Template talk:Bibcode

add validation

Per a request at Help talk:Citation Style 1 I have added the bibcode validation from cs1|2 to this template's sandbox.

• Bibcode:1998ApJ...508L..81K
• Bibcode:1998.ApJ..508L..81K {{bibcode}}: Check bibcode value (help) – value
• Bibcode:1998ApJ...508L..81 {{bibcode}}: Check bibcode length (help) – length
• Bibcode:1998Ap&...508L..81K {{bibcode}}: Check bibcode journal (help) – journal
• Bibcode:0998ApJ...508L..81K {{bibcode}}: Check bibcode year (help) – year

In the process of doing this, I notice that there is an undocumented parameter |label=. Perhaps it is there because someone thinks that bibcodes are ugly:

• Bibcode:1998ApJ...508L..81K

For on-line use this is fine. But, the label is also included in the print only version of the template. Why? What value does that bring to the template?

—Trappist the monk (talk) 23:56, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Good question. I'll do a database scan when I get home in the next few days to see how this parameter is used. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 13:27, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Whatever those parameters were used for (|2= or |label=), they don't seem to be used anymore. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 20:18, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Template updated accordingly. Thanks. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 20:20, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

An error-tracking category is usually helpful with error messages like this. Can the module be updated to use an error-tracking category similar to those used for {{ISSN}} and {{ISBNT}}? – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:01, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

RFCs on citations templates and the flagging free-to-read sources

See

• Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Access locks: Visual Design RFC
• Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Access Locks: Citation Template Behaviour RFC

Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 17:04, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Bibcode URL may change

See this ongoing discussion at Help talk:Citation Style 1. – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:09, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

I recently changed the template to use an up-to-date HTTPS URL for Bibcode links instead of the existing HTTP URL. From what I remember, the existing HTTP URL would generate an HTTP 301 redirect to an HTTPS URL. --Elegie (talk) 09:58, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

ADS to SciX migration

There is another change, currently in progress, from the current ADS system to a new SciX interface (see CFA & NASA press releases). Website states that SciX came out of beta on 29 Sep 2025, and ADS website (in header, under "SciX Transition Resources" dropdown) states that "SciX will become the sole interface in late 2026". There will ostensibly be redirects to the new website when this happens, but we may wish to update the CS1 config before then. Tol (talk | contribs) @ 21:44, 12 March 2026 (UTC)