How To Contribute FAQ
Who can contribute?
The Grand Comic-book Database is a project devoted to indexing the contents of every comic book ever published. The scope of this undertaking requires a great deal of co-operative work. As such, anyone with an interest in either comic books or databases is welcome to contribute. No amount of information is too small or too large.
What are the ways in which I can contribute?
Probably the simplest way to contribute is to find errors or omissions in our data and submit them to our error tracker. More info about the error list can be found on our Error Tracker FAQ. The other easiest way to contribute is to upload scans of covers we don't have online. See the Covers FAQ for more info. If you have some comics that we have no info about, you could become an indexer. There is more info about that on our Indexing Online page. If you want to share info about what you know, you could join our e-mail discussion lists. More info about those on our Email Lists FAQ page. If you hang out long enough on the email lists, you will likely find other ways to contribute.
What is an Indexer?
An indexer is a person who has contributed the information about a comic to the GCD. The majority of the time we use the term to apply to someone with log-in access to our Online Indexing, but it could also be used to apply to someone who submits flat-file data.
Contributors cannot copy existing, published indexes without the permission of the copyright holder. Copyright laws and good manners prohibit such. If you have obtained permission, you must notate in the index the source of the material. Comic book covers from other sources (web sites or compilation CD's) are not allowed to be used unless you have obtained their permisssion. All efforts should be made to scan your own covers.
What is an Editor?
An Editor is an indexer with special behind the scenes access. They are allowed to go into already completed indexes and "tweak" the info, either based on Error List information or information gleened from other sources. If you are currently an Indexer and you would like to become an Editor, please contact: WHO???? or should this even be here!
What is a Member of the GCD? How do I become one?
A Member of the GCD is someone who has contributed to the GCD in a specific way, as defined in the The GCD Charter.