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== Regional versions == | == Regional versions == | ||
This template is fine but it doesn't work with regional WorldCat/OCLC such as Summit.worldcat.org | This template is fine but it doesn't work with regional WorldCat/OCLC such as Summit.worldcat.org | ||
Books, etc listed in Summit more often than not are not listed in general WorldCat/OCLC. | Books, etc listed in Summit more often than not are not listed in general WorldCat/OCLC. | ||
[[Wallowa County, Oregon|Wallowa County, Oregon]] shows a lot of records not in the standard one but limited and found only in the Summit. [[User:Dsammy|dsammy]] 05:29, 13 August 2009 (UTC) | [[Wallowa County, Oregon|Wallowa County, Oregon]] shows a lot of records not in the standard one but limited and found only in the Summit. [[User:Dsammy|dsammy]] 05:29, 13 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
:I understand your query, but I have compared some of the results that are produced and found whether the summit sub-domain is used or not does not affect the main results returned. For example | |||
:*http://summit.worldcat.org/oclc/56341631/editions | |||
:*http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56341631/editions | |||
:and | |||
:*http://summit.worldcat.org/oclc/27993061 | |||
:*http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27993061 | |||
:Each pair return the same catalog item, the difference being that the summit link provides ''Get this item'' results for locations in Oregon or Washington. Not all users of the wiki will be researching Oregon or Washington from Oregon or Washington. --[[User:CottrellS|Steve]] 16:22, 13 August 2009 (UTC) | |||
::Big difference, you didn't follow through, more libraries listed in Summit than in global and not only that, giving exact and very clear info where to find them. [[User:Dsammy|dsammy]] 16:36, 13 August 2009 (UTC) | |||
== Using the template == | |||
Tried first two methods, both failed miserably. They linked to template instead of the item in the OCLC. [[User:Dsammy|dsammy]] 07:06, 13 August 2009 (UTC) | |||
Tried first two methods, both failed miserably. They linked to template instead of the item in the OCLC. [[User:Dsammy|dsammy]] 07:06, 13 August 2009 (UTC) | |||
:I would like to find out more about the region version of WorldCat. Is there a website that has the various regional WorldCats listed? What failed miserably? I do not understand your last two sentences. Maybe include examples, please. Some discussion started [[ | :I would like to find out more about the region version of WorldCat. Is there a website that has the various regional WorldCats listed? What failed miserably? I do not understand your last two sentences. Maybe include examples, please. Some discussion started [[User talk:CottrellS#If_wpd.7Cxxxx_works.2C_why_not_oclc.7Cxxx.3F|here]]. [[User:Thomas Lerman|Thomas Lerman]] 14:59, 13 August 2009 (UTC) | ||
::Unfortunately, I found Summit by accident while searching for books through Google. | |||
:The reason your attempts to use {{tl|WorldCat}} failed. First you typed the name of the template with a lower case "c". Apart from the first letter, article and templates are case sensitive. Your second attempt used the {{tl|tlx}} template which is used in wikitext to help display the code to type when using a template. --[[User:CottrellS|Steve]] 16:06, 13 August 2009 (UTC) | |||
:: I followed the instructions and they failed, both with and withouth t1. Both failed ones linked to template rather than the OCLC record. I did try 3rd and it failed. I see Steve got it right somehow. | |||