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On 16 April 2022, it was proposed that this article be moved from International Standard Book Number to ISBN. The result of the discussion was moved.

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Semi-protected edit request on 9 September 2024

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Mr Shakti raj}it suggests in this application software 2409:40E5:BB:AAD5:D842:FEFF:FE58:E11D (talk) 18:46, 9 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ⸺(Random)staplers 20:29, 9 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Latest comment: 9 months ago4 comments3 people in discussion

Is it reasonable to say "Some publishers, such as Ballantine Books, would sometimes use 12-digit SBNs where the last three digits indicated the price of the book;" or should we say "would append the book price to the SBN, creating a 12 digit number". All the best: Rich Farmbrough 20:25, 3 October 2025 (UTC).Reply

I don't know, but either way I would change "would V" to "Ved". Largoplazo (talk) 20:59, 3 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

What is V? --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 10:05, 4 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

It's a placeholder for whatever verb is there. Largoplazo (talk) 11:35, 4 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Minor edit request

Latest comment: 2 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

"Figuring out how to correctly separate a given ISBN is complicated." Change the informal "figuring out" to the formal "determining". More suitable encyclopaedic tone. Thanks. ~2026-27366-46 (talk) 13:36, 6 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

I was going to follow your suggestion but got confused and decided not to take care if it yet. If a publisher has been assigned a 4-digit number, leaving three digits for the title code, that publisher cannot publish more than 1,000 works without running out of unique codes? Largoplazo (talk) 13:55, 6 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

إسترجاع حسابي

Latest comment: 26 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

بريق الامل <abryq198 ~2026-38514-64 (talk) 21:42, 6 July 2026 (UTC)Reply