User:Salpynx

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My Wikipedia page.

Currently working on tidying up Wikipedia:WikiProject_Check_Wikipedia/ISBN_errors.


Useful resources[edit]

Frequently used templates[edit]

  • {{ISBN}} for ISBNs.
  • {{ISBNT}} for bare ISBNs.
  • {{SBN}} for early 9-digit SBNs.
  • {{OCLC}} for OCLC numbers.
  • {{doi}} for digital object identifiers.
  • {{ISSN}} for ISSNs.
  • {{cite book}} Book citations.
  • {{cite journal}} Journal citations.
  • {{cite magazine}} Magazine citations.
  • {{cite web}} Web citations.
  • {{text}} Escape ISBNs in journal book review titles per Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Check_Wikipedia/ISBN_errors#New_nowiki_self-closed_tag_"error"_detected to avoid false matching by Wikipedia:WPCleaner.
    • e.g.:
      {{cite journal|title= ... {{text|ISBN:}} 0‐8243‐4301‐8 ...}}
  • {{EAN}} 13 digit identifiers starting with 997 are magazines/serial EAN product codes. Potentially useful for comics? Some books do have region coded EANs (generally not encyclopedia quality... but there could be exceptions).
  • {{Verify source}} I'm finding many (closed access) journal book reviews used as refs for statements about a subject, which are suspicious. Shouldn't the book be cited directly? I suspect that some Wiki tools make these refs easier to find and auto-add than the book content. Books reviews make good refs for statements about a book or author, not necessarily about the book's subject. Book author is presumably more of an authority on topic X than the reviewer: {{Verify source|date=March 2024|reason=Book review, not direct source}}

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