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Welcome!

Hello, Ebenezer, 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! Hauck 09:26, 22 January 2018 (EST)

Thank you very much ! I will mostly work on French Québec SF magazines such as Solaris and Imagine... Ebenezer 09:39, 22 January 2018 (EST)

L'imagination

Hello, I've approved your submission (and deleted its duplicate, please note that it's useless to submit twice). I've trimmed the synopsis as it's not a place to insert value judgements. If you own a copy of the magazine, don't hesitate to set yourself as its primary verifier. Hauck 10:08, 22 January 2018 (EST)

OK, it's noted, thank you ! Yes, I have a copy of this magazine, but I don't know yet how to set myself as its primary verifier. I'll look forward to do it later. Have a nice day ! Ebenezer 10:41, 22 January 2018 (EST)
Just go to the publication and click on the "Verify This Pub " link on the left then on the "Verify" button on top half of the page. Hauck 11:21, 22 January 2018 (EST)
I've approved your submission, note that if the piece of artwork for Capsules is a recurring feature (like a drawing that act as a section header), it's usually not entered. Hauck 14:09, 23 January 2018 (EST)
For the Capsules, there is not a recurring illustration, but many of them that illustrate some of the information paragraphs, about 12 little humourous illustrations.

For the « primary verifier » thing : Understood ! Thanks again. I will be able to do so for a lot of issues of Solaris. Ebenezer 14:19, 23 January 2018 (EST)

When you PV a record, you can delete the "other" sources cited in the notes (noosfere, amazon, etc...) as data is now supposed to come (and to have been verified) from you. I've done this for Brins d'éternité. Regarding this submission and on a more general theme, remember that we're a fiction database and not a graphic art one so it's perhaps an overkill to list all the drawings that appear in the issue of a magazine. Hauck 11:24, 25 January 2018 (EST)

Solaris

Hello, I've set the format of the Solaris issues that you verified to "Quarto" (8.5" x 11") as it corresponds to the issues that I have. I've also deleted the bit in the notes about the origin of the data as you PVed the issues. Hope that suits you. Thanks for contributing as our coverage of "french-speaking-canadian-published" SF is sketchy. Note also that I've used the issue number in the title (see the grid) as is our usage for magzines either in french or where the issue number is prominent.Hauck 03:51, 26 January 2018 (EST)

Fine ! I prefer much better the issue number in the title as you did than « Solaris, Mars-Avril 1988 » ! Is it possible to change the ones entered before ? Note that it's not me who entered these issues... ;o) Ebenezer 14:05, 26 January 2018 (EST)
IIRC it's Ron that entered them. I'm going to change the titles. Hauck 01:45, 27 January 2018 (EST)
Congrats on the work you've done on the different issues of Solaris, it is so much better like that ! I have a question : should the formularization in the contents of, by example, « Présentation (Solaris, Janvier-Février 1988) » for the issue #77 be changed for « Présentation (Solaris #77) » ? If so, tell it to me and I can change these on each issues. You will just have to approve.
It's exactly that. Hauck 13:06, 27 January 2018 (EST)

Brins d'éternité #27

Hello, I've approved your submission but made some changes to conform to our standrads:

  • slightly altered title in order to have a nicer looking grif.
  • regularized capitalization according to french usage (only first word and proper nouns capitalized).
  • put the title in its title series (this will insert it inte this grid).
  • deleted the reviews. A review is title specific (it's about one precise book or text). A review section (as it seems the case here for at least Derniers lus) should be entered as an ESSAY.
  • merged two titles already present in the db (Reynolds & Blouin).
  • disambiguated the Rezine essay.

The result is here. Can just confirm the format as "tp" as it's generally used for books. Thanks. Hauck 10:06, 27 January 2018 (EST)

Thank you for approval ! The format of Brins d'éternité is exactly of 13,8 X 21,3 cm (5,5 X 8,5 po). The "tp" form is what I found the nearest, on the wikipage information about formats. If not correct, what kind of format should I use for this ?
In fact you probably look in the wrong section (the one for books), in here in the "Print magazines" section you'll find "octavo - 5.5" × 8.5", usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued" which seems to be an accurate description of your issue. Hauck 11:05, 27 January 2018 (EST)

Solaris #67

Hello, I've approved your submission but changed a few things:

  • changed title from "Solaris #67" to "Solaris, #67" the comma will put only "#67" in the grid.
Okay !
  • added title series ("Solaris").
  • please do not add an extra EDITOR record, it will make a mess. Such a record is automatically created.
Sorry ! I won't do that again...
  • credited the interview of Saunders to its canonical name (if you don't do this a lot of problems will ensue and the universe may end abruptly).
Oups !!!

