User talk:DarkMatter42

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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.

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Computers, Computers, Computers
Hi, and welcome. Thanks for adding the page numbers to. Is it safe to assume you have the book? In such cases, if you find an entry that says "Data from Locus" or "Data from Amazon" or data from any other secondary source, you can delete the note or adjust its scope (e.g., suppose the book has no publication date in it, but Locus or Amazon provides one, you might then change the note to "Publication date from Locus"). Please do consider making yourself a Verifier if you do have the book -- just visit the link above and pick "Verify This Pub" from the menu at the left. Thanks, and thanks for contributing. --MartyD 23:24, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Image linking
I had to reject your submission to add a link to the image hosting service Imageshack. Currently that website is not among those that have given us permission to deep-link to their images. Here is a list of those who have. You can always upload the image to our server by clicking the link "Upload cover scan" on the publication record, and then following the directions. After uploading the image you'll have to update the record to link it to the image. (Further instructions are here. Mhhutchins 15:33, 29 September 2012 (UTC)


 * I accepted the submission to add a link to the record from the image you uploaded to the ISFDB server. Unfortunately you didn't follow the instructions, so there is no license tag to the image, and there is no link from the image to the publication record. The file name also doesn't match the publication's tagged name. All of this would have been done automatically if you'd only used the link "Upload cover scan" on the publication record. I'll do what I can do make corrections in the image file. If you have any questions about our procedures please post a message at the Help Desk. Thanks. Mhhutchins 03:09, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

The Apex Book of World SF
Expanded the notes & added cover scan for. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 15:41, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Linking images to publication records
As I explained above, uploading cover images doesn't automatically link the file to the publication. That must be done manually. I have done that for you here. I may have missed some, so please go back to the books and see if the images have been linked to the publication records. Thanks. Mhhutchins 20:58, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

Computers, Compouters, Computers
Added better cover scan, notes and LCCN/OCLC links to Computers, Compouters, Computers.SFJuggler 04:15, 29 October 2013 (UTC)


 * More importantly, you changed the title field. Please see the message I left on your page. Mhhutchins 04:28, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Amazing Stories: 60 Years of the Best Science Fiction
Added the OCLC and the LCCN links to Amazing Stories: 60 Years of the Best Science Fiction, when they are accepted. MLB 20:13, 20 December 2013 (UTC)