Template:RQ:Idler

The following documentation is located at Template:RQ:Idler/documentation.

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from the series of essays The Idler by Samuel Johnson, Bennet Langton, Joshua Reynolds, and Thomas Warton which was published in The Universal Chronicle, or Weekly Gazette (1st edition, 15 April 1758 – 5 April 1760). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

For help with adding other issues to the template from the Internet Archive, leave a message on the talk page or at "Wiktionary:Grease pit".

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= or |issue= – mandatory: the issue number quoted from in Arabic numerals, from |issue=1 to |issue=104. Note that this is different from the issue number of The Universal Chronicle.
• |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.
  • You must also use |pageref= to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).

This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.

• |column= or |columns= – the column number(s) quoted from, either |column=1 or |column=2. If quoting from both columns, either omit this parameter or separate the column numbers with an en dash, like this: |columns=1–2.
• |3=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
• |footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
• |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:Idler|issue=72|page=1|column=3|passage=He imagined that he had novv purchaſed the privilege of diſcourſe and began to '''deſcend''' to familiar queſtions, endeavouring to accommodate his diſcourſe to the groſſneſs of ruſtick underſtandings.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Idler|72|1|column=3|He imagined that he had novv purchaſed the privilege of diſcourſe and began to '''deſcend''' to familiar queſtions, endeavouring to accommodate his diſcourſe to the groſſneſs of ruſtick underſtandings.}}
• Result:
  • 1759 August 25, [Samuel Johnson], “The Idler. No. 72.”, in The Universal Chronicle, or Weekly Gazette, volume II, number 73, London: R. Stevens, , →OCLC, page 1, column 3:

    He imagined that he had novv purchaſed the privilege of diſcourſe and began to deſcend to familiar queſtions, endeavouring to accommodate his diſcourſe to the groſſneſs of ruſtick underſtandings.

This template relies on {{RQ:Universal Chronicle}}.