internetarchive / internetarchive/openlibrary
incompete dates on AO items default to XX00 dates
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Description
Old issue raised by Jeff Kaplan in 2017 in Jira: https://webarchive.jira.com/browse/OL-317
When a book's archive.org/metadata lists publication date as `"[18--?]"` it shows up in openlibrary as specifically `"1800"`.
### Evidence / Screenshot (if possible)
https://archive.org/details/plaintalesfromth00kipliala
https://archive.org/metadata/plaintalesfromth00kipliala
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7197646M/Plain_tales_from_the_hills
### Proposal & Constraints
Interpret this form of date metadata differently, perhaps as "1800s"?
### Stakeholders
@JeffKaplan @mekarpeles @hornc
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