User talk:Zlogorek

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Welcome!

Hello, Zlogorek, 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.

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! Mhhutchins|talk 14:13, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Linking uploaded images to the database record

Thanks for uploading cover images to the ISFDB wiki. The next step is to link those images to the records of the books for which these are the covers. As the instructions (step 6) explain:

Once the file has been uploaded, the image's wiki page will appear. In order to get the URL (address) for the image you just uploaded, left click anywhere on the image and copy the URL from your browser's address window. (Or right click on the image and choose "Copy Image Location".) If you're adding a cover image to a pub record, this is the URL which you would enter into the pub record's "Image URL" field.

So once you have the image's URL, go back to the pub record (it's linked on the image's wiki page) and then click the "Edit This Pub" link under the Editing Tools menu. This opens up an edit page. Under the Publication Metadata section, there's a field labeled "Image URL:" Enter the URL of the image you uploaded into this field, and then click on the "Submit Data" button at the bottom of the page. Once the submission has been moderated the cover image will be linked to the publication record. Thanks for contributing.

I have linked this image (which I cropped and resized to get below the 150 KB limit standard) to this publication record for you. Mhhutchins|talk 14:13, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

Der Drache aus dem blauen Ei

Thanks for adding this publication! I have changed the publisher to just 'Ravensburger', which is the canonical name we already had established with other publications and deleted the obsolete ISBN: please enter only one ISBN (after somewhen in the years 2006/2007 only the 13-digit ISBN is valid, and before only the 10-digit one). But thanks again, Stonecreek 07:32, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Non-genre magazines

Because this is a database of speculative fiction, we only enter the spec-fic titles published in non-genre magazines. Please read this help page about the policy and entry standards. Thanks. Mhhutchins|talk 06:42, 16 November 2015 (UTC)

Galaxy, #8

Hello, I've approved your submission for this pub. Please remember that ISFDB etiquette requires you to notify the PVs (primary verifiers listed on the publication page) of the changes you intend to make (the level of notification may depend on their stated preferences). I've done this for you here. Hauck 10:24, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

Image file upload limit

The ISFDB standard is that no image will be more than 600 pixels tall. So I have resized this file down from 700 pixels. Keep this in mind for future uploads. Thanks. Mhhutchins|talk 16:01, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

You also haven't linked the file to the publication record. I'll do that for you. This isn't done automatically and requires the uploader to edit the publication record and add the URL of the image in the proper field. (See the previous message about linking files to records.) I might also point out that there was already a pretty good image of that issue linked to the record. Unless you're replacing a bad cover with a better one, it's best to not go through the effort of scanning, uploading, and linking. Thanks for contributing. Mhhutchins|talk 16:04, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for helping! Old image was from UK version of magazine, Vol 1, No 7, and not consistent with US issue, Vol 1, No 6. My image have correct "Vol 1, No 6" mark. --Zlogorek 21:45, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Joy Ang covers

Hello, I've put your submissions on hold because you didn't give the source of the credits. Can you be more precise? Note that when crediting a cover it's best to put the source in the notes. Thanks. Hauck 15:20, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

Joy Ang is official illustrator of whole "Wings of Fire" series publushed by Scholastic. See e.g. http://wingsoffire.wikia.com/wiki/Joy_Ang Also omnibus Wings of Fire has reptinted images of covers all five books on box, credited by Joy Ang. Thank you! --Zlogorek 21:34, 9 December 2015 (UTC)
I've approved your submissions and added the source of the data.Hauck 12:27, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

Uploading images

Hello, please use the "upload cover scan" at publication level link in order to upload images and not the "upload file" link at wiki level. This will add all the correct metadata to the image and give it a standardized name. See above for the same remark. Thanks. Hauck 06:29, 22 April 2016 (UTC)

