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This template was considered for merging with Template:Infobox magazine on 9 October 2009. The result of the discussion was "do not merge".

This template was considered for merging with Template:Infobox magazine on 9 August 2013. The result of the discussion was "do not merge".

"License" Parameter

Currently, the "license" parameter directs simply to License. This target page is incredibly broad to the point of unhelpfulness. This would be like if the Frequency parameter directed to Frequency. I think a much better target page would be Public copyright license, since this parameter relates to intellectual property/copyright licensing. Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 21:54, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the issue here is that not all licenses are public copyright licenses. At least to my understanding (I could be wrong here). Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 22:08, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Licenses in the context of academic publishing? TBH, this is not my area of expertise but that's what I assumed (it could be different in non-Western countries, though). However, the license parameter is only needed when the preceding parameter open access = yes. So really the most specific target would be Open access#Licenses. But that might be too specific. How about Copyright#Transfer, assignment and licensing? I see no reason why we're making the reader brush up on driver licenses, leases, patents, and the like. Dr. Swag Lord (talk) 23:30, 9 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agree that Copyright#Transfer, assignment and licensing would be the most useful link here. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 13:39, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Updated. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 17:57, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 17 July 2023

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request the addition of an Associate Editor column Roncology (talk) 04:57, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You should first get consensus for this request. I personally would be against that addition. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 05:16, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And so would I... --Randykitty (talk) 08:39, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea if there's any connection between this user's request and their later creation of the article D. N. Sharma, which I have nominated for deletion, but there may well be. Graham87 (talk) 15:14, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Headquarters

There should be an entry option in the infobox for the location of the headquarters, I think. Keystone18 (talk) 22:32, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A journal's publisher's editorial offices are really not an important thing in the least. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 02:00, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And major publishers (and even many minor ones) have offices all over the world, without necessarily mentioning which office handles which journal... --Randykitty (talk) 12:59, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How might we use Wikidata for the website parameter?

Today I successfully used Template:Official website in an article's external links, but failed to implement Template:Official URL in this template. Am I doing it wrong, or does the template need an update to support Wikidata for the website? KarenJoyce (talk) 17:20, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]