You can also, if you want, add the reviews (like here). Don't worry, the magazines/fanzines are the most "technical" part of the db. Hauck 14:35, 27 January 2018 (EST)

Ouch !!! I'm not sure to have the patience to do this... ;o) Thank you very much for the approval ! Ebenezer 14:54, 27 January 2018 (EST)

Solaris, #78

Hello, I've approved your submission but are you sure that this is a SHORTFICTION title? Thanks for having a look. Hauck 10:08, 28 January 2018 (EST)

You're right ! Sorry, I made a mistake, it should read INTERIOR ARTWORK. I can do the correction. Thanks for your strictness ! ;0)

Solaris, #83

Hello, about this ESSAY, we usually either 1) enter the whole as a single essay with a "generic" author like here, the generic author being variable (you'll find The Readers, various, The editor, etc...) or 2) enter each letter individually when the contributor think the author is important or already present in the db see here or there ;-). This is to avoid creating "unecessary" author records like this one for person that only write once a letter to a fanzine/magazine. Hauck 13:28, 28 January 2018 (EST)

Okay, thanks for the information ! I understand the problem. I just submit the correction hoping it suits you ! Ebenezer 13:48, 28 January 2018 (EST)

Solaris, #80

Hello, I've approved your submission but made two changes:

  • added the title series "Solaris". Every magazine/fanzine (i.e. an EDITOR-type record) must belong to a series, if not the issue won't appear in the grid and the record will also appear on one cleanup report.
  • changed the interview of Loisel & Le Tendre into an ESSAY. We do this for persons outside the scope of the db (e.g. actors, directors, scenarists, scientists that do not WRITE spec-fic) that are interviewed in genre publication. This is to avoid creating too much "new" authors that may attract contributors that are not really interested by our project (e.g. cinema buffs). Hauck 03:58, 29 January 2018 (EST)
Thank you for approval !
ATTENTION ! I've just submit another issue of Solaris (the #82) but forgot to change the TITLE « Solaris, #80 » to « Solaris, #82 ». Please can you change this before approval to avoid overwriting the issue #80 ? Ebenezer 07:34, 29 January 2018 (EST)
Done. Hauck 07:43, 29 January 2018 (EST)
Oufff !!! Thank you very much for this one ! ;o) Ebenezer 07:47, 29 January 2018 (EST)

Miriam Greewald

Hello, can you have a look to see if Miriam Greewald is not in fact Miriam Greenwald? Thanks. Hauck 04:49, 29 January 2018 (EST)

My mistake, I should have written Miriam Greenwald, not Greewald. I'll correct this. Ebenezer 07:27, 29 January 2018 (EST)
Done. Hauck 07:42, 29 January 2018 (EST)
Thank you ! Ebenezer 07:47, 29 January 2018 (EST)

Solaris #66

Hello, I somewhat accidentally approved of your submission for this issue: the language was set to English (not changed to French), so all the contents have this language assigned. I have begun to change the titles to French, but could you please do the rest of them? Stonecreek 00:13, 30 January 2018 (EST)

I'm just getting up from bed and verifying : I see that all the changes have been done ! Thank you very much for that ! Sorry about this stupid mistake ! I saw that I forgot to change the language to French yesterday evening and I tried to change it after approval directly from the edit page of the publication, but I saw that it was impossible. So I now understand that it must be changed title by title... Be sure I'll pay more attention to this in the future ! Ebenezer 07:27, 30 January 2018 (EST)
Well, things like that do happen. Who is perfect? Stonecreek 08:55, 30 January 2018 (EST)

Solaris

Hello, I've just had to correct a few things in diverse issues:

  • Added the Title Series "Solaris" at title level (you forgot it systematically).
Sorry about this. It's not because I forgot, it is because I didn't know where to write it. But I think I've found where for the issue #88.
I think you did ;-). Hauck 08:19, 31 January 2018 (EST)
  • changed a few SHORTFICTION records to ESSAY (Le Bédéraste).
  • dismabiguated one item.
  • corrected some english or variant french capitalization leftovers (the second word should not be in caps except if it's a proper noun or a personified concept).
Understood ! I will correct all the issues for this, later.

I've also grouped the issues by year (for the same EDITOR), which a simple operation but sometimes complex to explain. Thanks for your contributions.Hauck 03:53, 31 January 2018 (EST)

And thak you for your support, patience and explanations ! Ebenezer 08:16, 31 January 2018 (EST)

(Prix Solaris 8888)

Hello, I've changed the titles of some texts that had (Prix Solaris 8888) at the end of their title by deleting this mention (sorry, I didn't see this when I approved the submissions). Hauck 10:21, 2 February 2018 (EST)

Sorry, my mistake ! I thought it would be useful... There are other issues of Solaris that I own a copy of and I noticed that some data are missing in the issues already entered and PV, such as the #85 here. May I add these data ? Thank you very much for your help !!! ;o) Ebenezer 13:49, 2 February 2018 (EST)
No problem, just drop a line to the PV (along the lines of "I intend to make some additions to your verified publication"). If you're intending to add artwork, may I direct you to [Template:TitleFields:TitleType this page] where the section "Rules for including artwork" may interest you. Hauck 14:01, 2 February 2018 (EST)
Okay, thank you ! Ebenezer 14:09, 2 February 2018 (EST)

Hello Hervé, I have a question : In the formulation « Éditorial (Solaris, #63) », is the comma between Solaris and #63 necessary ? If not, I'll delete them...

