Template:DNB errata/doc

Usage

Used to append the erratum from Index:Dictionary of National Biography. Errata (1904).djvu on to the respective biographies in the main namespace. To use it successfully, there needs to be particular placement of the section tags <section begin="" /> and <section end="" /> in the errata volume.

The template is utilised on the respective biography page, and is placed after the <pages> transclusion with an interceding clear line between them.

{{DNB errata
 | article =     (mandatory)
 | page =        (mandatory)
 | page2 =       (optional)
}}

• article = name of the person for who the article is named, and needs to replicate the section tags in the Errata
• page = scan page within the Errata volume.
• page2 = (optional) where the scan for an article in the Errata gets onto a second page, then this parameter should be added

Biographies that have errata will be in category:DNB articles with errata

Example

{{DNB errata|article=Greaves, Edward|page=151}}

produces:

Dictionary of National Biography, Errata (1904), p.141
N.B.— f.e. stands for from end and l.l. for last line

Page	Col.	Line
37	i	22 f.e.	Greaves, Sir Edward: for 279 read 302
		9 f.e.	for 225 and 279, i. 18 read 51 and 302

See also

• {{DNB00}}
• Wikisource:WikiProject DNB