Template:Circa

c.

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Usage

This template generates an abbreviation for circa: c. By default the abbreviation is marked with an HTML <abbr> tag, which in most browsers renders as a tooltip when hovered.

Examples

Syntax	What it looks like	Notes
{{circa|1325}}	c. 1325	Default style: no line break allowed; thin space
{{circa|1325|lk=yes}}	c. 1325	Replace abbreviation tooltip with a link to Wiktionary instead
{{circa|1325|lk=no}}	c. 1325	No abbreviation tooltip at all
{{circa|1000|1050}}	c. 1000 – c. 1050	For a range with both dates uncertain. No tooltip on the second instance of "c."
{{circa|1000–1050}}	c. 1000–1050	Another option for a range; but, per MOS:CIRCA, prefer {{circa|1000|1050}}

Parameters

Using the date itself as parameter (for example, "{{circa|1956}}", giving "c. 1956"), web browsers do not insert a line break anywhere in the string. By contrast, "{{circa}} 1956" allows a line break between the "c." and the number. Also, with the date as a parameter a thinner space is used with many browsers:

• "c. 1956" is generated by "{{circa|1956}}".
• "c. 1956" is generated by "{{circa}} 1956".

If the parameter |lk= (for "link") is set as "|lk=no" or "|lk=off", the abbreviation is rendered as "c.", without a wikilink or abbreviation element. If it is absent, or set to "|lk=abbr", the abbreviation is rendered with the HTML <abbr> element. If it is set to "|lk=yes" or "|lk=on", it is rendered as "c.", with a wikilink to the wikt:circa article in Wiktionary and not an abbreviation element. lk=no can be used to avoid overlinking when this template is used repeatedly in the body of an article. For example:

• [[Dionysius Exiguus]] was born {{circa|470}}, lived in Rome from {{circa|lk=no|500}}, and died {{circa|lk=no|544}}.

  → Dionysius Exiguus was born c. 470, lived in Rome from c. 500, and died c. 544.

If the parameter "sortable=yes" is specified, the template generates invisible text that will cause the output to work in sortable tables, at the cost of adding those words (read-out, audibly) by many screen readers. The benefit is effective, clickable arrows as in "Col 2" below:

Title	Col 1	Col 2
Foo	1066	1066
Bar	c. 1510	1510 c. 1510
Baz	1956	1956
Jaz	c. 410	0410 c. 410

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using circa with unknown parameters (0)

See also

• {{Died-in}}
• {{Floruit}}
• {{Reign}}
• Tempore

TemplateData

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Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
sortable	sortable	no description	Unknown	optional
year	1	no description	String	suggested
link?	lk	If 'yes' or 'on', links to 'circa' article. If 'no' or 'off', does not title 'circa'. Example no	String	optional
end year	2	no description	String	optional

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