Template:Book

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This template is used to provide formatting to the basic information about books and should be used in place of {{information}} when a set of images (either multiple files or a single DjVu or PDF) comprise the full text of a book.

This template will categorize into Category:Book templates.

, if used in a template.

Usage

{{Book
 |Author =
 |Translator =
 |Editor =
 |Illustrator =
 |Title =
 |Subtitle =
 |Series title =
 |Volume =
 |Edition =
 |Publisher =
 |Printer =
 |Date =
 |City =
 |Language =
 |Description =
 |Source =
 |Permission =
 |Image =
 |Image page =
 |Pageoverview =
 |Wikisource =
 |Homecat =
 |Other_versions =
 |ISBN =
 |LCCN =
 |OCLC =
}}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
Author	book's author or authors. If author is anonymous then write anonymous or unbekannt. If multiple authors then write various authors or verschiedene and provide Editor name. If possible create and use a creator template for the author providing identifying information and linking it with wikipedia and wikisource pages.		empty	optional
Translator	book's translator or translators. See Author description for preferred format.		empty	optional
Editor	book's editor or editors. See Author description for preferred format.		empty	optional
Illustrator	book's illustrator or illustrators. See Author description for preferred format.		empty	optional
Title	title of the book. Should be short.		empty	optional
Subtitle	Subtitle of the book		empty	optional
Series title	If book is a part of the series then provide series title.		empty	optional
Volume	If book has multiple volumes then provide volume number.		empty	optional
Edition	edition number		empty	optional
Publisher	book's publisher		empty	optional
Printer	book's printer		empty	optional
Date	Year of book publication. Use {{other date}} for approximate dates.		empty	optional
City	Place of publication, usually city. If possible use {{city}} or one of autotranslated city templates (see Category:Multilingual tags: Locations). Can also use links to a gallery or Wikipedia article.		empty	optional
Language	language of the book		empty	optional
Description	description of the book. Please use multilingual templates like {{en}}.		empty	optional
Source	information about where the source of the files in the category. Usually name of the user or the institution that scanned the book with a link to the download page if possible. Source should always be specified and books without source will be tagged with {{Source missing}} template.		empty	optional
Permission	license (such as {{PD-old-100}} or {{PD/1923|1912}}); used for pdf and DjVu files where the entire book is a single file. When creating book templates (for a group of images that are uploaded as separate files) leave this blank, as each file should use license template directly.		empty	optional
Image	image representing the book. Usually the front page or the cover. For multi-image pdf and DjVu files this is simply the filename. Omit "File:".		empty	optional
Image page	Page number of the image representing the book. Usually the front page or the cover. Used for multipage pdf and DjVu images.		empty	optional
Pageoverview	field used to show page number, number of pages or possibly add links to all the pages. Different derivative templates used this field differently: links to all the pages: see for example Template:De Kafka Hungerkünstler or Template:De Heimatlos (Spyri). Individual pages using Book template with such links will display current page without a link so it is easy to tell what is the current page, see example. single link to a gallery with all the pages, see for example Template:R. Waller - British Grasses and Wild Flowers display current page number and possibly total number of pages, based on parameters passed to the derivative template, see for example Template:Pan Tadeusz (1834) and one of the pages using it.		empty	optional
Wikisource	link to related Wikisource page. Use en:Main Page notation. eg.: |Wikisource=s:en:Three Books of Occult Philosophy		empty	optional
Homecat	Used only when template:Book is used to create other templates, usually templates for specific books. Homecat (Home category) will categorize the book template without categorizing images using it. In order to auto-categorize images as well use separate {{Book/AutoCategory}} template. If Homecat is missing or points to non-existing category than template is added to Category:Book templates without home category. To avoid that use "Homecat=~".		empty	optional
Other_versions	Other versions of this same document on Commons, this can be used for files in a different format, or other editions of the same text.		empty	optional
other_fields	Additional table fields (in html-table syntax). Easiest way to use it is through {{Information field|name=Field Name|value=Field Value|style=html}}.		empty	optional
ISBN	International Standard Book Number		empty	optional
LCCN	Library of Congress Control Number: Authority data from the Library of Congress.		empty	optional
OCLC	Title authority data from Online Computer Library Center.		empty	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

Relies on:
{{language}}, {{city}}, {{ISOdate}}, {{Anonymous}}, {{Author}}

⧼Seealso⧽

{{Information}}, {{Artwork}}

Localization

This template is localized by utilizing MediaWiki namespace messages. These can be translated at translatewiki.net (current translations).

Example usage

For example the source code of the book description at Category:Geometria by Augustin Hirschvogel is:

{{Book
| Author = Augustin Hirschvogel
| Date = 1543
| Image = Fotothek df tg 0003618 Geometrie ^ Architektur ^ Perspektive ^ Polyeder.jpg
| Language = German
| Source = Scan of original book from [[w:de:Deutsche Fotothek|Deutsche Fotothek]]
| Subtitle = Das Bvch Geometria ist mein Namen, All Freye Kvnst Avs Zvm Ersten Kamen, Ich Bring Architectvra vnd Perspectiva zvsamen
| Title = Geometria
}}

For an example of the usage on a multi-image DjVu file see the implementation at: File:Three Books of Occult Philosophy (De Occulta Philosophia) (1651).djvu, the code follows:

{{Book
|Author={{creator:Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim}}
|Translator={{creator:John French}}
|Editor=
|Illustrator=
|Title=Three Books of Occult Philosophy
|Subtitle=
|Series title=
|Volume=
|Edition=
|Publisher=Gregory Moule
|Printer=R.W.
|Date={{date|1651||}}
|City=London
|Language=English
|Description={{en|Original 1651 English translation by [[John French (physician)|John French]] of [[w:De occulta philosophia libri tres|De occulta philosophia libra III (Three Books of Occult Philosophy)]] by [[w:Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa|Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]]}}
|Source=http://archive.lib.msu.edu/AFS/dmc/arts/public/all/threebooksoccult/ANL.pdf [[w:Michigan State University|Michigan State University]] Libraries: [http://digital.lib.msu.edu/collections/index.cfm?TitleID=247 Digital Collections] individual pages are also available as .GIFs from the same source
|License={{PD-old-100}}
|Image=Three Books of Occult Philosophy (De Occulta Philosophia) (1651).djvu
|Image page=5
|Wikisource=s:en:Three Books of Occult Philosophy
|Homecat=
| Other_versions = [[:File:De Occulta Philosophia Libri III (1533).djvu|De Occulta Philosophia libri III (1533)]] (Latin); [[:File:Magische Werke (De Occulta Philosophia) (1855).djvu|Magische Werke (Book II) (1855)]] (German)  
}}

the same format would work with a multi-image pdf.

en:Template:Book

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Book/doc. (edit | history)
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