This template places a wikisource icon before text, or a link to wikisource, or another template

{{ws | [[s: <wikisource link> | <wikisource article title>]]}} in <work>
|ps=no to omit the trailing "."
{{ws|[[s:Ecclesiastical History of the English People|''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'']]}} by Bede

would look like:

Ecclesiastical History of the English People. by Bede
{{ws|[[s:Ecclesiastical History of the English People|''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'']]|ps=no}} by Bede

would look like:

Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede


It can also be used within other templates eg in {{cite book}}:

{{cite book 
  |author=Bede 
  |year=1903
  |title={{ws|[[s:Ecclesiastical History of the English People|Ecclesiastical History of the English People]]}}
  |publisher=J. M. Dent & Company
}}

would look like:

Bede (1903). Ecclesiastical History of the English People. J. M. Dent & Company.
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  • {{cite wikisource}} — to create a full citation to wikisource
  • {{ws2}} — to link to wikisource inline
  • {{wikisourcelang}} — to create the sidebox to another wikisource lanaguage
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