Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Template:Worldcat id


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The result was: '''delete. --Saroj Uprety (talk) 11:18, 4 June 2023 (UTC)'''.

Template:Worldcat id
Per Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Template:Worldcat subject changes aa worldcat has made this template non0functional and it needs to be deleted. The problem is this template is currently used on circa 90+ articles, and before deleting those it is prudent to plan as a replacement may be possible. Possible replacements may be an updated Template:Worldcat; I'd suggest another alternative might possibly be an updated Authority control template. Be aware this template discussion may need to remain open longer than ideal (say over 4 weeks), pending decisions on how to handle this situation which has arisen from an external change. — DeirgeDeltac 21:21, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Vote closes: 22:00, 30 May 2023 (UTC).
 * Delete: Temporary keep: (nominator): Until the time is right to delete when I will swing my !vote. -- DeirgeDeltac 23:33, 23 May 2023 (UTC)
 * The 90 or so article using this template have (apart from the 3 in a book triology}} have had d:P:P10832 set in their associated Wikidata item and authority control templated added to the article which will be more effective with the latest version of the template fom enWQ which should pick up from Wikidata. I also note in passing the id= parameter in the call was typically incorrect with a the 2nd hyphen in a place where there should have been a zero, at least with comparision with d:P:P7859 values. I have some details at here. Template should also be removed from articles. -- DeirgeDeltac 01:03, 31 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete: per above, and when appropriate. Markjoseph125 (talk) 21:19, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment: I have found a couple of cases where wrong worldcat identity has been used with an additional hyphen embedded that was not present on the associated P7389 on the wikidata item. Correcting this for Mother Teresa has made Worldcat id work for that article. However if I was to apply the same fix to H. G. Wells tests indicate that would not work.  Even if this does work for a number of 90 articles it would only be a temporary fix. Thankyou. -- DeirgeDeltac 01:20, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete: The project (WorldCat Identities) ceased to exist. This template isn't used by English WP (w:Template:Worldcat id) any more. Kolja21 (talk) 15:03, 26 May 2023 (UTC)
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