User talk:Mergekat

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Welcome!

Hello, Mergekat, 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! Mhhutchins 19:17, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Grounded

Hi, and welcome. I accepted your submission of Grounded and made a couple of minor changes to have it conform to ISFDB standards:

  • I changed the Pub Format from "Paperback" to "tp", which we use for all large paperbacks. See Help:Screen:EditPub#Pub_Format_.28Binding.29 for details about how formats/bindings should be recorded.
  • I moved the Pub. Series info to the title as a Title Series. This one bites nearly everyone, as there is no way to provide Title Series information when recording a new publication; you have to wait for the submission to be accepted, then go edit the title that gets created to supply the Title Series. Pub. Series is for publisher-specific series that would change (or go away) if another publisher published the same work. Usually the works in a Pub. Series are not directly related by content. Title Series is for work-specific series that would still be true/present if another publisher published the work. Titles in a Title Series are usually directly related by content (characters, setting, etc.).
  • You don't need to include "#" on series number entries. Just put the number. The system will sort in numerical order when displaying a series.
  • I found an image on Amazon while researching this and added it to the record.

As I said, all very minor, just things to keep in mind for the future. Thanks, and thank you for contributing. --MartyD 11:32, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Non Quis, Sed Quis

"Sorry, I was rushing and should have researched Non Quis, Sed Quis a little more before accepting it. It looks to me like the ISBN you provided on it is for Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed. Was this "Non Quis, Sed Quis" piece actually published separately as a chapbook? If not, we would not record it as a separate publication, rather we would record Demons and add this as shortfiction content to it. Let me know, and I will fix it up appropriately. You can reply here by editing this section and adding a colon (":") at the beginning of the text to indent it. Thanks. --MartyD 11:40, 30 March 2012 (UTC):"


Yeah MartyD, it's actually a short fiction story in Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed anthology. It's by Maggie Stiefvater, but it's a short fiction included only in that book currently. So adding it to short fiction would be all right. Mergekat 19:18, 30 March 2012 (UTC)Mergekat

Thanks. I removed the chapterbook and set up the contents for Demons, with Non Quis, Sed Quid appearing there. See what you think. --MartyD 10:54, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Hounded

I rejected the submission to create a variant record of this title for the ebook version. We only create variant titles if the title or the author credit is different. Go to the pub record of the print edition and click on "Clone This Pub" under the Editing Tools menu. On the next screen change all the fields so that they match the data of the ebook version, adding content records for any bonus short stories. And then submit. Thanks. Mhhutchins 18:48, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

The Wiggins Weird

"I am looking at the The Wiggins Weird submission and I think it's a bit premature. Based on our experience, we typically enter publications a couple of months prior to the announced publication date. We have been burned by delays, cancellations, and changing titles (and cover art and even pseudonyms(!)) so many times that we are leery of entering data too early. If it's OK with you, I will copy the submitted data to this Talk page and then you can resubmit it when the time comes. Ahasuerus 02:30, 3 April 2012 (UTC):"

Sure, Ahasuerus, that's fine. Mergekat 18:39, 3 April 2012 (UTC)Mergekat
OK, here it is then:
  • Title: The Wiggins Weird
  • Authors: Lesley Livingston+Jonathan Llyr New Author
  • Year: 0000-00-00
  • Publisher: Penguin Canada
  • PubType: NOVEL
  • Language: English
  • Synopsis: The Wiggins Weird about two young cousins growing up in a drive-in movie theatre in a middle-of-nowhere town, who are faced with a series of strange occurrences that can only be solved with the help of their extensive knowledge of B-Movie trivia.
  • Note to Moderator: Just announced... http://hardcorenerdity.com/2012/02/20/livingston-and-llyr-announce-the-wiggins-weird/

Light in a Dark World

"I've accepted the submission, but had to make changes in order for the record to comply with ISFDB standards. These standards are explained in the Help pages linked in the Welcome section at the top of this page.

  • Changed the date to 2012-03-13 (based on the Amazon listing).
  • Changed "Trade Paperback" to "tp".
  • Added the currency to "12.95" as "$12.95".
  • Removed the link from a server for which we don't have permission to link.

