Help:Citation Style 2
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Citation Style 2 (CS2) is a style applied to citations on Wikipedia. It is used by default in the general purpose citation template {{Citation}}, and available as an option in many other templates. The commonly-used citation templates have two style modes.[1] These modes change how the citation is punctuated when it's rendered. CS2 primarily uses the comma as a separator, and it does not have a punctuation mark at the end of the citation. Citation Style 1 (CS1) uses the full stop as a separator and for terminal punctuation.[2] For example:
- CS2
- Carroll, Lewis (1866), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan
- CS1
- Carroll, Lewis (1866). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan.
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Style
- With author
- Elk, Anne (November 16, 1972), Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses, Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Without author
- Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses, Monty Python's Flying Circus, November 16, 1972
Citation Style 2 differs from Citation Style 1 in these specific style characteristics:
- uses a comma to separate individual elements of a rendered citation (CS1 is a fullstop)
- terminal punctuation is omitted from the rendered citation unless overridden by
|postscript=(CS1 is a fullstop)
Apply CS2 to a single citation
Apply CS2 to all citations in an article
Add {{cs1 config |mode=cs2}} to the article, preferably near the top of the page,[3] to apply CS2 formatting to all citations on a page using Module:Citation/CS1.
Citation template
The general purpose {{Citation}} template uses CS2 by default. It determines the citation type by examining which parameters are used. As with other citation templates, it can be used either in a footnote (between <ref>...</ref> tags) or in a section that lists sources. For example:
{{Citation
| last= Turner
| first= Orsamus
| title= History of the pioneer settlement of Phelps and Gorham's purchase, and Morris' reserve
| publisher= William Alling
| place= Rochester, New York
| year= 1851
| ol= 7120924W
}}
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Turner, Orsamus (1851), History of the pioneer settlement of Phelps and Gorham's purchase, and Morris' reserve, Rochester, New York: William Alling, OL 7120924W |