User talk:Ofearna/Archive08

Meljean Brook

I've had to reject your submission to add the legal name "Melissa Khan" to author Meljean Brook, as it's in the wrong format: it needs to be "Lastname, Firstname, Middlenames". See the Author Data Help page under Legal Name. Also, what's the source for this actually being her legal name? An online search brings up several "aka. Melissa Khan" references, but I couldn't find one that indicates that it's actually her legal name. Thanks. PeteYoung 02:15, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Bloody Vampires

I removed the links to the publisher's website and Facebook page from this publication record. Such links are not publication-specific and should not be included in pub records. You can add links to the publisher's data page. BTW, I noticed you changed the editor from Bobby Nayyar to Charlotte Judet. How is the editor credited in the book? Mhhutchins 20:57, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

When I got my hardcopy of the book back it does have a copyright page at the back that is not included in the nook-book and it lists the editor as Charlotte Judet ... I added all the notes from that page to the tp version of the anthology. ThanksOfearna 21:35, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

If she's not credited on the title page, please update the record to note where and how she's credited in the book. Thanks. Mhhutchins 22:14, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Interiorart credit for Bloody Vampires

You want to add another credit as a co-artist to this record, but the note mentions nothing about Nikola Kapetanovic, just Shantell Martin. Mhhutchins 18:11, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

There are 3 images at the back of the book (Shanell Martin did the per-story illos) - 1 from (I'm guesing) each of the three artists. There's no telling which of them are by Nikola or if one of them is by Ginny, but the book specifically states that there are three artists and ten authors... Ofearna 18:48, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

You should create separate interiorart records for each artist, otherwise the single record would appear to be for collaborative works of art. I'll reject the submission. Thanks. Mhhutchins 19:36, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

The Children of the Company

I'm holding submissions to make drastic changes to both the title record and a publication record of this title. It is ISFDB policy that such changes be discussed with the primary verifiers before making a submission to do so. You'll see that there are two primary verifiers, only one of which you notified, but one who is no longer active. The notice at the top of his talk page advises you to leave a message on the Moderator noticeboard or on the talk page of the other primary verifier(s).

Now to the submissions: the author's official bibliography considers this a novel, not a collection. The copyright page of the book, as shown in the Amazon Look-Inside, states "Portions of this novel were first published in earlier versions". This implies that it is a "fix-up" novel, and not a story collection. We do not add content records for the short fiction which was used to "fix-up" the novel. You can add those titles to the note field of the novel's title record. For example, Robert Silverberg's The World Inside. Mhhutchins 18:25, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

I'll check, but if I remember it was the short stories joined with connecting chapters written to tie them into a contiguous story-line, kinda like the Blood of Ten Chiefs, but the stories are unchanged from their original version. Ofearna 19:56, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

So the copyright page is mistaken and these stories were not revised in this novelization? I'll leave that to you and the other verifiers. You'll need to discuss this with Hauck who verified this editon (which he calls a fix-up), and Teddybear who verified the record you want to change. Just keep in mind, that the addition of new material and revisions of the original stories would very likely make this a fix-up and not a collection. But that's up to the three of you to decide. BTW, is there a table of contents? The Amazon Look-Inside doesn't show one. It does show page (9?) with a section title "One" over "1863", and page 12 with a chapter title "Man of Shadows", which doesn't appear to be a previously published story. And "Son Observe the Time", the first source story listed on the copyright page, doesn't start until page 159. Are any of the other stories published as separate stories within the "novel"? I wasn't able to find any more using the Look-Inside feature. Mhhutchins 21:12, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

I'll hold the submissions for another day or so until you've had a chance to contact the primary verifiers. Otherwise, I'll have to reject them. Mhhutchins 16:23, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

Submissions have been rejected. Feel free to discuss this with the primary verifiers to determine whether the title should be converted from novel to collection. Mhhutchins 04:56, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

"Introduction (Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 3: Spring 1989)"

Please re-check the year given in the note field of this record. Mhhutchins 18:27, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

HeeHee typo. Fixed. Ofearna 19:57, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

More problems with Bloody Vampires

Check the dates of the interiorart records. One is dated 2011-04-01, 14 months after publication, and another is dated 2001-04-01, ten years before publication. Mhhutchins 20:27, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Same situation with all of the stories in this record, which are dated 14 months after the book was published. Mhhutchins 20:28, 10 October 2012 (UTC)