User talk:Larryp1

Welcome!
Hello,, 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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 * Help:Getting Started
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 * Help:How to upload images to the ISFDB wiki

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. 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 (~&#126;); 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 15:52, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Linking images to records
Thanks for uploading the 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. Mhhutchins 15:59, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Editing verified publications
Hi, and welcome! I accepted your submission adding a cover image to. Looks good. A word about ISFDB community practice: When we make changes to a publication that has a Primary Verifier, we notify the verifier by leaving a note on his or her talk page (the "discussion" tab), or by following any instructions found there. For additions -- such as a cover image -- we notify after the fact; for changes to information that's there, we ask first to confirm that everyone's looking at the same edition/printing. It's a bit of overhead, but it helps prevent mistakes and sometimes leads to some interesting discoveries. In this case, I left a note on Don Erikson's talk page, letting him know about the change. Not a big deal, I just wanted you to be aware of the practice. Thanks, and thank you for contributing. --MartyD 11:30, 5 January 2012 (UTC)