Template talk:Cite Instagram

Bibliogram

Any advice on the use of Bibliogram? Should it be used instead or can it be considered a sutiable archive-url?

I try to avoid using Instagram as a reference because the paywall and other make bitrot more likely but Bibliogram seems to offer some small small improvements. -- 109.76.203.156 (talk) 12:16, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

Numeric value in author

At List of association football players who died during their careers a ref beginning "{{Cite instagram |user=iklsmb5_official |date=24 August 2023..." gives a soft error "{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)" - how to fix this please? Yadsalohcin (talk) 11:00, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Fixes for author error messages

I've added a possible fix to the sandbox for the errors this template generates. The underlying issue is that Template:Cite Instagram is passing the |user= parameter to Template:Cite web as part of the author field. Cite web is expecting a person or organization. The sandbox version places the |user= in the |author-mask= while sending the author, last, and first parameters as names. It should render the same and give slightly clearer data. What do you think Numberguy6?

Numeric usernames

Live version:

• Plummer, James [@movielover927] (2023-05-24). "Happy birthday to the best big brother in the world. I love you so so much. I hope you have an amazing birthday". Retrieved 2023-10-30 – via Instagram.

Sandbox version:

• Plummer, James [@movielover927] (2023-05-24). "Happy birthday to the best big brother in the world. I love you so so much. I hope you have an amazing birthday". Retrieved 2023-10-30 – via Instagram.

Generic usernames

Live version:

• @instagram (2 November 2020). "Happy Halloween". Retrieved 9 November 2020 – via Instagram.

Sandbox version:

• @instagram (2 November 2020). "Happy Halloween". Retrieved 9 November 2020 – via Instagram.

Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 07:25, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@Joeyconnick: courtesy ping as you brought the issue to attention on Help talk:Citation Style 1, Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 23:48, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

thanks... looking forward to this being fixed and appreciate your assistance! —Joeyconnick (talk) 00:13, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

@Yadsalohcin and Joeyconnick: It's live now. Hopefully this fixes the issues mentioned above and at Help talk:Citation Style 1. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 00:51, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

@Rjjiii Many thanks! Yadsalohcin (talk) 00:55, 7 January 2024 (UTC)