User talk:Wcouvillier

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Abaculus 2007

Hello, I'm sorry to have to reject your submission. It would have created a new record for an-already existing one here. As it seems that you intend to add the contents, just go at publication page the same one and use the Edit This Pub link on the left. This will allow you to enter the contents. Note that we regularize the names of the authors with a space between initials so "W.D. Wilcox" (that would create a "new" author) will have to be entered as "W. D. Wilcox" which is already known to us. Thanks for contributing. Hauck 08:53, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Volume 1, 2009-2011

Hello, I've approved your submission but had to make some changes to conform to our standards:

• Changed "J.S. Bangs" to "J. S. Bangs" (see above).
• Added cover artist as per amazon look inside.
• As the poem by "W. E. Couvillier" is likely the reason of this update, I've supposed that it's a pseudonym of "Willis Couvillier" and made the necessary changes.

I'm surprised that you set the length of Shadows From Firelight to "short story", at nearly 30 pages, it's more likely a novelette. BTW I'm curious to know where the lengths you gave come from.Hauck 12:25, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

I have corrected the title and (without a comment on your part) set the length to novelette again. Without your input we are bound to get along with what is (or seems) the most likely. Stonecreek 07:54, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Fifth Voyage update

Hello, as this title appears in a primary verified publication, I had to put your submission on hold until you ask the primary verifier for clearance of this step. This is required per ISFDB etiquette. (Most often, it will be no problem, but the item was initially verified as a piece of shortfiction). Thanks, Stonecreek 15:12, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

I have rejected your submission as per the discussion on the primary verifier's talk page. Stonecreek 07:52, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

STONECREEK:

Regarding my suggested change to the work "Fifth Voyage", I cannot see how the adjustment can be rejected when I, under my byline of W. C. Roberts, am the author of the work and really do know what I wrote. It is a poem.

Not trying to violate any site rules or anything, but when an author comes around to update labels on their work,, that probably should be considered primary.

There's probably a misunderstanding between you. There is in this publication, a poem page 45 and an afterword page 136 which were wrongly given exactly the same title. Now the second item have been dismabiguated but it's probably that one that you wanted to change to a POEM. Hauck 14:23, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

I see it there now, the poem listed before the essay. My misunderstanding. My apologies.

Apex Magazine, December 2010

Apex Magazine, December 2010 already exists in the database. As such, I have rejected your addition. Apex is entered as an ebook magazine as it is sold as an ebook. A webzine would be something only on the web. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 21:44, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Jame's Gunn's Ad Astra

I have your addition of Jame's Gunn's Ad Astra on hold. Webzines are only included (per our Rules of Acquisition if it is a SFWA eligible market or has been shortlisted for a major award. I don't see that this one qualifies. Please let me know if I'm missing something. -- JLaTondre (talk) 13:19, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

It doesn't appear to be either. It is a sad thing, it's a quality offering and it would be good to have the work's that it publishes added to the database. It is (as quoted from their "about page"), "We are a volunteer organization inspired by the Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas. We maintain an ongoing partnership with the CSSF’s educational outreach program, AboutSF." As such, it is very much embodies the genre. Wcouvillier 14:36, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Polu Texni submissions

Hello, as per our policy only items that "has been shortlisted for a major award." are listed for websites. Can you confirm that all the texts in your recent submissions are in this case? Thanks. Hauck 08:20, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Nope, totally unsure - however the full contents of earlier postings haven't, either - merely a single poem has been nominated for the Rhysling awards. And there is only one Polu Texni with no monthly issues - it is an ongoing websine with dated postings. All of the individual months can be easily copied to the earliest month version with the award notation and it would actually be more accurate.Wcouvillier 12:44, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

In this case, I'll reject the submissions as we do not index websites (bar the exception cited in the help). Note that I've cleaned up the contents of the "issues" that are present in the db. Hauck 12:52, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Scifaikuest

