User talk:Paul Fraser

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Hello, Paul Fraser, 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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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! Hauck 19:34, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1940

Hello, I've approved your submission for this magazine. Please note that ISFDB etiquette requires you to notify the primary verifier(s) of the modifications on the publications they own. Such data may interest them or they may not agree with you. I've done this for you here. If you own the publication, please think of becoming yourself another PV. Thanks for contributing. Hauck 19:42, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I made another suggested change before I knew about contacting the people concerned: will do so in the future. Paul Fraser

Something Else#1

Please ignore change to Soemthing Else#1, finger trouble.

Something Else #1, second attempt

Mods: second attempt correct. Sorry, couldn't work out how to add art and non-fiction so added to notes to moderator. Regards, Paul Fraser

Sub approved. For the interior art, you'll have to use the "Add Title" button (after "Edit This Pub") and enter each piece of interior art separately (page#, title=the title of the work illustrated,date will be put by default, type = INTERIORART, no length, artist), I've done this for the Harrison art. For the nonfiction, same procedure, enter each piece as titled (not the contents, though), as an example, I've entered the editorial (note type=ESSAY and disambiguation). Perhaps that a note should be entered for the Moorcock piece at title level to avoid confusion with the novel, ditto for Harrison's (here just for information's sake). The Aldiss short stories are to be entered exactly as on title page (your title seems to come from The Locus Index), can you confirm what you entered? After this, we'll have either to merge them (if the titles already exist) or variant them.

You can see the #2 issue here. If you own a copy, please think of becoming its PV. Hauck 15:17, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Startling Stories, May 1951

Hello, I've put your submission on hold as I want to make sure that I understand what you're wanting to do (or wanting us to do for you). Do you mean that (as per the lettercol in a later issue) the artist for The Seed of Space is Stevens? Thanks. Hauck 10:32, 28 June 2017 (EDT)

Hi, My intent was to change the note, as I wasn't sure what the threshold for attribution was. If you think this is sufficient in terms of evidence, then changing the artist for the story would be in order.

Even if the latter option is taken, I would suggest leaving the note in as evidence, which I'm sure you would do anyway. Thank you, Paul Fraser

And the answer to your question is yes: Stevens artist for SOS.

Just to be sure, about which "stevens" are we talking about? (this one?). Hauck 15:16, 28 June 2017 (EDT)

Yes. Since your comment I have compared the artwork with known examples of the artist's work (a couple of issues of FFM are all illustrated by him) and am sure it is this artist. Is that enough evidence to go forward with adding an attribution? Should I do this or will you? I have also managed to identify some of this artist's other work--in one magazine, one of the three artists is identified and the other two, one of which is Stevens, have quite dissimilar styles--is it acceptable to change the attribution in the magazines concerned if I explain the deduction process in the notes? Thanks for your time in sorting this.