I also added the title record to the series "Clan Destrati". (This can only be done after a record has been created.) Because this was entered as a collection, you should add title records in the content section for the stories in the book. You will also have to do a primary verification of the record if you have the book, or provide the source for your data in the record's note field. Thanks for contributing. Mhhutchins 14:10, 5 April 2012 (UTC):"

You're welcome, Mhhutchins. Also, I have a quick question. How do you alter a novel's past information to include that it's part of a series. My example is Diana Peterfreund's Killer Unicorn series Rampant (1) and Ascendant (2). Any help is appreciated. Mergekat 22:17, 5 April 2012 (UTC)Mergekat
Click on the title record of each work, then under the Editing Tools menu, click on "Edit Title Data". On the next page, enter the series name (and number, if there is one) in the designated field(s). Mhhutchins 23:14, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Cast of Characters

I made some changes to this record based on ISFDB standards. The publication date was updated to that shown by Amazon. The link to the cover image was corrected (you'd linked it to the Amazon page, not to the Amazon image file), and the binding was changed to "tp" indicating a trade paperback. Please add the other contents if you get the time. Mhhutchins 16:43, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

I've also changed the synopsis in the the title record to be more objective. All portions of a publisher's blurb that are more promotional than informative should be removed. Mhhutchins 16:51, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Publication entry standards

Please read this help page when you get a chance. There are several submissions of yours sitting in the queue because it appears that the other moderators have chosen to ignore them due to the multiple errors in them. It seems I have taken on the role of the bad guy, mainly because I'm the one who takes the time to tutor new editors. Please forgive my frankness, but just a few minutes looking over the help page that I've linked to will clear up many of the problems with your submissions. I've seen in the past that some of your submissions have been accepted and then cleaned up without bringing the errors to your attention. Sorry, but that's not my way. I'll help you as much as I can, and it may first appear to be harsh. After all, none of us are getting paid here. We do it for the love of the literature, and some, like me, are just bibliography-philes. Here goes:

I've accepted the submission adding this publication of The Dark Thorn. Here are the problems.

  • Date field: Not an error but if you know the date of publication it should be included. If only the year is known, then it's OK.
  • Binding field: "Hardcover" is not one of accepted formats. It should be entered as "hc"
  • Price field: A publication can only have one price. If there are two states of the book with different prices, then a separate record must be created.
  • Cover artist field: Only the name of the cover artist should go into this field. A map is considered interior art and is added as a content record using the INTERIORART type.
  • This record's cover image is linked to a website for which we don't have permission to "deep-link". The link should be removed. If you have a copy of the file on your hard drive (or can download it from the other server to your hard drive), you can upload it to the ISFDB server using the "Upload new cover scan" link.

Click on the link "Edit This Pub" under the editing tools menu when you're able to make the corrections.

Again, I hope you take this help in the spirit in which I'm offering it. Forgive me if I lack tact. If you have any questions please ask them here, or post them at the Help Desk. Thanks for contributing. Mhhutchins 03:07, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Ebook of The Dark Thorn

"I've accepted the submission adding this record to the database. Here are the problems:

  • ISBN/Catalog # field. Don't use a merchant's ID number in this field. Only use a number that is stated in the publication. In the case of ASINs, those are specific to Amazon and are neither ISBNs nor publisher catalog numbers. If you want them as part of the record, you can add them to the Note field.
  • Publisher field. Is the publisher given as "Grim Oak Press (Speakman's Press)" in the publication? In the hardcover edition you gave the publisher as Grim Oak Press. Is Speakman's Press an imprint of the publisher?
  • Binding: "ebook" is sufficient. You can record the formats in the Note field.
  • Cover artist field: same problem as in the previous submission. Only the cover artist should be credited here, and without adding "(Cover Art)" to his name, which the database interprets as his true name.

Please make the corrections when you get a chance. Mhhutchins 03:18, 15 April 2012 (UTC)"

-Thanks Mhhutchins , I'll take that into account. Also on the publisher field part, I wasn't certain on that because Amazon.com just calls it Speakman Press, but it's called Grimm Oak Press at the Goodreads book site. I know the author does operate Grim Oak Press (as the website: http://grimoakpress.com/ ), but I wasn't sure because of that Amazon detail. Not exactly sure which to I should stick to. Mergekat 15:56, 15 April 2012 (UTC)Mergekat

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