User talk:Markjoseph12555

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Time and Again

Hello, I've rejected your submission for the modification of this publication as the notes are clear about the fact that's it's a hc. I've cloned the book for you instead and made it a tp, the result is here. You can now modify it at leisure (Is the price OK?) and become its Primary Verifier (by the "Verify This Pub" link on the left) which means that the data about this particular publication is confirmed by a physical examination of one copy (which is not the case for the hc). Thanks fof contributing. Hauck 06:44, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Un Lun Dun

Hello, to change the ISBN, you should go at publication level (corresponding to the physical book) by clicking from here on the precise book that you want to update. Then you'll be able to use the "Edit This Pub" link on the left of the screen to modify the ISBN. Hauck 07:46, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

The Southpaw/Southpaw

Hello, I've rejected your submission. In this case, The Southpaw should have been made a variant of Southpaw and kept its initial publication date (the first time when it appeared under this particular title), the note becoming superfluous. I've done this for you. Thanks for spotting this. Hauck 17:06, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

'Tis the Season to Be Jelly

I have rejected your change to 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly. This title appears in multiple verified publications. While we do occasionally have errors, the odds that many people missed this is unlikely. When you said "As in the both the TOC and the story", which particular publication are you referring to? Only that particular publication should be edited to add a new title record of "Tis the Season to Be Jelly" (without single quote) which would be varianted to the original (with single quote). -- JLaTondre (talk) 18:13, 15 January 2018 (EST)

Utopia

I approved your submission of Utopia, but had to make several changes. The publisher was shortened to "Ballantine Books"; the number of pages was shortened to eliminate the [4] in the middle; and the cover image doesn't work and was removed. I'm not sure about the page numbers - what are the Roman numeral pages for? Is there content up front that should be included? Anyhow, I hope you keep learning! Bob 22:19, 22 July 2019 (EDT)

The Shrouded Planet

Publishers using the same ISBN for 2 independent books is nothing new and it had happened before. This specific book with ISBN 0-915442-63-9 (here had been verified by 3 active editors and if you look at the publication itself, this doubled ISBN is already noted. So no books need removing here - it was a publisher mix-up and we had cataloged the books as they had been published.

In the future, when you discover things like that, it will be better to post either in the Community Portal or in the cases where the books are verified, in the editors'pages - moderator notes can get lost in the shuffle.

Thanks for the note and let me know if I can assist further! Annie 17:38, 21 September 2019 (EDT)

Category Phoenix

Thanks for finding the length of this one. In such cases, please add the note as a regular note and not as a moderator note - it belongs with the entry so people know why the type is as is. I copied it over. Thanks! Annie 18:20, 10 November 2019 (EST)

Errata Slip Nubmer Two

Errata Slip Nubmer Two. Typo, or in-joke by the author? The latter I guess, as it appears two times.--Dirk P Broer 07:34, 9 December 2019 (EST)

The Sweeper of Dreams

Hello, I have your submission to change the title type from POEM to SHORTFICTION on hold for the moment. As this proposed change will affect a lot of primary verified publications, and would require a type update for the translated titles as well to match types, could you provide source(s) you've consulted to determine its type had to be changed? Also, in this case it'd be a good idea to reach out to other editors that PV'd the publication this title appeared in to ask if they would agree with this update (Ofearna, willem H. are currently active so you'd have a quick response if you ask them). Thank you! MagicUnk 11:47, 25 February 2020 (EST)

Neil Gaiman himself says this is a poem and if you listen to him read it, it's obvious that it IS a poem in the NGstyle Susan O'Fearna 13:09, 26 February 2020 (EST)
The text looks like a story (in the Dutch edition), but if Neil Gaiman says it's a poem, it's a poem. Unfortunately I can't reach the English edition at the moment, it's hidden behind piles of stuff from redecorating my kitchen and hall. --Willem 14:19, 26 February 2020 (EST)
Though I just checked and he also calls it a story... so I can't decide :) Susan O'Fearna 14:21, 26 February 2020 (EST)
Hmmm, annoying... :) I would then suggest to change the title type to short story, and add explanation that there is some doubt as to whether this is either a short story or a poem, and mentioning that it is read as if it were a poem, but that it looks like a short story and is called a short story by Neil himself. Would that be acceptable? MagicUnk 05:03, 28 February 2020 (EST)

Future Perfect

Hi, I wonder what the copyright page of your anthology says about 'Future Perfect'. The original 1973 title in Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, August 1973 is a short story, at max a mere six pages long, while later editions seem to be 20-34 pages long. I don't have the exact word count for each edition, but there may be two distinct versions around here.--Dirk P Broer 19:27, 15 March 2020 (EDT)

BTW: you can react by clicking 'edit' on the far right of the subject line.--Dirk P Broer 21:15, 17 March 2020 (EDT)
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