User talk:Mbh tx2000

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Welcome!

Hello, Mbh tx2000, and welcome to the ISFDB Wiki! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

Note: Image uploading isn't entirely automated. You're uploading the files to the wiki which will then have to be linked to the database by editing the publication record.

Please be careful in editing publications that have been primary verified by other editors. See Help:How to verify data#Making changes to verified pubs. But if you have a copy of an unverified publication, verifying it can be quite helpful. See Help:How to verify data for detailed information.

I hope you enjoy editing here! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will insert your name and the date. If you need help, check out the community portal, or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! Stonecreek 06:45, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Dead But Dreaming 2

Thanks for uploading a cover image for this anthology! I thought you might have difficulties in adding the image to the actual publication, as most of us had in the beginning, so I've done that for you (I also had to resize the image since due to disk space no dimension should exceed the limit of 600 pixels). For future submissions: it's done by entering the URL that you find by clicking on the link just below the image to the respective field of the publication in question that you reach by editing the pub.

If there are some more contents to add or notes worthy to state it'd be nice to add them to the book, for example like here or here. Also, the beginning pages for the contents would be most welcome. Anyway: thanks again for contributing! Stonecreek 06:51, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Linking uploaded images to the database record

Thanks for uploading cover images to the ISFDB wiki. The next step is to link those image files to the records of the books for which these are the covers. As the instructions (step 6) explain:

Once the file has been uploaded, the image's wiki page will appear. In order to get the URL (address) for the image you just uploaded, left click anywhere on the image and copy the URL from your browser's address window. (Or right click on the image and choose "Copy Image Location".) If you're adding a cover image to a pub record, this is the URL which you would enter into the pub record's "Image URL" field.

So once you have the cover image file's URL, go back to the pub record (it's linked on the image's wiki page) and then click the "Edit This Pub" link under the Editing Tools menu. This opens up an edit page. Under the Publication Metadata section, there's a field labeled "Image URL:" Enter the URL of the image you uploaded into this field, and then click on the "Submit Data" button at the bottom of the page. Once the submission has been moderated the cover image will be linked to the publication record. Thanks for contributing. Mhhutchins 18:17, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! I tried it and it works. Mbh tx2000 18:35, 2 February 2015 (UTC)Mbh_tx2000

ISBNs, catalog numbers, and reliable sources for data

I had to reject the submission to add an ISBN to this record for any one of these several reasons:

  1. Don't update a primary verified record without first discussing it with the verifying editor(s). Some editors have messages at the top of their talk pages about notification preferences. If the verifier is inactive (notice at the top of their talk pages), leave a message on the Moderator Noticeboard.
  2. A 1973 book wouldn't have an ISBN-13. It wasn't created until 2005 and wasn't required until January 2007.
  3. Don't use Amazon as the source for data of a publication more than 15 years old. That information is often unreliable and from Amazon "partners" since they wouldn't actually be selling a 1973 publication. The best source for bibliographic data is WorldCat/OCLC with information entered by librarians. Here is the OCLC record for the publication you wanted to update, and you can see that it has no ISBN.
  4. Both ISBN and catalog number can't go into the same field. If an ISBN is present in the publication, it gets precedent, and the catalog number goes into the Note field. If there is no ISBN, enter the catalog number into the ISBN/Catalog # field.

Thanks for contributing. Mhhutchins 02:50, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

The Revenge of Taurus

If the data you added to this record is from a source other than that listed in the Note field, you must give the source for the additional data as well. If you're working from a copy of the book, remove any unnecessary sources from the Note field and do a primary verification so that the moderator knows the data is from the book. Thanks. Mhhutchins 02:54, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Image file limits

This file as originally uploaded was 166 kb, which exceeds our file size limit of 150 kb. (You should have received a warning when it was uploaded.) I have resized it to be within the ISFDB standards. Please keep this in mind when uploading cover image files. Thanks. Mhhutchins 23:15, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

I had to do the same thing with this file. Mhhutchins 23:24, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

And this one, too (which was 200 kb). Mhhutchins 23:26, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing the file size issue to my attention. I'm currently in the process of cataloging my mom's collection of over 11,000 mostly horror and mystery books, and I find your database to be immensely helpful. However, I am rushing a lot and making mistakes adding to your database, so please forgive me. I really appreciate you being here! ~~Mbh_tx2000

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