Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales https://biography.wales/article/{{{id}}}. {{cite encyclopedia}}
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This template is used to provide a link to the online version of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography (DWB) (https://biography.wales/)
containing details of over 5,000 biographies of individuals associated with Wales.
Note: The shortcut version is "Cite DWB", not "DWB" as that template is used for something else.
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Additional information for the title:
|mode=cs1
; set to |mode=cs2
to provide consistency with citation style 2, as produced by {{citation}}
|fewer-links=yes
to remove repeated wikilinks where the template is used more than once in an article|short=yes
to change the output 'Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales' to 'DWB'. Can be useful for matching the citation formatting on pages that use abbreviations for citations.All {{Cite encyclopedia}} parameters are available.
{{Dictionary of Welsh Biography|id=s-EDWA-ROB-1775|title=EDWARDS, ROBERT (Robin Ddu o Feirion; 1775 - 1805), poet and antiquary|first=Elwyn|last=Evans|year=1959|access-date=9 July 2024}}
displays as:
{{Dictionary of Welsh Biography|id=s12-YATE-NIG-1944|title=YATES, WILFRID NIGEL (1944 - 2009), archivist and historian|first=Liz|last=Rees|mode=cs2|date=10 August 2021|access-date=9 July 2024}}
displays as:
Some articles may have multiple entries. |fewer-links=yes
can be used to remove the repeated internal wikilinks from any additional and subsequent instances of the template:{{Dictionary of Welsh Biography|id=s11-HALL-BEN-1802|title=HALL, BENJAMIN Lord Llanover (1802-1867), politician and reformer|first=Marion|last=Löffler|date=8 June 2016|fewer-links=yes|access-date=9 July 2024}}
displays as:
Some articles may use abbreviations for sources which are used extensively. |short=yes
can be used to replace 'Dictionary of Welsh Biography' and 'National Library of Wales' with the abbreviation 'DWB'.:{{Dictionary of Welsh Biography|id=s11-HALL-BEN-1802|title=HALL, BENJAMIN Lord Llanover (1802-1867), politician and reformer|first=Marion|last=Löffler|date=8 June 2016|short=yes|access-date=9 July 2024}}
displays as:
TemplateData for Dictionary of Welsh Biography
Provides a citation to the online version of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography (DWB)
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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id | id | Extracted from the URL: https://biography.wales/article/##-####-###-####
| String | required |
title | title | Title of entry.
| String | required |
access-date | access-date accessdate | the date a Wikipedia editor retrieved and/or verified information from the website
| String | suggested |
last | last | Last name of the entry's author. | String | optional |
first | first | First name(s) of the entry's author. | String | optional |
author-link | author-link authorlink | Name of article on author. | String | optional |
date | date | Date. | Number | optional |
year | year | Year. | Number | optional |
mode | mode | defaults to 'cs1'; set to 'cs2' to provide consistency with Citation style 2, as produced by {{citation}} | String | optional |
fewer-links | fewer-links | set to 'yes' to remove repeated wikilinks to 'Dictionary of Welsh Biography' and 'National Library of Wales' where the template is used more than once in an article | String | optional |
short | short | set to 'yes' to replace 'Dictionary of Welsh Biography' and 'National Library of Wales' with the abbreviation 'DWB'. Can be used to provide consistent formatting in an article | String | optional |
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