Template talk:PublisherHeader

Until Publisher space is cleaned up (whether 2009 or 2015) I don't think a header template that requires a database record number input is appropriate for 'all Publisher pages. Especially the new ones, and the questionable ones where we do expect a merge someday. Maybe you can pick and choose the big players that have already settled down. The ones with numbers 1-100 probably, and anything you would call a 'Major SF Publisher'. Baen, Tor, Ace - the ones on the old html Publishers list on the front page of the ISFDB. For the rest of them, I don't think it's worth the effort and time. A simple 'Apply Publisher Category' template is all this actually needs. If you want to make a simple header template, that also inserts the category, I'll be happy to use it moving forward, but honestly, even those don't tuely need a header. I just wanted to make them easy to browse through, and a category does that all on its own. Kevin 04:15, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

How about we save this template for 'Major SF Publishers' (A category I created but haven't populated yet). And just use categories on plane jane publishers. Thoughts? Kevin 04:15, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Can you give an example where we would want a publisher page for a publisher that does not have any publication records?

An editor left a note on Publisher:Airmont Books about a bug in this template. In that case, the editor was not aware that he needed to use {{PublisherHeader|record#}} or id=record#. I was thinking to suggest that this template be coded to check for the missing parameter and to generate a warning/error instead of the usual header.

I don't see a need for supporting the use of {{PublisherHeader}} without a record number as we should only have publisher pages for organizations that have published specfict. If there is a need then an idea would be to have someone use {{PublisherHeader|id=nolink}}. We would have three cases:

1. No ID or first parameter specified - generate an error/warning.
2. id=nolink - show the publisher name but don't link it.
3. Any other value - show the publisher name and link it using the value given.

The magic keyword can be zero (0) instead of the word "nolink" if that makes more sense to people. Sourceforge is down at the moment but when it's up the bug report is for #3466236 at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=199503&atid=969754 I had added a note to that before I read this talk page. --Marc Kupper|talk 20:12, 7 December 2014 (UTC)