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![]() | This is the template sandbox page for Template:Cite bcgnis (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
![]() | This template is a Citation Style 1 wrapper template based on {{Cite web}}. For centralised Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1. |
This citation template can be used to cite references to the BC Geographical Names web service for British Columbia, Canada.
Usage
A search engine for BC Geographical Names is available here. The feature number can be found near the end of the URL.
For example, a search for Fairweather Mountain yields the URL: https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38638.html
. Use the highlighted number as the id
for this template.
Parameter | Notes |
---|---|
{{cite bcgnis | id= | name= | access-date= }} |
Number form URL Official name Full date |
If no name is specified, the article name is used. Specifying the name is recommended since the article name might be need to be disambiguated in the future. Unnamed parameters are allowed. The use of access-date is optional.
Examples
Used with named parameters:
- {{cite bcgnis |id=38638 |name=Fairweather Mountain}} → "Script error: No such module "If empty".". BC Geographical Names.
Used with unnamed parameters:
- {{cite bcgnis |38638 |Fairweather Mountain |2017-06-25}} → "Script error: No such module "If empty".". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
See also
- {{cite cgndb}}
- {{cite bivouac}}
- {{cite peakfinder}}
- {{cite web}}
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Cite bcgnis/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |