internetarchive / internetarchive/openlibrary
Allow xxxx in date field when adding new edition
Open
Affects: Librarians
Editions
Lead: @scottbarnes
Priority: 2
Theme: Editing
Type: Bug
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 6.7k
- Forks
- 2k
- Avg merge
- 2d 19h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 138
Description
If an edition has no date, Xs may be used as placeholders according to our documentation regarding publication dates. However, when adding a new edition, only numbers are allowed.
### Evidence / Screenshot (if possible)
### Relevant url?
### Steps to Reproduce
1. Go to ...https://openlibrary.org/books/add
2. Do ...use Xs in date field
* Actual: Error
* Expected: Xs allowed
### Details
- **Logged in (Y/N)?** Y
- **Browser type/version?** Version 91.0.4472.77 (Official Build) (x86_64)
- **Operating system?** MacOS Big Sur
- **Environment (prod/dev/local)?** prod
### Proposal & Constraints
### Related files
### Stakeholders
@cdrini
Contributor guide
Assessment
This issue has not been assessed yet.