Template talk:Cite book

Unlink "doi" redlink?

Is there a way to unlink the "doi" redlink in this template akin to how it's not linked in {{cite journal}}? Thanks! —Collin (Bobamnertiopsis)^{t c} 23:57, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

@DannyS712: Is this something you could help with? -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 12:52, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

I'm in the middle of something on wikidata, but I'll take a look in a few minutes --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 12:53, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I'm not familiar enough with the modules to figure this out. Perhaps we should create the page so it isn't redlinked? --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 13:15, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

I added a {{soft redirect}}. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 19:38, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Generate "(ed.)"/"(eds.)" when citing a chapter in an edited volume?

Right now, using this citation template's editor= and related editor fields (e.g., editor1-last=, etc.) does not result in automatically appending the editor name(s) with "(ed.)" or "(eds.)" which results in a clunky and incomplete-looking citation:

• Gonsalves, Sharon (1995). "To Give or Not to Give". In Tucker, Naomi. Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, & Visions. Harrington Park Press. pp. 115–118. ISBN 1-56023-869-0. 

This looks okay but is muddies the editor's role relative to the cited text. It also looks worse if only initials are being used:

• Gonsalves, S. (1995). "To Give or Not to Give". In Tucker, N.. Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, & Visions. Harrington Park Press. pp. 115–118. ISBN 1-56023-869-0. 

As this implementation outputs a second period after the last editor's first name regardless of whether a period is already there. The English Wikipedia version of this template outputs something like this:

• Gonsalves, Sharon (1995). "To Give or Not to Give". In Tucker, Naomi (ed.). Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, & Visions. Harrington Park Press. pp. 115–118. ISBN 1-56023-869-0. 

But this "(ed.)" has to be manually included to appear in Wikiversity's version of the template (as it has been in this example: |editor1-first=Naomi (ed.)). The template documentation makes it clear that this is currently the preferred method ("No text is added, so labels such as '[ed.]' have to be supplied by the user.") but this neither seems to be the best nor only solution. Would it be possible to implement English Wikipedia's automatic "(ed.)"/"(eds.)" when editor fields are used? Thanks! —Collin (Bobamnertiopsis)^{t c} 16:59, 17 October 2022 (UTC)