Template:RQ:Swift Journal to Stella

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from Jonathan Swift's work Dr. Swift’s Journal to Stella (1710–1713) as it appears in The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift (new edition, 1801, volumes XIV and XV). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive and the English Wikisource:

• Internet Archive:
  • Volume XIV (letters I–XVIII; 2 September 1710 to 10–24 March 1711 (Julian calendar)).
  • Volume XV (letters XIX–LXV; 24 March – 5 April 1711 to 6 June 1713 (Julian calendar)).
• English Wikisource:
  • Part 1: Volume XIV (letters I–XVIII; 2 September 1710 to 10–24 March 1711 (Julian calendar)).
  • Part 2: Volume XV (letters XIX–LXV; 24 March – 5 April 1711 to 6 June 1713 (Julian calendar)).

The template takes the following parameters:

Internet Archive version

• |2= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page or range of pages quoted from. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:
  • Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=193–194.
  • 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 Internet Archive version of the work. If it is omitted, the template links to the English Wikisource version.

English Wikisource version

• |part= – specify |part=1 if quoting from letters I–XVIII, and |part=2 if quoting from letters XIX–LXV. This parameter can be omitted if the letter number is specified.

Both versions

• |1= or |letter= – mandatory: the letter number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals. This parameter must be specified to have the template determine the volume (XIV or XV) quoted from.
• |date= – the date of the letter (or part of the letter) quoted from in the format 2 September 1710 or September 2, 1710. As the letters were written when the civil or legal year started on 25 March (Lady Day) each year, dates between 1 January and 24 March were written in the format "4 January 1710–1711". Indicate such a date as |date=4 January 1711. The date will be converted from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar.
• |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.

Internet Archive version

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Swift Journal to Stella|letter=XV|date=1 February 1711|page=346|passage=But party carries every thing nowadays, and what a '''splutter''' have I heard about the wit of that saying, repeated with admiration about a hundred times in half an hour.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Swift Journal to Stella|XV|date=1 February 1711|346|But party carries every thing nowadays, and what a '''splutter''' have I heard about the wit of that saying, repeated with admiration about a hundred times in half an hour.}}
• Result:
  • 1711 February 12 (Gregorian calendar), Jonathan Swift, “[Dr. Swift’s Journal to Stella.] Letter XV.”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, , new edition, volume XIV, London: J Johnson, , published 1801, →OCLC, page 346:

    But party carries every thing nowadays, and what a splutter have I heard about the wit of that saying, repeated with admiration about a hundred times in half an hour.

English Wikisource version

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Swift Journal to Stella|letter=XV|date=1 February 1711|passage=But party carries every thing nowadays, and what a '''splutter''' have I heard about the wit of that saying, repeated with admiration about a hundred times in half an hour.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Swift Journal to Stella|part=1|letter=XV|date=1 February 1711|passage=But party carries every thing nowadays, and what a '''splutter''' have I heard about the wit of that saying, repeated with admiration about a hundred times in half an hour.}}
• Result:
  • 1711 February 12 (Gregorian calendar), Jonathan Swift, “[Dr. Swift’s Journal to Stella.] Letter XV.”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, , new edition, volume XIV, London: J Johnson, , published 1801, →OCLC:

    But party carries every thing nowadays, and what a splutter have I heard about the wit of that saying, repeated with admiration about a hundred times in half an hour.

This template relies on {{RQ:Swift Works}}.