User:DESiegel60/Mockup

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Here are some mockups of how i would favor displying variant titles.

Here is a mockup of the display of The Grainger series 

   •  Grainger (Hooded Swan)
         o Swan Songs (2002) by Brian Stableford
         o 1 *The Halcyon Drift (1972) by Brian Stableford
               + Variant Title: The Halcyon Drift (1972) by Brian M. Stableford
               + Variant Title: Halcyon Drift (1974) by Brian Stableford 
         o 2 Rhapsody in Black (1973) by Brian Stableford [also as by Brian M. Stableford] 
         o 3 Promised Land (1974) by Brian Stableford [also as by Brian M. Stableford] 
         o 4 The Paradise Game (1974) by Brian Stableford [also as by Brian M. Stableford] 
         o 5 The Fenris Device (1974) by Brian Stableford [also as by Brian M. Stableford] 
         o 6 Swan Song (1975) by Brian Stableford [also as by Brian M. Stableford]


And here is a mockup of the display of The Future History series 

   •  Future History
         o "If This Goes On —" (1940) by Robert A. Heinlein [also as by Robert Heinlein]
         o Revolt in 2100 (1953) by Robert A. Heinlein [also as by Robert Heinlein]
         o Methuselah's Children (1958) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o Orphans of the Sky (1963) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o The Past Through Tomorrow (1967) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o Time Enough for Love (1973) by Robert A. Heinlein
               + Variant Title: Time Enough for Love: The Lives of Lazarus Long (unknown) by Robert A. Heinlein 
         o The Number of the Beast (1980) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o Friday (1982) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o Green Hills of Earth and Gentlemen Be Seated (1985) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987) by Robert A. Heinlein


And here is a mockup of a section of the summary bibliography page of Mrs. Gaskell (remainder omitted to save space, because this displays all the issues at hand) 

Shortfiction
   • The Sexton's Hero (1847)
   • *Disappearances (1851) [as by Elizabeth Gaskell]
   • The Old Nurse's Story (1852)
         o Variant Title: The Old Nurse's Story (1852) [as by Mrs. Elizabeth C. Gaskell]
         o Variant Title: The Old Nurse's Story (1852) [as by Elizabeth Gaskell] 
   • The Squire's Story (1853) [also as by Elizabeth Gaskell]
   • *The Poor Clare (1856) [as by Elizabeth Gaskell ]
   • The Doom of the Griffiths (1858) [as by Elizabeth Gaskell ] 
   • *The Crooked Branch (1859) [as by Elizabeth Gaskell ]
   • *Lois the Witch (1859) [as by Elizabeth Gaskell ]
   • *Curious, If True (1860) [as by Elizabeth Gaskell ]


I hope this is of use to people in understanding what I am suggesting. In all cases the symbol * indicates that the following title/author combination has no publications recorded in the db, and the phrase "also as by" indicates that the preceding non-VT title/author combo does have at least one publication recorded in the db. In all cases where there is exactly one VT, and the title of the VT is identical to the title of the parent record, a single-line form, with either "as by" or "also as by" is used. In all cases where the title differs, or there is more than one VT, a multi-line form is used. The single-line vs multi-line format is not used to indicate the existence or absence of publications of the parent (canonical) title/author combo. -DES Talk 15:41, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Note that for this to be implemented, the code must be able to determine the presence or absnece of at least one record published under the parent (canonical) title in all cases where one or more VTs exist without an excessive performance penalty. Tests on author biblio pages with many titles, some of which have many publications, for example Isaac Asimov or Robert A. Heinlein, would be a good idea, IMO. -DES Talk 15:57, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Here is the same set of mockups, using a text indicator instead of the asterisk. They are otherwise identical to those above.

Here is a mockup of the display of The Grainger series 

   •  Grainger (Hooded Swan)
         o Swan Songs (2002) by Brian Stableford
         o 1 The Halcyon Drift (1972) by Brian Stableford [no pubs]
               + Variant Title: The Halcyon Drift (1972) by Brian M. Stableford
               + Variant Title: Halcyon Drift (1974) by Brian Stableford 
         o 2 Rhapsody in Black (1973) by Brian Stableford [also as by Brian M. Stableford] 
         o 3 Promised Land (1974) by Brian Stableford [also as by Brian M. Stableford] 
         o 4 The Paradise Game (1974) by Brian Stableford [also as by Brian M. Stableford] 
         o 5 The Fenris Device (1974) by Brian Stableford [also as by Brian M. Stableford] 
         o 6 Swan Song (1975) by Brian Stableford [also as by Brian M. Stableford]


And here is a mockup of the display of The Future History series 

   •  Future History
         o "If This Goes On —" (1940) by Robert A. Heinlein [also as by Robert Heinlein]
         o Revolt in 2100 (1953) by Robert A. Heinlein [also as by Robert Heinlein]
         o Methuselah's Children (1958) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o Orphans of the Sky (1963) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o The Past Through Tomorrow (1967) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o Time Enough for Love (1973) by Robert A. Heinlein
               + Variant Title: Time Enough for Love: The Lives of Lazarus Long (unknown) by Robert A. Heinlein 
         o The Number of the Beast (1980) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o Friday (1982) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o Green Hills of Earth and Gentlemen Be Seated (1985) by Robert A. Heinlein
         o To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987) by Robert A. Heinlein


And here is a mockup of a section of the summary bibliography page of Mrs. Gaskell (remainder omitted to save space, because this displays all the issues at hand) 

Shortfiction
   • The Sexton's Hero (1847)
   • Disappearances (1851)[no pubs as by Mrs. Gaskell] [as by Elizabeth Gaskell]
   • The Old Nurse's Story (1852)
         o Variant Title: The Old Nurse's Story (1852) [as by Mrs. Elizabeth C. Gaskell]
         o Variant Title: The Old Nurse's Story (1852) [as by Elizabeth Gaskell] 
   • The Squire's Story (1853) [also as by Elizabeth Gaskell]
   • The Poor Clare (1856) [no pubs as by Mrs. Gaskell] [as by Elizabeth Gaskell ]
   • The Doom of the Griffiths (1858) [as by Elizabeth Gaskell ] 
   • The Crooked Branch (1859) [no pubs as by Mrs. Gaskell] [as by Elizabeth Gaskell ]
   • Lois the Witch (1859) [no pubs as by Mrs. Gaskell] [as by Elizabeth Gaskell ]
   • Curious, If True (1860) [no pubs as by Mrs. Gaskell] [as by Elizabeth Gaskell ]
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