Template:RQ:Doyle Study in Scarlet

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from Arthur Conan Doyle's work A Study in Scarlet (1st edition, 1887 (published in Beeton's Christmas Annual); and 3rd edition, 1891; reprinted 1892). The template can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

• 1st edition (1887).
• 3rd edition (1891).

The template takes the following parameters:

• |edition= – mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 1st edition (1887), specify |edition=1st. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 3rd edition (1891).
• |1= or |chapter= – the name of the chapter quoted from. If quoting from the 1st edition, the template determines the chapter quoted from if the page is specified, unless the page contains two chapters in which case the chapter number must be specified in uppercase Roman numerals.
• |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=10–11.
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This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.

• |3=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
• |footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
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1st edition (1887)

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Doyle Study in Scarlet|edition=1st|page=17|passage=The latter looked out with three tiers of vacant melancholy windows, which were blank and dreary, save that here and there a “To Let” card had developed like a cataract upon the '''bleared''' panes.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Doyle Study in Scarlet|edition=1st||17|The latter looked out with three tiers of vacant melancholy windows, which were blank and dreary, save that here and there a “To Let” card had developed like a cataract upon the '''bleared''' panes.}}
• Result:
  • 1887, A Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., ), chapter III (The Lauriston Gardens Mystery), page 17:

    The latter looked out with three tiers of vacant melancholy windows, which were blank and dreary, save that here and there a “To Let” card had developed like a cataract upon the bleared panes.

3rd edition (1891)

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Doyle Study in Scarlet|chapter=The Science of Deduction|page=32|passage="There are no crimes and no criminals in these days," he said, '''querulously'''. "What is the use of having brains in our profession. I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous.{{nb...|No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done. And what is the result? There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some bungling villainy with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland Yard official can see through it.}}"}}; or
  • {{RQ:Doyle Study in Scarlet|The Science of Deduction|32|"There are no crimes and no criminals in these days," he said, '''querulously'''. "What is the use of having brains in our profession. I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous.{{nb...|No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done. And what is the result? There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some bungling villainy with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland Yard official can see through it.}}"}}
• Result:
  • 1891, A Conan Doyle, “The Science of Deduction”, in A Study in Scarlet. A Detective Story, 3rd edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock, Bowden, and Co., , published 1892, →OCLC, part I (Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., ), page 32:

    "There are no crimes and no criminals in these days," he said, querulously. "What is the use of having brains in our profession. I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous. […]"