b1171 Ion false link problems (as noted in my previous post)
As suggested, this is explained in a previous post, which I'll repeat:
To reiterate: very possibly this effect does not need to be fixed. But it still exists. If you don't believe me, all I can do is direct you to the link that the Wikipedia template generated for me: https://librivox.org/search?title=Ion&author=Plato&reader=&keywords=&genre_id=0&status=all&project_type=either&recorded_language=&sort_order=catalog_date&search_page=1&search_form=advanced. I trust you will see the several "non-Ion" books.pfil2u wrote: ↑February 10th, 2018, 10:58 am I've discovered an interesting problem -- which will occur very seldom. Consider {{Librivox book |title=Ion |author=Plato}}. The title is such a common string that, even when the author is specified, we get several false hits. (There are works by Plato on Librivox which contain "Version" or "Definition" in their titles!) I see 4 possible paths:
(1) This is good enough. It's a rare problem. A fraction of the time we link to too many books. Who cares?
(2) In these cases we just can't place the template on the Wikipedia page, as it's somewhat compromised.
(3) In the future, try to avoid giving Librivox books extremely short titles (like "Ion") that can be part of additional false hits. Simply "Plato's Ion" or something of the like should be enough.
(4) Fix the Wikipedia template to allow the specification of specific books (here, "b1171").
Honestly, I lean toward #1 (and I have placed the template), but I wanted to alert you to the problem.
b9660 The Chandogya Upanishad No "The" in Librivox title.
The LibriVox entry does not (and did not) have a "The" -- however, the ekzemplaro list did and does -- probably this doesn't matter, but I thought I'd mention it.
b9005 Theodoric the Goth There is no WP page for the book. The template is on the page for the PERSON, which in my view is bad practice.
The book Theodoric the Goth and the person Theoderic the Great (sometimes referred to as Theodoric the Goth) are distinct entities. For example, one was born, and one was written. There is a Wikipedia page for the person. There is not currently a Wikipedia page for the book. My reading of the protocol developed for placing LibriVox templates on Wikipedia pages is that the {{Librivox author}} template should go on author pages, and the {{Librivox book}} template should go on book pages. Since there does not exist a book page, there is not currently a home for the {{Librivox book}} template. Yet the template is there on the person's page. (I didn't put it there; I found it there.) I am asking: doesn't this transgress the protocol? I think it is better to take a strict interpretation; failure to do so can lead to a proliferation of external links (e.g. why not link a work on every article whose subject is mentioned in the work?) which will make Wikipedians dislike you.
b3335 The Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War The LV book appears to include 2 works. Only The Catiline Conspiracy has a WP page.
This is just a note; I was not suggesting that anything necessarily needed to be changed. But, for example, if one of the goals of this exercise is to alert LibriVox contributors to missing Wikipedia articles that might be written, then marking this book as a Status-2, while true for The Catiline Conspiracy, would render the need for an article on Sallust's The Jugurthine War invisible. But to suggest that this appears to have been fixed would seem to necessitate either (1) The LibriVox book has now been split into 2 books, or (2) There is now a Wikipedia article for Sallust's work "Jugurthine War". Neither of these is true. Although I now notice that the article on the war called the Jugurthine War has a {{Librivox book}} template on it. For my view on its appropriateness, please see the note just above, mutatis mutandis.
b6980 Vairagya Shatakam LV book forms part of the WP work
I am just noting that there is currently no Wikipedia article for Vairagya Shatakam (although I have just now created a redirect). Rather, this work forms a part of another work called Śatakatraya, which is where I've placed the LibriVox template.
b6631 Twenty Two Goblins LV attribution to Dandin is wrong
I see that the "Wikipedia book" link on the LibriVox book's page does indeed link to Dashakumaracharita. This is simply wrong; it is a totally unrelated work by an unrelated author. LibriVox must link to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baital_Pachisi instead. And remove Daṇḍin as author before someone gets hurt!
Cheers. Phil.