User talk:Gw3

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Gray Lensman

I've accepted the submission adding a new record for this publication, but made some changes to conform to ISFDB standards. You'll find links in the Welcome section above which will lead you to the help pages explaining how to enter or update records. I changed the publisher name from "Burns $ Maceachorn (Toronto)" to "Burns & MacEachern". I'm assuming the different spelling was a typo. We don't add a city of publication unless there are publishers with similar names. The price was changed from "$C4.50" to "C$4.50", our standard for Canadian dollars. A couple of questions that will help complete the record: Is it hardcover or paperback? Is there credited artwork on the dustjacket? Can I assume you have the book in hand and can answer these questions? If so, please consider doing a primary verification of the record. If not, you'll need to record in the note field the source of your data. Thanks for submitting and welcome to the ISFDB. Mhhutchins 22:10, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about the typos. I found the information (while looking for something else entirely) in a review in the "Saskatoon Star Phoenix." Not kidding. Here's the link. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mSxgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d28NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3364,1413891&dq=gray-lensman&hl=en I assume it's hardcover; I can't imagine a paperback going for that price in the early 1960s. And I couldn't figure out how to add the review to the listing. Gw3 00:47, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
I've updated the record, giving the binding as "hc" and linked the source in the note field. Thanks. Mhhutchins 00:55, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Updates of the Ace Specials

I'm holding your submissions to change the dates of these records for a couple of reasons. First, we have to have a substantial, reliable and veriable source to give a publication date to record for a book which has no stated date of publication. And that source must be recorded in the note field. Second, all of these records have been primary-verified by other editors. It is ISFDB courtesy to inform primary verifiers before making a submission that changes a record's vital information. If you can give me the source for your data, other than a personal recollection, I'll gladly accept the submissions and notify the verifiers for you...this one time only. In the Note to Moderator field you mention "the chronological listing of Ace Specials found in the back of later volumes in that series". I've never seen a list that gives the publication date. Can you point out which volumes have the list so that I can pass the data on to the verifiers? If you feel you can't substantially source the dates you can cancel the submissions yourself. Thanks for contributing. (There are several helpful links in the Welcome section above, one of which explains the policy about notifying primary-verifiers.) Mhhutchins 19:50, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

I am very sorry, but I decided to reject your submissions. You didn't answer and personal memories can be no basis for assigning publication dates. We do need at least a written statement of the publication date - I myself had made a personal memory into a source of a date, which proved false. Personal memories are too often misleading. Again, sorry. Stonecreek 14:45, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
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