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| [http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/ISFDB:Community_Portal#2017-01-16_downtime_-_6:30pm 2017-01-16 downtime - 6:30pm] | | [http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/ISFDB:Community_Portal#2017-01-16_downtime_-_6:30pm 2017-01-16 downtime - 6:30pm] | ||
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| + | | 2017-03-12 | ||
| + | | Suffix handling in author LegalName field | ||
| + | | Suffixes that are part of the author's legal name are recorded; format ''Lastname, Firstname Middlenames, Suffix'' | ||
| + | | No suffixes were to be recorded | ||
| + | | [[Template:AuthorFields:LegalName]] | ||
| + | | [[Rules_and_standards_discussions#Handling_of_suffixes_on_author_names|Handling of suffixes on author names]] | ||
Revision as of 09:25, 12 March 2017
This is a changelog of ISFDB data entry rules and standards. It summarizes the outcomes of discussions on the Rules and standards discussions page as well as functional data entry changes prompted by software patches. It began logging changes on 2016-11-13. There is no changelog for rule changes before that date.
Note that this changelog is limited to changes to data entry standards. For a list of software changes see Recent Patches.
| Date of change | Short description | New rule | Old rule | Help pages affected by this change | Discussion which led to the rule change
(the link may not work for archived discussions) |
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| 2016-11-13 | Date of variant titles | Date must be the first occurrence of the variant title | Date to use was the first occurrence of the work | Template:TitleFields:Date | Improve "How to enter foreign language editions" page regarding the publication date of translations |
| 2016-11-27 | Eliminated 'sf' Story Length | 'sf' is no longer entered in the Story Length field | 'sf' was supposed to be entered in the Story Length field for short fiction titles of unknown length | Template:TitleFields:Length | Eliminating "sf"/"shortfiction" during editing and 2016-11-27 downtime |
| 2016-11-27 | Omnibus story length separators | Plus signs are to be used as omnibus story length separators | Slashed were to be used as omnibus story length separators | Template:TitleFields:Length | Composite "story length" values for OMNIBUSes |
| 2017-01-16 | Story length field split into 4 | Omnibus length values as well as juvenile and novelization indicators have been moved from the "story length" field to separate fields. A leading slash is no longer required for omnibus length values. | The story length field was used to store all 4 types of information. Leading slashes were to be used for omnibus length values. | Template:TitleFields:Length, Template:TitleFields:Content, Template:TitleFields:Juvenile, Template:PublicationFields:Juvenile, Template:TitleFields:Novelization, Template:PublicationFields:Novelization | 2017-01-16 downtime - 6:30pm |
| 2017-03-12 | Suffix handling in author LegalName field | Suffixes that are part of the author's legal name are recorded; format Lastname, Firstname Middlenames, Suffix | No suffixes were to be recorded | Template:AuthorFields:LegalName | Handling of suffixes on author names |