Template talk:OCLC
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[edit] Don't put any spaces after pipe symbol
I have found that you must not put any spaces after the pipe symbol, or it doesn't work. (It duplicates the number, and doesn't create a link). If I knew more about templates, perhaps I could diagnose this. The following works correctly: {{OCLC|3185581}} giving OCLC 3185581 while the following fails: {{OCLC| 3185581}} giving OCLC 3185581 EdJohnston 02:43, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
- It's because of how external links are sensitive to spaces. Let me see if I can hackaround to fix it. JesseW, the juggling janitor 09:33, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks, that seems to fix it! As you see, the example that I typed in above doesn't fail any more. EdJohnston 21:08, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cite book
I've inserted this template into {{cite book}} to add an explicit oclc=... field instead of id={{oclc|...}}, but, because of Bugzilla: 8446: Don't show conditionally included links on Whatlinkshere unless they're actually included, the What links here for Template:OCLC is useless. So I'm going to substitute it.
If you update this template, please also update {{cite book}} in the same way. — Omegatron 15:26, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Heh
OCLC 52075003 — Omegatron 00:45, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- I wonder if Wikipedia should apply for its own ISSN. OCLC thinks we are published in Cambridge, MA but they are not sure. EdJohnston 03:59, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- Woot!. OCLC tells me that if ever wikipedia goes down, I can trust that I go down to either University of Queensland or University of South Australia to find a copy. Both are a decent drive away, but at least Australia has two copies of this wonderful resource. John Vandenberg 04:45, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- Apparently, "The Encyclopedia is the most popular biographical on the Network". — Omegatron 03:22, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
