To view the template page itself, see Template:COinS safe.
Description[edit source]
It is to indicate whether it can be safely used in citation templates. By default, it indicates the template is safe for use.
When the template is set as "not safe", the page is placed into Category:Templates not safe for use in citation templates.
Usage[edit source]
To indicate a template which can be safely used in citation templates: {{COinS safe}}
To indicate a template that should NOT be used in citation templates: {{COinS safe|n}}
To add extra info after the standard message: |addtext=
Examples[edit source]
| Code | Result |
|---|---|
{{COinS safe}} |
Template:Notice |
{{COinS safe|n}} |
Template:Notice |
{{COinS safe|addtext=Here is the extra info.}} |
Template:Notice |
{{COinS safe|n|addtext=Here is the extra info.}} |
Template:Notice |
Explain COinS issues[edit source]
Citation templates such as Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2 generate COinS metadata. If a template is used in a citation template field, then it may inject HTML into the metadata.
Compare the rendered HTML for {{cite book}} with |author= using no template and using {{smallcaps}}.
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The author metadata is in the rft.aulast field. In this case, it is percent-encoded and is rendered as <span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps;">Sam Drucker</span>
Reference management software will interpret the entire span as the author name.
See also[edit source]