It's as you wish. IIRC and in theory the title of the magazine should be reported between the bracket exactly as it's entered (after all it's to link this specific text to that specific publication), so with the comma is perhaps better. Hauck 13:53, 6 February 2018 (EST)

Imagine...

Hello, there is alas one rule that goes against your entry, when a interior art piece is placed before the start of the story, we consider that the story starts at the interior art page. Note alos that a title like Échos de SFonie (22) (Imagine..., #52) seems to me a double disambiguation so the (Imagine..., #52) part is superfluous. Hauck 13:57, 2 February 2018 (EST)

Okay, I take note for the future, thanks ! Ebenezer 14:10, 2 February 2018 (EST)

Cover uploads

Hello, please remember that when you upload a new version of a cover scan, the previous one stays on our server and uses precious disk space and will have to be manually deleted by a moderator. So the value of uploaded a new and heavier version of this one is not really apparent. Hauck 11:18, 11 March 2018 (EDT)

Sorry, I didn't know that... I thought the new cover uploaded would overwrite the old one... I take note of this. Thanks ! Ebenezer 11:25, 11 March 2018 (EDT)

Solaris #85

Hello, some of the reviews in this issue are showing up in one of our cleanup reports (the unlinked ones). Please either :

  • enter the book IF it's inside the scope of the db (the Chauvin perhaps but I don't think so) and if not then
  • change the reviews into ESSAYs (for the Wenders, a film IMHO and the book that seem to be "about" a film).

This will avoid creating "new" authors (Chavin, Wenders, Tatum) that do not belong to the db. Hauck 04:30, 15 March 2018 (EDT)

Okay, as I haven't read any of these books, I'll rather take the second choice. Ebenezer 10:35, 15 March 2018 (EDT)
I've tried to done this for you. Hauck 10:49, 15 March 2018 (EDT)

Images d'ailleurs

Hello, I've approved your submission but had to make some change to conform to our standards:

  • disambiguated the preface (and its companion piece).
  • changed format to tp as per dimension/binding.
  • corrected "Élisabeh Vonarburg" to "Élisabeth Vonarburg".
  • deleted the Du même auteur as we do not list these kind of filler.
  • corrected syntax.
  • transferred some data at title level (the description of the contents).
  • set Graphic Format to No, this flag is for comics or bandes dessinées, not books of illustrations.

Hauck 14:57, 15 March 2018 (EDT)

Oups ! Sorry for these mistakes. That was the first time I entered a NONFICTION book, I was used only to MAGAZINE. I take note of your corrections in order to not repeat these mistakes. Thank you for your collaboration, always appreciated ! Ebenezer 13:37, 16 March 2018 (EDT)

Linking reviews

Hello, after entering such a mass of reviews, it's perhaps time to start cleaning up your magazine records. For this issue, that one, that one, that one and that one (so far), ALL the unlinked reviews (the one where there NO hyperlink) will have to be treated. This means that, for EACH ONE, you'll have to either: 1) found the correct title to link to (e.g. it's The Robots of Dawn not Robots of Dawn as Solaris was quite careless of its titling in its reviews) and link the review to it; 2) if the reviewed title is INSIDE the scope of the ISFDB (it's recent or part of an "unexplored" area like francophone canadian smallpress spec-fic), you'll have to enter the corresponding publication and then link the review to it; 3) if the reviewed title is OUTSIDE the scope of the ISFDB (e.g. it's not a comic or not spec-fic), you'll have to delete the review in the publication, then delete the corresponding title, then enter an ESSAY. All this represents a few man-hours of work ahead of you as these unlinked reviews and sometimes the associated authors will appear tomorrow on our cleanup report. I'll give you a tip, even after all the year passed on the db, I always enter reviews by group of maximum three titles and with verifying beforehand (and soemtimes copying) the "target" titles. Hauck 12:08, 22 March 2018 (EDT)

