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* I'll upload a new version of the tools and the database when the download doesn't take * Updated the download pages with the latest source and database files.

====Database File Structure==== ...e aggregate online files, they can still be rather large. The SHORTFICTION file is nearly 5 Megabytes in size, with about 53,000 records. This large size c

::::A website that says it's source is MLA Style states '''Capitalize the first and last words as well as all i ...se outlets generate both ebooks and PoD books for the same author-provided source text). Just where should we draw the line? I think we need to discuss the m

...eprinted in collections, anthologies, or perhaps other magazines would you file this under the SERIAL title or the NOVEL title record? Inspection of the e ...f not, then do we add a new SERIAL title record for each of these or do we file them under a SHORTFICTION title?

...but, ultimately, as long as there is consistency throughout the referring source, either order is acceptable. == Is Tumblr a valid source for cover art credit? ==

...me is fine with me as a citation can be added for the reliable "secondary" source. If I was entering the publication I would use Virgil Finlay and add the pu ...st credit. If I enter something else for the credit then I'll explain the source.

== ISFDB policy on file hosting == ...s.) For this reason I think that it may be better to enumerate the allowed file types in Help rather than on the Policy page. [[User:Ahasuerus|Ahasuerus]]

...s a publication we don't know about, create the stub pub with notes on the source, but forget about adding anything to the pub you found it in. For instance ::* Cover artist credited from secondary source (cite exact source)

...l work was not credited. Unknown is for use when you are using a secondary source that doesn't specify the author, but doesn't necessarily mean the author is ...e; "undetermined" -- no credit in the publication, but we will use another source in its place if we can find one. That would eliminate the inconsistencies.

...his is a new one on me, too. The closest I've ever come is noting from one source or another that a given book may be found as a first printing or a third pr ...ewhere. But this line is very blurry. I've been using ISFDB as a look-up source for years, and I truly love the ability to provide updates when I find omis