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Revision as of 09:39, 14 October 2011 by Gadget850 (talk | contribs) (→ODNB citation style: sandbox)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The leading bullet here seems non-standard, and a bit awkward for use in footnotes. I'd like to remove it before matters go further. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:36, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
- yes, definitely agree. Dsp13 (talk) 09:39, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
- agree that it should be done, anyway. If it is removed early will the 8K pages using it at present need to be repaired before doing anything else? Dsp13 (talk) 09:41, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
It's not on 8,000 pages! Currently fewer than 100 occurrences by what links to the template page. So it's manageable by hand right now. Charles Matthews (talk) 13:28, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
- pleased to hear I'd got my wires crossed!Dsp13 (talk) 20:14, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
Done, and I've made a pass through all the places where the template is used. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:24, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
Links broken?
When I use the template it creates the text perfectly fine, as well as links to the ODNB's WP article and the library subscription page on the external ODNB site. But the main link just points to http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/default which brings up a 404 page on the DOI website. No matter what is in the template it still seems to point to this URL. (see John Perry (engineer) for a recent example of usage).
Any idea what might be wrong? or have I made an error in usage? The link for the particlar article should point to http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39459. Fattonyni (talk) 13:34, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
- You can't omit the names of the fields; I have fixed that example. Charles Matthews (talk) 13:40, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Documentation
The documentation on this appears to be out of date as using the example it does not work. Keith D (talk) 01:51, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
- I've partially fixed the documentation now. Charles Matthews (talk) 20:13, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks. I will look again at using it. Keith D (talk) 21:33, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
ODNB citation style
I've raised some issues with this template at Misplaced Pages talk:Citing sources#ODNB citation style. To briefly summarise what I said there, I'd like to see this template actually crediting the authors of the articles cited (that would be ethical) and to end up with a format like that seen here. Probably best discussed there, but if discussed here, please leave a note at the other discussion location as well. Carcharoth (talk) 23:44, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
Now in sandbox:
{{Cite doi/10.1093.2Fref:odnb.2F34601}}
{{ODNBweb/sandbox |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/34601 |last=Stocker |first=Mark |month=September |year=2004
|title=Louise, Princess, duchess of Argyll (1848–1939) |publisher=] |edition=online, January 2008 |accessdate=23 January 2008 |id=34601 |ref={{sfnRef|Stocker 2004, Louise, Princess, duchess of Argyll}}}}
- Stocker, Mark (2004). "Louise, Princess, duchess of Argyll (1848–1939)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online, January 2008 ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34601.
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