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Note that the ISBN hyphenation rule-base is a living document. This is a maintenance category of articles with invalid ISBNs. It is often included by means of the template {{Please check ISBN}}. If you fix an ISBN please remove the template or category from the article. Many article/ISBN problems are listed at WikiProject Check Wikipedia.
For example | isbn = {{Listed Invalid ISBN|123-456-7890-123}} is incorrect use. Usage This template should only be used in limited cases when an editor knows that the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) printed in a source publication is invalid.
No description. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Month and year date no description Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} Unknown optional See also Category:Citation Style 1 templates, includes all Citation Style 1 templates Wikipedia:ISBN, describes how to add an ISBN to an ...
invalid form – 10-digit ISBNs with the mis-positioned 'X' character invalid group id – 13-digit ISBN begins with '9790'; this prefix / group ID combination is reserved to ISMN. To resolve this error, ensure that the |isbn= value is correct, that only one ISBN is used, that the proper optional separators are used, and that no other text is ...
Some ISBNs may still have been printed correctly elsewhere in the same book or corrected in later editions; if further research shows that to be the case (and that the new ISBN still refers to an edition with the same information on the same pages), then the invalid# parameter should be moved or {{Listed Invalid ISBN}} should be replaced with {}.
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 ...
Do not convert a 10-digit ISBN to 13-digit by just adding the 978 prefix; the last digit is a calculated check digit and just making changes to the numbers will make the ISBN invalid. This parameter should hold only the ISBN without any additional characters. It is checked for length, invalid characters – anything other than numbers, spaces ...
Either hide them in a comment, or make the template produce "The ISBN x-xxx-xxxx-xx given for this publication is invalid; if you know the correct one, please consider fixing it.", with 'consider fixing it' linked to this (or another) page explaining the use of the ISBN template.