Template:Taxa authored/sandbox
 | This is the template sandbox page for Template:Taxa authored (diff). |
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Usage
[edit]This generates a link to the category of a person's authored taxon names. It shows the number of taxon names as well. It defaults to the number of pages in:
[[Category:{{BASEPAGENAME}}]]
If you want to use a different name, use:
{{Taxa authored|other name}}
If a person has used multiple names in their career, up to three author names can be specified at once:
{{Taxa authored|first name|second name|third name}}
For grammatically correct translations, there is a parameter to specify the gender of the taxon author. Note: In most cases this is optional, if the gender is specified in the corresponding Wikidata item.
- For male authors (default):
{{Taxa authored}} - For female authors:
{{Taxa authored|g=f}}
Examples
[edit]{{Taxa authored|Carolus Linnaeus}}results in:Taxon names authored
(List may be incomplete)
- 8,822 taxon names authored by Carolus Linnaeus
{{Taxa authored|Othniel Charles Marsh}}results in:Taxon names authored
(List may be incomplete)
- 68 taxon names authored by Othniel Charles Marsh
{{Taxa authored}}results in:Taxon names authored
(List may be incomplete)
Templatedata
[edit]Use this to display taxon names authored by an author.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Optional, if you want a different author name instead of the page name | Unknown | optional |
See also
[edit]{{Taxa by author}}– template for use on taxon-author category pages.