User talk:Drhank
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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! Mhhutchins 22:42, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
"Time Gentlemen Please"
Thanks for correcting this title. A question: is there a comma in the title? It just reads strange otherwise. If you have a copy of the book, please check how the work is titled on its title page (the first page of the story). If there are any missing commas, please update the record. Thanks. Mhhutchins 22:42, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
- Hi Mhhutchins,
- Thanks for your message about the correction I made for "Time Gentlemen Please."
I know a long time has elapsed (over 3 years), but I had tried to reply at the time but didn't know how.
This was probably because I was generally accessing ISFDb using Lynx, a character-based browser.
Yes, I got the title, exactly as entered, from the title page (first page of the story).
I do not actually have a copy of the book, but a member of a group a belong to does, and at the request of a third member, the owner of the book kindly made a scan of just this one previously unpublished Clarke story, and shared it with the group.
I downloaded a copy of that scan, noted the mistake in the title of that story, and submitted a correction.
Though I wasn't able to respond at the time, I never forgot your comments. I came to ISFDb today using a graphics browser to obtain some other information, and remembered that I had needed to reply, so I thought I'd give it another shot.
I trust this explanation helps.
Fortunately, I have edited a number of Wikipedia pages, so I was able to understand your instructions. :)
Regards,
Drhank 14:57, 22 July 2018 (EDT)