Talk:Authors By Debut Date

What is meant by "debut date"?

Looking at the first three authors of 1930, I know each of them published work before that year. So I'm not sure how this list is derived. Please explain. Thanks. Mhhutchins 18:46, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Well spotted - I checked the original results then tried to cut them down to what James Nicoll desired - which was only those who debuted in the 1930s to 2000s. That second step tripped me up, and removed all the earlier publications from consideration rather than checking that the earliest was in range. He also wants female authors only, which is not something we can currently do, although maybe Darrah Chavey would push for such support as well. I'm abandoning such for tonight, I'm obviously too tired to work on it, and there have been enough warnings about "page size" that I probably need to take Wiki Limits into consideration too. BLongley 19:09, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

OK, I tried again. I set an arbitrary limit of half-a-dozen titles before an author was considered notable enough for inclusion. BLongley 14:45, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Looks good. I'd even raise it to a dozen or more titles. There's too many obscure names. Mhhutchins 21:41, 1 July 2011 (UTC)