User talk:Jlevey

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Bio:Harris Levey
Thanks for your kind welcome, DES. Please note that the bio on Harris Levy that I posted is the same bio that I worked hard in draft form in order to objectify it (ensure no conflict of interest (COI)and begin adding verifications and wiki links, etc. Not sure how to add these links to the article in your ISFDB database, but I will try to look into this and learn on the weekend. Or, if there is a way simply for me to copy and paste my wiki article on "Harris Levey":  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Levey

Please advise. BTW, I had help from two wiki editors before they gave me the green light to upload the bio information onto the wiki mainspace site. So I hope (and believe) that it is acceptable for your wonderful ISFDB site, as is. Of course any further constructive input or advise would be very much appreciated. Also, please note, that the name "Harris Levy" was never his legal name, nor the was it the spelling that he ever signed his artwork with. If possible, please change the primary name to "Harris Levey". Jlevey 03:29, 6 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I did note that the bio was more or less the same as the current wikipedia article. It looks not inappropriate for Wikipedia to me (and i do edit Wikipedia). If there were no Wikipedia article on Mr Levey, it would look reasonably appropriate here. However our ISFDB:Policy says:
 * "'When possible, the ISFDB will use biographies posted on Wikipedia. The ISFDB has a facility for adding a link to the Wikipedia article for each author from the author's database page. When such a biography is not available, a short, neutral, factual article, professional in tone, may be posted to a 'Bio:' page.'"
 * Our Biography guidelines spell out how such biographies are to be written. There is no problem on that score. However, we do not normally host copies of Wikipedia articles about authors unless hter is a specific unusual reason to do so, preferring instead to rely on a link to the Wikipedia article. (That way changes need be made in only one place.) I have updated the database page with his birth and death dates, and a link to the wikipedia article. This is what most users will finf helpful i think. -DES Talk 04:48, 6 August 2010 (UTC)


 * On the subject of the name: we do not seem to have any database records under the name of "Harris Levy". We have exactly one record for "Harris Levey": cover art for Amazing Stories, March 1953. If Mr. Levy did other work in the speculative fiction field (note that we exclude the comics medium, because that is covered by others) please do enter it into our database -- we are always looking for additional (accurate) records that fall within our scope. We try first of all to record credits as they were originally published. Then when the work of the same person has been credited in more than one form, we assign a "canonical name" and link all other names or forms of names to the canonical name (as best as we can be sure who is who). Our intent is that the canonical name is the name by which the author or artist is best known as a creator of SF, paying very little heed to the legal name. Thus "Mark Twain" is canonical, not "Samuel Clemens"; and "Hal Clement" is canonical, not "Harry C. Stubbs". But until there are multiple works with different credits, there is little reason to consider a canonical name beyond the actual credited name. -DES Talk 04:48, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Dear Des (and other knowledgeable ISFDB editors). My apologies for my mis-understanding of what is credible to upload here and what is not. Please feel free to ad or delete, whatever yo see fit. I have other Wiki Editors helping me to make the article on Harris Levey on Wikipedia more credible. They are in the process of uploading other verified links of his artwork. Thanks for your extra efforts and desire to maintain the integrity of this site and related Bios. Jlevey 03:37, 22 August 2010 (UTC)