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<h1>Welcome to the Grand Comics Database Wiki Main Page</h1>
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The purpose of this Wiki is twofold.
==About the GCD==
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|width="80%" valign="top"|The Grand Comics Database (GCD) is a nonprofit, Internet-based organization of international volunteers dedicated to building a database covering all printed comics throughout the world.  Learn more about the GCD through these articles.  If you still have questions, send us an email at [mailto:[email protected] GCD Contact List].  We look forward to hearing from you.


1. A resource for information about the GCD and how to contribute.
:*[[General FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]
:*[[Searching The GCD]]
:*[[IMPs]] -- the most common way to become member!


2. A repository of information that doesn't fit easily into the GCD database.
:* How can you contribute?
:**'''New Users:''' New users can jump right in by contributing in a variety of ways:
:***[[Indexing|Index]]
:***[[Email Lists FAQ|Join a mailing list]]
:***[[Error Tracker FAQ|Report Errors]]
:***[[Technical Volunteer Requirements|Join the Tech Team]]
:***[[Committees|Join a Committee]]
:***[http://www.comics.org/donate Donate]
:**'''Members:''' Membership is defined by [[The GCD Charter]] which opens up some additional ways to contribute:
:***[http://www.comics.org/voting Vote!]
:***[[Coordinators|Become a Coordinator]]
:***[[The Board|Join the Board]]
:***[[List of editors|Become an Editor]]
|width="20%" valign="top" align="center"|'''How-To Videos'''<br>
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzBXJ0KLceA Add Variant]<br>
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_v0IfE2qzk Reprint Link Editing & Confirmation]<br>
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCMSL0M4IG4 Copying reprinted sequences]<br>
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If you're looking for the actual database it's at '''http://www.comics.org'''.
==Information on Indexing==
The primary way to contribute is to become an Indexer and add data for comics or upload cover scans we don't yet have.  Here are some links to get started!
:* [[OI Tutorial]]: The best way to get started!
:* [[Indexing|Indexing FAQ]]
:* [[Indexing Offline]]
:* [[IMPs|Indexing Measuring Points (IMPs)]]: Get credit for your work!
:* [[Non_Qualifying|A list of some publications that don't qualify for the GCD]]
:* [[Error Tracker FAQ|Reporting Errors with the Error Tracker]]


=='''Information about the GCD'''==
'''''Still looking for more to do?''''' Help the GCD by cleaning up our database through any one of our [[Special Projects]]!
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The Grand Comics Database (GCD) is an ongoing project to build a detailed comic-book database that is international, accurate and complete from the beginning of the art form to the presentWe are always looking for new volunteers.
===[[Formatting Documentation]]===
Entering data into the GCD must follow guidelines established by the gcd-policy listThose rules can be found in the Formatting Documentation which is updated regularly.
:* [[Formatting Documentation]]
:** [[Cheat Sheet|Formatting Documentation Cheat Sheet]]
:** [[Official Genres List]]
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The best way to learn about the GCD is to join our [[Email Lists FAQ|email lists]], especially [http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-main gcd-main] which is where the day-to-day business of our project is discussed.  We welcome new people!  These links will provide some additional information:
===Adding to the GCD===
The following links will walk Indexers through adding new content to he GCD.
:*[[Adding a Missing Publisher]]
:*[[Adding an Indicia/Colophon Publisher]]
:*[[Adding a New Brand]]
:*[[Adding a Missing Series]]
:**[[Series Skeleton Requirements]]
:*[[Adding a Missing Issue]]
:* [[Adding Covers | Adding or Improving Covers]]


