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==About the GCD==
 
==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:contact@comics.org GCD Contact List].  We look forward to hearing from you.
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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. The official Vision Statement is: "The Grand Comics Database Project aspires to be the world's most comprehensive online comics database for comic readers, collectors, scholars and professionals." Learn more about the GCD through these articles.  If you still have questions, send us an email at [mailto:contact@comics.org GCD Contact List].  We look forward to hearing from you.
  
 
:*[[General FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]
 
:*[[General FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]]
 
:*[[Searching The GCD]]
 
:*[[Searching The GCD]]
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:*[[my.comics.org]] -- tracking your own collection
 
:*[[IMPs]] -- the most common way to become member!
 
:*[[IMPs]] -- the most common way to become member!
  
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:***[[The Board|Join the Board]]
 
:***[[The Board|Join the Board]]
 
:***[[List of editors|Become an Editor]]
 
:***[[List of editors|Become an Editor]]
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|width="20%" valign="top" align="center"|'''How-To Videos'''<br>
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:***[[Who's Who]]
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzBXJ0KLceA Add Variant]<br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_v0IfE2qzk Reprint Link Editing & Confirmation]<br>
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCMSL0M4IG4 Copying reprinted sequences]<br>
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'''Board Votes Affecting This Topic'''
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http://www.comics.org/voting/ballot/279/ - 2016-02-29
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==Information on Indexing==
 
==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!
 
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!
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:* [[OI Tutorial]]: The best way to get started!
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:* Online Indexing [[OI Tutorial]]: The best way to get started!
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:* [[Video Tutorials]]: Helpful videos of several indexing questions.
 
:* [[Indexing|Indexing FAQ]]
 
:* [[Indexing|Indexing FAQ]]
 
:* [[Indexing Offline]]
 
:* [[Indexing Offline]]
 
:* [[IMPs|Indexing Measuring Points (IMPs)]]: Get credit for your work!
 
:* [[IMPs|Indexing Measuring Points (IMPs)]]: Get credit for your work!
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:* [[Non_Qualifying|A list of some publications that don't qualify for the GCD]]
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:* [[Qualifying and Non Qualifying Publications]] including examples of some publications that don't qualify for the GCD.
 
:* [[Error Tracker FAQ|Reporting Errors with the Error Tracker]]
 
:* [[Error Tracker FAQ|Reporting Errors with the Error Tracker]]
  
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===[[Formatting Documentation]]===
 
===[[Formatting Documentation]]===
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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.
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Entering data into the GCD must follow guidelines established by the gcd-policy discussion list.  Those rules can be found in the Formatting Documentation which is updated regularly.  Any GCD member can join the discussion list at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gcd-policy .
 
:* [[Formatting Documentation]]
 
:* [[Formatting Documentation]]
 
:** [[Cheat Sheet|Formatting Documentation Cheat Sheet]]
 
:** [[Cheat Sheet|Formatting Documentation Cheat Sheet]]
 
:** [[Official Genres List]]
 
:** [[Official Genres List]]
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:* [https://docs.comics.org/wiki/Coordinators#Rules.2FPolicy_Coordinators Rules/Policy Coordinators]
 
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:**[[Series Skeleton Requirements]]
 
:**[[Series Skeleton Requirements]]
 
:*[[Adding a Missing Issue]]
 
:*[[Adding a Missing Issue]]
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:* [[Adding Covers | Adding or Improving Covers]]
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:*[[Adding Covers | Adding or Improving Covers]]
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:*[[Adding Creators | Adding or Editing Creator Records]]
  
 
===Resources===
 
===Resources===
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==Technical Details==
 
==Technical Details==
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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.
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We have most of our the tech documentation on [https://github.com/GrandComicsDatabase/gcd-django/wiki/ github]
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:* [[Technical Volunteer Requirements]] (learn what's involved in doing tech work for the GCD!)
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:* [[Web Site Project Page]]
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We are always involved in improving our web-site for the GCD.  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.
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:* [[Creator Table Specifications Committee]]
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===Software===
 
===Software===
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* [[Developer's Guide to the Code ]]
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* [http://beta.comics.org/ Beta Test Site] (not always running!)
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* [[Third_Party_Packages | List of Used Packages]]
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|valign="center" align="center" | [[Image:GCDSchema_Graph.png|center|thumb|GCD ERD Diagram]]
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** best to just follow the instructions in these documents:
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** [https://raw.github.com/GrandComicsDatabase/gcd-django/master/docs/Getting_Started_on_MacOS_or_Linux.txt GitHub (Mac or Linux)]
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[[Image:GCDFullSchema_graph.png|center|thumb|GCD Full ERD Diagram]]
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** [https://raw.github.com/GrandComicsDatabase/gcd-django/master/docs/Getting_Started_on_Windows.txt GitHub (Windows)]
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* [http://dev.comics.org/reviews/ Code Reviews]
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* [http://dev.comics.org/bugs/ Bugzilla for Technical Issues]
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* [http://beta.comics.org/ New Site Testbed] (not always running!)
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** Data dumps: [http://www.comics.org/download/ http://www.comics.org/download/]
 
