Template:CiteDiscord

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(documentation WIP) This is a template for including links to threads and individual posts on the ConwayLife.com forums in the "External Links" section of an article. It can take the following parameters:

  • channel, the name of the channel the message was posted in:
    • Options are starboard, rules, info, announcements, general-discussion, off-topic, tools, cgol, naturalistic, synthetic, general-theory, other-math, programming, bots-and-mute-this, and boice-text;
  • id, the numerical ID of the message (this can be obtained by clicking on the three dots to the right of the message and clicking "Copy ID");
  • author, the author of the thread or post (optional);
  • date, the date the forum post was posted (optional, if author is specified);

Here are three simple usage examples:

You type:

{{LinkForumThread|t=1452|title=Soup search results}}

You see:

You type:

{{LinkForumThread|p=46748|title=Re: Soup search results}}

You see:

You type:

<ref name="post46748" />

==References==
<references>
<ref name="post46748">{{LinkForumThread
|f      = 7
|t      = 2036
|p      = 46748
|title  = Re: Thread for basic questions
|format = ref
}}</ref>
</references>

You see: a footnote link1 at the ref tag location, and a reference section containing

1. Re: Thread for basic questions (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums

See also

External link templates