Hahaha ! That's funny ! My little finger told me it would be much more complicated than I thought to enter that kind of data... Okay, I'll try to fix the links for these issues. Thank you for your tip, I will follow it. The reason why I entered all the data for the reviews of each issue of Solaris is that I thought it would make the moderators bored to approve the submisssions little by little for each issue... ;o) Ebenezer 14:47, 22 March 2018 (EDT)
Oh, I forgot to indicate you that the essays « Le(s) littéranaute(s) » and « Lectures » generally reviews literary books of speculative fictions. Ebenezer 14:51, 22 March 2018 (EDT)

Regarding your question in the moderator notes: Reviews will only be automatically linked when initially created and only if the reviewed title and author match an existing record. If you make a typo, once you fix the typo, you have to manually link them together. To do that, go to the review record (ex 2344483), click the "Link Review to Title" option in the left hand menu, and then enter the title id of the reviewed work (ex 39385). Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 18:55, 22 March 2018 (EDT)

Thank you very much ! ;o) Ebenezer 20:08, 22 March 2018 (EDT)

Adding novel

Hello, when creating a new NOVEL type record, please do not enter the novel itself as it's done automatically. If you add one, you end up with two novels in the publication. Hauck 05:17, 23 March 2018 (EDT)

Okay, thanks ! Ebenezer 05:26, 23 March 2018 (EDT)
I'm sorry to be a bit insistant but please take some care when entering data. Check the publishers (e.g. it's "La manufacture de livres" and not "La manufacture de livre", we've got a "Gulf Stream éditeur" and not simply "Gulf Stream"), check series (it's 'Tellucidar' not 'Tellucidar - 2' which is the novel proper), check ISBN, avoid numbering books because noosfere does so, and in general, if possible use the amazon look-inside feature (not the amazon page of course) instead of relying on secondary sources. All your submission are interesting as they cover a new field for us but please slow down and lavish a bit more time on them. Thanks. Hauck 05:39, 23 March 2018 (EDT)
Okay ! Ebenezer 07:36, 23 March 2018 (EDT)

La guerre de Mirial

Hello,

I accepted your submission and varianted it to the original. A few notes:

  • The translator needs to be added to the notes on the title level and not on the publication level.
  • We have a template for adding translators. {{tr|name}}. That will allow them to be converted one day.

The result is here and the title is [here http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?2344996] Annie 16:27, 23 March 2018 (EDT)

Thank you very much ! That was the first time I did this. I take note of your comments for the future. Ebenezer 17:04, 23 March 2018 (EDT)
You are welcome. If you had not seen this already, you may want to check it. Annie 17:13, 23 March 2018 (EDT)
Cool ! Thanks again ! I will keep this link preciously... Ebenezer 17:19, 23 March 2018 (EDT)
You can get to it by clicking on the question mark next to "Notes" on the edit screens :) If you had not looked at these, you may want to - some fields feel self-explanatory but they have their quirks :) Have fun editing ISFDB and if you are not sure about something, just ask in the Community portal :) Annie 17:46, 23 March 2018 (EDT)

Le berceau de la sève

Hello again,

I approved Le berceau de la sève but you had the author name wrong (it should have been Katheryne Roy and and not Katherine Roy) so definitely a new author :) I changed the author. I also changed the format to tp based on what I am seeing in Amazon - if you disagree, feel free to change it but leaving it as unknown is not optimal and should be done when there is no way at all to even start guessing the format. Annie 18:07, 23 March 2018 (EDT)

Sorry, I have been mistaken by the Solaris magazine, in which I've taken the informations for their reviews. Thank you for your corrections and collaboration. It is better like that. I will correct the review in this issue before linking it to the title. Ebenezer 19:06, 23 March 2018 (EDT)
In such cases, look at the Look Inside in Amazon - it shows actual pages from the book (and if it is a different edition, it tells you so so you know you should not use it) and that trumps any other attribution (besides having the book in your hands). When you edit the review, add a note in the notes of it about the discrepancy. :) Annie 19:19, 23 March 2018 (EDT)
Understood. Thank you. Ebenezer 19:28, 23 March 2018 (EDT)

Dans la forêt

Hello again :)

Are you sure that Dans la forêt is a pb? Amazon shows 20.5x14 cm which falls under "tp" (From the help page For books as tall as 7.25" (19 cm) or as wide/deep as 4.5" (11.5 cm) use "tp"). Do you have different information about the dimension of this book? I varianted it to the original as per your note (and thanks for putting the translator in the proper note:) ). Let me know if you want me to leave the next one alone and let you try to variant on your own after it is approved (and if you need assistance with the steps for this). Annie 20:01, 23 March 2018 (EDT)

