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)

This template requires #Replace: functionality. This functionality is achieved through the StringFunctions within the ParserFunctions . . . may need an upgrade to ParserFunctions and definitely enable them. Thomas Lerman 18:46, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Microfilm

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

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)

Books

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

Call number search results ordered by call number
Call number search results ordered by title
Call number search results ordered by author
Title details
something else

The problem with "Title details" is that the display name should be passed into it to get the title bar correct. This seems very odd that this work this way. Thomas Lerman 19:07, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

CD

Two examples were given of CD examples above. However, the URL uses a title number that is not anywhere on the page. How would someone find a CD or the title number? Thomas Lerman 19:27, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Place / Surname / Keyword / Title / Author / Subject

Is there a need to be able to display anything from the FHLC based upon any of the items listed in the above heading? For example, New York City? Thomas Lerman 19:30, 17 September 2009 (UTC)