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:Good morning! Thanks very much for your comments. I understand your point, but exactly the same question could be raised about the anthology ''Premonitions: Different Early Warnings'' (2004) which has already been inputted and accepted as an anthology by other users. I was only ever in occasional touch with Tony Lee so I don't know the full history on this, but as I remember it, the ''Premonitions'' anthologies he published in the 2000s were not a direct continuation of the magazine. The magazine dates back to the 90s, and he had another magazine in the interim (''The Zone'').  The anthologies just re-used the title. Certainly they are formatted as anthologies and they are not numbered in continuation of the 90s magazine. Also, in case this has a bearing on the current discussion: I did not actually make the decision to list this as an anthology on my own initiative. It was already listed as anthology, but with incomplete details. My contribution was an edit of a pre-existing entry to complete the missing information.  Hope that helps!  [[User:Anthony Obverse|Anthony Obverse]] 05:20, 18 February 2018 (EST)
 
:Good morning! Thanks very much for your comments. I understand your point, but exactly the same question could be raised about the anthology ''Premonitions: Different Early Warnings'' (2004) which has already been inputted and accepted as an anthology by other users. I was only ever in occasional touch with Tony Lee so I don't know the full history on this, but as I remember it, the ''Premonitions'' anthologies he published in the 2000s were not a direct continuation of the magazine. The magazine dates back to the 90s, and he had another magazine in the interim (''The Zone'').  The anthologies just re-used the title. Certainly they are formatted as anthologies and they are not numbered in continuation of the 90s magazine. Also, in case this has a bearing on the current discussion: I did not actually make the decision to list this as an anthology on my own initiative. It was already listed as anthology, but with incomplete details. My contribution was an edit of a pre-existing entry to complete the missing information.  Hope that helps!  [[User:Anthony Obverse|Anthony Obverse]] 05:20, 18 February 2018 (EST)
 
::As I've seen this book listed as "Premonitions #6", I was just asking. What happened before and who approved what at the time doesn't interest me, my job is to moderate the present submissions to the best of my abilities and my knowledge of the db and to keep our bibliographical quality as close as possible to the optimal. That said, I've approved your submission with one change: I kept only O'Neal as COVER artist (you may add the Moore piece, I've seen this done before either in the contents (on page "bc"?) or in the notes [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?290842 like here]. I've also got another question, what does "Known content from a collection by Darlington" mean? and the remark that your capitalization seems not to conform to our standards, but as I'm not an english native speaker that's not evident for me. Note also that the ESSAY by Lee may be disambiguated. [[User:Hauck|Hauck]] 06:43, 18 February 2018 (EST)
 
::As I've seen this book listed as "Premonitions #6", I was just asking. What happened before and who approved what at the time doesn't interest me, my job is to moderate the present submissions to the best of my abilities and my knowledge of the db and to keep our bibliographical quality as close as possible to the optimal. That said, I've approved your submission with one change: I kept only O'Neal as COVER artist (you may add the Moore piece, I've seen this done before either in the contents (on page "bc"?) or in the notes [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?290842 like here]. I've also got another question, what does "Known content from a collection by Darlington" mean? and the remark that your capitalization seems not to conform to our standards, but as I'm not an english native speaker that's not evident for me. Note also that the ESSAY by Lee may be disambiguated. [[User:Hauck|Hauck]] 06:43, 18 February 2018 (EST)
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:::Thanks very much for your reply and for approving my edits. I'm not 100% sure what the note "known content from a collection by Darlington" refers to. This was added by the person who worked on this item previously and I didn't feel I had the right to delete it. My best guess is that the person who did the previous version of the entry learned about the anthology from the credits in a collection by Darlington and then reconstructed the main anthology entry from that. But I don't actually know that for sure, I am making quite a few assumptions. With regard to the capitalisation, I agree it's unusual (as is the consistent use of the & sign instead of "and"), but I copied this verbatim from the contents page of the anthology. This is really what it says. [[User:Anthony Obverse|Anthony Obverse]] 10:32, 18 February 2018 (EST)
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::::I've displaced your answer here. We keep the threads in one location (usually where they began). I'm going to update the notes. As for the capitalization, we do normalize it along what seem to me (as a frenchman) quite obscure lines. It's alas one of those cases where our dogma of "enter-data-as-it-is-on-the-book" is violated. Thanks for your answer. [[User:Hauck|Hauck]] 02:42, 23 February 2018 (EST)

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Page count of Lost Cartographies

