User talk:BigFatWookie

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Andromeda Spaceways #45
I accepted the submission adding this issue of the magazine, but had to make changes based on the ISFDB standards (there are links in the section above to our help pages which explain our entry standards.) The number of the issue was placed in the title field (usually this is the month of the issue for most magazines.) The binding was changed to "tp" which stands for trade paperback, which is as close to the description you gave that fall within our accepted bindings. The ISSN was removed from the ISBN field (another sort of number entirely) and placed into the Notes field. The dates of the stories are assumed to be the same as that of the issue, unless they were previously printed. I changed all the dates to 2010. Only the first page of a piece's appearance is given in the page number field. Please look it over and submit any changes in an update of the record. Thanks for contributing. Mhhutchins 00:59, 8 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I got your message about the dates of the issue and will correct it. It's better to leave comments or questions here on the ISFDB Wiki pages, and not on the pub records themselves.  You should respond here to any questions that are left on your talk page, or you can initiate questions at the Help Desk or the Moderator Noticeboard. Thanks.


 * Now, about the date of #45. If the print version was released in May, what are the dates (both print and pdf) of #44?  Should the date for that issue be corrected, or did it appear after #45? Mhhutchins 02:05, 8 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Can you give me a source for the May 2010 date of the print issue? You can update the record giving the source in the Note field (not in the Note to Moderator field, which does not become part of the record.) Thanks. Mhhutchins 02:08, 8 June 2011 (UTC)


 * 2010 was a bit of a mess. Nominally, #44 was to have been February and #45 to have been April. #42 and #43 were pushed back to January and April respectively, while #44 was greatly delayed. In the end, #45 was released in May but held back for a joint mail-out with #44 late in June. #45 is therefore nominally April, listed in the Editorial as Autumn (southern hemisphere), and received by subscribers in June/July (although contributors received it earlier). #44 is nominally February, was released after #45 but received by subscribers at the same time. The .pdf downloads of issues #42 to #45 were staggered to give each approximately 1 month online, although I don't recall the exact dates. I'm afraid I don't have documentation for any of this, except that it was a cause of much frustration at the time!


 * My apologies, also, in that I've left some information out of the contents. (Editorial, internal illustrations.) I shall go and update this. BigFatWookie 03:16, 8 June 2011 (UTC)


 * I've accepted the update and change the title of the editorial. We have to disambiguate such generic titles by appending the name of the publication parenthetically. Mhhutchins 04:52, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

A Thousand Faces
Submission adding this pub was accepted, but some changes were made, and a few more are needed. The issue number and date were added to the title field, and it was linked to the cover image on Amazon. You also need to give the publisher name. I'm assuming you have a copy of this issue as well as Andromeda #45 above. You should do a primary verification of each record if you do have a copy. If you don't, you should record in the note field the source of your data. Also, please consider adding the remaining contents of A Thousand Faces if they're spec-fic. If not, you should note that only the spec-fic content has been recorded in the record. Thanks. Mhhutchins 02:30, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Dates on the ISFDB
The standard format for all dates is YYYY-MM-DD. If you don't use this format (for instance in the update to this record), the dates will default to 0000-00-00, which means an unknown date of publication. Thanks. Mhhutchins 04:54, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Sourcing your data
It is very important that you give the source for your data if you don't have the publication in hand. This source should be stated in the Note field of the record. If you have the pub, then you should do a Primary Verification ("Verify This Pub" link under the Editing Tools menu). This lets us know that you have the pub and are willing to answer any inquiries about it. Thanks. Mhhutchins 04:58, 8 June 2011 (UTC)