User talk:AlanHK

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Welcome!

Hello, AlanHK, 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.

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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! -- JLaTondre (talk) 10:31, 31 July 2021 (EDT)

Elak of Atlantis

Hello,

You can reorder the stories by opening the book for editing: here and then putting a pseudo-page number next to the story. You put |1 for the first story, |2 for the second and so on (note the pipe (|) symbol - it is important :) Let me know if you have any questions! Annie 03:26, 17 November 2021 (EST)

David Hambling

I was required to reject your submission linking the author's photograph. We may only link to websites which have granted us permission to do so. Here is an explanation of our policy and a list of sites which allow us to link. After reading, feel free to ask me for clarification. John Scifibones 21:43, 30 April 2022 (EDT)

Fine. Now I know why there are almost no author photos. But why did you also reject the link to the author's Facebook page? AlanHK 08:31, 6 May 2022 (EDT)
I don't have the ability to edit a submission. I could add the link, but I thought you might wish to do it. Submit a new edit, alert me and I will approve it. You have much more freedom to download an image, upload it to the site and link it to the record. Here is the relevant help.
To alert me , or anyone else posting on your page, simply answer. Most users will monitor a page when expecting a response. John Scifibones 08:53, 6 May 2022 (E
approved John Scifibones 09:30, 6 May 2022 (EDT)

David B. Riley

I have rejected your edits to David B. Riley but incorporated the information you provided. Your first edit removed the link to his website with the comment 'davidriley.biz dead for many years Cannot find any live sites for this author.' We don't just discard information. Using the internet archive, I have replaced the broken link with a working link. Your second edit was adding useful information but had the same problem as the first. In the future, think twice about removing or deleting anything. Often there is another way. Don't get frustrated, working on the site is a learning experience. We're all here to help. John Scifibones 09:53, 6 May 2022 (EDT)

The link that was there -- "davidriley.biz" WAS dead and probably never worked. And I did look at the Wayback for that and found nothing but error messages. You found a different page, "www.davidriley.biz". Well done for guessing that, but whoever put up the original link messed it up. I did not make sequential edits deliberately. After finding the listed one was dead, I reported that and later spent some time digging around to find the recent article about him and his death. AlanHK 07:38, 7 May 2022 (EDT)
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