User talk:Nug Brenec

Welcome!

Hello, Nug Brenec, 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:

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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! BLongley 20:30, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Info on cover artists

Thanks for the submission containing the speculations about who the cover artists might be for The Space Barbarian / The Eyes of Bolsk. The verifier of the record agrees and it was accepted. I must point out that the information should have been presented in the notes field of the record instead of the cover artist field. That field must contain the name(s) of the artist(s) only. This makes the record searchable and places the record on a particular person's page. Any information other than the names should be placed in the notes field. Again, thanks for your contribution and I hope you enjoy your time here on the ISFDB. MHHutchins 15:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Artists credit

The artist field is only used for the cover artist. (Use the "add artist" tool if more than one artist did the front cover.) For interior artwork, you should create a content record. Please see this page on updating publication records. Thanks. MHHutchins 16:50, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Serials and (Compete Novels)

Concerning the comments in your submission to update the title record of The Time Axis (Complete Novel): when a work of novel-length fiction (40,000+ words) is published in one issue of a magazine, it is entered as serial so that it can be displayed on the author's summary page as a novel instead of short fiction. By adding the "(Complete Novel)" appendix we're acknowledging that it was published in one issue and not actually serialized. I admit this sounds counter-intuitive, but it began as a software work-around that is now a standard. Here's how it is explained in the help page:

• Magazines: Serial installments of a work are always given the date of the magazine in which they appear even if the work has been published previously in book or serial form. Novel length works (40,000+ words) printed as a single installment in a magazine are treated as serials and given the date of the issue in which they appear; the Title Type is "Serial" and the text "(Complete Novel)", preceded by a space, is appended to the title. See "Beyond This Horizon" (by Robert A. Heinlein) for an example of a novel which was published as a multi-part serial, a book, and then as a single installment serial.

If you have any questions please respond here on your Wiki talk page. I've placed a watch on this page to let me know that you've responded. Thank you. MHHutchins 17:56, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Notes in title records or pub records

I rejected the submission adding notes to the title record of The Time Axis, because I believe they were specifically intended for this publication of the title. Notes in the title record should apply to all publications of that title, while notes that are specific to one particular printing or edition of that title should be placed in that publication's pub record. Yes, there's only one publication of this title, but just in case there's a future printing, we don't want any confusion about which edition the note refers to. The info about the interior illustration is already in the pub record. Please feel free to add any further info to that pub record's notes. Thanks. MHHutchins 18:08, 31 March 2009 (UTC)