Template:EB1

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Purpose

This template provides a means to link more easily from within the running text of articles in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 1st ed., both at the main article space and from the page scans. It can also duplicate the functionality of existing templates to provide automatically–small capped links.

Usage

{{EB1|name of the article}}

{{EB1|name of the article|display name}}

{{EB1|name of the article|display name|sc=1}}

{{EB1|name of the article|sc=1}}

Examples

{{EB1|Abyssinia}} gives Abyssinia.

{{EB1|Abyssinia|sc=1}} gives Abyssinia.
[Note that this “1” can be set to any value—“yes”, “0”, “no”—other than an empty space and the link will still be formatted to small caps.]

{{EB1|abyss}} gives abyss but links to Encyclopædia Britannica, First Edition/Abyss with the proper capitalization.

{{EB1|Somaliland#British Somaliland|the British colony}} gives the British colony which links to the British subsection within the larger Somaliland article.

Note

This template still does not support the linking of article names that are themselves in all-caps:

{{EB1|ABYSSINIA}} gives ABYSSINIA.

Such names—when encountered, e.g., on the automated page scans—should still be formatted to their normal capitalization before being linked.

See also

• {{9link}}
• {{EB1911 link}}

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