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However, there are problems with searching such 'Unicode using' titles. Perhaps we could have a second field for keeping a 'simplified' title for searching, and use the 'regular' title_title field for presentation? 'Simplified' would mean: remove punctuation; remove special symbols, transliterate non-ASCII chars. Currently we can't find 'Mr. Norrell' if we search for 'Mr Norrell'. (Is it possible to resolve on index level?) --[[User:Roglo|Roglo]] 11:55, 29 Jan 2008 (CST) | However, there are problems with searching such 'Unicode using' titles. Perhaps we could have a second field for keeping a 'simplified' title for searching, and use the 'regular' title_title field for presentation? 'Simplified' would mean: remove punctuation; remove special symbols, transliterate non-ASCII chars. Currently we can't find 'Mr. Norrell' if we search for 'Mr Norrell'. (Is it possible to resolve on index level?) --[[User:Roglo|Roglo]] 11:55, 29 Jan 2008 (CST) | ||
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| + | Roles could be used also to point to a subject of the work: e.g. an author on a photograph; a book about the author. I added a few author's photographs (as INTERIORARTs in Interzone) but you have to search them by title (Photo: Author's Name). --[[User:Roglo|Roglo]] 13:26, 29 Jan 2008 (CST) | ||
Revision as of 15:26, 29 January 2008
New fields: first printing date
From a discussion here: Hopefully, Some day we will be able to enter the first printing date and printing # into ISFDB. At that point the 0000-00-00 for the printing date will become less onerous as the display code will be able to sort by the first printing date and printing # if the printing date is not available. Both 'first printing' and 'this printing' dates should be available. --Roglo 11:40, 29 Jan 2008 (CST)
New fields: Title problems
Help page states: Symbols and punctuation. Strange symbols should be entered if appropriate typographical characters exist. If not, do what you can and make a note as necessary on the wiki page. For example, John Varley's story "Press Enter" is often titled with a black rectangle, indicating a computer cursor, at the end. Other characters should be entered in Unicode if possible; this includes accented characters, and symbols such as em-dashes. [ . . . ] Em-dashes should be entered directly adjacent to the words on both sides. Hyphens and spaces make different titles: "Hell Fire", "Hellfire", and "Hell-Fire" are three different titles, and should be entered as such. If you are using a Windows computer, you can use the Windows Character Map to enter unusual characters; . . .
However, there are problems with searching such 'Unicode using' titles. Perhaps we could have a second field for keeping a 'simplified' title for searching, and use the 'regular' title_title field for presentation? 'Simplified' would mean: remove punctuation; remove special symbols, transliterate non-ASCII chars. Currently we can't find 'Mr. Norrell' if we search for 'Mr Norrell'. (Is it possible to resolve on index level?) --Roglo 11:55, 29 Jan 2008 (CST)
Roles: a subject
Roles could be used also to point to a subject of the work: e.g. an author on a photograph; a book about the author. I added a few author's photographs (as INTERIORARTs in Interzone) but you have to search them by title (Photo: Author's Name). --Roglo 13:26, 29 Jan 2008 (CST)