User talk:HardbackNut

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Second Stage Lensmen

HI! Is the title[1] page authors name "E. E. 'Doc' Smith" and the title Lensman with an "a" if so I'll have to change them to match the book(found one on Amazon). unmerge the publication and make it a variant of the parent title which it is currently in. Thanks!Kraang 17:41, 18 October 2021 (EDT)

The author is "E. E. 'Doc' Smith" on the cover and on the inner title page.

I noted that when I do "add publication" initially I cannot change the title and author. Hence a second change request for the author for some of the books. Similar for the covers. I seems the book has to exist before I can upload a cover and I need a second submission to add the cover (see the queue for my cover updates) I checked the wiki of course but have not found a better solution, but correct me if I'm wrong obviously.

Second stage... yes indeed: the dust cover has Lensman with an "a"; while the inner title page (and in the actual content text) is indeed Lensmen with an "e" The back cover lists it with a an "e".

This is partially part of the UK versus US editions (See "Grey Lensman" versus "Gray Lensman") but inconsistently used. See also [2]

My apologies for any mixups. I need to familiarise myself a bit more with the various options of adding books though (new,add,clone...) HardbackNut 05:42, 19 October 2021 (EDT)

As a new contributor just use new book if there are variants involved, if no variant then add or clone. Use the title page for author and title and if the cover is different than make a note about difference. Then create a variant to the parent title or canonical name. If you need help just ask on the help board. I'll fix the above mentioned book. Most books have only a title or an author as a variant these books can have both plus minor spelling difference, which can be very confusing even for some moderators. Thanks.18:14, 19 October 2021 (EDT)
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