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The image syntax for this template should be updated to the new standard of bare filename, as with {{ Infobox book}} and others. Also, can the functionality be added that identifies the use of unknown parameters in preview? Thanks.— TAnthony Talk 16:52, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
This template also uses |image_caption=
instead of |caption=
; I know this has been changed in many other infobox templates but I don't know where and when the original discussion occurred for that update.—
TAnthony
Talk 16:59, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
|answered=no
) the request then? You're probably suggesting using
Module:InfoboxImage like {{
Infobox book}} does. The functionality that identifies unknown params requires
Module:Check for unknown parameters, which is also what {{
Infobox book}} is using at the bottom of its text. |caption=
can be added as an alias. If you need help, ping and I can take a look. Thanks, —
Andy W. (
talk) 18:38, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
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The request is to invoke Module:InfoboxImage:
| image = {{{image|}}}
| image = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image={{{image|}}}|size={{{image_size|}}}|alt={{{alt|}}}|suppressplaceholder=no}}
Note that I updated
Template:Infobox book series/sandbox and checked the
testcases and they all look good. Also note that while suppressplaceholder=no
is not required, without it the test cases will not displayed the images as they are placeholder images.
Zackmann08 ( Talk to me/ What I been doing) 03:16, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template. This change seems to have no effect, which prompts me to ask why it should be considered an improvement to this template?
Paine
u/
c 04:52, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
new standard of bare filenamecould be breaking (hence the conditional logic for
|image=
for {{
Infobox book}} right now?), again, haven't looked in detail... don't know if the same applies here yet —
Andy W. (
talk) 07:05, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
Since this is for a series of books, it may be good to add a cover_artists
parameter in case there are multiple cover artists for the series. As it is now, there is no way for it to display "Cover artists" when there are multiples. ···
日本穣 ·
投稿 ·
Talk to Nihonjoe ·
Join WP Japan! 18:29, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
This template should have an ISSN parameter the way Template:Infobox magazine and Template:Infobox journal do, since the identifier can be used for serially published books just the same as it can for magazines and journals. To give an example (and the reason I noticed this), the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition publishes an unpublished author's first book of poetry each year. It's assigned ISSN 0084-3458, but it wouldn't be right to call it a magazine or journal. Even something like Animorphs has an ISSN (it's 1281-6922). — BLZ · talk 03:25, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
It would be good to be able to pull in info from Wikidata. I have no idea how that would be done, but it would help enforce consistency between encyclopedia/database entries. Legowerewolf ( talk) 00:03, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
The template now displays "Original title" even when the parameter is not filled, e.g. see Harry Potter. Perhaps this was caused by one of the recent edits (pinging Jonesey95); just wanted to ask if this new behavior is intentional or a bug. Olivaw-Daneel ( talk) 06:36, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
This template seems to italicise everything in the "books" parameter, even if the formatting used in the infobox avoids doing so. For example, at Culture series,
''[[Consider Phlebas]]'' (1987)
within {{ plainlist}} in the parameter gives
rather than
and so on. Or at A Song of Ice and Fire
''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (1996)
gives
Is this supposed to happen, and if so, why? Pinging User:Jonesey95 as this edit looks like it may have been responsible, though I don't really do templates so could be wrong. – Arms & Hearts ( talk) 19:42, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
|pub_date=
, not in |books=
, but putting the years in |books=
seems logical as well. I'm happy to undo my edit or attempt a more sophisticated way to italicize titles while leaving the years alone if there is consensus that years are OK to place in |books=
. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 22:43, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
|pub_date=
, but it's hard to see how it would be possible to do so while also conveying the (surely useful) publication date of each individual book. (I wonder if the documentation was just carried across from
Template:Infobox book when this was created, and never amended to make it more appropriate?) –
Arms & Hearts (
talk) 19:14, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
|books=
. Let me know if further changes are needed. I have this page on my watchlist. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 22:40, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
This template should include sections for classification under DDC and LCC as the Template:Infobox_book does. Most works within a series will be classified the same way, and in many cases the classification data is printed with the publisher information inside the front cover, so this is useful information which is determinable objectively. Thanks! Gustopherd ( talk) 23:59, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox book series is permanently
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heavily used or highly visible template. Substantial changes should first be proposed and discussed here on this page. If the proposal is uncontroversial or has been discussed and is supported by
consensus, editors may use {{
edit template-protected}} to notify an administrator or template editor to make the requested edit. Usually, any contributor may edit the template's
documentation to add usage notes or
categories.
