Form:CTD literature: Difference between revisions

Add English guidance and supporting pages for the CTD literature form, adapted from Russian Teopedia
(Route the direct form link through page-name selection)
(Add English guidance and supporting pages for the CTD literature form, adapted from Russian Teopedia)
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<noinclude>{{Style P-Book|[[Comprehensive Theosophical Dictionary]]}}
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{{Style P-Subtitle|Add or edit an article about a <u>literary work</u>}}
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[[Special:FormStart/CTD literature|Open form]] | [[:Category:CTD literature|All literary works]] | [[CTD/Sources|Sources]]
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This form creates or edits a general dictionary entry about a literary work using {{t|CTD literature}}. Separate editions and translations may have their own pages; link them in the publications and translations fields. Use {{f|CTD periodical}} for periodicals.
This form creates or edits a general dictionary entry about a literary work using {{t|CTD literature}}. Separate editions and translations may have their own pages; link them in the publications and translations fields. Use {{f|CTD periodical}} for periodicals.
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'''Page names:'''
'''Page names:'''
* For a work with a known author, use '''Surname I. I. - Work title''', for example '''Blavatsky H. P. - The Secret Doctrine'''. Use only established names and initials.
* For a work with a known author, use '''Surname I. I. - Work title''', for example '''Blavatsky H. P. - The Secret Doctrine'''. Use only established names and initials.
* If the author is unknown, use '''Work title''' without an author prefix.
* If the author is unknown, use '''Work title''' without an author prefix, and add {{c|Literature with unidentified authors}} to the categories field.
* Use Latin letters, digits, spaces and the punctuation '''.,-()''' in the page name. Omit other punctuation or replace it with these characters. Preserve the complete title, including its original punctuation, in the title field inside the entry.
* Use Latin letters, digits, spaces and the punctuation '''.,-()''' in the page name. Omit other punctuation or replace it with these characters. This page name becomes part of the web address. Preserve the complete title, including its original punctuation, in the title field inside the entry.
* Widely known works without an individual author, such as the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita, do not need an author prefix. Do not put a collection's editor in the page name; for example, use '''Five Years of Theosophy'''.
* Widely known works without an individual author, such as the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita, do not need an author prefix. Do not put a collection's editor in the page name; for example, use '''Five Years of Theosophy'''.
* Check for an existing entry before creating a new page.
* Check for an existing entry before creating a new page. See [[CTD/Rules|Editorial guidelines]] for the general rules.


'''Useful resources:'''
'''Useful resources:'''
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<div style="font-size:90%;">See {{t|CTD literature}} for the full parameter description and {{c|CTD literature}} for existing entries.<br>
<div style="font-size:90%;">See {{t|CTD literature}} for the full parameter description and {{c|CTD literature}} for existing entries. Read [[CTD/Rules|Editorial guidelines]] and [[CTD/Sources|Sources]].<br>
'''Separate all list items with a semicolon (;).''' Fields marked (;) accept lists.</div>
'''Separate all list items with a semicolon (;).''' Fields marked (;) accept lists.</div>


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<p style="text-indent:0; font-size:90%; color:grey;">Fill in only when a different sorting form is needed, without quotation marks or other punctuation that interferes with sorting. Otherwise the title is used.</p>
<p style="text-indent:0; font-size:90%; color:grey;">Fill in only when a different sorting form is needed, without quotation marks or other punctuation that interferes with sorting. Otherwise the title is used.</p>
<p style="text-indent:0;">For references: {{{field|short title|input type=text|size=40}}}</p>
<p style="text-indent:0;">For references: {{{field|short title|input type=text|size=40}}}</p>
<p style="text-indent:0; font-size:90%; color:grey;">A unique short title or abbreviation. If omitted, the page name is used.</p>
<p style="text-indent:0; font-size:90%; color:grey;">A unique short title in the form '''Author-Work''', for example '''HPB-SD'''. Check [[CTD/Short titles|the full list]] before choosing an abbreviation. If omitted, the page name is used.</p>
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| Origin
| Origin
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| {{{field|origin|input type=textarea|rows=2}}}
<p style="text-indent:0; font-size:90%; color:grey;">Language, title and author in the original language. Use this field for a manually formatted origin; otherwise it is assembled from the original-language fields below.</p>
<p style="text-indent:0; font-size:90%; color:grey;">Language, title and author in the original language. Use this field for a manually formatted origin; otherwise it is assembled from the original-language fields below. Example: English: ''Contemplation'' by Damodar K. Mavalankar.</p>
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| Original publication
| Original publication
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| Publications (;)
| Publications (;)
| {{{field|publications|input type=textarea|rows=5|list|delimiter=;}}}
| {{{field|publications|input type=textarea|rows=5|list|delimiter=;}}}
<p style="text-indent:0; font-size:90%; color:grey;">Original and translated editions with brief bibliographic details and links to texts in Teopedia or elsewhere.</p>
<p style="text-indent:0; font-size:90%; color:grey;">Original and translated editions with brief bibliographic details (publisher, year, translator) and links to texts in Teopedia or elsewhere. Example from [[:t-ru-lib:Блаватская Е.П. - Эгоистично ли желание жить|the Russian entry]]: ''Five Years of Theosophy'', Kolokol, 2022; translated into Russian by V. V. Bazyukin.</p>
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| Related works (;)
| Related works (;)
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<div style="font-size:90%; color:grey;">Write an independent dictionary description. Link to other entries using <nowiki>[[Page|Link text]]</nowiki>. Cite each source immediately after the information it supports, using {{t|ctd-source}} where appropriate; for example, <nowiki>{{ctd-source|BCW|1|443}}</nowiki>. See [[CTD/Sources|Sources]].</div>
{{CTD sources}}
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| '''Short description'''
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| Download (;)
| Download (;)
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| {{{field|download links|input type=textarea|rows=2|list|delimiter=;}}}
<p style="text-indent:0; font-size:90%; color:grey;">For files in [https://disk.yandex.ru/d/SYgQwJzb3SfiqS the Teopedia repository], copy the complete link to the file or folder and use <nowiki>[URL Link text]</nowiki>. For Internet Archive, use <nowiki>[https://archive.org/details/ITEM_IDENTIFIER Link text]</nowiki>; the identifier is the part of the address after <b>details/</b>. Example: <nowiki>[https://archive.org/details/lachairedhbreu00renauoft Internet Archive scan]</nowiki>.</p>
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| Listen (;)
| Listen (;)