Talk:Books

Links

How do we want to link sources to this part of the wiki? When I added a book I just linked it to goodreads so people can see what the book was about. Would a link to review sites like goodreads be the way we link books?

I decided against linking to stores to avoid directing people to a specific way to buy the book like Amazon or Barnes & Noble. But there will be books that may not be reviewed on goodreads, like academic texts discussing gender theory or something.

What do you think?

--Bean3000 (talk) 04:12, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

@Bean3000: this page managed to go under my radar somehow. Instead of the table I would use a list and then the {{cite book}} template for every book, which supports links for both the book title and the author. Example for the third book in the current table:

• Bornstein, Kate (1994). Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780415908979.

What do you think? --Ondo (talk) 09:18, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

@Ondo: If we do that, we'd eventually have to do the same thing as for the nonbinary fiction section. I can't always tell what these books are about just from their titles. If we could also give a brief description, the gender of the person writing it, etc etc. We can still include the citation though. --Bean3000 (talk) 08:51, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

@Bean3000: citations are the standard way of referencing a book (not only in a wiki), so I think they should be included. But yes, a brief description is a good idea too. What about a table with two columns: citation and description? --Ondo (talk) 09:44, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

@Ondo: The citation and description format will probably be the best way to go forward, I agree. --Bean3000 (talk) 21:35, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

@Bean3000: cool! Let me know if you need help. The issue with ISBNs not working with Citoid was just fixed, which means that if you know the ISBN you should be able to generate a fully-formatted reference for most published books by using the Cite button on the toolbar. --Ondo (talk) 15:46, 6 April 2020 (UTC)