Any contributor may edit the template's sandbox. Functionality of the template can be checked using test cases. |
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The image syntax for this template should be updated to the new standard of bare filename, as with {{ Infobox book}} and others. Also, can the functionality be added that identifies the use of unknown parameters in preview? Thanks.— TAnthony Talk 16:52, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
This template also uses |image_caption=
instead of |caption=
; I know this has been changed in many other infobox templates but I don't know where and when the original discussion occurred for that update.—
TAnthony
Talk 16:59, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
|answered=no
) the request then? You're probably suggesting using
Module:InfoboxImage like {{
Infobox book}} does. The functionality that identifies unknown params requires
Module:Check for unknown parameters, which is also what {{
Infobox book}} is using at the bottom of its text. |caption=
can be added as an alias. If you need help, ping and I can take a look. Thanks, —
Andy W. (
talk) 18:38, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
![]() | This
edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
The request is to invoke Module:InfoboxImage:
| image = {{{image|}}}
| image = {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image={{{image|}}}|size={{{image_size|}}}|alt={{{alt|}}}|suppressplaceholder=no}}
Note that I updated
Template:Infobox book series/sandbox and checked the
testcases and they all look good. Also note that while suppressplaceholder=no
is not required, without it the test cases will not displayed the images as they are placeholder images.
Zackmann08 ( Talk to me/ What I been doing) 03:16, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template. This change seems to have no effect, which prompts me to ask why it should be considered an improvement to this template?
Paine
u/
c 04:52, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
new standard of bare filenamecould be breaking (hence the conditional logic for
|image=
for {{
Infobox book}} right now?), again, haven't looked in detail... don't know if the same applies here yet —
Andy W. (
talk) 07:05, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
Since this is for a series of books, it may be good to add a cover_artists
parameter in case there are multiple cover artists for the series. As it is now, there is no way for it to display "Cover artists" when there are multiples. ···
日本穣 ·
投稿 ·
Talk to Nihonjoe ·
Join WP Japan! 18:29, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
This template should have an ISSN parameter the way Template:Infobox magazine and Template:Infobox journal do, since the identifier can be used for serially published books just the same as it can for magazines and journals. To give an example (and the reason I noticed this), the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition publishes an unpublished author's first book of poetry each year. It's assigned ISSN 0084-3458, but it wouldn't be right to call it a magazine or journal. Even something like Animorphs has an ISSN (it's 1281-6922). — BLZ · talk 03:25, 16 November 2019 (UTC)
It would be good to be able to pull in info from Wikidata. I have no idea how that would be done, but it would help enforce consistency between encyclopedia/database entries. Legowerewolf ( talk) 00:03, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
The template now displays "Original title" even when the parameter is not filled, e.g. see Harry Potter. Perhaps this was caused by one of the recent edits (pinging Jonesey95); just wanted to ask if this new behavior is intentional or a bug. Olivaw-Daneel ( talk) 06:36, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
This template seems to italicise everything in the "books" parameter, even if the formatting used in the infobox avoids doing so. For example, at Culture series,
''[[Consider Phlebas]]'' (1987)
within {{ plainlist}} in the parameter gives
rather than
and so on. Or at A Song of Ice and Fire
''[[A Game of Thrones]]'' (1996)
gives
Is this supposed to happen, and if so, why? Pinging User:Jonesey95 as this edit looks like it may have been responsible, though I don't really do templates so could be wrong. – Arms & Hearts ( talk) 19:42, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
|pub_date=
, not in |books=
, but putting the years in |books=
seems logical as well. I'm happy to undo my edit or attempt a more sophisticated way to italicize titles while leaving the years alone if there is consensus that years are OK to place in |books=
. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 22:43, 17 April 2022 (UTC)
|pub_date=
, but it's hard to see how it would be possible to do so while also conveying the (surely useful) publication date of each individual book. (I wonder if the documentation was just carried across from
Template:Infobox book when this was created, and never amended to make it more appropriate?) –
Arms & Hearts (
talk) 19:14, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
|books=
. Let me know if further changes are needed. I have this page on my watchlist. –
Jonesey95 (
talk) 22:40, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
This template should include sections for classification under DDC and LCC as the Template:Infobox_book does. Most works within a series will be classified the same way, and in many cases the classification data is printed with the publisher information inside the front cover, so this is useful information which is determinable objectively. Thanks! Gustopherd ( talk) 23:59, 23 April 2022 (UTC)