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Template links are so so

The links in this template are so so. Some get redirected, and some only link to general info on the topics. In my opinion, there should be no redirects, and no link should go to a general subject matter page instead of the page of the actual Roundtable. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 07:19, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Things are missing

Things are missing from this template, like ALA creations:

Book Links
Booklist
Banned Books Week
Library Bill of Rights
Awards, like Newbery, Caldecott, etc.
Etc.

Just my two tuppence. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 07:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Links to discussion are not correct

The links to the discussion page of the template are not correct either. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 07:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The template links to the Round Tables are all incorrect - they don't link to round tables, but to the root phrases (Library Research Round Table --> Library Research, which is a redirect, which points to a deleted article). These incorrect links show up in every article where the template is used. I propose either unlinking the Round Table Wikilinks, or creating target articles for each and correcting the pointers. Chuckiesdad 02:59, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think individual articles for individual units of the ALA is really encyclopedic. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 03:05, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps the round table links should go to the external links that are the web faces of the round tables themselves. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 03:07, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe I'll just do it. See if you like it when I'm done. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 03:09, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Done. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 03:34, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Awards

The ALA gets a lot of press every year when it announces the award winners. I wa prticularly impressed this year when the Newbery and Caldecott Medal winners were announced. I have cince learned that the ALA gives out LOTS of awards, but Wikipedia does not yet seem to have a concise orderly way of rpesenting that information. There is short section regarding the awards on the ALA page, and I've recently added a much larger section on awards to the Children's Services page, but I think it would be appropriate to add links to the pages regarding the various awards in the template. -ErinHowarth (talk) 20:27, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 20:45, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't wait for any kind of concensus. I got tired of trying to navigate all the award pages and I made the addition today. Please feel free to make further edits. -ErinHowarth (talk) 21:02, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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 The ALA gets a lot of press every year when it announces the award winners.  I wa prticularly impressed this year when the Newbery and Caldecott Medal winners were announced.  I have cince learned that the ALA gives out LOTS of awards, but Wikipedia does not yet seem to have a concise orderly way of rpesenting that information.  There is short section regarding the awards on the ALA page, and I've recently added a much larger section on awards to the Children's Services page, but I think it would be appropriate to add links to the pages regarding the various awards in the template.  -[[User:ErinHowarth|ErinHowarth]] ([[User talk:ErinHowarth|talk]]) 20:27, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 :Agree.  --[[User:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|LegitimateAndEvenCompelling]] ([[User talk:LegitimateAndEvenCompelling|talk]]) 20:45, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
+I didn't wait for any kind of concensus.  I got tired of trying to navigate all the award pages and I made the addition today.  Please feel free to make further edits. -[[User:ErinHowarth|ErinHowarth]] ([[User talk:ErinHowarth|talk]]) 21:02, 23 February 2009 (UTC)