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'''Definition:''' Indexer supplied information that provides additional insight on how or why the information was added.
'''Definition:''' Indexer supplied information that provides additional insight on how or why the information was added.
* Comments are intended for information that is a discussion between an indexer and an approver (editor) about a change being made to the database.  This is in contrast to [[Notes]], which are intended to be viewed by everyone.  Comments are only visible when manually opened from the "View Change History" button on an Issue page, whereas Notes are visible to everyone reading any page of the database.


'''Option:''' Optional
'''Option:''' Optional

Latest revision as of 17:15, 10 October 2022

Definition: Indexer supplied information that provides additional insight on how or why the information was added.

  • Comments are intended for information that is a discussion between an indexer and an approver (editor) about a change being made to the database. This is in contrast to Notes, which are intended to be viewed by everyone. Comments are only visible when manually opened from the "View Change History" button on an Issue page, whereas Notes are visible to everyone reading any page of the database.

Option: Optional

Data Entry: Longtext field

Notes:

  • Indexers must 'NOT include actual data about a Publisher, Brand, Indicia/Colophon Publisher, Series, Issue or Story. This field is limited to entering information about the data.

Examples:

* Documenting source data for skeleton information
* Documenting the source of an art id.



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