Template:Acad/doc

Usage
This template is a wrapper template for. It links to the website ACAD (A Cambridge Alumni Database), which is an online enhanced version of Alumni Cantabrigienses, a book that catalogues graduates of Cambridge University through 1900.

Required parameters

 * id : the alphanumeric ID (e.g., "DNKS873WA") of the person's biographical entry. It appears in small print in the right-hand column header for each ACAD search result, and can be hard to spot (search within the web page for the phrase "unique identifier").
 * name : name of the person/biography

For example:

and may also be written:

Optional parameters

 * ref: see . This can be used in combination with harv, harvnb and sfn templates to link short format citations to this one. Unless overridden by the content of ref, creates an anchor id using the content of id.  To link to the  citation, use, for example,   where   is the value from id.
 * accessdate: full date that ACAD was consulted
 * hide errors: when set to, hides error messages

Error messages
If required parameters are empty or omitted, the template will add appropriate error messages to the end of the citation.
 * missing . – id is required to create the proper url link to the database; defaults to the database search page;
 * missing . – name is required to create the correct title in the rendered citation;
 * not recommended. – Because does not support a date or year parameter, harv won't produce a meaningful CITEREF anchor id.  See ref under §Optional parameters.

citations with missing name or id are placed in the hidden maintenance category when those pages are in article namespace.

Related templates

 * – a template for citing Alumni Cantabrigienses facsimiles held at Internet Archive