On ! I'm surprised... On this Amazon page, it is clearly written « paperback » right beside the title, like this : « DANS LA FORÊT (French) Paperback – Feb 6 2017 ». What should we do ? :o) Ebenezer 07:15, 24 March 2018 (EDT)
ISFDB's definitions of paperback and trade paperback are different from the Amazon ones (or most site's really). Paperback(pb) here is defined as a small book (what is called mass market paperback in the USA), everything else is trade paperback (tp) (except for some special cases for German books but as you are not entering German books, we can ignore this for now). So what Amazon tells you is that this is a paperback/softcover book (so not a hardcover) and when this is the case, you need to check the size of the pages and determine if it needs to be pb here (small books) or tp (for everything else). See the help page I linked for the exact sizes. Let me know if you have any more questions.
With this being said, should this one be pb or tp in our DB? :) Annie 16:33, 24 March 2018 (EDT)
Trade paperback for sure ! For the future, I won't trust what's written in Amazon anymore about « paperback ». ... ;o) Ebenezer 17:08, 24 March 2018 (EDT)
Just different definitions - just remember to always check the size for the softcover books. If you keep adding books from the same publishers (anc countries), you get used to their formats. I will change the format on the record of this one in the DB here :) Annie 17:16, 24 March 2018 (EDT)
Oh, thank you very much for your collaboration. Ebenezer 10:49, 25 March 2018 (EDT)

Novels by Feldrik Rivat

Hello, I've approved your submissions but had to correct a few things :

  • changed artist from erroneous noosfere "Carine-M" to "Carine M." as per book itself (via amazon).
  • deleted pub series' data and transferred to Title series. "La 25e heure" is not publisher specific and is more akin to a fictive universe so it's not a publication series (as "Présence du Futur" can be) but it's a title series (as "Dune" can be).

I've also uploaded scans and linked the reviews. Again, please remember to verify things before entering data that need to be corrected (or worse that just won't be corrected). Thanks. Hauck 12:13, 25 March 2018 (EDT)

Sorry about that, I'm often confused with the pub series' data and Title series' ones. Thanls for your informations, it is more clear for me now. Ebenezer 14:47, 26 March 2018 (EDT)

Présences d'esprits, #68

Hello, I've approved your submission but deleted the SHORTFICTION component of the graphic format story as we do not catalog these. This left the INTERIORART record which is how (IIRC & IMHO) we deal with such items. Hauck 03:50, 27 March 2018 (EDT)

Please also note that there are quie a lot of still unattended REVIEWS

1 Ceux du futur 2 Enfants de la Terre et du Ciel 3 Gentlemen mécaniques 4 L'âme des horloges 5 L'effet Churten 6 L'homme feu 7 La ruche 8 La tour aux mille étages 9 La vie rêvée des grille-pain 10 Le ferry 11 Le poids de la neige 12 Les chroniques de Cthulhu 13 Les griffes et les crocs 14 Loterie funeste (B.O.A. -1) 15 Maître Glockenspiel 16 Malpertuis VIII 17 Robogenesis (Robopocalypse -2) 18 Sombres cités souterraines 19 Transhumanité(s) au XXie siècle – Concours de nouvelles 20 Une sorte de nitescence langoureuse 21 Zidara9 #10 Thanks to correct these.Hauck 04:15, 27 March 2018 (EDT)

Yes, rest assured I want to finish these Reviews and I will. It is just that I have a limited time to do so. For the review of Zidara9 #10, I have already change it to an Essay, as you told me to do with publications that are not under the scope of this DB. And I tried twice to erase the Review, but it didn't work. I don't know why ?
I've done this for you. The correct way is two-staged, first use the "Remove this pub" link (this will delete the review record at publication level) then use the "Delete this title" to delete the now publess review title. Hauck 14:23, 28 March 2018 (EDT)
Thank you for the tip and your collaboration. Ebenezer 13:30, 29 March 2018 (EDT)
Hello, I've done my "Bad cop" routine and deleted the leftover unlinked reviews. Two months to act is, IMHO, largely enough. Hauck 01:46, 7 April 2018 (EDT)
Okay, I understand... It's because my time to contribute is very limited. The reviews in magazines are definitely not my cup of tea. I will let them to the pros ! ;o) Also, I haven't catch yet why it is so important to linked them ?
When you link them, links to the reviews show up at the bottom of the page for the REVIEWED title. Non-linked reviews are like dangling threads just left there and noone can see them and find them from the reviewed work - they point nowhere and they are just dead links. This is a DB - you need to tell it what points to what. If the title exists when you are adding the review and it has the exact same name/author, the software will link them automatically. If they do not exist and/or they have even a single character difference, they need to be linked manually. Annie 15:20, 2 May 2018 (EDT)
Thank you for these informations.--Ebenezer 11:47, 20 July 2018 (EDT)

Solaris, #52

I have had to reject your change to Solaris, #52. Within a publication, we only add numbers to artwork with the same title if the artist is the same. In this case, where each one is by a different artist, we don't add the numbers. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 19:00, 26 July 2018 (EDT)

