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And they have (reissue) in the title. I can tell from websearching that these were all previously published, but that those publications are no longer in print. Personally, I think having one page for the title (sans reissue) with a note that they were originally published elsewhere (include name of publication/publisher if possible) and that they are currently published by Ellora's Cave. Which would mean moving all of these pages and minor editing. I don't know if there are more out there, but I wanted to get opinions on what people think. | And they have (reissue) in the title. I can tell from websearching that these were all previously published, but that those publications are no longer in print. Personally, I think having one page for the title (sans reissue) with a note that they were originally published elsewhere (include name of publication/publisher if possible) and that they are currently published by Ellora's Cave. Which would mean moving all of these pages and minor editing. I don't know if there are more out there, but I wanted to get opinions on what people think. | ||
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+ | :I think there should be a one page for the book and reissue info would go on the page, just like there should be one page which would include e-book/print/audio/paper/hard/trade/graphic, etc. (Okay, maybe graphic could have its own page, but my imagination was failing me). --[[User:Kay T|Kay T]] 18:11, 11 September 2007 (PDT) |
Revision as of 01:11, 12 September 2007
It's A Start
Just saw that you were working on this and I really like what you've got so far. --DawnBurn 14:21, 5 September 2007 (PDT)
- Thanks Dawn! I know that we have not really needed this so far with just a few editors, but clearly people needed more info, and Leigh even asked me where something was the other day. This is a work in progress, though, so please feel free to bring up issues for discussion, or edit, add as needed. It was looking so quiet around here today, I was worried we had broken the wiki! --Kay T 14:44, 5 September 2007 (PDT)
This page looks great and has been SOOO helpful, there are no words. Thanks, Kay T! ---Robini 14:35, 11 September 2007 (PDT)
Author Name Format
- Oh, but one question - (Ok, two now that I think about it)
- 1) Did you want to include instructions for Author names with spaces (like we ran into in the Cheryl St.John v. Cheryl St. John issue, and
- 2) When listing authors alphabetically, should we bother with "Firstname Last|Lastname First" syntax as they do here - Erotic Romance, or just leave the format as "Firstname Last" Format, to avoid confusion when new users populate pages? Personally, I am leaning towards the latter, having just found articles for "Racy Li" and "Li, Racy" that were identical, and most likely came from the page I linked to.--Robini 14:43, 11 September 2007 (PDT)
- Things to add:
- 1 - Author names with spaces (like we ran into in the Cheryl St.John v. Cheryl St. John issue - what did we decide on this?
- 2 - Author names when more than one author with same name - What did we decide on this?
- 3 - how to list Author names in list:
- okay, I sort of like the list entries to be Last, First (but I had recently noticed the problem with author pages being created in that format too!). The author "First Last" format is what shows up in categories, I think. Maybe we should leave this out there for discussion a little while. --Kay T 16:02, 11 September 2007 (PDT)
- My thought: Have all be of the same format "First Last". If you wish to display them as "Last, First" do so using the pipe: [[First Last | Last, First]]. And do redirects for any pages that already created under the Last, First to First Last. --DawnBurn 18:06, 11 September 2007 (PDT) (late time stamp)
Reissued books
More Style guide questions. What is the stance on books that have been reissued? There are a bunch by Kate Hill
And they have (reissue) in the title. I can tell from websearching that these were all previously published, but that those publications are no longer in print. Personally, I think having one page for the title (sans reissue) with a note that they were originally published elsewhere (include name of publication/publisher if possible) and that they are currently published by Ellora's Cave. Which would mean moving all of these pages and minor editing. I don't know if there are more out there, but I wanted to get opinions on what people think.
- I think there should be a one page for the book and reissue info would go on the page, just like there should be one page which would include e-book/print/audio/paper/hard/trade/graphic, etc. (Okay, maybe graphic could have its own page, but my imagination was failing me). --Kay T 18:11, 11 September 2007 (PDT)