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extract ISBN to new page
== 2024 Update ==
I found a [[Wikidata]] related project called '''[https://inventaire.io/welcome Inventaire]''' which does sorta the same thing as LibraryThing, but in the [[fediverse]] with [[open data]]. The Inventaire project uses [[MediaWiki]] software for their knowledgebase at https://wiki.inventaire.io/wiki/Main_Page <ref>https://github.com/inventaire/inventaire-mediawiki</ref>, and you can import your LibraryThing data into Inventaire <ref>https://wiki.inventaire.io/wiki/How_to_add_a_book_to_my_inventory</ref>
 
== ISBN ==
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 Project namespace page like [[wp:Book sources]] <ref>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:ISBN</ref>
 
The 'process'<re>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Future_of_magic_links</ref> to remove the feature was controversial, but pushed through anyway.
== Online Books ==