Oh, that is a detail I didn't know. Thank you for your explanations and your collaboration ! --Ebenezer 19:40, 26 July 2018 (EDT)

Jacques Brossard

I accepted your edit to Jacques Brossard, but had to remove the image link. We are not setup to deep link to Wikimedia sites. We can only link to specific sites. See ISFDB:Image linking permissions for details. You may either see if you can find an matching image at one of the allowed sites or, since the Wikimedia image is under a Creative Commons, you may download it from them and upload it here (Image:Jacques Brossard.jpg), but be sure to properly tag it with the Template:Author_Image_Data-CC4 template (manual image uploads need to have the proper template applies). Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 11:09, 11 August 2018 (EDT)

Oh, sorry ! My mistake... I thought it would be correct to link to Wikimedia, as it is for Amazon. I will do as you wrote. Thanks ! --Ebenezer 08:08, 13 August 2018 (EDT)

Stomping scene, #2 and La Dépêche, janvier 1992

Could you please provide some additional information about these two publications? It looks like they are non-genre magazines, right? If so, then please note that we generally do not include non-genre magazine issues if the only speculative fiction-related items are not fiction. For example, consider The New York Times, a major New York-based non-genre newspaper. They have published a fair number of articles about speculative fiction. However, we have only three NYT issues which contains speculative fiction in the database. This is in contrast to genre magazines/newspapers where we list all titles, fiction as well as non-fiction. Does it make sense? Ahasuerus 15:27, 14 August 2018 (EDT)

It's been almost two weeks, so I am afraid I will have to reject these 2 submissions for now. Here they are for reference purposes: 1 and 2. Ahasuerus 19:49, 26 August 2018 (EDT)
Sorry for the late response. I don't have a lot of time for the ISFDB. I realize that it was a mistake to submit these two publications. I thought they would fit the acceptance criteria. I understand that they must have at least a genre fiction included. Thank you for your collaboration ! Ebenezer 09:13, 7 November 2018 (EST)

OCLC links

Hello Ebenezer. I have replaced the OCLC link you have just added to the record for this pub (although approved by Annie) by the correct one : it was linking this 1974 printing to a 1975 WorldCat record. Please be careful when adding such links, as they might point to a different printing or edition. Thanks ! Linguist 11:05, 21 December 2018 (EST).

Sorry about this mistake and thanks for the correction. It's difficult sometimes because there are many OCLC pages for the same book, the same year and the same Publisher as you can see here. How can I choose the good one ? It's sometimes complicated... Ebenezer 11:19, 21 December 2018 (EST)
In general, WorldCat doesn't indicate the month, but usually the year. So any 1974 record would be OK, as long the publisher and series (if any) are the same. Actually, all the links to these 1974 WorldCat records could be added to our own pub record. Linguist 11:32, 21 December 2018 (EST).
Thank you for the explanations. I'll pay better attention to that. Ebenezer 11:41, 21 December 2018 (EST)

OCLC for magazines

Hello,

When OCLC has a single entry for the complete run of a magazine, instead of adding it as an external ID, we add it as a template instead with a note - the external ID should be for that specific book and not for a group that happens to contain the book - this is what the templates are for :) I will fix the ones you have in the queue now. Annie 13:17, 17 January 2019 (EST)

Thank you for the explanation. I'll take a note on that for the future submissions. ;) Ebenezer 13:22, 17 January 2019 (EST)
Anytime. One more small thing: you do not need to close a <li> component (</li> is never necessary and not adding it makes it less likely to confuse a future non-html savvy editor). Same with <br /> - a simple <br> serves the same purpose :) Annie 13:29, 17 January 2019 (EST)
Oh, by the way, we added Noosfere as an available external ID yesterday. I added it here - feel free to add it to the rest. Unlike WorldCat, they do have the issues one by one. Annie 13:34, 17 January 2019 (EST)
That's cool for NooSFere ! I'll add it one by one and make the OCLC corrections at the same time. For your html code advices, I'll take note and follow them, but I fear that the next generations browsers will be able to read it correctly ? Ebenezer 13:51, 17 January 2019 (EST)
That's the standard and what is usually done. I had not seen a /li on a new site for ages anyway - if browsers start requiring them, half the internet is in trouble. And if we start having issues, adding those programmatically will not be that hard - and most of our notes do not have them anyway.
For NooSFere - make sure you do not miss the minus sign when it is part of the ID (or you will point to a different book) :) Annie 13:57, 17 January 2019 (EST)
Okay, I'm really not an html code expert, I'll follow your advice. ;) Ebenezer 14:04, 17 January 2019 (EST)

