Zotero Scholar Citations add-on is writing "00000" when updating citation count
Zotero 5.0.11 and Zotero Scholar Citations 1.9.2
If I right-click an item and select "Update citations", Zotero Scholar Citations is updating the citation count field (in Extra) to be "00000". This is true for an item that already had a non-zero citation count from the last run of this feature.
I am noticing the issue today but it could be related to my actions yesterday. I know the add-on was working fine for past few days including yesterday. The, I selected about 100 items and asked for citation count update. I know this can cause a block-out from Google Scholar but I wanted to get as far as I can and let the block sit for some time.
I did not get any block message from the add-on. But could it be possible that Google Scholar is acting smart and replying with "00000" to any request coming from my side?
Or, is there an issue with the add-on?
If I right-click an item and select "Update citations", Zotero Scholar Citations is updating the citation count field (in Extra) to be "00000". This is true for an item that already had a non-zero citation count from the last run of this feature.
I am noticing the issue today but it could be related to my actions yesterday. I know the add-on was working fine for past few days including yesterday. The, I selected about 100 items and asked for citation count update. I know this can cause a block-out from Google Scholar but I wanted to get as far as I can and let the block sit for some time.
I did not get any block message from the add-on. But could it be possible that Google Scholar is acting smart and replying with "00000" to any request coming from my side?
Or, is there an issue with the add-on?
And even if it is locking me out, shouldn't the add-on know that? and if it knows that, shouldn't it then NOT update the data with the "00000" received? I lost the citation count on hundreds of articles. Not a big deal, as long as I can get a valid update later.
Note, my question is not about why I can't get a citation update. I know Google Scholar will do a lock-out after certain number of update requests.
The question is, when a lock-out happens the add-on should simply not update the citation count. If Google Scholar is only replying with 00000 and no lock-out message, maybe the add-on could have a rule that citation numbers can only increase. I know that's not perfect, but something along such a rule based system can prevent this bad update.