User talk:JKeller

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Hello, JKeller, 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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Cosmos, December 2007-January 2008

Was this the only issue that wasn't edited with Wilson da Silva and Damien Broderick? Thanks. Mhhutchins 00:54, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Nope, I apparently spaced when entering the data. Found the record and put their names in. --BigJim 01:25, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Cosmos reprints

If you know that some of these stories are reprints, please merge the newly-created records with those that already exist in the database. For example, I know that Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" is a reprint, so I merged the two records. If you have any questions about merging, you can ask them here on your user talk page. Click the [edit] link, which will open a dialog window, and add your comments below mine, using a colon (:) to offset your remarks from mine. Also check out the links above for other info on entering data. Thanks for contributing and welcome to the ISFDB. Mhhutchins 00:58, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

I've merged the three I'm aware of (actually, the Bradbury piece is the only reprint Cosmos has ever run to the best of my knowledge, but they were first publication on several other pieces that were already in the database because of reprints), and I'll give it a more thorough check over the next couple of days. Thanks for the help! --BigJim 01:44, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Completed the more thorough search. All the duplicate titles should now be merged. --BigJim 04:14, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for doing this. You've really caught on fast. I've spent weeks with new editors on this subject! Mhhutchins 04:35, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Editors of Cosmos

We ordinarily use the designation "Editors of..." for non-genre magazines, especially when we choose not to give individual credit (e.g. Playboy. I'm assuming that basically Cosmos is a science magazine that publishes one or two pieces of fiction per issue. According to the magazine's website Wilson da Silva is the editor-in-chief and Damien Broderick is the fiction editor. In this case, it would probably be best to just give credit to these two persons. If you agree, I can edit the records to indicate it, while at the same time creating a magazine series for the title. Mhhutchins 03:21, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

You assume correctly. Wilson da Silva is editor-in-chief, Damien Broderick is fiction editor. I see no reason to use the "Editors of..." except to follow the conventions used for other non-genre magazines. If it would be clearer to remove that, then I would so say to go for it. --BigJim 04:13, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
As the saying goes, "the exception that proves the rule". Because of his high profile in the SF field, I think an exception should be made for giving Broderick credit for this non-genre magazine, and dispense with the "Editors of..." entirely. I'll get back to it some time tomorrow. Thanks. Mhhutchins 04:34, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Placing magazine issues into series

I rejected the submission to place this issue into a publication series titled "Cosmos: The Science of Everything", because magazines are treated differently when it comes to series. We place the editor records into series not the pub records. To accomplish this go to Wilson da Silva's summary page (or Broderick's, it doesn't matter because the record appears on both pages.) Click the "Show All Titles" link on the left-side menu. This will reveal a list of all records for this author/editor. Check the boxes that will merge all 2010 editor records. In this case there are only two records: one that was automatically created when the pub record was recently accepted and the one that had already existed with all of the other 2010 issues. You will have to reconcile the differences between the two records on the next screen. In this case accept all of the first options. This method works only if there already exists a record which had merged all of the year's issues into one record. When the first 2011 issue appears, we'll simply edit the single editor record to become part of the series and then merge it with subsequent editor records when the issue appear later in the year. Please don't hesitate to ask any questions concerning this method. Also, I changed the price from $10.95AUD to A$10.95. The help pages state "Enter Australian dollars with a leading A, for example, A$3.95." Thanks. Mhhutchins 19:44, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks! --BigJim 23:35, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Giganosaurus

I jumpstarted data entry on the mag. It would be nice if it were a little more professional looking but the epub contains enough data to identify the magazine. Feel free to enter the other issues.--swfritter 15:07, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

I put in the other issues. The newest .epub (which became available online after I did the data entry) has a masthead at the bottom of the file, giving the publisher name as "Late Cretaceous." I couldn't figure out a way to edit a pending edit, but I can change the new entries once they're approved. I updated the first entry to reflect the new information. Thanks again! --BigJim 16:37, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
I approved them and changed the name back to the correct dinosaur. BLongley 17:26, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Gigantosaurus appears to be a herbivore. They make better pets.--swfritter 18:07, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Our punctuation rules generally say to capitalize only the first letter of a title but it would seem to me that GigaNotoSaurus is probably more appropriate since that is the way it is presented in the magazine. Bill did it that way in the updated wiki page so I suspect he also agrees. It is also less likely that the name will be misread as the name of that other dinosaur. --swfritter 23:47, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
Yes, I suspected that the rules (which I can't find) that allow for author intentions for capitalisation should apply in this case. Of course, I only decided that AFTER editing the pubs/titles. :-/ BLongley 01:44, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Good idea to get started on a mag from the beginning. I now find myself with the unenviable task of entering about six hundred issues of "Strange Horizons". Thankfully all the data is online.--swfritter 23:47, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
My latest Magazine project is for a rather shorter series - four issues. I WILL get back to longer series but I really need to break such tasks up into small sections to avoid going insane. (Like my housemate Napoleon has done.) BLongley 01:44, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Embarrassed that I missed that... --BigJim 01:16, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Don't be - we all make mistakes. Those of us that make fewest mistakes might get "promoted" (or "black-jacked") into checking other people's submissions as a moderator, but if you look at any moderator's talk page you'll see where we keep checking on each other and finding faults. A thick skin is an advantage here. BLongley 01:44, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, but what you don't realize is that I used to be a professional copy editor. :) --BigJim 17:39, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
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