User talk:Johnny Panama
Welcome!
Hello, Johnny Panama, 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
- Field-by-field guide to entering new publications into the database
- 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! MagicUnk (talk) 08:40, 3 November 2023 (EDT)
Author record update
Hello, and welcome. When updating author records, and specifically when providing personal data like birth date, email address etc., you have to state clearly where the data is coming from in the note to moderators field. If it's already publicly available data, there's no problem. If the data is not made public by the author, then the author record should not be updated without the consent of the author (and you'd need to add that consent in the moderators and/or notes field).
Also, concerning your question on how to proceed. Read through the material provided in the welcome message above, and give it a try. If you're stuck, head over to the Community Portal or help desk and ask your questions there. Regards, MagicUnk (talk) 08:46, 3 November 2023 (EDT)