** Data dumps: [http://www.comics.org/download/ http://www.comics.org/download/]
 
** [[App Guidelines|Guidelines for developers re-using the GCD data]]
 
** [[App Guidelines|Guidelines for developers re-using the GCD data]]
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* [[Current Schema]] (v0.3 "Dr Festus" - Feb 2010)
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* the django-models are the ground truth of the database schema
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* [[Current Schema|Old Schema Description]] (from Feb 2010, still the best description we have)
 
* [[New Fun Schema]] (v1.0 is still a Work in Progress)  
 
* [[New Fun Schema]] (v1.0 is still a Work in Progress)  
 
** [http://dev.comics.org/additional_wiki_files/new_schema.html Historical "new schema"]
 
** [http://dev.comics.org/additional_wiki_files/new_schema.html Historical "new schema"]
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* [[People]]
 
* [[People]]
 
* [[Special Projects|Special Data Cleanup Projects]]
 
* [[Special Projects|Special Data Cleanup Projects]]
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* [[DC Profiles]]
 
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* [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.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://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42346 Comic Book Resources (brief mention by Paul Levitz, November 26, 2012)]
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* "Information Resources In The Humanities and The Arts, 6th edition", by Elizabeth S. Aversa; Anna H. Perrault; Cynthia Miller; Sonia Ramirez Wohlmuth, published by Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2013
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* "Information Resources In The Humanities and The Arts, 6th edition", by Elizabeth S. Aversa; Anna H. Perrault; Cynthia Miller; Sonia Ramirez Wohlmuth, published by Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2013 (mentioned as a classroom resource on page 153)
 
* [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://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.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]
 
* [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
 
* "Jubiläum: 20 Jahre GCD", by Jochen Garcke, article in Alfonz #04/2014, about the 20th anniversary of the GCD, October, 2014
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* "Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas", edited by M. Keith Booker, published by Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2014 (mentioned as a resource)
 
* [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]
 
* [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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* [http://www.the-leader.com/article/20150810/BLOGS/308109999/-1/blogs01 It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's -- Curtiss!, by Kirk House, August 10, 2015]
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* [http://www.tcj.com/gottfredsons-illegitimate-heirs-tezuka-osamu-and-the-great-wall-of-1945/ "Gottfredson’s Illegitimate Heirs: Tezuka Osamu and the Great Wall of 1945"], by Ryan Holmberg in a column at The Comics Journal, October 19, 2015 (mentioned as a data source, and Ray Bottorff Jr. is credited with a research assist)
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* [http://www.whatwerecomics.com/blog/ "Acquisitions Mode"], by Bart Beaty in the blog of the What Were Comics research project, November 27, 2017
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* [https://sites.google.com/site/gcdcommunity/home GCD Community pages, with GCD history, logos, charter, press mentions, etc.]
 
* [https://sites.google.com/site/gcdcommunity/home GCD Community pages, with GCD history, logos, charter, press mentions, etc.]
 
* [https://sites.google.com/site/gcdconventions/home GCD Convention appearance schedule]
 
* [https://sites.google.com/site/gcdconventions/home GCD Convention appearance schedule]
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* [[Data Users|Where is data from the GCD used?]]
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* [[Other Subjects|Miscellaneous Info]]
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* [[Monthly Metrics 2016|Monthly Metrics 2016 - Monthly Stat Report]]
  
 
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Revision as of 21:30, 11 October 2020

Grand Comics Database™
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Formed: April 1994
Contact: GCD Contact List
Website: www.comics.org

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. The official Vision Statement is: "The Grand Comics Database Project aspires to be the world's most comprehensive online comics database for comic readers, collectors, scholars and professionals." 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.


Board Votes Affecting This Topic

http://www.comics.org/voting/ballot/279/ - 2016-02-29

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 discussion list. Those rules can be found in the Formatting Documentation which is updated regularly. Any GCD member can join the discussion list at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gcd-policy .


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 have most of our the tech documentation on github

We are always involved in improving our web-site for the GCD. If you would like to help, please contact the gcd-tech group and see what you can do to help.

Software
GCD ERD Diagram
GCD Full 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
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