OEIS links in the Wikipedia

[Joseph S. Myers]

On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, N. J. A. Sloane wrote:

> Just to make sure I understand, when I'm editing an
> entry in the Wikipedia, 
> 
> instead of typing 
> "sequence A123456 in OEIS"
> I should rather type
> "{{OEIS|id=A123456}}" ,
> and later, instead of 
> "A123456"  
> I would just type
> "{{OEIS2C|id=A123456}}"
> 
> - is that right?

Yes - the first inserts parentheses, so you may wish to say something like

  The positive integers are 1, 2, 3, … {{OEIS|id=A000027}}

and preview the page before saving to make sure that it looks right.  A 
template without parentheses could also be created if desired.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
jsm at polyomino.org.uk