User talk:Ronaldo

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Welcome!

Hello, Ronaldo, and welcome to the ISFDB Wiki! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will insert your name and the date. If you need help, check out the community portal, or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! MagicUnk (talk) 15:20, 9 December 2022 (EST)

Roman Sander

Hello,

Can you share your sources for this update? Thanks and welcome again! Annie (talk) 13:11, 20 December 2022 (EST)

With no response and no source (and I cannot confirm it online), I had to reject the edit. If you come back and provide a source, I will be happy to unreject and approve - we only add information which is publicly available. Thanks! Annie (talk) 12:44, 5 January 2023 (EST)
Hello, Ronald! From the information I collected on the anthology Kontakte by extracting the memory of one of the contributors (i.e. Michael Iwoleit) it seems that at least this one was co-edited by you: he remembered passing his novella over to you; but it's also possible that you have collected some pieces and gave them to Uwe Luserke. In the first case, we would treat 'Roman Sander' as a joined pseudonym for Uwe Luserke and you, somewhat analogous to H. P. Howard. Christian Stonecreek (talk) 08:38, 13 February 2024 (EST)

Die Stadt am Ende der Welt

Hello. First of all, apologies for the long delay in getting your submission approved. In addition, I have a couple of questions/comments:

  • author and artist names are standardized - there's (almost) always a space between initials. Hence, not R.S. Lonati, but R. S. Lonati --> best to always search on (a part of) the name to see if it already exists in the DB. Additionally, I've updated to Rudolf Sieber-Lonati, as that's how it's written on the copyright page (Amazon's LookInside)
  • Providing a source for the data you're entering is mandatory. Use the Notes field for that. Any additional info as to why you are modifying/adding data can go in the Note to Moderators field. Providing that info makes it much easier for the moderators to review and approve (or reject) your submission(s). As you've noticed, not providing that info causes huuuuge delays of the approval of your submission... I checked Amazon DE to confirm your entry is, in fact, accurate :)
  • We have approval from Amazon to directly link to the cover images they're hosting. I've done that for you.
  • Format: I couldn't find a paperback version of this publication anywhere (not even on the publisher's website), so I updated the format to ebook, and moved info on no of pages to the notes field. By the way, anything larger than 18 cm is tp (and not pb) - see the rules for details. If there's a paperback edition, clone the ebook pub record, update fields as needed, and submit.
  • Should not be title series, but publication series. Blitz Terra Science Fiction already exists in the DB, so I've updated the pub record to read just that (and removed it from the title record)
  • Price: also no idea where you got that, so removed that as well. Again, submit an edit if you have a source.
  • Also added date (day, month) and ISBN from Amazon DE

As a final note, do read through the material provided in the welcome message above. It's a good starting point to get to understand the rules the ISFDB abides by. Also, do not hesitate to ask questions over at the help desk or community portal. regards, MagicUnk (talk) 12:03, 5 January 2023 (EST)

Michael Schenck

Hi again. Can you provide source for this edit that I've put on hold? Thanks, MagicUnk (talk) 12:12, 5 January 2023 (EST)

I've not received a response, hence rejecting your submission. If you happen to have the source of your edit, do not hesitate to reach out to me on my talk page, or over at the moderator's noticeboard. We can then resurrect your submission. Regards, MagicUnk (talk) 14:29, 23 February 2023 (EST)

Zukunftsgeschichten ?

A question about this change: Is the author credited in the book or do you rely on a secondary source for the attribution. Depending on that, we handle the update differently. Annie (talk) 12:40, 8 February 2024 (EST)

There is no credit for the editor inside the book. Secondary sources almost all give "uncredited" as the publisher. Only one source gives Hahn and another source mentions Alpers as the editor. Ronald M. Hahn can be regarded as a credible source. Rudolf Rudam (talk) 09:07, 12 February 2024 (EST)
Thanks for checking the book, Rudolf! Then I will reject the change and instead create a parent record as is our policy for cases without direct credit inside of the publication. The result can be seen here. Annie (talk) 11:19, 12 February 2024 (EST)

Hi, Fellers: I (Ronaldo) am Ronald M. Hahn. And I really am a "credible source". But I'm a bit stupid when it comes to expressing myself in a foreign language. I understand everything, but I can't say everything.

That's ok - for a lot of us (including me), English is not our native language and we work around that. If it is easier sometimes to answer that way, please answer in German (partially or completely) - we have a few native speakers among the editors that can translate if needed, my German is rusty but there and if all fails and we are all on vacation or something, Google translate for German->English is not so bad (Well... with some reservations). We can work with you and assist - we want the information you have). :)
The problem here was not that I did not believe you but that we handle this in a different way based on where the credit comes from - the book itself (the only primary source) or a secondary source. Once that was clarified, I did the edit the way we record it - in this case the book remains uncredited BUT the title is varianted so it will show up in your bibliography. I think that you designed the [] syntax based on how you saw it on other pages - but it is a visualization of what I did. In case you want to submit something like that on your own for another anthology, instead of "Edit", use "Make Variant" and then in Option 2 on the screen, add your name as an author. You can also see the history of this specific title - and see how I made it. Hope that makes sense. Annie (talk) 12:51, 13 February 2024 (EST)

Updates

Since you are 75 the author photo in your ISFDB record is clearly quite old (and black-and-white) so would you upload a current color one if possible? Also, what does your middle initial stand for? --Username (talk) 09:14, 13 February 2024 (EST)

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