* [[The GCD Charter]]
===Resources===
** [[Who's Who]] (Roles and Responsibilities)
There are several resources to help indexers.
* [[General FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]
:* [[Glossary|Glossary of Common Terms]]
* User's Guides
:*'''[http://www.bailsprojects.com/ Jerry Bails' Who's Who]''' ''(No longer updated, but invaluable!)''
** [[User's Guide to Publishers]]
:** Until the updatable Who's Who is developed, please store corrections on our [[People]] page.
** [[Indexing Variant Characters|Variant Characters (alternate Earths, Timelines, etc.)]] (technically indexing documentation, but also the best explanation if you want to know why a given index does or does not mention that the character is in some way a variation on another character)
:* [http://narfstar.cwahi.net/ArtID/ Examples of GA artists' work]
* [[Email Lists FAQ|Email Lists]] (join: [http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-main gcd-main], [http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-tech gcd-tech], [http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-policy gcd-policy], [http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-chat gcd-chat])
:* [[Useful indexer links|Other Useful Resources and Links]]
* [[Searching The GCD|Searching the GCD]]
:** [[User's Guide to Publishers]]
* [[Glossary]]
:** [[Indexing Variant Characters|Variant Characters (alternate Earths, Timelines, etc.)]] (the best explanation if you want to know why a given index does or does not mention that the character is in some way a variation on another character)
* [[Non_Qualifying|A list of some publications that don't qualify for the GCD]]


Any questions you have that aren't covered here can be directed to the '''[mailto:[email protected] GCD Contact email list]'''.
===Editors===
Indexers may eventually become editors, who review the work of Indexers and the incoming error reports and make corrections to existing data.
:* [[List of editors|List of Editors]]
:* [[Editor wiki|Editor Documentation]]
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=='''How to Contribute to the GCD'''==
==GCD Organizational Structure==
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:* [[The GCD Charter]]
:* [[The Board]]
:** [[Parliamentary Rules]]
:* [[Coordinators]]
:* [[Technical Coordinators]]
:* [[Committees]]
|width="25%" valign="top" align="right"| [[Image:GCD Structure.jpg|center|thumb|GCD Organizational Structure]]
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The GCD encourages contributions from everyone who is interested.  The easiest way to contribute is to report errors through our '''[http://errors.comics.org Error Tracker]''' or to upload cover scans. The primary way for folks to contribute is to become an Indexer and add data for comics we don't yet have.  Indexers may eventually become Editors, who review the work of Indexers and the incoming error reports and make corrections to existing data.
==Technical Details==
We are currently heavily involved in improving our new web-site for the GCD.  The links in this section outline some of the changes going on.  If you would like to help, please contact the [http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-tech gcd-tech group] and see what you can do to help.
:* [[Technical Volunteer Requirements]] (learn what's involved in doing tech work for the GCD!)
:* [[Web Site Project Page]]
:* [[Creator Table Specifications Committee]]


Email '''[mailto:contact@comics.org gcd-contact]''' to get started.
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===Software===
* [[Developer's Guide to the Code ]]
* [[Third_Party_Packages | List of Used Packages]]
** best to just follow the instructions in these documents:
** [https://raw.github.com/GrandComicsDatabase/gcd-django/master/docs/Getting_Started_on_MacOS_or_Linux.txt GitHub (Mac or Linux)]
** [https://raw.github.com/GrandComicsDatabase/gcd-django/master/docs/Getting_Started_on_Windows.txt GitHub (Windows)]
* [http://dev.comics.org/reviews/ Code Reviews]
* [http://dev.comics.org/bugs/ Bugzilla for Technical Issues]
* [http://beta.comics.org/ New Site Testbed] (not always running!)
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* [[How To Contribute FAQ]]
===Database===
* [[Indexing]]
* [[Data Distribution|Data Distribution FAQ]]
** [[Formatting Documentation]]
** Data dumps: [http://www.comics.org/download/ http://www.comics.org/download/]
*** Formatting Documentation [[Cheat Sheet]]
** [[App Guidelines|Guidelines for developers re-using the GCD data]]
*** [[Official Genres List]]
* [[Current Schema]] (v0.3 "Dr Festus" - Feb 2010)
*** [[Indexing Offline]]
* [[New Fun Schema]] (v1.0 is still a Work in Progress)
*** [[GCD Board Votes]]
** [http://dev.comics.org/additional_wiki_files/new_schema.html Historical "new schema"]
*** [[Senior Editor Votes]]
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*** [[Proposal Structure]]
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*** [[Current Proposals]]
*** [[Passed Proposals]]
** [[Useful indexer links|Useful Resources and Links]]
* [[Covers FAQ|Adding or Improving Covers]]
* [[Error Tracker FAQ|Reporting Errors with the Error Tracker]]
** [[Series Skeleton Requirements|How to report a Missing Series]]
* [[GCD:Site support|Donations and Advertising]]
* [[Editor wiki|Editor Documentation]]
* [[Special Projects]]


