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Usage

Purpose: External link to Discogs' release of audio format (as opposed to {{Discogs master}} which links to the master list of all releases of a given release), including "double-quotes" for singles and italics for everything else.

Syntax: {{Discogs release|RELEASE}} (for non-singles); {{Discogs release|RELEASE|type=album OR single}}; {{Discogs release|RELEASE|WORKNAME|type=album OR single}}; {{Discogs release|RELEASE|name=WORKNAME|type=album OR single}}; {{Discogs release|id=RELEASE|WORKNAME|type=album OR single}}; {{Discogs release|id=RELEASE|name=WORKNAME|type=album OR single}}; {{Discogs release|release=RELEASE|WORKNAME|type=album OR single}}; {{Discogs release|release=RELEASE|name=WORKNAME|type=album OR single}}

Examples

Album usage

For Novus Magnificat at http://www.discogs.com/release/311591 you use:

* {{Discogs release|311591|Novus Magnificat|type=album}}

* {{Discogs release|id=311591|name=Novus Magnificat|type=album}} (canonically)

* {{Discogs release|release=311591|name=Novus Magnificat|type=album}} (canonically)

Single usage

For "Love Me Do" at http://www.discogs.com/release/1789539 you use:

* {{Discogs release|1789539|Love Me Do|type=single}}

* {{Discogs release|id=1789539|name=Love Me Do|type=single}} (canonically)

* {{Discogs release|release=1789539|name=Love Me Do|type=single}} (canonically)

Usage

See also