User talk:BrendanMoody

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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!Kraang 23:56, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Madder Mysteries

I approved your addition of Madder Mysteries but I changed the price from $45/$50 to $45.00 per Template:PublicationFields:Price which defines the formatting of this field. I added a note explaining the availability of the $50 edition.

I also added a link to the publisher's web page plus a note that the book is sold out.

If you have a copy of this publication then it would be great if you could add a note explaining that it does not state a price. --Marc Kupper|talk 03:09, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

W. F. Harvey/William Fryer Harvey question

Hi Brendan, the cover credits the author as "W. F. Harvey" is the title page "William Fryer Harvey"? or do you want to make this a variant title of "William Fryer Harvey"? Thanks!Kraang 02:40, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

"Beast With Five Fingers" variant

This variant already exists, so I rejected the submission. Trouble is, it's hard to see this because once a variant is created it's removed from the summary page of the non-parent author (W. F. Harvey). The only way to catch it is to click on "Show All Titles" on the non-parent author's summary page. This will list all titles, variant and not. Matching records can then be merged. I've merged the two matching records for this story. Thanks. Mhhutchins 13:40, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Mary Wilkins

Your creation of the variants was correct but a bit out of order. The author needs to have the pseudonym created first then the titles next, if not then the titles don't display correctly. I saw the two titles first, checked the author and found no pseudonym so created one. Found your last submission a little further down later, this would create a duplicate pseudonym for Mary Wilkins, not a problem to fix now but in the pass couldn't fix these easily. Thanks for editing!Kraang 02:41, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Looks like Ahasuerus beat me to the reject button! :-)Kraang 02:44, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Parricide/Parracide

Did some checking and the relationship for these two titles would have gone the wrong way with the merge submitted. The only appearance of the first spelling was in the 1946 edition of Shocking Tales [checked OCLC and the story was with that spelling and with the full author name]. How it came to have an unknown date in the pub isn't clear [may have been added at a later date to the record]. Changed the date to 1946, then made the title a variant under the author's canonical name [minus the middle name; think that should be reversed but that's a different situation]. Then made the later 1971 printing of the story a variant of the 1946 title. Thus the relationship/variance runs in the correct time-line. --~ Bill, Bluesman 17:28, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Credo by Oliver Onions

You want to change "Credo" by Oliver Onions from a work of short fiction to an essay. It is currently listed as fiction in three different publications, although none of them is verified. Do you have the book in hand? If not, what is the source for this change, please?

I have the edit on hold, pending your response. -DES ^Talk 02:12, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

I own a recent volume in which "Credo" is included. I've read it, and it's most definitely an essay. Best, BrendanMoody 03:01, 7 September 2010 (UTC) (Copied from User talk:DESiegel60)

Fine that was all I needed to know. it seemed just odd enough to warrant asking. I will approve the edit promptly.

By the way, unlike on some other wikis, most people on the iSFDB wiki prefer to respond to comments where they are made, so that conversations stay together. Thanks. -DES ^Talk 03:15, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Ah, good, that's my own preference as well. Thanks. By the way, a related question. Two of Onions' stories ("The Ether-Hogs" and "The Mortal") originally appeared with the group title "Two Trifles." In addition to those separate listings, there's one for "Two Trifles" itself. I assume there should be some indication of the connection among the three titles, but I'm not sure what the best way to do that would be. A note in each title data entry? BrendanMoody 03:38, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

That is a problem we have come up against several times. Currently the ISFDB has no good way to show group titles within a collection, anthology, or magazine. There is a feature request for software support for such a thing, but no knowing when or if it will be implemented -- all development is, after all, done by unpaid volunteers. In some cases the group title has simply been ignored, in some the detail titles have been ignored. In some a fake essay or story has been used to record the group title, and when this is done title-level notes are generally used, and they may be used in the other cases as well. In some cases an editor has created a series to show the linkage. All of these have pros and cons. I would advise title level notes, and possibly the "fake" entry for the group title. -DES ^Talk 04:31, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

One good example of a group title is here. Putting "The Ether-Hogs" and "The Mortal" into a "Two Trifles" series may help. But notes at all levels (title, series and even publication level where possible) as well would be good. This is a comparatively simple case, look at Brian Aldiss' "Three Enigmas" series for a REALLY complicated one! ;-) BLongley 19:30, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Recent submissions approved

I have approved several recent anthology/collection submissions. I added an OCLV record number to one of them.

Please don't forget to do the appropriate title merges. -DES ^Talk 22:43, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

The Bohemain Astrobleme merge

I notice that in merging tow title records for "The Bohemain Astrobleme" you kept the less specific date (2010-00-00 instead of 2010-10-00). I am going to approve this, but edit to restore the more specific date, which seems consistent with the publications involved. If there is a reason why the less specific date was chosen, let me know and I will restore it, or you may restore it yourself. -DES ^Talk 02:25, 11 September 2010 (UTC)