Use of the colon

Hi, I rejected two proposals where you want to put an extra space between title and colon, while our wiki states "Subtitles. If the title has a subtitle, enter it, with a colon and a space used to separate the title from the subtitle. For example, the 1986 edition of George MacDonald's "Lilith" has "Lilith" on the title page, and below that, in a smaller font, "A Romance". This should be entered as "Lilith: A Romance". It is sometimes a judgement call as to whether a change of font or a colon indicates a subtitle or just some creative license on the part of the typesetter. If in doubt, take your best guess and document the guess in the publication's notes. Note that the title page may show the series name, and sometimes the publication's position in the series. The present (2018) usage is to enter only the "simplified" title, for example, you could enter the title for a publication as "Song of the Dragon" and the note would have "The title page states 'Song of the' over 'Dragon' over 'The annals of Drakis: Book One'."".--Dirk P Broer 14:38, 18 January 2019 (EST)

Ouch ! I understand what you described to me, but for me it looks like the English typographical rules. As far as Solaris is a French canadian magazine, the text should follow the French typographical rules which are slightly different than the English typographical rules. For example, "Éditorial - 1988 : L'année de tous les clichés ?" should be written like that and not "Éditorial - 1988: L'année de tous les clichés?". Am I not right to follow French typographical rules for French language magazines ? ;) Ebenezer 15:16, 18 January 2019 (EST)
No, no, these are our rules and standards. When an English title is all in capitals, we de-capitalize it too. "Éditorial - 1988 : L'année de tous les clichés ?" should be written "Éditorial—1988: L'année de tous les clichés?" if I am not mistaken. Here the hyphen has been replaced with an em-dash (alt-0151), but when you leave it a hyphen the same rule applies. Same with the « and »: there is no need for extra banks space. I'd even go as far as to suggest to replace them with "" altogether, as I think that most of our users -those who use isfdb to find information- can't produce them on their keyboards.--Dirk P Broer 16:15, 18 January 2019 (EST)

Bogus verifications

Hi, while working on the Publications with an OCLC Verification, no ISBN and no OCLC External ID maintenance list I have removed all your oclc verifications for Solaris - 2018, before I noticed that you had also primary verified them. You have to do that again for Solaris 2018 and, while you're at it, I would like you to change all other oclc verifications for the Solaris magazines to n/a (not available), as there is no single OCLC number connected to a single Solaris magazine.--Dirk P Broer 06:17, 4 April 2019 (EDT)

Done ! --Ebenezer 19:02, 17 April 2019 (EDT)
Fantastic, thanks!--Dirk P Broer 16:04, 19 April 2019 (EDT)

Empire magazine/Brins d'éternité OCLC verification

Hi, Now that you have changed the OCLC external id's to Noosfere id's, can you also change the OCLC verification into n/a? Otherwise the Empire and Brins d'éternité issues come in the list mentioned here above...--Dirk P Broer 15:32, 22 April 2019 (EDT)

Yes, that was my intention to do so, once approved. I have also other magazines to change the same way. Thanks ! --Ebenezer 15:43, 22 April 2019 (EDT)

Frédérick Durand edit

Hi. The Frédérick Durand submission that I have on hold did not make any changes. Did you miss changing something? --MartyD 22:56, 12 May 2019 (EDT)

Yes, I wanted to add another webpage that I just found on him. Maybe I forget to add it before submitting. My mistake, sorry ! ;) Ebenezer 23:03, 12 May 2019 (EDT)

Guide des parutions

Question on two of the Guide des parutions series you added:

  • This one is listed as shortfiction. Is that correct? All the others are essay. If essay, it should have the magazine issue added to the title.
  • This one is listed as "Guides parutions". Is that correct? All the others are "Guide des parutions".

Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 21:07, 16 May 2019 (EDT)

These are mistakes that I noticed when I added the series. As I don't know if it is appropriate to correct them at the same time I added the series, I didn't correct them. But I promised myself to correct them once the addition of the series were approved. I found out other mistakes on other series that I will correct tomorrow, once they are approved. Thank you very much for your collaboration, very appreciated ! Ebenezer 21:24, 16 May 2019 (EDT)

Interior art series ...

... have to be handled with even more care than other series. I have accidentally accepted some of your submissions but rejected the rest after realizing that these pieces were not original to the magazine but reprints. As with text reprints only the original titles can be part of a series. But with the suggested art pieces the originals were never meant to be part of the series. Stonecreek 03:10, 15 June 2019 (EDT)

