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== ISBN and Magic Links ==
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 <ref>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_links</ref> and also setup a <tt>Project</tt> namespace page like [[wp:Book sources]] <ref>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:ISBN</ref>
See the local version of [[Project:Book sources]]
The 'process'<ref>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Future_of_magic_links</ref> to remove the feature was controversial, but pushed through anyway.
== Linking ==
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 <code><nowiki>[[Special:BookSources/978-1-25763801-7|''The Architecture of Open Source Applications'']]</nowiki></code> which results in a link like this: [[Special:BookSources/978-1-25763801-7|''The Architecture of Open Source Applications'']]
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[[Category:MediaWiki]]
[[Category:Library]]
[[Category:External link templates]]
