User talk:TmTu

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:
 * Help pages
 * What the ISFDB Wiki is for
 * ISFDB FAQ
 * Help:Screen:EditPub - Warning and a note on how to update a publication's contents
 * Wiki editing help - Tips on how to use the wiki-specific features when editing wiki pages.

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! -DES Talk 23:11, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Untouched by Human Hands
You attempted to edit to add page numbers. Unfortunately, you did so by overwriting the existing titles of the content records. This affects all occurrences of the database records for those stories, and would have the effect of changing the entry for "Cost of Living" (for example) so that it had the title "Monsters" in every apperence. Please see Help:Screen:EditPub for more information on this issue. i am going to reject your submisison, since it would create errors in the database, but I will use the information you submitted first to insert page numbers.

Thank you for your contribution and i hope you return often. -DES Talk 23:18, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

I have now made the entry changing the page numbers, Please visit to see if it now matches your copy. I note that you apparently wanted to change "Shape" to "Keep Your Shape". "Keep Your Shape" is already recorded as a variant of "Shape", and if the story is so titled in your publication we can make the proper adjustment to record that fact. See Help: How to record a variant title for more on this situation.

Please do let me know if your publication says "Keep Your Shape" as the title of this story.

Also, when the record exactly matches your copy, you can verify it. This marks for othres that the record has been checked by you against a physical copy and confirmed correct. See Help: How to verify data for more information

I hope this is helpful. -DES Talk 23:29, 9 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I have dealt with "Keep Your Shape". If you look at the record for "Shape", you will see it is a k nown variant title. I added a new record for "Keep Your Shape", removed the record for "Shape" and merged the new record for "Keep Your Shape" with the existing record 187267. This multi-step process is somewhat tedious for a non-moderator to do. Please visit to see if it now matches your copy, and verify it if appropriate. Again thank you. -DES Talk 15:18, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Shock!
Your edit to has much the same problems as your first edit. I have it on hold and will deal with it later. -DES Talk 23:33, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I have entered the data from the pub of that you edited, and I am about to reject your edit. Please visit  and check if t now matches your pub, and if it does, please do verify it. Again, Thanks for your contributions. -DES Talk 15:03, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Thank you DESiegel60
I sincerely thank you, DESiegel60, for your warm welcome and your precious advices. I will certainly stay and I am enjoying editing a lot.

As for your question, the title of the story as appeared in the collection I have is exactly "Keep Your Shape".

I am so sorry about the mistakes and the inconveniences I caused. Thank you again. TmTu 09:06, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem. You are very welcome. I hope you stay around and keep making contributions. We'll get "Keep Your Shape". in shape. You should have seen some of the mistakes I made when i first stated editing here. Glad you found the wiki. There is lots to do. -DES Talk 13:29, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

The Robert Sheckley Omnibus
Hi,Is Robert Conquest credited as editor on this pub.(cover or title page)? Thanks! One other thing, when you want to add page numbers just click "Edit this pub" and fill in the page numbers. The system will sort automatically. By adding new content and then using the remove title key means I have to remerge the new records with the page numbers. You would use this method to make a correction of a title that is wrong by adding the correct title then removing the incorrect title but what ever you do don't change an authors name or title just add the page numbers. If you have any questions you can leave them here or on the "Help" page. Thanks!Kraang 01:12, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I am sorry for causing problems (again). Please forgive me. I tried to read the instructions but I usually got confused. Thank you a lot for the suggestions. As for your question, it is Robert Conquest who is credited as editor of the omnibus. His name figures in the title page.TmTu 21:18, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * No need to be sorry, there's aways a learning curve for new editors. Thanks!Kraang 23:37, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

The Other
You recently submitted, and I approved a new publication: by. I have a procedural note about this.

We already had a title record that covered several other printings of this book. In such a case it is better to do a search on the title, or the author, and find the title record. Check whether the publication you have is already recorded. If not, Then you can click on "Add a publication to this title" and your new publication is automatically placed under the proper title record. If we already have a record for the same publication, you can simply edit that to add any missing information and correct any incorrect information. If you simply use "New novel" then an entirely new title record as well as a new publication record will be created, and then the two title records will have to be merged. i have already done the merge in this case (See Help: How to merge titles and Help: How to clone a publication for more information.)

The ISFDB is a very complex system that is not as well documented as we could wish. (All the help was written by volunteers just like you and me.) Don't worry that some of the subtleties take time to master. You are getting data recorded and publications verified, and that is the important thing. Thank you for contributing. -DES Talk 23:46, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Ramsay vs Ramsey
Hi, could you double check how Ramsey Campbell's name is spelled here http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THDRKCNTRH1988 Cheers Jonschaper 00:24, 21 September 2009 (UTC)