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I hope you enjoy editing here! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>); this will insert your name and the date. If you need help, check out the [[ISFDB:Community Portal|community portal]], or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! -[[User:DESiegel60|DES]] <sup>[[User talk:DESiegel60|Talk]]</sup> 23:41, 9 July 2012 (UTC) | I hope you enjoy editing here! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>); this will insert your name and the date. If you need help, check out the [[ISFDB:Community Portal|community portal]], or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! -[[User:DESiegel60|DES]] <sup>[[User talk:DESiegel60|Talk]]</sup> 23:41, 9 July 2012 (UTC) | ||
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| + | I see that you have created the page [[Bio:Amy Mah]], apparently about yourself. Please look at [[Help:Contents/Purpose#Biographies|our biography guidelines]] where among other things it says: | ||
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| + | <blockquote>"''When an author Bio page is posted on the ISFDB Wiki, it should be professional in tone, not facetious, "cutesy", or blatantly promotional. Some authors engage in jokes in printed "About the author" sections of books, or on their own websites, but the ISFDB is not the place for such writing. The purpose of any Bio page on the Wiki is to inform users and other editors briefly about the facts of the author's life. Bio pages should not include blurbs from or summaries of the author's works. Bio pages ought to be factual in content and the facts ought to be verifiable. If a matter is questionable, sources can be cited.''" </blockquote> | ||
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| + | I fear that [[Bio:Amy Mah]] doesn't quite fit this. It seems a bit on the promotional side. Also, have you written and published any work suitable for inclusion in the ISFDB? Note that anime, magna, graphic novels, comic books or strips, film or video, and music are all excluded, as a general rule. If you have created and published works of written speculative fiction, please do add them to the database. See [[ISFDB:Policy#Contents/Project Scope Policy|our contents policy]] for more details. If you have, see [[Help:Getting Started]] for some information on how to enter it. -[[User:DESiegel60|DES]] <sup>[[User talk:DESiegel60|Talk]]</sup> 00:00, 10 July 2012 (UTC) | ||
Latest revision as of 20:00, 9 July 2012
Welcome!
Hello, Amy Mah, 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:
- Help pages
- Help:Getting Started
- What the ISFDB Wiki is for
- FAQ
- Wiki editing help - Tips on how to use the wiki-specific features when editing wiki pages.
- Wiki Conventions - How things are usually done on this wiki.
- Help:How to upload images to the ISFDB wiki
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.
Please be careful in editing publications that have been primary verified by other editors. See Help:How to verify data#Making changes to verified pubs. But if you have a copy of an unverified publication, verifying it can be quite helpful. See Help:How to verify data for detailed information.
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! -DES Talk 23:41, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Bio:Amy Mah page
I see that you have created the page Bio:Amy Mah, apparently about yourself. Please look at our biography guidelines where among other things it says:
"When an author Bio page is posted on the ISFDB Wiki, it should be professional in tone, not facetious, "cutesy", or blatantly promotional. Some authors engage in jokes in printed "About the author" sections of books, or on their own websites, but the ISFDB is not the place for such writing. The purpose of any Bio page on the Wiki is to inform users and other editors briefly about the facts of the author's life. Bio pages should not include blurbs from or summaries of the author's works. Bio pages ought to be factual in content and the facts ought to be verifiable. If a matter is questionable, sources can be cited."
I fear that Bio:Amy Mah doesn't quite fit this. It seems a bit on the promotional side. Also, have you written and published any work suitable for inclusion in the ISFDB? Note that anime, magna, graphic novels, comic books or strips, film or video, and music are all excluded, as a general rule. If you have created and published works of written speculative fiction, please do add them to the database. See our contents policy for more details. If you have, see Help:Getting Started for some information on how to enter it. -DES Talk 00:00, 10 July 2012 (UTC)