User talk:Von Kupfer

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Hello, Von Kupfer, 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! Ahasuerus 14:46, 13 Nov 2007 (CST)

Ligotti's The Shadow at the Bottom of the World

Thanks for adding contents information to The Shadow at the Bottom of the World! One thing to keep in mind is that every "Novel" Publication record needs to contain a "Novel" Title record. Similarly, every "Collection" Publication record needs to contain one "Collection" Title record in addition to its contents Titles. One extra catch is that the software hides the "Collection" Title record when editing Collection Publications. It's not a conspiracy, it's just trying to prevent editors from making mistakes in its clumsy way :)

When converting a Novel Publication to a Collection (which is what needed to be done in this case), we have to convert the associated Title record to "Collection" as well. Unfortunately, it's easy to overwrite the Novel Title record with one of the contents records (stories, essays, etc) instead, a very common mistake for new editors to make. If that happens, there won't be a Collection Title record for the Publication and it will not be displayed on the author's Summary Bibliography page. We usually catch these issues at approval time and re-add a Collection Title record manually, which is what I did in this case. Not a big deal, we all go through this at first :-) Thanks for editing! Ahasuerus 21:40, 20 Nov 2007 (CST)