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(I moved the previous data from this page (the user talk page) to your [[User:Mjcrossuk|user page]]. [[User:Mhhutchins|Mhhutchins]] 20:41, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 
(I moved the previous data from this page (the user talk page) to your [[User:Mjcrossuk|user page]]. [[User:Mhhutchins|Mhhutchins]] 20:41, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
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==  Beyond the Outposts: Essays on SF and Fantasy 1955-1996  ==
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Hello,
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I approved that but had to make a few changes:
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* We have the publisher as Ansible Editions so I changed it to that. If you think that AnsibleEditions is a better choice for the publisher, we can discuss changing the name on the publisher level:)
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* I had to pull [https://ae.ansible.uk/images/covers/Budrys4.jpg the imag] out from the image field as we have no permission to link to ansible. The list of allowed site is [http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Template:PublicationFields:ImageURL here] or you can upload it to our DB (see above for instructions)
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* Introduction (to Beyond the Outposts: Essays on SF and Fantasy 1955-1996) -> Introduction (Beyond the Outposts: Essays on SF and Fantasy 1955-1996) per our policy for naming essay called Introduction and other common names. IF the "to" is printed in the book, let me know and I will replace it back
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* Added  (Beyond the Outposts: Essays on SF and Fantasy 1955-1996) to the 4 essays at the bottom (common names so they need the name of the book.
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: Merged all the essays we already have in the DB with the same titles. You may want to check for the ones that are not merged yet and if we have another version of them, we can variant them. For the ones that we do not have, a note inside of each on where the original is published will be a good idea.
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On your questions:
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* We do not allow html in titles. You can descrive these in the notes but the titles themselves should not be modified to show these. The relevant section from the [http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Template:PublicationFields:Title help page] is:
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::* Fonts. Sometimes a title will have one or more words in italics, or in boldface, or in an unusual font. The ISFDB software would permit representing these via embedded HTML. However, this would mean that user searches that did not include the HTML would fail in many cases where they ought to succeed. Therefore, do not use embedded HTML to show font changes. For the same reason, do not use underscores to show _italics_, nor asterisks to show *boldface*, nor other typographical methods to show font in titles. If the font seems important, it can be shown and/or described in a note.
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:The On Writing columns date spans 1977-1979 - how do I reflect that?
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:: Put the date as 1977, and then explain the contents in the publication note AND in the note of the title. You can also add each of the individual parts into the book (then we can connect to their existing copies if we have them)
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: Alos Short Takes spans 1979-1981.
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:: Same as above
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: Paradise Charted was published in Fall, 1980 - how do I enter that?
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:: Date: 1980-00-00; Note on the title level that it was Fall 1980 and where it was.
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: Also, Tom Reamy... was Summer, 1981,
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:: Same as above
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:Pop Lit Reviews span 1986-1990
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:: Same with the other 2 spans :)
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: A note on dating - even if an essay is written earlier, if it is published under a new title, the record for the title takes its date from the first publication under this title. Its parent record (the first publication) retains the original date.
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The result is [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?777798 here]. If you have any questions and/or concerns or I can provide more clarifications, let me know. Thanks for adding the book! [[User:Anniemod|Annie]] 04:42, 6 June 2020 (EDT)

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(I moved the previous data from this page (the user talk page) to your user page. Mhhutchins 20:41, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Beyond the Outposts: Essays on SF and Fantasy 1955-1996

Hello,

I approved that but had to make a few changes:

  • We have the publisher as Ansible Editions so I changed it to that. If you think that AnsibleEditions is a better choice for the publisher, we can discuss changing the name on the publisher level:)
  • I had to pull the imag out from the image field as we have no permission to link to ansible. The list of allowed site is here or you can upload it to our DB (see above for instructions)
  • Introduction (to Beyond the Outposts: Essays on SF and Fantasy 1955-1996) -> Introduction (Beyond the Outposts: Essays on SF and Fantasy 1955-1996) per our policy for naming essay called Introduction and other common names. IF the "to" is printed in the book, let me know and I will replace it back
  • Added (Beyond the Outposts: Essays on SF and Fantasy 1955-1996) to the 4 essays at the bottom (common names so they need the name of the book.
Merged all the essays we already have in the DB with the same titles. You may want to check for the ones that are not merged yet and if we have another version of them, we can variant them. For the ones that we do not have, a note inside of each on where the original is published will be a good idea.

On your questions:

  • We do not allow html in titles. You can descrive these in the notes but the titles themselves should not be modified to show these. The relevant section from the help page is:
  • Fonts. Sometimes a title will have one or more words in italics, or in boldface, or in an unusual font. The ISFDB software would permit representing these via embedded HTML. However, this would mean that user searches that did not include the HTML would fail in many cases where they ought to succeed. Therefore, do not use embedded HTML to show font changes. For the same reason, do not use underscores to show _italics_, nor asterisks to show *boldface*, nor other typographical methods to show font in titles. If the font seems important, it can be shown and/or described in a note.
The On Writing columns date spans 1977-1979 - how do I reflect that?
Put the date as 1977, and then explain the contents in the publication note AND in the note of the title. You can also add each of the individual parts into the book (then we can connect to their existing copies if we have them)
Alos Short Takes spans 1979-1981.
Same as above
Paradise Charted was published in Fall, 1980 - how do I enter that?
Date: 1980-00-00; Note on the title level that it was Fall 1980 and where it was.
Also, Tom Reamy... was Summer, 1981,
Same as above
Pop Lit Reviews span 1986-1990
Same with the other 2 spans :)
A note on dating - even if an essay is written earlier, if it is published under a new title, the record for the title takes its date from the first publication under this title. Its parent record (the first publication) retains the original date.

The result is here. If you have any questions and/or concerns or I can provide more clarifications, let me know. Thanks for adding the book! Annie 04:42, 6 June 2020 (EDT)

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