Documentation contributors in roughly chronological order include: Bob Klein, Jonathan Ingersoll, Will Allred, Bob Heer, Jon Løvstad, Rob Sharp, Peter Croome, Tim Stroup, Henry Andrews and assorted GCD-Tech list folks.
==Other Projects==
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'''Bigger Projects'''
* [[Publisher Names]]: Project lead by the comics-pub list.
* [[Comic Book Distribution]]


=='''Additional Comic Book Information'''==
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'''Other On-Going Efforts'''
* [[Bell Features reprint list]]
* [[Characters]]
* [[People]]
* [[Special Projects|Special Data Cleanup Projects]]
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This is some of the wealth of information on comic book history that contributors to the GCD have accumulated over the decades and wish to share with everyone. It includes summary information about publishers, distributors, titles, creators, characters and especially discussions on the GCD email lists. And much, much more. You can search by name in the usual wiki way or browse by the following topics:
==Press Releases and Media Mentions==
Links to mentions of the Grand Comics Database in the press and other media.
* [http://www.quantumzone.org/behind_the_scenes/gcd_feature.html Credit Where Credit Is Due, by Will Alred, June 4, 1999]
* "Comic Book Resources on the Web", by David S. Serchay, article in Library Journal, October 1, 1999
* [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxnY2Rjb21tdW5pdHl8Z3g6MTgyMWE2MzhlN2Y2ZDM2Ng GCD Press Release about adopting a charter and electing its first Board of Directors, by Ray Bottorff Jr, December 9, 2000]
* [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxnY2Rjb21tdW5pdHl8Z3g6MmUwNGJlYTQ5ZWE5MjRiMQ GCD Press Release about beginning online indexing, by Ray Bottorff Jr, November 11, 2002]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Comics_Database Grand Comics Database entry in Wikipedia, first created by Donald Dale Milne, January 26, 2006]
* [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxnY2Rjb21tdW5pdHl8Z3g6MzEwOWUxMzVmMDllODI3Nw GCD Press Release about indexing the 100,000th comic, December 25, 2006]
* [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxnY2Rjb21tdW5pdHl8Z3g6OWUzNzNiODBmMDY0MjU3 GCD Press Release about its 300,000th comic book cover scan, October 18, 2010]
* [http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/entertainment/ohio-theater-arts/mcginn-comics-superhero-has-local-ties-1311958.html Comics Superhero Has Local Ties, by Andrew McGinn, January 12, 2012]
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42346 Comic Book Resources (brief mention by Paul Levitz, November 26, 2012)]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=tVBUAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT95#v=onepage&q=grand%20comic&f=false The Image and Role of the Librarian, by Linda S Katz, October 14, 2013]
* [http://www.relmnetwork.com/#!gatent/c5ik George & Tony Entertainment podcast about Awesome Con DC convention, April, 2014 (scroll to Episode 13)]
* [http://www.pr.com/press-release/581620 GCD Press Release about reaching our 1,000,000th issue, September 16, 2014]
* "Jubiläum: 20 Jahre GCD", by Jochen Garcke, article in Alfonz #04/2014, about the 20th anniversary of the GCD, October, 2014
* [http://www.the-leader.com/article/20150425/BLOGS/304259999/-1/blogs01 A Database for Comics (and How to Get Comics for Free), by Kirk House, April 25, 2015]
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*[[Publisher Names]] - an alphabetical listing of comic book publishers, with links to their own page.  Includes imprints and related companies.
==Other GCD Files & Information==
*[[Distributors]] - an alphabetical listing of comic book distributors, with links to their own page.
* [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxnY2Rjb252ZW50aW9uc3xneDo2NTQxOTA5Y2NjYTkxNzQ4 GCD Alter Ego ad from 2014]
*[[GCD Discussions]] - chronological by subject.
* [https://sites.google.com/site/gcdcommunity/home GCD Community pages, with GCD history, logos, charter, press mentions, etc.]
*[[People]] - creators and business. '''Includes corrections to Jerry Bails' Who's Who!'''
* [https://sites.google.com/site/gcdconventions/home GCD Convention appearance schedule]
*[[Characters]]
*[[Significant Appearances]]
*[[Other Subjects]]
*Links
**[http://narfstar.cwahi.net/ArtID/ Examples of GA artists' work]
**[http://www.bailsprojects.com/ Jerry Bails' Who's Who] (No longer updated, but invaluable- see above pages for recent corrections)
*[[Publishers|Publishers, Imprints and Related Companies]] - general discussion on various publisher relationships.
 
