Error Tracker FAQ

1.0: What is the Error List?

The Error List is a webpage that anyone can enter information that is distributed to most of the Editors at the GCD.

1.1: What is the address of the Error List?

Go to http://maelstrom.walton.uark.edu/bugzilla . Also this address is at the bottom of most pages of the website.

1.2: Who can submit errors to the Error List?

Anyone can enter errors on the Error List. Being a member of the GCD or a comic expert is not required.

1.3: What should be sent to the Error List?

Any errors that are found in the data from the GCD should be entered on the Error List.

1.4: What constitutes an Error?

There are many different types of things we consider Errors. Here are some of them, but this isn't necessarily all of them:

• Spelling Errors - Character's or creator's names spelt wrong, or even the words used in a synopsis description

• Factual Errors - Incorrect information about the contents of a comic. Occasionally data will slip from one comic to another.

• Errors of Omission - Entire series may be missing or single sequences (especially "optional" sequences like Text Pages and Fillers).

• Attribution Errors - The original indexer may have made their best guess at who an artist was, but we always welcome second opinions

1.5: What other requests should be entered on the Error List?

• Requests to "Re-set" Covers - If you have a better scan than what we have in the database, please let us know and we can mark that cover for replacement

• Requests to re-assign comics to indexers - If you are an indexer with the GCD and you find a comic that is missing a lot of information, you can request to have it re-assigned to you for an update

• Requests to add titles to the database - See the Series Skeleton Requirements How To Submit A Missing Title FAQ.

1.6: What requests should not be entered on the Error List?

Probably the most common email we get that we can't respond to is "How much is my comic worth?" For that, there are online price guides, or you can look up the comic on eBay. We are concerned with the contents of the comics, not how much they are worth.

1.7: What information should be included in the Error Report?

Please make sure to include the name of the series, issue number, story sequence number, data field, and details of the correction or addition needed. If there is more than one series with exactly the same series name as the series you are making an error report on, please identify the specific series by the publisher and year the series started publication.

Example:

* Tarzan (Dell, 1948 series) #24
  sequence 0; PageCount field:
  page count should be 52 pages, not 36 pages

1.8: What if I have a whole bunch of information that isn't in the GCD? Should I send it all to the error list?

You could send it to the error list. We would rather have that info than not. If you try to send the list as an attachment, it won't go through. Instead ask the list who should recieve the attachment and someone will get back to you. But instead, you should consider becoming an indexer. See the Indexing Online FAQ for more information.