ISBN

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ISBN and Magic Links[edit]

ISBN (and PubMed PMID and IEEE RFC) links used to be automatically linked by MediaWiki software, but now you have to explicitly enable them as magic links ^[1] and also setup a Project namespace page like wp:Book sources ^[2]

See the local version of Project:Book sources

The 'process'^[3] to remove the feature was controversial, but pushed through anyway.

Linking[edit]

To create a nice book link on this wiki, use the ISBN as a parameter (path argument) to Special:BookSources

We do not have or use a special template, so just make your own link like [[Special:BookSources/978-1-25763801-7|''The Architecture of Open Source Applications'']] which results in a link like this: The Architecture of Open Source Applications

References[edit]

[1] ttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_links

[2] ttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:ISBN

[3] ttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Future_of_magic_links

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