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Present version is too specific. It doesn't work well for use in references, particularly when one reference has two ISSNs. Mud_volcano#References I think the original article actually needs to use an Infobox which includes ISSN as a component. ( SEWilco 21:22, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC))
I am not at all happy with ISSNs in general, starting with the problem that the managing company doesn't release the list of ISSNs for public download/parse/review. But I'm also none too happy with being shunted off to a German library for my ISSN work - especially since many of the articles have Wikipedia articles, homesites with useful info, or both. In my dreams, it would be possible to define an {{ISSNdef}} template for the journal's article, and have the {{ISSN}} template link to the journal when available, or a "bridge page" when not - similar to how the {{ISBN}} template works. Does anyone know if this magic is even possible? -- Alvestrand 11:54, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
I am sorry for spamming but found no better place to ask. There is some tweak implemented in Wikipedia that allows automatic linking of an ISBN but for ISSN it does not happen and, therefore, one has to use this template. Consider this example:
produces the following output:
Please note that no template, like {{ISBN|0300093136}} is used to produce the link above near ISBN.
At the same time, to have an ISSN linked, one needs to add a template. Why is that so? -- Irpen 18:44, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Using this template for ISSN codes which are valid, but not known to WorldCat (example: ISSN 1477-6111, as used on West Midland Bird Club) results in the user being taken to a page on their site with an unhelpful
The page you tried was not found. You may have used an outdated link or may have typed the address (URL) incorrectly.
message (yet retuning a "200" http header, not "404"). I've written to WorldCat, using their feedback form, pointing this out, and asking them to substitute something like
We don't know that ISSN. Try searching for it on Google.
as well as letting them know that Wikipedia is linking to them in this way; but if anyone has contacts there with whom they can raise the issue, please do. Or is there a more suitable alternative target? Andy Mabbett 19:32, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
More specific than (or rather, along with) Category:External link templates, Category:Arts and culture-related templates might be considered- though it's true not every magazine falls under this category, not every book does either, yet OCLC is in a subcat of this, so... dunno... (yes, I'm an admin and the protection isn't a barrier to my doing this myself, but common sense- what little I possess of it - suggests I not make this change unilaterally.) Schissel | Sound the Note! 05:52, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
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I noticed that this template creates links to
WorldCat using http://worldcat.org/... rather than http://www.worldcat.org/... Given that http://worldcat.org/... redirects to the http://www.worldcat.org/... version and is now the recomended format:
[1], could this template please be changed to point to the www.worldcat.org version in the first place? :) -
Paul1337 (
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Simply replace the current template with this. It'll help clean up
PDFs and Books.
<!-- -->{{hide in print<!-- -->|[[International Standard Serial Number|ISSN]] [http://www.worldcat.org/issn/{{{1}}} {{{1}}}]<!-- -->}}<!-- -->{{only in print<!-- -->|ISSN {{{1}}}<!-- ->>}}<!-- --><noinclude> {{documentation}} </noinclude>
Headbomb { ταλκ κοντριβς – WP Physics} 21:22, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
->>}}<!--
) Preferably the former. –
allen四
names 01:35, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
I believe this edit accidentally removed two brackets and the template is now rendering incorrectly. Thanks.— TAnthony Talk 06:02, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Would it be possible to incorporate an option that specifies that "ISSN" be delinked? When you have an article that talks about numerous journals and periodicals one after another, ISSN need only be linked for the first usage of the template - if the editor could then place a parameter into following uses of the template that specified delinking the ISSN component, it would allow these instances to read better.
