Talk:European Article Number

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I've added two links that are very useful for people that want to create their own codes, namely C routines for checksum calculation and the actual bit pattern (which in this format can't be found elsewhere on the net). Unfortunately someone keeps deleting those links. I'm reverting the page again. 17:34 BST 24. Oct. 2006

I deleted those links because I felt they were superfluous and failed to add any additional information not provided by the article. I do not feel that programming routines are useful information that someone on wikipedia might wish to know about. In addition, I believe the links are nothing more than a thinnly veiled advertisement of the site's barcode software. I do not wish to revert this article a third time myself, so I shall wait for someone else to give their opinion on the links. Links have also been added to the articles Code 128 and Code 39. --Millbrooky 16:47, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Given that the article actually discusses encoding a Code EAN, information on the bit pattern and the checksum calculation is vital to actually create a code (same goes for the Code 128 article). The pages where the links lead to have been deliberately stripped of any referral to the commercial content of the site, e.g. download links. Let's see what other users think. 18:23 BST 24. Oct. 2006