Re this publication record: If there isn't anything of importance on the first eight unnumbered pages, then they should not be included in the page count. This would include pages for quotes, title page, copyright page, and table of contents page. Otherwise, is there something of note which was not included in the contents provided? Thanks. Mhhutchins 04:08, 20 October 2014 (UTC)

Hello, thanks very much for your message. You're quite right, following these criteria the [8] pages should be omitted. I'm still learning the system here, but if I can figure out how to edit the entry I'll delete those surplus numerals now. Anthony Obverse 13:04, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
Go to the publication (linked above), and click on the "Edit This Pub" link under the Editing Tools menu. Make the necessary changes, and then submit. After moderation the record will be updated. Thanks for contributing. Mhhutchins 21:02, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
Done it. Thanks for the advice. Anthony Obverse 07:08, 22 October 2014 (UTC)

Music for Another World: Strange Fiction

Hi, I've put your submission for Music for Another World: Strange Fiction on hold. You want the unknown format to be a trade paperback as well, and I don't buy that straightaway. Why two trade paperbacks almost simultaniously at different prices? Unless the differ in size -such as with Alastair Reynolds, who has no normal paperback (110 mm × 178 mm / 4.3 in × 7.0 in) editions in the UK. Can you give more detail as to why the ￡9.99 and ￡12.99 editions are both trade paperbacks? Is the ￡12.99 edition extra large?--Dirk P Broer 16:47, 16 February 2018 (EST)

I approved it after finding out that it is truly a 21.4 (Amazon)/22 (OCLC) cm trade paperback. Can't find anything further on the special edition though.--Dirk P Broer 17:14, 16 February 2018 (EST)

Premonitions: Causes for Alarm

Hello, I've put your submission on hold as it raises some questions. Mostly that your book is perhaps a magazine (whence the lack of an ISBN) and specifically the issue #6 of this magazine. What are your thoughts on the matter? Hauck 06:28, 17 February 2018 (EST)

(Note: I've displaced your answer on your talk page, it's easier to keep the discussions in one place, usually where they started).Hauck 06:26, 18 February 2018 (EST)
Good morning! Thanks very much for your comments. I understand your point, but exactly the same question could be raised about the anthology Premonitions: Different Early Warnings (2004) which has already been inputted and accepted as an anthology by other users. I was only ever in occasional touch with Tony Lee so I don't know the full history on this, but as I remember it, the Premonitions anthologies he published in the 2000s were not a direct continuation of the magazine. The magazine dates back to the 90s, and he had another magazine in the interim (The Zone). The anthologies just re-used the title. Certainly they are formatted as anthologies and they are not numbered in continuation of the 90s magazine. Also, in case this has a bearing on the current discussion: I did not actually make the decision to list this as an anthology on my own initiative. It was already listed as anthology, but with incomplete details. My contribution was an edit of a pre-existing entry to complete the missing information. Hope that helps! Anthony Obverse 05:20, 18 February 2018 (EST)
As I've seen this book listed as "Premonitions #6", I was just asking. What happened before and who approved what at the time doesn't interest me, my job is to moderate the present submissions to the best of my abilities and my knowledge of the db and to keep our bibliographical quality as close as possible to the optimal. That said, I've approved your submission with one change: I kept only O'Neal as COVER artist (you may add the Moore piece, I've seen this done before either in the contents (on page "bc"?) or in the notes like here. I've also got another question, what does "Known content from a collection by Darlington" mean? and the remark that your capitalization seems not to conform to our standards, but as I'm not an english native speaker that's not evident for me. Note also that the ESSAY by Lee may be disambiguated. Hauck 06:43, 18 February 2018 (EST)
Thanks very much for your reply and for approving my edits. I'm not 100% sure what the note "known content from a collection by Darlington" refers to. This was added by the person who worked on this item previously and I didn't feel I had the right to delete it. My best guess is that the person who did the previous version of the entry learned about the anthology from the credits in a collection by Darlington and then reconstructed the main anthology entry from that. But I don't actually know that for sure, I am making quite a few assumptions. With regard to the capitalisation, I agree it's unusual (as is the consistent use of the & sign instead of "and"), but I copied this verbatim from the contents page of the anthology. This is really what it says. Anthony Obverse 10:32, 18 February 2018 (EST)
I've displaced your answer here. We keep the threads in one location (usually where they began). I'm going to update the notes. As for the capitalization, we do normalize it along what seem to me (as a frenchman) quite obscure lines. It's alas one of those cases where our dogma of "enter-data-as-it-is-on-the-book" is violated. Thanks for your answer. Hauck 02:42, 23 February 2018 (EST)
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