Template:RQ:Collins Moonstone

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This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Wilkie Collins' work The Moonstone (1st collected edition, 1868). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

• Volume I.
• Volume II.
• Volume III.

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= or |volume= – mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, from |volume=I to |volume=III.
• |part= – the name of the part quoted from that the work is subdivided into.
• |chapter= – the parts of the work are subdivided into chapters. Use this parameter to specify the chapter number in uppercase Roman numerals and chapter name (if any), like this: |chapter=I (The Statement of Sergeant Cuff’s Man. (1849.)).
• |2= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=110–111.
  • You must also use |pageref= to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).

You must specify this information to have the template determine the period (1st or 2nd) quoted from, and to link to an online version of the work.

• |3=, |text=, or |passage= – a passage to be quoted from the work.
• |brackets= – use |brackets=on to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Collins Moonstone|volume=I|chapter=XV|page=238|passage="Mr. Betteredge," he said, "as you have honoured me by taking an '''oar in my boat''', and as you may, I think, be of some assistance to me before the evening is out, I see no use in our mystifying one another any longer, and I propose to set you an example of plain speaking on my side.{{nb...}}"}}; or
  • {{RQ:Collins Moonstone|I|chapter=XV|238|"Mr. Betteredge," he said, "as you have honoured me by taking an '''oar in my boat''', and as you may, I think, be of some assistance to me before the evening is out, I see no use in our mystifying one another any longer, and I propose to set you an example of plain speaking on my side.{{nb...}}"}}
• Result:
  • 1868 January 4 – June 6, Wilkie Collins, “First Period. The Loss of the Diamond (1848). ”, in The Moonstone. A Romance. , volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, , published 1868, →OCLC, chapter XV, page 238:

    "Mr. Betteredge," he said, "as you have honoured me by taking an oar in my boat, and as you may, I think, be of some assistance to me before the evening is out, I see no use in our mystifying one another any longer, and I propose to set you an example of plain speaking on my side. […]"

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Collins Moonstone|volume=III|part=Fourth Narrative. Extracted from the Journal of Ezra Jennings.|page=195|passage=From first to last he was '''ominously''' polite, and '''ominously''' silent.}}
• Result:
  • 1868 January 4 – June 6, Wilkie Collins, “Second Period. The Discovery of the Truth. (1848–1849.)  [Fourth Narrative. Extracted from the Journal of Ezra Jennings.]”, in The Moonstone. A Romance. , volume III, London: Tinsley Brothers, , published 1868, →OCLC, page 195:

    From first to last he was ominously polite, and ominously silent.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Collins Moonstone|volume=III|part=Fourth Narrative. Extracted from the Journal of Ezra Jennings.|pages=180–181|pageref=180|passage=Here I am, with my book and my pencil—the latter not pointed so well as I could wish, but when Christians '''take leave of their senses''', who is to expect that pencils will keep their points?}}
• Result:
  • 1868 January 4 – June 6, Wilkie Collins, “Second Period. The Discovery of the Truth. (1848–1849.)  [Fourth Narrative. Extracted from the Journal of Ezra Jennings.]”, in The Moonstone. A Romance. , volume III, London: Tinsley Brothers, , published 1868, →OCLC, pages 180–181:

    Here I am, with my book and my pencil—the latter not pointed so well as I could wish, but when Christians take leave of their senses, who is to expect that pencils will keep their points?