User talk:Faustus

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HTML tags

Hello,

When adding notes in html format, make sure that the ul/li tags are properly arranged: I just approved a few of your later submissions and they are all missing the leading ul tag. :) Annie (talk) 16:00, 22 December 2022 (EST)

Hello,

When adding notes in html format, make sure that the ul/li tags are properly arranged: I just approved a few of your later submissions and they are all missing the leading ul tag. :) Annie (talk) 16:00, 22 December 2022 (EST)

To Annie

I'm sorry for all those mistakes. You're probably not used to dealing with someone as bewildered as myself. I didn't know I'd even been adding notes in hmtl format never mind jumbling up the togs whatever they are.

As I don't know my arse from my elbow I am going to knock the entries on the head before an irate mod boots me into touch.

Ps this is a lovely site and the mods and contributors do a very nice job.

All the best from Gaz Faustus (talk) 14:05, 23 December 2022 (EST)

You are doing very well actually - these are normal mistakes when you are not used to the formatting and the way things work around here. You don’t need to use HTML but when an existing note already has html, it may confuse people when adding an extra note. Think of ul tags as brackets - if you open one, it needs to get closed (and if a closing one is there, you need an opening one at the top). The “make me an entry in this tag” li does not need a closing partner. So when you make lists, the tags go ul li li li /ul. If you want to nest lists inside of lists (you had a few of these), they will go ul li li ul li li /ul li /ul for example (with as many li as lines you want). Hope that helps a bit. You also can click edit on a publication where you like the formatting of the notes and copy and change the note from in there. :) Annie (talk) 15:16, 23 December 2022 (EST)

To Annie

Cheers for the ncouragement. You have the patience of a saint. I think I've got an small inkling about some of the stuff I was doing wrong. Having a shufti at the way the experts do it sounds like a good idea. I will print off this page and staple it to the curtains so I can keep an eye on it.

All the best from Gaz Faustus (talk) 22:23, 29 December 2022 (EST)

Dr Faustus: The A- and B- Texts (1604, 1616)

Hello again,

A book of two stories make a collection and not a chapbook unless the second story a bonus short story, poem or short serial installment, but only if the publication's title page lists only the main title and the main title's author(s) (See the help page here. So this one is a collection - both are listed after all :) In addition, when you have a generic title such as introduction, foreword and so on, always add the name of the title it belongs to in brackets. That way when you open someone's page, you won't end up seeing 100 essays called Introduction. I fixed both things in this one - let me know if you have any questions. :) Annie (talk) 16:05, 22 December 2022 (EST)

Mission of Gravity

About your note here: Clone our record and create yours with your ISBN. I think that our record is a faulty mixed up record from Amazon but some more digging needs to be done just in case it is a different printing or something weird like that so just add your book and if you want, once yours is added, add a note in this one explaining the existence of the other record. Annie (talk) 16:10, 22 December 2022 (EST)

The Gunslinger

A few notes about this one:

• We have an import function. Look at the left menu when you have a publication open.
• When adding pages, keep in mind that all of them go in order. In this case you had IX|1 and XIX|2 but also 1 in the stories. The result was that the site orders IX|1 and 1 as duplicates (so either can end up first depending on the default order), then the other of them and then XIX|2. In such cases the easiest way is to use |0.1, |0.2 and so on - this will put them at the top of the list :)

Let me know if you have any questions! Annie (talk) 16:16, 22 December 2022 (EST)

The Fabulous Clipjoint

When you add a page number such as "1|2", people tend to get very confused. So instead, use decimals :) i becomes i|0.1 and then the 1 can stand on its own. See how I did it here. I also fixed the introduction (as mentioned above).

PS: About your note: No need to apologize - people learn things by doing them multiple times :) Annie (talk) 16:20, 22 December 2022 (EST)

Cover Image Uploads

When using the "Upload new cover scan" option from a publication page, the software will automatically add an licensing template pre-populated with the publication information. In this case, you do not need to select a license under the "Licensing" pull down on the upload page (as it creates adds a second, incomplete template that needs to be cleaned up). The "Licensing" pull down only needs to be used when using the upload option from the wiki directly. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 15:11, 15 January 2023 (EST)