Template talk:FHL

Display type and CD examples

Please allow a way to show whether the item is a Book, Film, Fiche, or CD-ROM in the call number. For example, FHL Book 973 X2Lai, or FHL Film 203621.   Diltsgd 14:29, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for commenting. The plan is to allow those at an absolute minimum. Do you have an example of CD-ROM? I know the microfiche have numbers just like the microfilm. I have requested an extension that will make some of this easier. I have wondered if a need exists for locality look-ups, showing summary vs. details, etc. Thomas Lerman 14:47, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Examples:

CD-ROM no. 1198

CD-ROM no. 9 pt. 453 disc 6

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by a locality look-up, summary, or details. I hope a user who clicks an FHLC number in the Wiki is taken to the the FHLC Title Details screen in most cases, and for long lists of film or fiche numbers to the FHLC Film Notes screen. Diltsgd 15:19, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

I just realized something else you said. You requested the type to be displayed (film, book, CD, etc.). According to consensus in the Manual of Style (as long as I understood it correctly), the media type would not be displayed. If you feel this should be revisited, may I suggest that you put it on a community meeting agenda? It may be worth discussing more. A discussion on what I was referring to with summary or details is more like the questions I posed in the Microfilm section below. Thomas Lerman 18:57, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Other Discussion

Other discussion may be viewed as part of the Manual of Style Thomas Lerman 18:22, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Microfilm

Should microfilm {{FHL{{{3}}}{{{4}}}{{{5}}}{{{6}}}{{{7}}}{{{8}}}{{{9}}}{{{10}}}{{{11}}}...}} produce which of the following?

1. Film search results
2. Title details
3. Title details
4. Title film notes
5. something else

The problem with the first "Title details" and "Title film notes" is that the display name should be passed into it to get the title bar correct. This seems very odd that these work this way. Thomas Lerman 18:42, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Family History Library (FHL); now called, FamilySearch Library (FSL)