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This template is a Citation Style 1 wrapper template based on {{Cite encyclopedia}}. For centralised Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1 . This template generates a citation for a particular term defined in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary .
|encyclopedia=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]] |edition=online |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] To override the defaults, type the parameter and a value, like {{Cite ODNB|encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|edition=14th}} Article author (for the full set of author parameters, see {{cite encyclopedia}}):
This template enables the citation of articles from the Wikisource project Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 or Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement in the manner of non-link references and notes. To cite the contemporary Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, use Template:Cite ODNB.
To use it, click on Cite at the top of the edit window, having already positioned your cursor after the sentence or fact you wish to reference. Then select one of the 'Templates' from the dropdown menu that best suits the type of source.
It makes sense that Wikipedia articles about dictionaries may cite the respective dictionaries, but in cases where a word used somewhere on Wikipedia needs to be supported by a citation to a dictionary, focus on whether the dictionary to be cited for that word is actually acceptable as a reliable source under the policies and guidelines for ...
The Pocket Oxford Dictionary of Current English was originally conceived by F. G. Fowler and H. W. Fowler to be compressed, compact, and concise. Its primary source is the Oxford English Dictionary, and it is nominally an abridgement of the Concise Oxford Dictionary. It was first published in 1924. [86]
A general reference is a citation to a reliable source that supports content, but is not linked to any particular text in the article through an inline citation. General references are usually listed at the end of the article in a "References" section, and are usually sorted by the last name of the author or the editor.
The New Oxford American Dictionary is the American version of the Oxford Dictionary of English, with substantial editing and uses a diacritical respelling scheme rather than the IPA system. [ citation needed ]