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The template takes as argument a valid ISBN and yields the formatted version of that ISBN. Any existing hyphens in the ISBN are ignored, whether or not they are correctly placed: {{format ISBN|97-8-1-57181655-9}} → 978-1-57181-655-9 {{Format ISBN}} is intended to be substituted so that the template call in wikitext is replaced with the ...
The ISBN may have been incorrectly labelled invalid, but we have (to our surprise) found several examples where the publisher has put an invalid number on the book (see talk page for examples). Note that just because a number has not been identified as invalid, it doesn't mean it corresponds to the book in question, or indeed any book.
The optional parameter |reason= simply provides a comment to explain why the ISBN may not be valid. Example: Example: {{ ISBN | 1-897311-56-7 }}{{ Please check ISBN | reason = Check digit (7) does not correspond to calculated figure.
Do not remove the {{ISBN missing}} template without fixing the problem in one of the following ways: Determine the ISBN, add it to the reference, then remove the {{ISBN missing}} template; For a reference formatted via a Citation Style 1 template, use its ISBN parameter: |isbn=X-XXXX-XXXX-X For a free-form reference:
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The newer edition can be found by Googling its ISBN but is not in Amazon or Worldcat. EdJohnston 03:45, 15 January 2007 (UTC) We could copy the above note to the article's talk page and archive the notes on this page to the new archives you're thinking of building over at the catalog ISBN talk page ...
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4 Members as of 02:06, 12 May 2012 (UTC) that contain an ISBN beginning with a validated 6 prefix, but still have problems in the article