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This page now links to volumes of scanned DNB posted at archive.org. On the other hand, the DNB is being posted at Wikisource, gradually (currently more than 20% done) in a more readable and convenient format, namely divided up into its articles. I would propose that as volumes are completed on Wikisource, by which I mean all biographies posted, the links here should be replaced for the reader's benefit by interwiki links. Charles Matthews ( talk) 10:05, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
"The online version has an advanced search facility, allowing a search for people by area of interest, religion and "Places, Dates, Life Events". This accesses an electronic index that cannot be directly viewed. Unfortunately a recent analytical examination of selected ODNB articles has revealed them to be both inaccurate and incomplete, particularly the older biographies; this issue will have to be addressed by new Editor Sir David Cannadine who takes over the editorship from October 2014."
2.30.190.118 ( talk) 13:50, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
If somebody has online access to the Oxford DNB, the editor could possibly assist with a query on Commons. Schwede 66 01:20, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
The topic of apocryphal biographies is not notable on its own, nor is it long enough to justify a standalone article. (Alternatively, the apocryphal article could simply be deleted.) Pburka ( talk) 18:32, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
Added {{ Original research inline}} to this sentence, since even if "written from a Victorian perspective and had become out of date due to changes in historical assessments and discoveries of new information during the twentieth century" (this sentence itself is unsourced), this conclusion is not up to the level of WP:BLUE. ネイ ( talk) 16:54, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
A section on history and precursors is needed. There is a good overview in the introduction of the work.
https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Statistical_Account 2600:1700:D591:5F10:394A:9A22:92A4:E073 ( talk) 19:41, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
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This page should be used to discuss the content of its article. If you wish to discuss the use of the DNB or the ODNB as a resource for Wikipedia articles, Please go to: Wikipedia:WikiProject Dictionary of National Biography and its talk page.
This page now links to volumes of scanned DNB posted at archive.org. On the other hand, the DNB is being posted at Wikisource, gradually (currently more than 20% done) in a more readable and convenient format, namely divided up into its articles. I would propose that as volumes are completed on Wikisource, by which I mean all biographies posted, the links here should be replaced for the reader's benefit by interwiki links. Charles Matthews ( talk) 10:05, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
"The online version has an advanced search facility, allowing a search for people by area of interest, religion and "Places, Dates, Life Events". This accesses an electronic index that cannot be directly viewed. Unfortunately a recent analytical examination of selected ODNB articles has revealed them to be both inaccurate and incomplete, particularly the older biographies; this issue will have to be addressed by new Editor Sir David Cannadine who takes over the editorship from October 2014."
2.30.190.118 ( talk) 13:50, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
If somebody has online access to the Oxford DNB, the editor could possibly assist with a query on Commons. Schwede 66 01:20, 24 April 2015 (UTC)
The topic of apocryphal biographies is not notable on its own, nor is it long enough to justify a standalone article. (Alternatively, the apocryphal article could simply be deleted.) Pburka ( talk) 18:32, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
Added {{ Original research inline}} to this sentence, since even if "written from a Victorian perspective and had become out of date due to changes in historical assessments and discoveries of new information during the twentieth century" (this sentence itself is unsourced), this conclusion is not up to the level of WP:BLUE. ネイ ( talk) 16:54, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
A section on history and precursors is needed. There is a good overview in the introduction of the work.
https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Statistical_Account 2600:1700:D591:5F10:394A:9A22:92A4:E073 ( talk) 19:41, 1 January 2023 (UTC)