User talk:Bud webster

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Hello, Bud webster, 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:

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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! Mhhutchins 00:19, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Past Masters

You made an addendum to several of the titles in this series by adding the name of the author who is being profiled. In most circumstances, the title should be recorded exactly as it appears in the publication. You can always add further information in the notes of each essay's title record. Also, your submission to update the series did not contain any changes. What were you wanting to change it to? Thanks. Mhhutchins 04:40, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Adding data

Saw your question in the submission. There is no way to add contents independently of a publication. If there are columns missing from the Past Masters series, it is necessary to add the publications they were published in to the database or to add them as contents if those publications already have records but are simply missing those essays. What were the publications that the essays appeared in? The Help section has most of the cases covered, though you might want to start [here]. Questions can be asked in other places as well, [the Community Portal]; and the [Moderator Noticeboard] but the [Help Desk] is usually the best. To respond to this posting, just click on the "Edit" button to the right and type in below my posting, indenting with a colon [this 'steps' the discussion] and the second last 'button' above the editing window [looks like a squiggle] will sign your user name and date the response. --~ Bill, Bluesman 19:42, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

This user hasn't found his talk page yet, and from the posting in the submission, he's not found the Wiki either. He's not provided an email address, or I would have contacted him that way. I left a message in the reject of the submission. Maybe he'll read that. There's got a be a better way to communicate with editors in this position. Why don't we require an email address? Mhhutchins 20:11, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Maybe the yellow background for messages should be flashing red instead of yellow? --~ Bill, Bluesman 20:31, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi. Sorry about my Neanderthalian fumblings, but we old farts are so busy yelling at the kids in our yards and complaining about their music (it's a bunch of noise, y'know) that it's hard to keep up with stuff that really matters. My e-mail address is budwebster@mindspring.com, just for the record. The missing entries in the "Past Masters" series were in the last three issues of HELIX SF; the first ten installments were in HELIX, with the eleventh going to BAEN'S UNIVERSE after HELIX folded, and thence to GRANTVILLE GAZETTE when JBU went under. There are other entries to be made in my overall listing, including a couple more non-fiction books, but what's the hurry? I've got kids all over my lawn anyway.--Bud webster 01:04, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

I've added records for the remaining Past Masters columns. This listing became a very good source for the data. It also provided info on your Anthopology 101 series, which I'll be working on when I get the chance. Thanks for the response. We're not going to rush you about adding further entries to the database. Those neighborhood kids can be rather pesky at times. 14:40, 6 April 2011 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mhhutchins (talk • contribs) .

Anthopology 101

Hello. I took the liberty to modify your verified here to the ISFDB standards. I changed the publisher, the number of pages and added a cover scan. Hauck 16:22, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Much grassias, Hauck. Liberty to your heart's content, I'm still learning my way around.Bud webster 05:38, 19 May 2011 (UTC)