Hello, as you correctly surmised, your submission is nearly useless without heavy doctoring. Because you're a new contributor, I'm going to make the changes but I strongly advise you to study the result and our help pages (see on top of this page) carefully before submitting again. The following needed corrections :

• the title of the record should reflect the name and the publication date of the issue entered (if not so, all issues would be named Scifaikuest), I've set the title to Scifaikuest, August 2009.
• the publication date that we use is the stated date so I've changed the date to simply "2009-08".
• in order to be put in this grid, the title should be put in the correct title series (here "Scifaikuest").
• I've set the binding to "pb" as per other issues, as you're stating that you own the publication, you should be able to determinate its format.
• "1558-9730" is not a valid ISBN (it looks more like an ISSN), I've deleted it.
• I've deleted the content of "PubSeries" where you put the publication date.
• I've changed the author of The Staff of Scifaikuest from "publisher" to simply "uncredited".
• I've changed the type of Editorial from EDITOR (used only for a whole magazine record) to ESSAY and disambiguated it.
• I've regularized "Aurelio Rico Lopez III" to "Aurelio Rico Lopez, III" as per our help pages if not, that would have created a "new" author.

The result is here.Hauck 14:29, 25 June 2017 (EDT)

Thank you. I will edit the entry to re-add the many poems that had been deleted from the error I got (no two editor entry). I have another 2009, and all of 2013 and 2014 issues I can get in, and I'll use this as a template guide for those.

I have added in three interior advertisements. I wasn't sure how that is to be done, or if they were even necessary. Thanks again.

Wcouvillier 17:32, 25 June 2017 (EDT)

Scifaikuest, August 2009

Hello,

I accepted your update but had to do a few changes

• Aurelio Rico Lopez III name is normalized to Aurelio Rico Lopez, III
• All non-fiction entries were changed to ESSAY. NONFICTION is only used for the complete NONFICTION books. Short non fiction articles, essays and so inside of other books and magazines are recorrded as ESSAY.
• Added a note about the non-normalization of the titles. Usually we normalize all titles based on the section called "Case" here but when the non-standard capitalization is an author choice, it is preserved. I do not have the magazine so I assume it was author choice (being poetry) but if you think it is editor choice, they will need to be normalized. We have an editor that specializes in the poetry magazines so I will ask them to stop by and post an opinion.

The following updates still need to be done

• Can you verify the names of Caherine Olivia and L. MadHildebrandt? Can you make sure there is no typo in their names (they are a bit unusual)?
• semi's poems here need to be varianted. Let me know if you need assistance (or explanation) doing that.
• Can you confirm if t. santitoro is actually the editor Teri Santitoro? If so, the names will need to be pseudonymed. Also - are all the small letters as printed?

I also added the entry to the 2009 title series (we keep all magazines from 1 year under a single title).

Thanks! Annie 19:10, 25 June 2017 (EDT)

Those two names are victims of typing errors:

Caherine is Catherine

L. MadHildebrandt is L. Mad Hildebrandt

Yes, the t. santitoro is the Editor. She picks her favorite poem from the issue and posts it with that form of her name.

I typed them in as they were in the magazine, lower case. upper case, as they were published.

Thanks! Wcouvillier 19:52, 25 June 2017 (EDT)

I will fix the two names and pseudonym the editor. Thanks for checking!

Suspected so on the titles. I will try to find if that is an editor or author choice.

Thanks again for checking Annie 19:56, 25 June 2017 (EDT)

One more thing - if the t. santitoro is a regular feature and will appear in more than one issue, we need to disambiguate the title of the column (by adding the title of the issue in the title). Can you confirm if it is indeed a regular column? Annie 20:01, 25 June 2017 (EDT)

I've just added another release of the magazine for 2013, and she does have the feature in that one as well. I would have to say yep, it is a regular feature. I'll remember to add the issue on the next time I enter one - I have a 2014 ready to go, as soon as time permits. Wcouvillier 10:24, 27 June 2017 (EDT)