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National Register Information System, an offline database of the National Park Service. Warning: Template:NRISref used with invalid value for version= parameter (help).

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This template provides a standardized inline reference for the National Register of Historic Places' NRIS database as a source.

Usage

Template syntax is as follows:

{{NRISref |version=see below for available database versions |dateform=format |accessdate=date |link=no |refnum=NRIS ID |name=title}}

For example, {{NRISref|2013a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=June 28, 2025|refnum=66000030|name=Lincoln Memorial}} renders:

"National Register Information System – Lincoln Memorial (#66000030)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2025.

Parameters

Acceptable values for the |version= parameter represent specific versions of the NRIS database:

2013a: Database released November 2013, with changes up to September 30, 2014.
2010a: Database released December 2010, with changes up to July 9, 2010.
2009a: Database available until July 2010, with changes up to March 13, 2009. Used in probably 10,000+ Wikipedia articles. It was soon reuploaded on the NPS Focus website at http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html (now a deadlink).
2008b: Database containing updates through April 24, 2008. Used in 1,206 articles that still included this as of January 2011 (according to this report).
2008a: Database containing updates through April 15, 2008. Used in several thousand Wikipedia articles.
2007b: Database containing updates through June 30, 2007. Used in 296 Wikipedia articles as of January 2011.
2007a: Database containing updates through January 23, 2007. Used in several thousand Wikipedia articles.
2006a: Database containing updates through March 15, 2006. Used in 315 Wikipedia articles as of January 2011.

Any year in which only one database version is present may drop the \"a\" at the end (e.g. \"2010\" will work in place of \"2010a\"). It is also possible to simply make the database the first unnamed parameter used in the template (e.g. {{NRISref|2009a}} works exactly the same as {{NRISref|version=2009a}}). If the database value in |version= is incorrectly specified or missing, the article is added to Category:NRISref errors. There are currently 0 pages in the error category.

Optional parameters

|dateform=
- "dmy" gives 9 July 2010
- "mdy" gives July 9, 2010, this is the default if no dateform is specified.
- "ymd" and "iso" give 2010-07-09
|accessdate= - Set this to the date on which the database was accessed.
|link= - Setting this to no removes links to the database download website.
|refnum= - Setting this to the NRIS ID creates a link to the specific page on the database.
|name= - Setting this to the title of the property adds a name to the link created by refnum.

Tracking categories

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:NRISref in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for NRISref

This template provides a standardized inline reference for the National Register of Historic Places' NRIS database as a source.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Database version	`version` 1	One of the database versions in the list on this template's page.	String	required
Name	`name`	Name of the historic place Example Lincoln Memorial	String	suggested
NRIS reference number	`refnum`	The NRIS ID used to create the database link. Example 66000030	Number	suggested
Access date	`accessdate` access-date	Set this to the date on which the database was accessed.	Date	suggested
Date format	`dateform` 2	Setting this to "dmy" gives 9 July 2010, "mdy" gives July 9, 2010, and both "ymd" and "iso" give the default 2010-07-09.	String	optional
Link to NPS article	`link`	If not set to no, a link will be created to the National Park Service and National Register of Historic Places articles.	Unknown	optional
Demo mode.	`demo`	Disables error checking (with any content); do not use in article space.	Unknown	optional

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Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Database version	`version` `1`	One of the database versions in the list on this template's page.	String	required
Name	`name`	Name of the historic place Example Lincoln Memorial	String	suggested
NRIS reference number	`refnum`	The NRIS ID used to create the database link. Example 66000030	Number	suggested
Access date	`accessdate` `access-date`	Set this to the date on which the database was accessed.	Date	suggested
Date format	`dateform` `2`	Setting this to "dmy" gives 9 July 2010, "mdy" gives July 9, 2010, and both "ymd" and "iso" give the default 2010-07-09.	String	optional
Link to NPS article	`link`	If not set to no, a link will be created to the National Park Service and National Register of Historic Places articles.	Unknown	optional
Demo mode.	`demo`	Disables error checking (with any content); do not use in article space.	Unknown	optional