If you have more information on any of the above, we would love to have it. Please follow the general format already used for various topics, or join the [http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-main gcd-main] group. {{Mediawiki:Loginend‎}}
 
=='''Technical Details'''==
 
We are currently heavily involved in improving our new web-site for the GCD.  The links in this section outline some of the changes going on.  If you would like to help, please contact the [http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-tech gcd-tech group] and see what you can do to help.
 
* [[Technical Volunteer Requirements]] (learn what's involved in doing tech work for the GCD!)
 
* [[Web Site Project Page]]
** Getting Started
*** [[Third Party Packages]]
*** [http://grandcomic-book.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/grandcomic-book/pydjango/docs/Getting_Started_on_MacOS_or_Linux.txt Mac or Linux]
*** (Windows documentation under revision- check with the [http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-tech gcd-tech group] for current status.)
** [[Developer's Guide to the Code ]]
** [http://dev.comics.org/reviews/ Code Reviews]
** [http://dev.comics.org/bugs/ Bugzilla for Technical Issues]
** [http://beta.comics.org/ New Site Testbed] (not always running!)
* [[Current Schema]] (Up to date as of February 2010, release 0.3 "dr festus")
** Data dumps: [http://www.comics.org/download/ http://www.comics.org/download/]
** [[Data Distribution|Data Distribution FAQ]]
* [[New Fun Schema]] (Warning: Work in Progress) For the eventual 1.0 release code named "New Fun", timeline currently up in the air.  Needs to be re-evaluated in the wake of the 0.1 and 0.2 releases.
* [http://dev.comics.org/additional_wiki_files/new_schema.html historical new schema] as created by the tech list a few years ago
Contact the [http://groups.google.com/group/gcd-tech gcd-tech group] for more information about any of the above.


[[Category: GCD Organization]]
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About the GCD

The Grand Comics Database (GCD) is a nonprofit, Internet-based organization of international volunteers dedicated to building a database covering all printed comics throughout the world. Learn more about the GCD through these articles. If you still have questions, send us an email at GCD Contact List. We look forward to hearing from you.
How-To Videos

Add Variant
Reprint Link Editing & Confirmation
Copying reprinted sequences


Information on Indexing

The primary way to contribute is to become an Indexer and add data for comics or upload cover scans we don't yet have. Here are some links to get started!

Still looking for more to do? Help the GCD by cleaning up our database through any one of our Special Projects!

Formatting Documentation

Entering data into the GCD must follow guidelines established by the gcd-policy list. Those rules can be found in the Formatting Documentation which is updated regularly.


Adding to the GCD

The following links will walk Indexers through adding new content to he GCD.

Resources

There are several resources to help indexers.

Editors

Indexers may eventually become editors, who review the work of Indexers and the incoming error reports and make corrections to existing data.


GCD Organizational Structure

GCD Organizational Structure

Technical Details

We are currently heavily involved in improving our new web-site for the GCD. The links in this section outline some of the changes going on. If you would like to help, please contact the gcd-tech group and see what you can do to help.

Software

GCD ERD Diagram

Database


Other Projects

Bigger Projects

Other On-Going Efforts


Press Releases and Media Mentions

Links to mentions of the Grand Comics Database in the press and other media.


Other GCD Files & Information