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I have commenced a tidy-up of the Bibliography section using cite templates. Capitalization and punctuation follow standard cataloguing rules in
AACR2 and RDA, as much as Wikipedia templates allow it. ISBNs and other persistent identifiers, where available, are commented out, but still available for reference. This is a work in progress; feel free to continue. Sunwin1960 (talk) 08:52, 8 April 2018 (UTC)[reply
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While I would prefer capitalization and punctuation to follow the standard cataloguing rules referred to above, the Wikipedia Manual of Style at
Biogeographist (talk) 17:31, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply
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In The News, so this only creates more work for others to undo later. Thank you. Innisfree987 (talk) 18:19, 25 August 2022 (UTC)[reply
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@Innisfree987I've always thought it odd that (visible) hyperlinked ISBNs were frequently included in Wikipedia citations, since they point to a page full of links to commercial bookselling sites. ISBNs are never used in formal bibliographies, which is another reason I like to hide them. However, if you think they serve a useful purpose I'll stop commenting them out. Sunwin1960 (talk) 01:20, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Sunwin1960, thanks for your understanding. I agree about the sales links and if I had the energy, I might suggest the template be revised. For the time being though, features like ITN understandably want the identifier included as proof the book exists (you would be surprised—or maybe you wouldn’t be!—by how often a biography will claim works that ultimately can’t be found.) So it would be great to leave them in. Thanks much. Innisfree987 (talk) 01:58, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Biogeographist (talk) 02:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply
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BiogeographistThanks again for your support on this topic. I only started using title case in bibliographic entries after receiving quite a bit of negative feedback (and reversions) from other users. As a librarian I think citations using standard cataloguing rules are preferable. Sunwin1960 (talk) 01:12, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply
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As I previously mentioned at
Biogeographist (talk) 02:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply
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