In CVS:
Analogous to [[Wikipedia:Recentchanges]], I have added support for
[[Wikipedia:Book sources]] (which must be named as the localized version
of the "Book sources" special page title, e.g. "Wikipedia:Buchhandlungen"
for German). The content of this page, if present, will be used instead of
the short text in Language.php, and can be openly edited.
All instances of the text "WIKI-ISBN" are automatically substituted with
the ISBN number from the query.
If "Book sources" is called without an ISBN number, the standard text is
displayed.
Rationale:
We've had discussions on whether it is OK to link to certain book sellers.
I don't want to encourage a renewed flamewar; rather, instead of removing
certain sellers, we can now annotate them with links to their business
practices so that readers can make an informed choice (on the basis of
NPOV, of course).
We can also use this space to explain a little more how ISBNs can be used,
and what other methods there are to locate books. And I'm sure some
readers have catalogs which they would like to add to the list.
Other than this, the functionality of the book sources page has not been
changed, so neat stuff like automated author searches is not yet possible.
But it's a start.
Regards,
Erik
Analogous to [[Wikipedia:Recentchanges]], I have added support for
[[Wikipedia:Book sources]] (which must be named as the localized version
of the "Book sources" special page title, e.g. "Wikipedia:Buchhandlungen"
for German). The content of this page, if present, will be used instead of
the short text in Language.php, and can be openly edited.
All instances of the text "WIKI-ISBN" are automatically substituted with
the ISBN number from the query.
If "Book sources" is called without an ISBN number, the standard text is
displayed.
Rationale:
We've had discussions on whether it is OK to link to certain book sellers.
I don't want to encourage a renewed flamewar; rather, instead of removing
certain sellers, we can now annotate them with links to their business
practices so that readers can make an informed choice (on the basis of
NPOV, of course).
We can also use this space to explain a little more how ISBNs can be used,
and what other methods there are to locate books. And I'm sure some
readers have catalogs which they would like to add to the list.
Other than this, the functionality of the book sources page has not been
changed, so neat stuff like automated author searches is not yet possible.
But it's a start.
Regards,
Erik