Gershon: Reliability apparatus: tag rendering, entity box, attributed accounts, sourcing footers

2026-09-05T12:06:39Z

Reliability apparatus: tag rendering, entity box, attributed accounts, sourcing footers

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<includeonly><div class="sp-account" style="border-left:3px solid #4a4a4a;background:#f6f4f0;margin:0.8em 0;padding:0.6em 0.9em;">
<div style="font-family:monospace;font-size:0.82em;color:#5a554c;padding-bottom:0.4em;">{{#if:{{{by|}}}|<span style="color:#2b2b2b;">{{{by}}}</span>|<span style="font-style:italic;">unsigned</span>}}{{#if:{{{source|}}}| — {{{source}}}}}{{#if:{{{date|}}}| — {{{date}}}}} {{R|{{{tag|unverified}}}}}</div>
{{{text|{{{1|}}}}}}{{#if:{{{doubt|}}}|
<div style="font-family:monospace;font-size:0.82em;color:#6b1a1a;padding-top:0.5em;">Against it: {{{doubt}}}</div>}}
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One attributed account, for use under a <code>== Competing accounts ==</code> heading. Stack several. Do '''not''' merge them into a single smooth paragraph — the disagreement is the information.

<pre>{{Account
| by = Nigel
| source = personal correspondence
| date = 1998
| tag = firsthand
| text = It did not speak. I want that written down because everyone
who repeats this says that it spoke.
| doubt = He was three weeks without sleep by then and says so himself.
}}</pre>

; <code>by</code> : Handle, name or file reference. Renders as ''unsigned'' if omitted, which is itself worth knowing.
; <code>source</code> : Where it came to us from — a tome, a leak, a board, a conversation.
; <code>tag</code> : Any tag from [[Template:R]]. Defaults to <code>unverified</code>.
; <code>doubt</code> : The strongest argument against this account. Fill it in even when you believe the account. '''Especially''' then.

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