User talk:Bgibbard
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The Hobbit
Hi. A question about your proposed modifications to The Hobbit. You've made yourself primary verifier, which basically says you have the book, have checked the data, and are willing to answer questions about it. Yet the note you want to add says the pagination and pricing are derived from the 11th printing. That sounds to me as if you don't have this particular printing. Do you? If you do, is the pricing on the book? If not, I don't think we can "derive" a price from another printing -- there's no way for us to know if that printing had the same price unless we have a source stating what the price was. Let me know what you think (you can reply here; use the "Edit" button at the top right of this section, and indent you reply by adding a leading colon (":"), one colon per level of indentation. Thanks, again welcome, and thanks for contributing. --MartyD 03:34, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
- Hi Marty, I see what you mean, I am more used to databases that deal at the level of editions rather than printing. I will instead cancel this submission and do a clone instead, making the clone specifically an 11th printing with the specific pagination and pricing. As with most reprints, I presume I should use 000-00-00 for the date? I don't have a date for the printing, only a "Published HarperCollinsPublishers 1995" statement for the edition. Bgibbard 03:47, 5 February 2011 (UTC)