This template uses Lua: |
The purpose of this template is to have a single location for the Naval Vessel Register (NVR) service craft detail base url as a method of combating link rot.
The template takes two parameters:
|id=
– (required) the ship's case-insensitive hull classification symbol in one of five forms:
|title=
– (optional) a title or label for an external linkParameter names are not required. When not used, the positional order is:
{{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|identifier|title}}
When |title=
is empty or omitted, the template produces a url suitable for use in Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2 templates.
{{cite web |title=Menominee |website=Naval Vessel Register |url={{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|YT_807}} |accessdate=1 October 2016}}
With a title, the template produces a properly marked up external wikilink:
{{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|YT_807|''Menominee''}}
[http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_YT_807.HTML ''Menominee'']
For floating drydock sections:
{{Naval Vessel Register service craft URL|AFDB7F|''Los Alamos''}}
[http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_AFDB_7_1549.HTML ''Los Alamos'']
Module:Naval Vessel Register URL returns error messages when it cannot return a link into the NVR. These error messages are:
|id=
is empty or omitted from the template call; add a hull classification symbol|id=
is not one of the supported hull classification symbol forms; use a supported form|id=
was not found in the data tables; check for a typo in the number portion of the hull classification symbol or, if a new ship, add the ship data to Module:Naval Vessel Register URL/data (further instructions there)Errors occurring on main-space pages are categorized at Category:WPSHIPS:Template errors.
type | group | template | ref article | example |
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) (external link) | ||||
source | dictionary | {{DANFS}} |
DANFS public domain attribution notice | This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. |
source | dictionary | {{Cite DANFS}} |
DANFS material citation | Cressman, Robert J. (2005-12-06). "Bridgeport". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 2016-09-15. |
Naval Vessel Register (NVR) (external link) | ||||
source | register | {{NVR}} |
Naval Vessel Register, public domain attribution notice | This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. |
source | register | {{NVR url}} |
creates urls for NVR ship details pages | |
source | register | {{NVR SC url}} |
creates urls for NVR service craft details pages | |