User talk:PaulLev

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Welcome!

Hello, PaulLev, 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:

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.

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The Protected

Was this really first published in "Silicon Dreams" rather than "Bestseller: Wired, Analog, and Digital Writings"? BLongley 12:38, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

"The Protected" was not published in "Bestseller" PaulLev 21:24, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
Then this OCLC record must be wrong? If so, you should correct the ISFDB record, using the "Remove Titles from This Pub" function under the Editing Tools menu. Also, when you get a chance, please use the "Edit This Pub" function to add page numbers to the contents. Thanks for contributing. Mhhutchins 03:31, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Apologies - "The Protected" was indeed first published in "Bestseller" - my memory played tricks on me :) PaulLev 00:03, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

May the Ferryman Take You

I accepted your publication addition, but made some changes to match ISFDB standards:

  • Title: I removed the series information in parenthesis.
  • Editor: I added David Sobkowiak as an editor per Amazon look-inside
  • Publisher: Filled in the publisher as Amazon Digital Services
  • Cover Artist: I added Scott Pond as an editor per Amazon look-inside
  • Cover Image: I changed the cover image link to Amazon as we can only use sites from which we have received permission to link image from (see ISFDB:Image linking permissions).
  • Contents: I filled in what contents I could from Amazon look-inside. Please complete the remaining stories.
  • Websites: Websites are for links specific to the book. Bookseller links are not included (they are provided automatically by the software via the left menu on the publication listing).

We do appreciate your submission. ISFDB has some conventions that need learning, but everything should be in the help links in the welcome message above. We hope you will continue to contribute. And please let us know if you have any questions (ISFDB:Help desk is a good resource for asking). -- JLaTondre (talk) 23:21, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for all of this - I'll take care of adding any needed stories in the next few days. PaulLev 23:41, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Speculative Valentine Drabble 2015

I've accepted the submission adding this publication to the database, but had to make several changes for it to comply to ISFDB standards. I added the ISBN, publication date and cover image from Amazon. Do not link an ISFDB record to a file on another website unless they have given us permission to do so. Also, please consider adding the other contents. A record that only has a single content should not be primary verified, since it is an incomplete record. Thanks for contributing. Mhhutchins 16:39, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

The Other Car

Thanks for adding this chapbook! Alas, I had to remove the link to the cover image, as we don't have permission to link to this site. Stonecreek 09:43, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Sci Phi Journal, #4 March 2015

I imported some more fiction from a doubled entry. Are there any more items, for example essays or interior art? Stonecreek 04:28, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Little Differences, Late Lessons, and Last Calls

Please remove Little Differences and Late Lessons from the Chapbook list - those are duplicate listings of the two novelettes, first published in Analog in the 1990s.

Please add Last Calls to the Jeff Harris (short fiction, beginning with Loose Ends) series first published in Analog. Last Calls is the conclusion (4th and final story) in this Jeff Harris series. It was published as a chapbook, and not in Analog. The publication date is October, 2015. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by PaulLev (talk • contribs) .

This should have been posted at the ISFDB:Help desk. This page is for other users to leave you messages, not the other way around. Also, it would really help if you provide links to the records that need to be fixed. Mhhutchins|talk 04:06, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
Now to your concerns: Little Differences and Late Lessons are standalone publications of the previously published stories, so they are correctly typed as CHAPBOOK per ISFDB standards.
As for adding a record for "Late Calls", you have the ability to add a publication record for this story yourself, being an ISFDB editor. If you're not sure how to do it, you can ask for assistance at the ISFDB:Help desk. I will do some research to find the data that's needed to create a record, but that shouldn't be something you'd expect other editors to do without requesting it at the Help desk. Mhhutchins|talk 04:15, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

untitled / Remembering David Hartwell

Hello, I've put your submission to change the title of this essay on hold. As the publication is Primary Verified (someone declares to own a physical copy) and you're intending to change data, please check the matter beforehand with Ron. Thanks. Hauck 01:44, 8 July 2017 (EDT)

Hi. I'm assuming that you are the author of that essay which is why you'd like to change the title. However I've recommended that Hervé reject your edit. One of our policies is to reflect the title exactly as it appears in the publication and in this case the essay appears without a title, as do several others in that issue of NYRSF. However, what I think we can do is create a variant/parent title relationship that will show the intended title of essay, but also maintain that it appeared in that issue without a title. I can walk you through that edit, or I can do it for you if you'd like. How does that sound? --Ron ~ RtraceTalk 07:50, 8 July 2017 (EDT)
I've rejected the submission. Note that I'm not thrilled by the introduction of "intended" titles as it may open the "working title", "author's prefered title", "submitted title", etc... can of worms. let's stick to what's on publication. The intended title can go in the notes. Hauck 12:54, 8 July 2017 (EDT)
Ok, no problem on my end. It just seemed to me that something be should indicated in the listing to give the reader a little more info about what the untitled essay is about PaulLev 15:34, 9 July 2017 (EDT)

SciPhi Jouirnal

I made a few changes to your verified publication [SciPhi Journal #4]: added reviews, removed the ISBN (which was for the print edition), and made the page numbers "invisible" by putting | in front of them (since an ebook doesn't have numbered pages, but the no's are still useful for keeping things in the right order). --Vasha (cazadora de tildes) 12:59, 27 June 2018 (EDT)

Amazing Stories

Hello, I am sorry to inform you that I had to reject your submission, since it was empty and really was for the container title. We are a publication-based site, so there has to be a single issue entered first (with all the information needed for it). But thanks for the info on the revival of the magazine! Stonecreek 03:12, 4 May 2019 (EDT)

Thanks for the feedback. I've submitted this new issue of Amazing Stories again, with more information (names of stories, with authors, pages, etc). PaulLev 13:13, 7 May 2019 (EDT)

Amazing Stories, Spring 2019

I approved your submission of the latest Amazing Stories, but magazines never have an odd number of pages. Page count for magazines always includes the covers; if the covers are not numbered, the notes should say so, and add 4 to the number of pages with numbers. Bob 18:55, 7 May 2019 (EDT)

Done! Thanks! PaulLev 22:14, 7 May 2019 (EDT)
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