Template talk:OEB

Show or ignore page number reference

I have tried unsuccessfully to amend the template so that the absence of the page number parameter does not show the 'Page .' fragment. Doing so would allow elimination of templates {{OEB1}} through {{OEB6}}. Please see the history of my feeble efforts at Template:OEB/sandbox. Can anyone assist? Just do it! Newwhist (talk) 20:25, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have modified the template and its documentation. The second parameter is now optional; it sets the "page" parameter of the {{cite book}}. I have removed the "pages" parameter, since it isn't supposed to be the total number of pages in the book - see Template:cite book/doc. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:07, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Usage

Well done. If we ever have articles with lots of references to one edition of the Official Encyclopedia, this seems appropriate after one full reference has been given by {OEB}.

^ Official Encyclopedia, p. 69.

The title of the Encyclopedia entry is useful to someone with another edition handy. For example (title presumed):

^ Frey, Richard L.; Truscott, Alan F.; Cohen, Ben; Barrow, Rhoda, eds. (1967). The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia. London: Paul Hamlyn. p. 69. OCLC 560654187.. "Cohen, Ben"

^ Frey, Richard L.; Truscott, Alan F.; Cohen, Ben; Barrow, Rhoda, eds. (1967). The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia. London: Paul Hamlyn. p. 69. OCLC 560654187.. ("Cohen, Ben")

^ Frey, Richard L.; Truscott, Alan F.; Cohen, Ben; Barrow, Rhoda, eds. (1967). The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia. London: Paul Hamlyn. p. 69. OCLC 560654187. — "Cohen, Ben"

May one of those be appropriate? --P64 (talk) 17:16, 3 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

CS1 maintenace tracking.

Articles using this template are added to Category:CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list. I have examined the template code and the cause is apparent. I assume the current output format was reached by some consensus process. Can anything be done to remedy this? Also, editor parameters should probably be used instead of authors. User-duck (talk) 17:07, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@User-duck: Hi duck. Welcome and thanks for the question. I have no idea what your techno-babble means. Can you please re-phrase at a grade-four level? What is the problem and what is the apparent cause to which you refer? Thank you. Newwhist (talk) 17:59, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, @Newwhist: for the prompt response. If I can get the link to work you can read the Wiki-babble for yourself, I do not want to attempt a transcription: Category:CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (I found the trick) User-duck (talk) 19:40, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Here Is a typical line from the template;

| 1 = {{cite book|ref=harv|last1 = Frey|first1 = Richard L., Editor-in-Chief|authorlink1 = |last2 = Truscott|first2 = Alan F., Executive Editor|authorlink2 = Alan Truscott|title = [[The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge]]|edition = 1st|publisher = Crown Publishers, Inc|location = New York|page = {{{2|}}}|series = |year = 1964|doi =|lccn = 64023817|isbn = }}

First, ", Editor-in-Chief", etc. are considered "Extra text" (the comma may trigger the determination).

Second, the names are apparently editors and editor parameters, i.e. |editor-last1=, should be used. An "(ed.)" is usually added by the {{cite book}} template, but I believe there are cases were it isn't. (yes, it makes no sense to me either.)

I am capable of changing the template, but I am sure somebody wouldn't like it. User-duck (talk) 19:40, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I have the impression that unused parameters should be left out. I assume this is especially true for templates. User-duck (talk) 19:40, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@User-duck:. OK, I think I get the general gist of the issue. I will attempt some corrections but am pretty busy right now with other matters and may take a week or two to get them resolved. I will call upon you for help if I get totally bamboozled. Thanks again. Newwhist (talk) 21:14, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]