Much like the "lk" parameter in Template:Convert#Parameters. Fattonyni ( talk) 16:03, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
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At the moment the link to Worldcat is too specific. For example {{ISSN|0028-0836}}
links to
http://www.worldcat.org/issn/0028-0836 which is one hit for this ISSN. I would like someone to change it to
http://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0%3Ajrnl&q=n2%3A0028-0836 which gives more hits. It's all the same journal but at many different libraries in different countries plus eJournals. What do you think? --
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Since worldcat websites support HTTPS, I suggest switching the link to protocol-relative URL. The change is "http://www.worldcat.org" -> "https://www.worldcat.org". Thanks! Chmarkine ( talk) 05:33, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
Currently, Wikipedia has no checks in place for an invalid ISSN. The template allows an invalid ISSN without displaying an error message. This has to change somehow. @ GoingBatty, Frietjes, WOSlinker, and Plastikspork: for opinions. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 22:36, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
{{
cite journal}}
: Check |issn=
value (
help)is_valid_isxn()
, is pretty simple and could be adapted to this template.@ Frietjes, WOSlinker, and Plastikspork: I wonder if any of you could help adding this check in the code. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 05:44, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
{{#invoke:check isxn|check_issn|1234-5678|error=<span class="error">Invalid ISSN</span>}}
→ Invalid ISSN{{#invoke:check isxn|check_issn|0028-0836|error=<span class="error">Invalid ISSN</span>}}
→{{#invoke:check isxn|check_issn|1={{{1|}}}|error=<span class="error">Invalid ISSN</span>}}
Trappist the monk as you are a sysop, do you want to be the one to try this? -- Magioladitis ( talk) 10:00, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
{{#invoke:check isxn|check_issn|1={{{1|}}}|error=false}}
{{#invoke:check isxn|check_issn|1={{{1|}}}|error=[[Category:Articles with invalid ISSNs]]}}
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WOSlinker (
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0954 2361
into {{
ISSN}}, I get
ISSN
0954 2361 Parameter error in {{
issn}}: Invalid
ISSN.. Using a space and not a dash (-) is against ISSN specs. If you use a space, WorldCat gives off an error.0954--2361
, it does not give off an error. Clicking on the link (
ISSN
0954--2361 Parameter error in {{
issn}}: Invalid
ISSN.), WorldCat gives off an error.09542361
(no dash), it does not give off an error. Clicking on the link (
ISSN
09542361 Parameter error in {{
issn}}: Invalid
ISSN.), WorldCat gives off an error.Doing it the correct way ( ISSN 0954-2361), WorldCat is ok and gives you results.
fr:Utilisateur:NicoV/Test contains some tests that frwiki is doing while adding invalid ISSN support. Bgwhite ( talk) 00:39, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
dddd-dddd
should do the trick.{{
Please check ISSN}}
as the 'error message':
{{#invoke:check isxn|check_issn|1={{{1|}}}|error={{Please check ISSN}}}}
We should fix this template to yield an error message when an invalid ISSN is given. -- Magioladitis ( talk) 07:29, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
The article
Big Blue Disk is being placed in
Category:Articles with invalid ISSNs, but if I change the ISSN in the cite template to use |issn=08888507
instead of |id={{ISSN|08888507}}
}}, the ISSN works fine and there is no error message. What is going on here? Is this due to a change in
Module:Check isxn on 4 January 2016,
Trappist the monk? It looks like the change is requiring a hyphen in the ISSN. –
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Headbomb { talk / contribs / physics / books} 17:06, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi! Does anyone know if there's presently a way to suppress the ISSN label in this template, in order to produce the WorldCat-linked ISSN without the ISSN prefix? Though I don't have a specific example of this, I imagine this function might be useful in lists of publications in which ISSN would become repetitive:
Journal title | ISSN (present) | ISSN (desired format) |
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Journal of Apple Pie Studies | ISSN 1158-1360 | 1158-1360 |
Journal of Pies that Are Made of Apples | ISSN 0733-9496 | 0733-9496 |
Thanks, BobAmnertiopsis ∴ ChatMe! 00:24, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
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Please change "https://www.worldcat.org/" to "https://www.worldcat.org/". When using Special:LinkSearch to search for HTTP links, relative links are caught in there as well giving an inaccurate list of articles using http links. Jon Kolbert ( talk) 04:09, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
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Can you please create, or remove the Category:International Standard Series Number templates? Rathfelder ( talk) 14:46, 12 October 2017 (UTC)
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I am getting error messages when using this template to link to ISSN numbers. ISSN 2640-8570 ISSN 2638-9924
I created a template:Issno that works fine. {{Issno|2640-8570}} {{Issno|2638-9924}}
G._Moore Talk to G Moore 19:10, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
{{
issno}}
):
Headbomb The ISSN template results in a link that does a queru with the "n2:" in front of the ISSN. When I manually take out the "n2", and search WorldCat it works. The following message appears on the Screen:
Having trouble? Help us improve our search and let us know what you're trying to find. Or, save this search for future reference.
G._Moore 23:46, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
I've added an ISSN to Contemporary Culture Index as ISSN 1944-4621, but when I click on it Worldcat shows a failed search for "n2:1944-4621". If I remove the "n2:", all is well and I get to the right page. This seems to be the problem described above. I wonder if someone could please fix it, or point out what I'm doing wrong? Thanks. Pam D 09:02, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
As previously discussed ( [2], [3], [4]), I think there should be a page analogous to Special:BookSources for ISSNs; perhaps it could be called Special:SerialSources.
Here are some links I think it should include:
Solomon Ucko ( talk) 17:11, 14 February 2024 (UTC)