User talk:WmFS1

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Welcome!

Hello, WmFS1, 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! Mhhutchins 15:43, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Linking cover images

The only images we can link to ISFDB records are those that are on websites that have given us explicit permission to "deep-link" to their files. You'll find a list of websites here. If you have a copy of the file on your hard drive (downloaded there from any website), you can upload it directly to the ISFDB's server and then link it to the pub record. Click on the link "Upload cover scan" under the header data of the publication record and follow the directions. I'm going to reject the submission that links the image from a non-approving server to this record. I will download the cover image of Long Night of Waiting from the link to the site you provided, upload it to the ISFDB server, and then update the publication record with the ISFDB URL. Thanks. Mhhutchins 15:54, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

I just noticed that you did upload a file (four times) to the ISFDB server for this book cover. That's the first step in adding images to database records. The next step is to link them to the record. Here's further instructions:
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 image'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.
Something else to keep in mind: it's better not to use the "Upload file" link on the Wiki side of the ISFDB, unless you are familiar with adding the required Fair Use license tags to the image files. Otherwise you should start from the database side of the ISFDB and use the "Upload cover scan" link on the publication's record page. This latter method saves you several steps by automatically adding a license and provides you with an image file name that matches the randomly generated tag of the record for which you're uploading the image. If you have any questions, just ask here or on the Help Desk page. Thanks for contributing. Mhhutchins 16:16, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

100 Hilarious Little Howlers

I rejected the submission to update this record for a couple of reasons. The image that you linked to the record is on a website that has not authorized us to "deep-link" to their server. Please read this page concerning image linking permissions. Also you copy/pasted the contents list from the Locus website into the Note to Moderator field. This field is not a permanent part of the record and is visible only the moderator at the time of the submission, disappearing once the submission has been accepted (or rejected). The purpose of this field is to give additional information to the moderator concerning the submission, not the publication, which will help him determine whether the submission should be accepted. Contents should be added to a publication record by using the "Edit This Pub" function, and then clicking the "Add Title" button under the Contents section of the update page for each story, essay, etc contained in the publication. We understand that adding 100 content records is going to be pretty tough, but don't feel pressure to add them all at once, or even at all if you're not comfortable with the process. Another point to keep in mind: Locus lists this as an "associational" item, which means it may contain stories that are not spec-fic related. If this is true, you should not enter non-spec-fic titles, and then note that the contents are incomplete. Thanks. Mhhutchins 02:16, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Extro Science Fiction

Thanks for your edit! I had one little change to submit: we do enter the price as decimals (if possible), just to allow in the future some statistics on, for example, price development. I didn't know of this magazine: were there any more issues published? Stonecreek 19:28, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

A few more things: the date of the issue should be given in the title field, i.e. "Extro Science Fiction, April-May 1982". Also the date field should be 1982-04-00, and the dates of the contents should be the same. And last, the cover image is linked to a website for which we don't have linking permission. It should be removed from the record. We have permission to link to this image on Galactic Central's website.
This was the second of three issues of this title. If you have the others please create records for them. If not, I can add the data from Miller & Contento's SF, Fantasy & Weird Fiction Magazine Index. Mhhutchins 19:37, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
According to Miller/Contento, this issue had 48 pages. We include covers when counting pages in magazines. If we've not heard anything from you in the next day or so, I'll update the record based on the Miller/Contento index, including the cover artist and pagination. Thanks. Mhhutchins 19:40, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
And if you're puzzled how to react: on every ISFDB wiki page (on this too) you have the opportunity to log in at the top right corner. Stonecreek 20:36, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
I've sent him an email so hopefully he'll respond soon. One of these days we're going to have to figure out how to get new editors to become more familiar with their talk page...and sooner. Mhhutchins 22:21, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the email and as result I've finally got onto the talk edit for your Wiki. Sorry it has taken so long to respond but I am _very_ new to the site; hopefully I soon get my head round the correct method of submitting bibliographical details and responding to feedback.

<1> I'm afraid I have no further details of this publication. I down own this magazine, my source for this submission was Miller/Contento and www.philsp.com <2> Thank you for pointing out the errors in my submission <3> Would you mind amending my entry as indicated, and add the other two issues from Miller/Contento?

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