Template talk:PubList

Where does the data live?

The given example is The Middlesex Harmony (Samuel Babcock), yet when I look at the code there is nothing that can be edited. Even Il primo libro de madrigali a 4 voci (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) is confusing to edit, since if one clicks the "edit" link next to Works at CPDL one sees only {{PubList|seq,yr,lyr,gen,subg,vo,voices|}} and has to hunt for the table, found instead under the List of works heading. If this template actually saves someone else work, a little more guidance for other editors would be nice. Richard Mix (talk) 07:04, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

The data lives on the work pages. This template was made to add a list of works available at CPDL, where such a list didn't exist before. This effort is designed to ensure that all works at CPDL are linked to the publication page. Actually, Claude has done most of these, I have been working on developing and improving the template itself. For me, it has been useful, especially to point out where data is missing or inconsistent, links incorrectly spelled, etc. And it has saved a lot of time for me, for publications that don't have a manual list and I don't have time to make one.

The confusion at Il primo libro de madrigali a 4 voci (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) seems to have been partly caused by a missing table end, which I have supplied. Notice that the PubList table shows data that the manual table above is missing, so that an editor can add it to the manual table if desired.

The table produced by this template is not editable, as you noticed. At the moment, I am trying to improve this template (it's taking longer than expected), so the whole system is somewhat experimental, especially as regards the sequence and page numbers. — Barry Johnston (talk) 20:54, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

Works on CPDL will certainly not be automatically linked unless identical page names are chosen. What exactly does "not editable" mean? Richard Mix (talk) 08:52, 17 February 2019 (UTC)