User talk:Ofearna

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Thanks. Susan

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Curran Points of View

Hi Susan. Concerning this and this submission: are you sure that the title is really written as "Curran's Point of View"? LookInside of the Kindle edition shows "Curran Points of View". Might be prudent to ask Bob to confirm, as he has PV'd the pb edition. Generally speaking, if you're correcting a PV'd publication, you should contact the PV if you don't happen to have a copy yourself to confirm that the proposed update is valid and that there's not something else going on. Thanks! MagicUnk 08:49, 27 January 2021 (EST)

it's several short stories that were included first on the Ilona Andrews website, then in later editions of paperbacks

Curran's Point of View

• Unicorn Lane (Magic Bites)

• Fernando's (Magic Bites)

• Soup (Magic Burns)

• Midnight Games (Magic Strikes)

• Hot Tub (Magic Strikes)

• Kate's Origin (Between Magic Strikes and Magic Bleeds)

• Naked Dinner (Between Magic Strikes and Magic Bleeds)

• Conclave (Magic Bleeds)

• Awake (end of Magic Bleeds)

• Prequel (Magic Breaks)

Jim's Point of View (Magic Breaks) Susan O'Fearna 17:05, 27 January 2021 (EST)

I may not have been entirely clear, I meant to ask how the titles are printed in the publication in question (if you would have it in hand, let me know). Since we are recording as printed on or in the actual book, we can't rely on secondary sources for that (after all, it can differ from publication to publication) - in this case, do ask Bob to confirm how it's written in the book he PV'd. Thanks! MagicUnk 07:22, 28 January 2021 (EST)

[1]. Here's the screencap of beginning... Susan O'Fearna 22:38, 28 January 2021 (EST)

And accepted. MagicUnk 08:51, 29 January 2021 (EST)

thanks Susan O'Fearna 12:06, 29 January 2021 (EST)

Rat Tales

Would you mind double checking the credit for the story on page 39 of Rat Tales? We are currently showing the second author as by his full name (including middle name) with a variant to his 'normal' name. The author is claiming he never used his full name in publication. If you could double check if this is a database error or the author is mistaken, it would be appreciated. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 14:27, 20 June 2021 (EDT)

I'm moving a ton of books around... when Rat Tales pops back up, I'll check it ! Susan O'Fearna 14:42, 20 June 2021 (EDT)

Malefic

Hi Susan. Can you check the essay on page 7 of Malefic? Is it really credited to "Miguelanx Prado" or is it "Miguelanxo Prado". In any case, it should be varianted to Paisajes con Figura. Thanks, --Willem 15:14, 22 November 2021 (EST)

Affiliate links

I've noticed a couple Amazon affiliate links in notes on this one and this one (though there may be more). As far as I understand, we shouldn't be putting in affiliate links in notes. Please do not do that in the future. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 14:34, 9 February 2022 (EST)

This one, too. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 14:41, 9 February 2022 (EST)

Also this one, this one, this one, this one, this one, and this one. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 15:15, 9 February 2022 (EST)

A few more (most are INTERIORART titles from one art book): here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 16:07, 9 February 2022 (EST)

It looks like there may be a few different issues here.

First, I don't think these are affiliate links. An affiliate link looks like "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088CPWBWQ?tag=isfdb-20" where "tag=isfdb-20" tells Amazon who referred the customer to them. The links that Ofearna created don't have a "tag=" component.

Second, as Help:Using Templates and HTML in Note Fields states, we have a special Notes template for linking to Amazon, "ASIN". You can enter {{ASIN|B088CPWBWQ}} in Notes and the software will display the correct matching link automatically. Not only is it easier to enter, but it also ensures that our links to third party Web sites won't become obsolete if and when they change their URL structure -- we'll just need to change the template to reflect the new URLs.

Third, I see that some records like this one say "Available at Amazon". However, if you follow the Amazon link, you'll see that the item is "Currently unavailable". For this reason I would change "Available at Amazon" to something like "See {{ASIN|B088CPWBWQ}} for details". Ahasuerus 16:26, 9 February 2022 (EST)

They did have an older version of affiliate link structure that included "susanofearna" as part of the URL. I've removed it from all of those listed above. I agree about the template use, though, including changing the wording to "See ASIN for details". ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 16:53, 9 February 2022 (EST)

Ah, I see. Thanks for taking care of them. Ahasuerus 18:32, 9 February 2022 (EST)

I wonder if we should do a query that looks at only the notes field for "susanofearna" so we can make sure all of them are removed? I doubt Ofearna would remember all of the ones that got entered. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 18:54, 9 February 2022 (EST)

Looks like I can answer my own question: This search found 32 additional entries. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 18:55, 9 February 2022 (EST)

Let's use the ASIN template when fixing these, please? :) Annie 19:11, 9 February 2022 (EST)

Forest

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?383384; I fixed title to Forest of the Night. --Username 11:34, 13 February 2022 (EST)