User talk:Bibcode Bot/Archives/2016
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Bibcodebot is adding arxiv= values when there is already an eprint= value
Edits like this one and this one are creating redundant parameters in citations, placing the resulting articles into Category:Pages with citations having redundant parameters. – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:10, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
- Yeah, guess I'll need to update the bot to take into account the new alias of
|arxiv=in {{cite xxx}}. It used to be disallowed. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 18:55, 26 April 2016 (UTC)- It looks like
|eprint=was added in April 2015, when {{Cite arxiv}} was modified to use the standard CS1 module. The|eprint=parameter was added as an alias of|arxiv=. The change was a net positive, but your coding labor has ended up on the debit side of the cost/benefit calculation. Sorry to make work for you. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:32, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
- It looks like