User talk:AliHarlow

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The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton
Unfortunately, I had to reject your new publication request. Due to how the ISFDB software works, this would have created a bunch of duplicate records (one for the publication and one for each story in the publication). The "Add New ..." links are for adding publications that don't already exist in the database. Instead, when entering a new publication of an existing record, you should select an existing publication and use the "Clone This Pub" option instead (see Help:Screen:ClonePub). I have gone ahead and done the cloning based on the information in your proposed edit. The new publication can be found. Please check it, make any necessary edits, and then verify it.
 * Thanks; looks good except that the title page has Arm rather than ARM. Confusingly, that is followed by a table of contents and then a secondary title page which uses ARM. Let me know if I should make that edit and I'll verify it either way. AliHarlow 15:01, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * We enter it as specified on the primary title page. So if it's "Arm" there, than the publication title should be changed (please add a note stating the title page uses "Arm" in the notes section to eliminate future questions). However, don't change the title record as most publications use "ARM". We don't variant titles based on case so it's fine if the title record and publication record have different cases. -- JLaTondre (talk) 15:11, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

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Your recent submissions
Hello, I've approved your recent submissions (for Niven & Emerson). As your comments seem to indicate that you own the books, please consider the idea to become primary verifier (PV) for them. It will just indicate to future users of the database that at last one contributor (you in this case) has the book and can vouch for the data. You can do this by clicking on the "Verify This Pub" link under the "Editing Tools" menu. Hauck 17:01, 26 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I'm doing that now. I understood that I should wait for pending edits to be approved before doing so.
 * In fact, no. The change of verification status is not moderated. Thanks. Hauck 17:35, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Robert Jordan submissions
Hello, thanks for adding some new printings! I'd just like to mention that we don't credit arists of back cover art in the artist's field, it's really only for the cover art, so I have dropped the second artist (which you gave in addition as Daryl K. Sweet). If you want to enclose this art this would be to subsumed as interior art: bc (for back cover) would be the right page denomination.


 * Thanks.

I have put the 2003 submission for Crossroads of Twilight on hold. Is there any statement of year, month or printing on the copyright page? It does look very much like this publication. Thanks for checking, Stonecreek 14:40, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Copyright page says:
 * An Orbit Book
 * First published in Great Britain by Orbit 2003
 * This edition published in 2003
 * Copyright © 2003 by The Bandersnatch Group, Inc
 * Copyright © 2003 by The Bandersnatch Group, Inc
 * Copyright © 2003 by The Bandersnatch Group, Inc


 * I would assume your suggestion is a later reprint since it's dated 2004, but I could be wrong. --AliHarlow 19:50, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Thank you, I'll approve your submission (adding your notes) and see if I can find something more on the publication date. Stonecreek 20:56, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * According to Amazon.co.uk, this paperback edition was first published 2003-11-06. You can use this as the date of the publication as long as you note the source in the record. This will place it correctly among the other editions. Hope this helps. Mhhutchins 21:44, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I also have found a source (even more reliable than Amazon) and updated the publication to November 2003 with an accompanying note. Stonecreek 04:23, 28 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks. --AliHarlow 08:35, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

The Saliva Tree by Aldiss
Your submission to add a new publication of this title is very similar to this one. The only difference seems to be the title. I will leave a message on the primary verifier of that record to join this discussion to determine if the title given in the current record is correct or not. I will hold your submission pending the results of this discussion. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Mhhutchins 21:59, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Other differences: Cover Art, catalogue number (#10839 vs. #10898), New Zealand price ($0.65 vs. $0.75)--AliHarlow 22:06, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * I had originally linked to the wrong record. Check the link again. Also, the OCLC record you link in the submission is for the 1971 printing, but that can be corrected if we determine yours is a unique edition. Mhhutchins 22:09, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Yes, I see. Certainly looks identical. Thanks. --AliHarlow 22:19, 27 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Indeed the two are the same edition. Please move your PV to the old one and I'll delete the duplicate record. My head hurts a lot right now and I think I didn't make myself very clear in answering Michael's query. I added a similar note re the presence/non-presence of Strange on the two title pages. --~ Bill, Bluesman 04:48, 28 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Done. Many thanks. --AliHarlow 08:35, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Enchanters' End Game
I removed the publication date from this record as the printing on the number line (and the price) would indicate a printing much later than 1985. When a date isn't given, and there is no secondary source, enter 0000-00-00 into the date field which will be displayed as "date unknown". Thanks. Mhhutchins 23:05, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Castle of Wizardry
I'm holding your submission to add a third printing for this title. Though, because of it, I was able to determine that this record was incorrectly priced. It has since been corrected. If that record matches your copy, please do a primary verification of it and cancel the submission. If it doesn't match, let me know and I'll accept the submission. Thanks again. Mhhutchins 15:41, 28 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks; it does indeed now match. --AliHarlow 20:12, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

The White Plague
Re this record: if you do a primary verification of a publication record, remove any previous note of the source that doesn't apply. So if any of the data is from Locus1, then change the note to indicate which data is secondary-sourced. If none, then remove the note entirely. Thanks. (BTW, you're doing a great job. Keep up the good work.) Mhhutchins 21:38, 28 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Done. --AliHarlow 21:53, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

The Runes of Earth
I accepted the submission adding this record, and deleted the non-verified record that was identical except for the author credit. Because the author credit was different, I had to unmerge it from the original title and re-merge it with the one that credits without the middle initial. I also did the same for the first UK hardcover edition which was mistakenly entered with the middle initial. Mhhutchins 00:01, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Many thanks. --AliHarlow 00:03, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


 * BTW, you can use the Amazon.co.uk publication date of 2005-10-03, which will place the record among the other publications. (That was th date of the original record which I deleted.) Mhhutchins 00:08, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Done. --AliHarlow 00:12, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

The Gap Into Power
Re this record: shouldn't this be the 2nd printing based on the number line? Mhhutchins 00:11, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Umm. Yes! --AliHarlow 00:16, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

"After the Gap: Reflections on Storytelling"
Re this record: what was the source for publication date? The first publication we have of it is for the August 1999 reprint. Thanks for checking. Mhhutchins 00:39, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Copyright page of states: New foreword copyright © Stephen R. Donaldson 1997 and the essay itself is signed off "February 1997". Plus, of course, although  is an undated reprint, we do know it's a reprint of an 1997 edition. --AliHarlow 01:10, 29 January 2014 (UTC)


 * We don't use either the copyright date or the writing date as the date of the title. A record is dated by its first publication. I'll update the record to show the writing and copyright date, but change the title date to 1999. If an earlier publication shows up, we can always change it. Thanks. Mhhutchins 01:25, 29 January 2014 (UTC)