User:Mike Christie/Debates

Issues that have been debated

This section is to keep track of contentious issues; I might end up making a FAQ section out of this. At a minimum I plan to summarize the debate positions and any consensus.

• Should title.title always match pub.title?
• Should titles like "Introduction" have the publication title in parens afterwards? E.g. "Introduction (The Wind's Twelve Quarters)".
• Should titles have parenthetical comments that identify text revisions?
• Should titles include subtitles?
• How should chapbooks be displayed?
• How should chapbooks be internally represented? In particular, should a chapbook holding a single title record it as a NOVEL regardless of length? If so, are there two title records for a SHORTFICTION printed in chapbook form?
• When partial ISBNs are found on publications, can they be completed for entry into the ISBN field?
• Do translated publications (English -> foreign) get a separate title, or are they recorded under an English title?
• How should Ace Doubles be represented? What if they contain anthologies or collections?
• How should cover artists for Ace Doubles be represented?
• How should boxed sets be represented?
• How do we record sf works in non-genre magazines/anthologies/collections?
• How do you tell when you're looking at a collection vs. an omnibus of works all of which are by the same author?
• Do we record editors of collections, and if so, how?
• Do we record cover designers, and if so, how?
• What's the deal with Tor ISBNs?
• How do we handle fresh linking material between stories?
• How do we handle section titles?
• Can we use a printing history list in a late printing to enter earlier printings?