Template talk:ASIN

message: Please remove the set of square brackets around  which I believe is responsible for attempting to autolink the provided date. This will fail in many circumstances, e.g.  -> . -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 07:09, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: PeterSymonds (talk) 11:47, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Remove date auto-linking

message: I don't see why Wikipedia should designate or link to Amazon, or any particular vendor, of a work mentioned in the encyclopedia.—Finell 22:35, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: also links to Amazon with ASINs... , unlike this template, that one is used directly for references... 70.49.127.65 (talk) 03:14, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I have put this template up fro deletion. See Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2012_June_25#Template:ASIN. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 03:18, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why advertise Amazon 

message: Simply copy paste this.




This will help clean up PDFs and Books. The code has been tested and works. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 22:13, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Ronhjones  (Talk) 22:50, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Many thanks. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 22:57, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tweak for print 

message: I am trying to use this template in a list but it is messing up the line spacing and more if there is any text after:
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I don't know how to fix it. —Eekerz (t) 08:23, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Problem solved. Thank you for the report. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 10:24, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  blank lines and messed up formatting 

message: Could you please replace
    |ASIN: 
replies: text: Could you give a little more detail about what effect this change will have? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:32, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It would display as ASIN (amazon.fr): B000F8S4A0 instead of ASIN: B000F8S4A0 (for a link to the French Amazon) in the PDFs. Online output is unaffected. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 21:40, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I don't really understand the benefit or purpose but there is no opposition, so ! — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:14, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other tweak for print 

message: Is there any guideline as to when using this template is appropriate? Is it meant to be used in the external links section for common items like books and music? I see the old deletion discussion talking about "an ID of last resort". Yet I see this template used in External links sections for albums which are readily available in hundreds of other shops. Is it not promoting Amazon in such a case? It also seems directly against WP:ELNO #5 in this specific case. I have much less problem with it being used to source information, it is External links that bother me. Would there be objection to adding comments about apropriate usage to the documentation? --Muhandes (talk) 15:45, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It is very much an ID of last resort. I'm fine with it if it's used for referencing purposes, but alternatives should be used if available. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 15:56, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  As I said above, I'm find with its use for references, my concern is with its use for external links, especially when many free alternatives exist (discogs and allmusic to name just two).--Muhandes (talk) 18:25, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Then yeah, it's inappropriate in those cases. Still clue must be exercised. A link to Amazon is better than no link at all. But if there are links to Discogs / Allmusic / other sites, then it should be safe to remove then. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 19:13, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  When to use this 

message: See Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2012_June_25#Template:ASIN. Not sure if some sort of indication of the discussion can be added to the template. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 19:55, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:50, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Up for deletion 

message: If the first digit in the parameter is a numeral the item is a book with an ISBN. Can someone pull out a list of these occurrences? I would like to get them converted to a  format. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 23:02, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of usages for ISBN 

message: 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} 17:05, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  RFCs on citations templates and the flagging free-to-read sources 

message: This template generates a link to an Amazon page for a specific ASIN. Using HTTPS instead of HTTP when generating a link to Amazon should provide increased privacy and security to users. If all Amazon sites, regardless of country (such as http://www.amazon.ca/ and http://www.amazon.de/) support HTTPS, then it should be possible to have the template generate an HTTPS link in all cases. If, on the other hand, there are only some specific Amazon sites that support HTTPS, then it might be possible to have a whitelist of HTTPS-supporting domains or country codes stored in the template, and to have the template only generate an HTTPS link when a country code on the whitelist is specified. Thoughts? --Elegie (talk) 10:57, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Done GeoffreyT2000 (talk, contribs) 01:11, 27 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal: Use HTTPS for links to Amazon 

message: United Kingdom is not the only Amazon country that precedes its TLD with ".co" (.co.uk), for Japan & South Africa also do the same (".co.jp" & ".co.za" respectively). Also, the current code does not take into account that some countries also precede their TLDs with ".com" (specifically, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Mexico, & Turkey as ".com.au", ".com.be", ".com.br", ".com.mx", & ".com.tr" respectively). This can be done by changing
     -->/dp/ ]/dp/ ]
replies: text: * Pppery * it has begun... 03:10, 30 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 29 May 2024