Rules and standards changelog
Revision as of 12:02, 10 December 2016 by Hitspacebar (talk | contribs) (New page: This is a changelog of ISFDB data entry rules and standards. It summarizes the outcomes of discussions on the Rules and standards discussions page and began logging changes on 2016-11-...)
This is a changelog of ISFDB data entry rules and standards. It summarizes the outcomes of discussions on the Rules and standards discussions page and 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |