Forum:Automated Library Data Entries
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Curious to know how the Library Data Entries (Automated) works and how the data shown their on some pages gets to those pages.
It reads citations or hyperlinks.
- I can't recall which.
- I believe the talented Thomas Jones-Low wrote that code. Ask him.
- - Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 18:04, 24 September 2019 (EDT)
- The Template:LibraryEntries uses DynamicPageList, a wikimedia extension for running various queries against the underlying database. This template is generating (effectively) a slightly filtered version of the list generated by the "What links here" tool (see right hand menu). When you add a link to the New Traveller: Showing the Sunburst in an article, the list in the book article will automatically be updated. Normally I recommend using the Template: Ludography cite to set the link as it formats the entry correctly. Tjoneslo (talk) 17:22, 24 September 2019 (EDT)
So, hyperlinks.
- - Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 18:04, 24 September 2019 (EDT)