Template:Dictionary of Australasian Biography lkpl/doc

Usage

A plain link to an article within The Dictionary of Australasian Biography (DAB).

DAB articles have the nomenclature Surname, Firstname, so the basis of the link is

{{DAB lkpl|link=Surname, Firstname|name= name as required for presentation}}

link is mandatory, and text is optional

• {{DAB lkpl| link = Abbott, Hon. Sir Joseph Palmer}}

produces Abbott, Hon. Sir Joseph Palmer that links to The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Abbott, Hon. Sir Joseph Palmer

• {{DAB lkpl| link = Abbott, Hon. Sir Joseph Palmer | text = Sir Joseph Abbott }}

produces Sir Joseph Abbott that links to The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Abbott, Hon. Sir Joseph Palmer

This template is based on Template:authority/lkpl

Templatedata

Internal link template for Dictionary of Australasian Biography

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
link	link 1	name of article Example {{DAB lkpl|link=Abbott, Hon. Sir Joseph Palmer}}	String	required
displayed text	text 2	overrides link text with text to preferentially display Example {{DAB lkpl|link=Abbott, Hon. Sir Joseph Palmer|text=Hon. Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott}}	String	optional