Template:RQ:Swift Works

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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from a collection of Jonathan Swift's works edited by Thomas Sheridan and John Nichols entitled The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift (new edition, 1801, 19 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the works at the Internet Archive:

Wherever possible, use a quotation template relating to a specific work (for example, {{RQ:Swift Gulliver}}) instead of this template. Use this template only for essays, poems, and other works of Swift which are otherwise difficult to find.

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= or |volume= – mandatory: the volume number quoted in uppercase Roman numerals, from |volume=I to |volume=XIX.
• |author= – if a title is by someone other than Swift, the name of an author.
• |2=, |poem=, or |title= – mandatory: the name of the poem or work quoted from. If the parameter is given the value indicated in the first column of the following table, the template will link to a relevant English Wikipedia article and/or provide the date when the work was first composed or published:

For help with linking other Wikipedia articles to the template or adding the date when a work was first composed or published, leave a message on the talk page or at "Wiktionary:Grease pit".

• |chapter= or |chaptername= –
  • If a work is divided into numbered chapters, use |chapter= to specify the chapter number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, followed by the name of the chapter in parentheses.
  • If a chapter is unnumbered, use |chaptername= to specify its name.
• |letter= – if quoting from a numbered letter, the letter number in uppercase Roman numerals.
• |stanza= or |section= – if the work is subdivided into stanzas or sections, the stanza number (in uppercase Roman numerals) or section number quoted from.
• |date= – if a work has a specific date (for example, one of the letters in volume XIV), use this parameter to specify the date according to the Julian calendar like this: |date=2 September 1710. The template will convert the date to one according to the Gregorian calendar.
• |3= 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=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 an online version of the work.

• |4=, |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:Swift Works|volume=VII|poem=On Dreams|page=271|passage=The statesman '''rakes''' the town to find a plot, / And dreams of forfeitures by treason got.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Swift Works|VII|On Dreams|271|The statesman '''rakes''' the town to find a plot, / And dreams of forfeitures by treason got.}}
• Result:
  • 1724, Jonathan Swift, “On Dreams. An Imitation of Petronius.”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, , new edition, volume VII, London: J Johnson, , published 1801, →OCLC, page 271:

    The statesman rakes the town to find a plot, / And dreams of forfeitures by treason got.