Template talk:I18n/Inventory number
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Is it ok if I remove the second parameter? I don't see a reason why an inventory number should be followed by an external link. Regards, Vincent Steenberg (talk) 20:04, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
- The idea was that a link to the museum's database is useful, as the museum's entry will often be more up-to-date and comprehensive (and in any case more authoritative) than wikicommons. It can certainly be put at another place (still one new entry in the template?) but it seems to me that it is fairly logical to put it next to the inventory number (as the inventory number is the number given by the museum). Moreover, in some cases, the address of the painting entry on the museum website is a fixed address plus the painting inventory number. In these cases, it is quite convenient to create a template base on invno that provides link to the museum website (that's why I created {{Invno NMWA}} and Template:Invno Rijksmuseum and Vriullop created [1]. That said, when such subtemplates don't exist, I'm not sure the use of links should be recommended.--Zolo (talk) 21:07, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but I still don't follow. IMO, the ID-field is intended for identification, not to add external links. I am much more in favour of a template like {{Joconde}}. If necessary, this template could easily be adapted to create external link-templates for museum catalogues, calling it {{NMWA online}} for example. Regards, Vincent Steenberg (talk) 21:26, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
- Okay, we can put it at another place with another template, I've nothing against it, and it must not be too difficult to move what has already been done to another place. I just thought it was simpler to put it with the inventory number (the page of the museum next to the identification number provided by the museum).--Zolo (talk) 21:31, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
- ok, thanks for your understanding. I'll also put my money where my mouth is and create such a template for the fields where I'm working in at the moment, which is the Rijksmuseum and (to a lesser extent) the Louvre. Regards, Vincent Steenberg (talk) 05:28, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
- As you may have seen, Jarekt proposes to do some cha--Zolo (talk) 07:42, 17 August 2010 (UTC)nges to template painting and to merge {{Meta information museum}} with it. Maybe we should think of a standardized place to add institutional links in the template ?
- ok, thanks for your understanding. I'll also put my money where my mouth is and create such a template for the fields where I'm working in at the moment, which is the Rijksmuseum and (to a lesser extent) the Louvre. Regards, Vincent Steenberg (talk) 05:28, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
- Okay, we can put it at another place with another template, I've nothing against it, and it must not be too difficult to move what has already been done to another place. I just thought it was simpler to put it with the inventory number (the page of the museum next to the identification number provided by the museum).--Zolo (talk) 21:31, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but I still don't follow. IMO, the ID-field is intended for identification, not to add external links. I am much more in favour of a template like {{Joconde}}. If necessary, this template could easily be adapted to create external link-templates for museum catalogues, calling it {{NMWA online}} for example. Regards, Vincent Steenberg (talk) 21:26, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
- The idea was that a link to the museum's database is useful, as the museum's entry will often be more up-to-date and comprehensive (and in any case more authoritative) than wikicommons. It can certainly be put at another place (still one new entry in the template?) but it seems to me that it is fairly logical to put it next to the inventory number (as the inventory number is the number given by the museum). Moreover, in some cases, the address of the painting entry on the museum website is a fixed address plus the painting inventory number. In these cases, it is quite convenient to create a template base on invno that provides link to the museum website (that's why I created {{Invno NMWA}} and Template:Invno Rijksmuseum and Vriullop created [1]. That said, when such subtemplates don't exist, I'm not sure the use of links should be recommended.--Zolo (talk) 21:07, 16 August 2010 (UTC)