Template talk:Bibcode

add validation
Per a request at Help talk:Citation Style 1 I have added the bibcode validation from cs1|2 to this template's sandbox. In the process of doing this, I notice that there is an undocumented parameter label. Perhaps it is there because someone thinks that bibcodes are ugly: For on-line use this is fine. But, the label is also included in the print only version of the template. Why? What value does that bring to the template?
 * – value
 * – length
 * – journal
 * – year
 * – year

—Trappist the monk (talk) 23:56, 23 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Good question. I'll do a database scan when I get home in the next few days to see how this parameter is used. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 13:27, 24 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Whatever those parameters were used for (2 or label), they don't seem to be used anymore. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 20:18, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Template updated accordingly. Thanks. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 20:20, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
 * An error-tracking category is usually helpful with error messages like this. Can the module be updated to use an error-tracking category similar to those used for ISSN and ISBNT? – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:01, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

RFCs on citations templates and the flagging free-to-read sources
See
 * Village pump (proposals)
 * Village pump (proposals)

Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 17:04, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Bibcode URL may change
See this ongoing discussion at Help talk:Citation Style 1. – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:09, 1 May 2019 (UTC)


 * I recently changed the template to use an up-to-date HTTPS URL for Bibcode links instead of the existing HTTP URL. From what I remember, the existing HTTP URL would generate an HTTP 301 redirect to an HTTPS URL. --Elegie (talk) 09:58, 25 February 2020 (UTC)