Okay, I didn't know that. Thanks ! After verification in all my issues, I see that just the Porte-Folios of John Howe and H.R. Giger in the Imagine #63 issue are reprints. All the other Porte-Folios are original works intended to be published first in Imagine... May I resubmit them in the [Porte-Folio - Imagine...] series ? --Ebenezer 05:13, 15 June 2019 (EDT)
In my opinion better not. This would possibly lead to conflicts with other series intended by the respective artists. It seems that this is a (title) series invented by the publisher (or the editor), and title series should generally be independent from those. Stonecreek 09:15, 15 June 2019 (EDT)
Sorry, but I don't really understand what you mean in your last sentence. I think it would be interesting and useful to bring together all the Porte-folios of the magazine Imagine... in a series. I just found that a similar series exists here for the Science Fiction Age magazine in the ISFDB. Why not Imagine... ? For your information, the Québec SF market is smaller (very very smaller) than the USA SF market. The vast majority of the illustrators involved in the Imagine... Porte-folio series have abandoned the SF field since 20 years. So, I don't expect any conflict with other series. But if you wish, I will erase this series as you want. ;o) --Ebenezer 15:19, 16 June 2019 (EDT)
In my opinion this shouldn't have happened since it mixes up essays and artworks.
What I mean is maybe best exemplified by H. R. Giger. He had several series of paintings dealing with for example N. Y. city or biomechanoids. For other artists there may be similar cases. Plus, a given artist usually didn't intend to put the painting in an editorial series of a magazine. So, those series shouldn't be there in the first place, since it's not in the spirit of work's creator. Stonecreek 15:42, 16 June 2019 (EDT)
But, as I've told you before, the Porte-folio series of Imagine... was intended to show the original artwork of Québec's young SF artists, with only two exceptions (H.R. Giger and John Howe). I know that, because I was asked myself to present illustrations for a Porte-folio. The art director of Imagine... is one of my friend. --Ebenezer 15:50, 16 June 2019 (EDT)
Well, still the artists do offer a work from their portfolio that may belong to another series, the one intended by the artist. That's why those series for art pieces will become redundant quite fast. Stonecreek 00:21, 17 June 2019 (EDT)
Okay, I don't want to bother you anymore with this detail. I'll delete this series. Have a nice day ! --Ebenezer 08:42, 17 June 2019 (EDT)
Seems best: just consider the confusion and extra work if one of this pieces gets republished, perhaps even as a COVERART. Stonecreek 10:50, 17 June 2019 (EDT)

Questions about two variant submissions

Hi. See the two submissions I have on hold.

The first one looks like you pushed the wrong button in the Make Variant box. It wants to make the interiorart a variant of what looks like a new copy of itself. I think maybe you wanted to make it a variant of this instead?

For the second one, why are you trying to break that variant relationship?

Thanks. --MartyD 20:45, 10 July 2019 (EDT)

Hello. First question : you're right ! My mistake, sorry... I'll cancel this submission and redo it the correct way.
Second question : I want to break that variant relationship in order to delete the variant one because it is useless. When this issue was entered in the ISFDB by someone else, the variant name Geneviève F. Goulet was credited, creating the variant title... That was incorrect because in the print issue, the name of Geneviève Fournier-Goulet is credited in this form and not Geneviève F. Goulet. I corrected it in the variant title, making it useless. You can see it here in the Essays. You can also see that there is another useless variant title in the Essays series, for the same reason. Thanks for your collaboration. --Ebenezer 05:37, 11 July 2019 (EDT)

Brins d'éternité

A few small changes post-approval. This one was entered as a short fiction so I switched it to an essay. This one had #11 instead of 12 :) Fixed now. Annie 13:01, 15 July 2019 (EDT)

Oh, thank you very much for your collaboration and correction of my mistakes... --Ebenezer 13:07, 15 July 2019 (EDT)
Two sets of eyes and all that :) Things tend to blur when you are working on a long series :) Thanks for adding these to the DB. Annie 13:30, 15 July 2019 (EDT)

Julien Poitras

When uploading images directly to the wiki, you need to manually apply the appropriate license template. License templates are only automatically added for covers uploaded via the database. For Image:Julien Poitras.jpg, you need to add the appropriate template (see Help:How to upload images to the ISFDB wiki#Author Photos). Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 19:31, 17 July 2019 (EDT)

Done ! Thank you for the advice. --Ebenezer 21:46, 19 July 2019 (EDT)

Le pays du fou rire

Hello Ebenezer. Would you be able to check the page count of your verified, as I think it should be 315, not 314 ? Most probably, the last unnumbered page was left out. TIA, Linguist 05:28, 19 September 2019 (EDT).

Cover artists

Cover artist of La maison aux mille étages Henri Lievens is found here. --Zapp 15:04, 17 September 2021 (EDT)

Same artist of Univers zéro found in same web page. --Zapp 15:10, 17 September 2021 (EDT)
Same artist of Le gambit des étoiles is found in same web page. --Zapp 13:42, 23 September 2021 (EDT)
Same artist of La patrouille du temps is found in same web page. --Zapp 14:07, 23 September 2021 (EDT)
Same artist of Le temps sauvage is found in same web page. --Zapp 06:56, 29 September 2021 (EDT)
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