Artist credits

Hi. When you add information, such as an artist credit, to an entry that is constructed from secondary information sources (e.g., one of Fixer's data-from-Amazon entries, or something constructed from Locus or WorldCat or other such), and the cited secondary sources do not reflect the information you're adding, be sure to add that information's source to the publication notes as well. Or, if you have the book, remove the references to the secondary sources (or make them more specific, reflecting them as source only for information not present in the book), and do a Primary Verification so that we know the information came from the publication itself. For the Gustavo Marx credits on the various instances of The Selection, I was able to find a credit on the paperback's back cover on Amazon, plus his own taking credit for the cover in an interview. So I accepted your submissions and will adjust the notes to reflect that. If you actually have the book, please adjust further. Thanks! --MartyD 13:04, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

OK, MartyD, I realized my mistake, sorry for the inconvenience. Information source about cover artis is ISFDB site. I just compare http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/titlecovers.cgi?1389118 and verified http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?516961 - all the books have the same cover by Gustavo Marx. Thanks a lot for the help, patience and explanations! --Zlogorek 15:37, 23 April 2016 (UTC)
Same remark for your recent submissions (e.g. for Fahrt ohne Ende), please update the note field of the publication with your sources and not the "Note to moderator" field, data entered there disappear when the submission is approved. Hauck 11:02, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Books you own and Primary Verification

Hi. If you have Hell's Heroes, please consider making yourself primary verifier. Follow the link and choose "Verify This Pub" from the menu at the left. Then click on the button under Verified in the Primary row (for other publications, if Primary is already taken, use one of the other Primary2 - Primary5). If it is a book you have now but will not keep, use "Primary (Transient)" instead. This tells us that a person looked at a copy of the book and also tells us whom we can ask if questions arise about any of the details.

If you do verify a publication, you should also adjust any note that looks like "Data from <secondary source>". If everything in the record is available from the book itself, delete that note entirely. If something in the record is not available in the book, make the note more specific. For example, "No price on book. Price from Amazon.com as of 2016-04-25.".

I am only suggesting this because the detailed notes you provided make it sound like you do have the book. :-) Thanks! --MartyD 11:31, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Author photographs

No file should be uploaded to the ISFDB server without a proper license. These "tags" protect us against claims of copyright infringement. Even if a work is in the public domain, we must tag it with the proper license. Do you know if this photograph or this one are in the public domain or still under copyright protection? If you can provide me with the source of the images I can add the proper license to the files. Otherwise they may have to be deleted from the server. Thanks. Mhhutchins|talk 17:55, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Manfred Schneider's photo was taken from his autobiographical article in EXODUS magazine. Page have mark "Copyright © 2016 EXODUS - »Magazin für Science Fiction Stories & phantastische Grafik«. Alle Rechte vorbehalten." on bottom. I can ask them about image licensing via contact form.
Also Karl Stephan's portrait I found in article about artist from Internet-magazine Zauberspiegel Online. Web-page hasn't any words about copyright. --Zlogorek 18:34, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
I've added a license to Stephan's photograph. Please contact Exodus and ask for permission to host the photograph of Manfred Schneider. Thanks. Mhhutchins|talk 19:16, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

The Third Bumper Book of Ghost Stories

Hello, I've approved your submission for this pub, but please indicate in the notes where the artist credit comes from. Thanks. Hauck 10:27, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Masterful Tales of Fantasy

Hello, I've put your submission on hold. Our etiquette requires you to clear the matter of your proposed modifications with the primary verifier. Thanks. Hauck 09:01, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

OK, I wrote to verifier. Is it correct? --Zlogorek 13:12, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
Great, I've approved the submission. All this may seems unduly complicated but it makes sure that both parties are speaking of the same book. Hauck 15:06, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Alphabet Anthologies

Hello, I've approved your submissions but wondered if you intend to enter the rest of the stories in the future (there's only the first ones). Is it the case? Note that, as per dimensions given by amazon, the books are tps. Hauck 09:15, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

I've rejected the last one, 2017 is way to far in the future for us to include this book (we usually set the limit at 90 days). Hauck 09:18, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Similar titles

Hello, in this pub there are two stories that are titled M, perhaps one of them should be N. Thanks for having a look. Hauck 16:33, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Oh, my misprinting. Thanks, I fixed title to "N". --Zlogorek 16:37, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
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