Template:GregCitation
Documentation
This template is used to cite quotes from Greg Farshtey.
The first parameter (also called code) is an abbreviation of the document you are citing. The abbreviations are:
- OGD: Official Greg Discussion
- FFo: Farshtey Forum
- OGDi: Official Greg Dialogue
- OGQ: Official Greg Quotes
- CwGF: Chat with Greg Farshtey
- FF: Farshtey Feed
- AG04: Ask Greg, 2004
- AG07: Ask Greg, 2007
The other parameters vary based on which document you're citing.
Citing OGD, FFo, OGDi, OGQ, or CwGF
Find the Greg quote in The Great Archives. Once you find the post you want to cite, find the link on the top right of the post that begins with a #. The link's address should be something like this:
https://greg.thegreatarchives.com/2003-2008/page156#post6214
Note the page number (in this example, 156) and post number (in this example, 6214). Now add your citation to the end of some text like this:
The Toa Mata were not the first Toa ever created.{{GregCitation|abbreviation|page=pagenumber|post=postnumber}}
The next parameters are the page and post numbers. To cite post 6214 on page 156 of the Official Greg Discussion, you write:
The Toa Mata were not the first Toa ever created.{{GregCitation|OGD|page=156|post=6214}}
which produces:
The Toa Mata were not the first Toa ever created.[1]
Recommended: highlighting a specific line or lines
Posts in The Great Archives are often long and contain many unrelated questions. With the optional lines parameter, you can highlight lines within a post to make your citations clearer.
Visit a post in the The Great Archives and follow the instructions in this blog post to highlight lines within the post. At this point, your browser should be at an address like this:
https://greg.thegreatarchives.com/2003-2008/page156#post6223-line10-11
(That link is a permalink to lines 10 through 11 of OGD page 156, post 6214.) Fill the lines parameter with everything that comes after "line" in the address. For example, to cite the above address, you write
Lhikan's Hau was not designed on Metru Nui.{{GregCitation|OGD|page=156|post=6223|lines=10-11}}
which produces:
Lhikan's Hau was not designed on Metru Nui.[2]
Citing FF
The Farshtey Feed archive follows a different format from other Greg topics. Instead of specifying a page and post, fill the date with the post's date in YYYY-MM-DD format and an item number.
Find the Greg quote in The Great Archives. Once you find the post you want to cite, click on a specific bullet point that you want to cite (not the text, the actual circle of the bullet point). The bullet should now be highlighted, and your browser should be at an address like this:
https://greg.thegreatarchives.com/farshtey-feed/2010-03-28#item43
Fill the date parameter with the post's date in YYYY-MM-DD format (in this case 2010-03-28), and fill the item parameter with the item number (in this case, 43). For example, to cite the above link, you write:
Vanisher cannot transport other beings with his powers.{{GregCitation|FF|date=2010-03-28|item=43}}
which produces:
Vanisher cannot transport other beings with his powers.[3]