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'''Series Notes''' are information that applies to the entire series, not individual issues, that is not captured in other fields. By long-standing convention, the preferred entry method for all text-based information is to use the language the comic was published in. English can always be used as an alternate. | |||
==Notes== | |||
Links to external sites pre-approved by the Board or by Policy List vote will be allowed in the future. In order to add such a link, an indexer must select a link source from a dropdown menu populated with the list of pre-approved sources, and the link they enter must point to a page on the selected source that is directly related to the GCD record it is being appended to. The pre-approved sources should be well-established, actively maintained sites that provide information that supplements (not merely repeats) information in our own indexes. Examples include Wikipedia, the Internet Movie Database, or the Digital Comics Museum. Wikipedia links, if used, shall be the first entry in the pre-approved source list. | |||
==Examples== | |||
* ISSN 1234-5678 | |||
* Spin-off from Legion of Super-Heroes | |||
* Based on the Get Smart TV series | |||
* Series next published by Mirage | |||
*:''<small>Does this actually belong in tracking?</small>'' | |||
* Series previously published by Fantagraphics | |||
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==Policy Votes Affecting This Topic== | ==Policy Votes Affecting This Topic== | ||
* Ballot 332: [https://www.comics.org/voting/ballot/332/ External Links] - 2015-01-18 | |||
Ballot 332: [https://www.comics.org/voting/ballot/332/ External Links] - 2015-01-18 | |||
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Latest revision as of 11:53, 2 November 2023
Series Notes are information that applies to the entire series, not individual issues, that is not captured in other fields. By long-standing convention, the preferred entry method for all text-based information is to use the language the comic was published in. English can always be used as an alternate.
Notes
Links to external sites pre-approved by the Board or by Policy List vote will be allowed in the future. In order to add such a link, an indexer must select a link source from a dropdown menu populated with the list of pre-approved sources, and the link they enter must point to a page on the selected source that is directly related to the GCD record it is being appended to. The pre-approved sources should be well-established, actively maintained sites that provide information that supplements (not merely repeats) information in our own indexes. Examples include Wikipedia, the Internet Movie Database, or the Digital Comics Museum. Wikipedia links, if used, shall be the first entry in the pre-approved source list.
Examples
- ISSN 1234-5678
- Spin-off from Legion of Super-Heroes
- Based on the Get Smart TV series
- Series next published by Mirage
- Does this actually belong in tracking?
- Series previously published by Fantagraphics
(end of definition)
Policy Votes Affecting This Topic
- Ballot 332: External Links - 2015-01-18
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