Cite visual/doc / Cite visual/doc2

Cite web

 * / Cite web/doc / Cite web/doc2