Used to add new items to Template:New texts. {{{1}}} is for the text's title, {{{2}}} for the Author's name, and {{{3}}} for the year (doesn't appear if undefined). No subst.
Options to be used sparingly
To display alternate text for the title, ie. rather than the link, 1, one can utilise display to override.
where the identified title is part of another work (ie. a subpage), or the work name is very long
To have a plain text, rather than an active link for the author, add a fourth parameter nowiki, eg. nowiki=yes
where the author is a body without an author name. Note for anonymous authors, do not use this parameter, instead utilise {{anon}}
To display a small image, use image_name for the filename and image_size to define the size of the image.
title or 1: Link to the main page or index page of the work. Mandatory
author or 2: Author of the work, this will be automatically wikilinked to an author page unless the nowiki parameter is used. Optional
translator: Translator of the work, this will be automatically wikilinked to an author page unless the nowiki parameter is used. Optional
editor: Editor of the work, this will be automatically wikilinked to an author page unless the nowiki parameter is used. Optional
illustrator: Illustrator of the work, this will be automatically wikilinked to an author page unless the nowiki parameter is used. Optional
edition: Edition information for the work. Optional
date or 3: Date of publication of the work. Optional
nowiki: If used, this parameter will prevent the automatic wikilinking of the author and translator parameters.
display: If used, this text will be displayed instead of the text the title or 1 parameters.
image_name: Image name and extension. Fill it in only if you want an image.
image_size: Image size (include the units). Fill it in only if you want an image. Defaults to 100px.
type: Media type (default: none, options: film)
Examples
{{new texts/item|LINK TO WORK|Author name|YYYY}}
{{new texts/item|Victoria: with a description of its principal cities, Melbourne and Geelong
|Henry Butler Stoney|1856}}
{{new texts/item|LINK TO WORK|Author name|YYYY|nowiki=yes|display=Preferred title to display}}
{{new texts/item|Victoria: with a description of its principal cities, Melbourne and Geelong
|Henry Butler Stoney|1856|nowiki=yes|display=Victoria}}
{{new texts/item
| title = Victoria: with a description of its principal cities, Melbourne and Geelong
| author = Henry Butler Stoney
| date = 1856
| display = Victoria
| image_name = The Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, with a description of its principal cities.png
}}
{{new texts/item
| title = House of Atreus 2nd ed (1889)/The Furies
| author = Aeschylus
| date = 1889
| display = The Furies
| edition = 2nd ed.
| translator = Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead}}
