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I would like to add a free-to-read publisher to the DOI prefix list in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration: Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration needs the 10.xxxx/... part of the DOI associated with the publisher. All the publications of the publisher must be free-to read. Once that is done, the xxxx part can be added to the list under local function build_free_doi_registrants_table(). Also leave a note at User talk:Citation bot.
I would like to add a free-to-read journal to the DOI prefix list in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration: Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration needs the 10.xxxx/yyyy part of the DOI associated with the journal. All the articles associated with that DOI pattern must be free-to read. Once that is done, the xxxx/yyyy parts can be added to the list under local extended_registrants_t = { with the format ['XXXX'] = {'YYYY'},. If there are multiple journals with the same DOI prefix, they can be grouped together with the format ['XXXX'] = {'YYYY', 'ZZZZ', '...'},. Also leave a note at User talk:Citation bot.
I would like to add a geo-dead/geo-access URL keyword: Previous discussions have come to the conclusion that this is not workable. Websites change which regions can access them regularly, and these websites are regardless not fundamentally dead.
I would like support for PDF page numbers: The specific page of a specific PDF may change between clients with the same file or files with the same client. Consider using a |chapter= or |quote= instead.
I would like my change done now: Local consensus is that these modules sync from their sandboxes approximately once every 3–6 months. This is due to complexity of changes, the number of transclusions these modules have, and to be sure sufficient consensus exists for a change.
I don't like (identifier) in the links to identifier pages: This is done to differentiate identifier links (... lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.^{<ref>Linden, David van der. (2015) ... doi:10.18352/dze.10126</ref>} ... ) from prose links (... the digital object identifier was introduced in 2000 by ... ) in Special:WhatLinksHere.

Accept-as-written markup for archive url?

Latest comment: 18 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

On the Wayback Machine's Wikipedia page, there is a source (#8) citing one of the oldest archives, and it dates to 1995, which triggers a cs1 error even though the url works and is legitimate. As far as I know there is no way to use accept-this-as-written markup for the archive-url parameter. Is there a way this could be added or some other way to fix the error? Thanks. BlaqWiedow (talk) 04:59, 30 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

False positive detection of deprecated archiving service

Latest comment: 17 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The url https://web.archive.org/web/20170929152253/https://www.npmjs.com/package/archive.is is detected as being deprecated, I'm guessing because of the 'archive.is' part, it's entirely unrelated. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 16:10, 30 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

already been fixed in the sandbox:

{{cite web/new |title=Unofficial Node.js API for archive.is |website=npmjs |url=https://www.npmjs.com/package/archive.is |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929152253/https://www.npmjs.com/package/archive.is |archive-date=2017-09-29}}

"Unofficial Node.js API for archive.is". npmjs. Archived from the original on 2017-09-29.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 16:35, 30 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Category:CS1 errors: generic name

Latest comment: 10 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Special:Search/insource:"first=Daily" insource:/first *= *daily/i might be something to be added. 1234qwer 1234qwer 4 02:38, 7 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Cite is completely unfriendly for mobile web editing

Latest comment: 17 hours ago5 comments3 people in discussion

As I’ve been reading article after article by Wiki admins and trustees etc saying that Wikipedia is literally dying - and mostly admin edits not genuine contributions, i’d like to point out that creating new references was a nightmare today because of the specific use of straight speech marks that are present on the normal keyboard of approx zero mobile users - changing the cite tag to use “” instead of "" would be a winner Manboobies (talk) 10:53, 16 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

if it’s the case that you can either use one or the other but not mix them, that also needs changing please -Manboobies (talk) 10:58, 16 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

"Hello" - Written on my Pixel 8. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 10:59, 16 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

More importantly, how does the use of straight quotes prevent you from using cite templates? Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 10:59, 16 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Many of my edit, all on mobile, have been the creation of cites and I've never had an issue with speech marks. What exact issue are you having?
Also the death of Wikipedia is massively overblown. The amount of active editor is much the same as it ever have been, the amount of edits and the proportion of those edits that are content related are at all all time high and although page views are down from a bubble in 2024/2025 they are at exactly the same level as they have been for the past decade. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 11:58, 16 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Discussion at BRFA to remove archive.today standalone links

Latest comment: 16 hours ago2 comments1 person in discussion

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/CutlassBot. (apologies for the two notifications) Dw31415 (talk) 12:18, 16 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Can anyone help me construct a before and after wikitext for the change here that hides archive.today links? I’ve proposed a bot that seeks to propagate the same behavior to stand alone links. Dw31415 (talk) 12:41, 16 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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