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This template is to be used for citing individual pages on Dorling Kindersley's official website.

Usage

Copy the template code below and paste it into the appropriate place in an article. Fill in the required fields plus as many of the optional fields as necessary and remove any that you don't use.

{{DK|url=|text=|uk=|archivedate=|archiveurl=|archivefile=|nobackup=|nolive=|oldversion=}}

Required parameters

  • |url= URL of the web page, minus the domain name (https://www.dk.com/us/).
  • |text= Title of the page being cited.
  • For archive options, see Backup links below.

Optional parameters

  • |uk= If the page being cited is located on https://www.dk.com/uk/, use "|uk=1" here.
  • |oldversion= use |oldversion=1 when the current version of the web page no longer includes the target information.

Backup links

Maintenance categories:

Finding dead links

Pasting https://web.archive.org/web/*/dk.com/COUNTYCODE/book/ISBN* into your browser will produce any archived links for that book.

Replace ISBN with the ISBN of the book in question.

Replace COUNTRYCODE with the appropriate code. See the list below.

  • au = Australia
  • uk = United Kingdom
  • us = United States

Example(s)

Standard

{{DK|url=book/9780744027310-star-wars-skywalker-a-family-at-war|text=Star Wars Skywalker – A Family At War|archivedate=20220525183715}}

Results in:

DK-Logo Star Wars Skywalker – A Family At War on Dorling Kindersley's official United States website (backup link)


Using |uk=

{{DK|url=book/9780241357668-ultimate-star-wars-new-edition|text=Ultimate Star Wars New Edition|uk=1|archivedate=20220623192438}}

Results in:

DK-Logo Ultimate Star Wars New Edition on Dorling Kindersley's official United Kingdom website (backup link)