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This is a list of ballots taken by the GCD starting in 2010 when the process was formalized. The list included votes taken by members of Policy per the Policy Procedures as well as votes taken by the The Board.
List of Votes by Agenda
- Board of Directors
- Fields and Formatting Rules
- Election of Directors to the GCD Board
- Charter Amendments
- Member initiated petition
List of Votes
| Ballot Number | Title | Page(s) referenced |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indicia publishers: Simple name vs "division of..." etc. | Publisher Name |
| 2 | Features must be based on objectively observable things | Feature |
| 3 | Story Arc Field- basic definition | ﻩ None ﻩ not yet implemented |
| 4 | When a series is named X and X appears in an otherwise featureless story | Feature |
| 5 | Things that appear in the framing sequence of a story | ﻩ None ﻩ no vote |
| 6 | Framing sequences with hosts | ﻩ None ﻩ failed |
| 7 | Invalid | ﻩ None ﻩ |
| 8 | Full wraparound or gatefold covers MAY be submitted | Adding Covers |
| 9 | The GCD will now support the concept of "Classification" of series | ﻩ None ﻩ not yet implemented |
| 10 | Invalid | ﻩ None ﻩ |
| 11 | Invalid | ﻩ None ﻩ |
| 12 | Full wraparound or gatefold covers MUST be submitted | Adding Covers |
| 13 | Use of the "display volume with issue number" field | Display Volume with Issue Number |
| 14 | Amend "display volume with issue" rule for consistency within certain publishers | Display Volume with Issue Number |
| 15 | Identically named series and the ""display volume with issue"" field | |
| 16 | Brand field definition, expansion to include graphical changes | |
| 19 | Using Recurring Name of Letters/Hype/Etc. Pages as Feature | |
| 20 | Invalid | ﻩ None ﻩ |
| 21 | Reader Contributions Addendum | |
| 30 | On Sale Dates: Yes or No | |
| 32 | Add ""is_singleton"" | |
| 33 | Add ""is_comics_publication"" | |
| 34 | On Sale Dates -- One or Many per Region | |
| 35 | On Sale Dates -- One or Many per Variant | |
| 36 | Is a Series: Giant Comic Album | |
| 37 | Revising Types--one field or more? | |
| 38 | Mixed case usage in indicia title | |
| 39 | Brand vs. Publisher's Brand | |
| 40 | One vs two sets of publisher dates | |
| 41 | If two sets of publisher dates are recorded, which are to be required? | |
| 42 | If one date field, which field? | |
| 46 | Leading articles in foreign languages | |
| 47 | On Sale Date Usage | |
| 48 | New Type: Blank Page | |
| 49 | New Type: Table of Contents | |
| 50 | Immediately display missing data as ""?"" when new fields are added | |
| 51 | Hide fields with missing data for 3 to 6 months after they are added | |
| 53 | New Field: Issue Title | |
| 54 | Issue Title Corollary | |
| 55 | Series level ""has fields"" for issue level ""field / no field"" pairs | |
| 56 | Quotation Marks in Sequence Titles: Vote #1 | |
| 57 | Quotation Marks in Sequence Titles: Vote #2 | |
| 58 | Deprecate Type ""Biography"" | |
| 59 | The meaning of ""no field"" | |
| 65 | is_comics | |
| 67 | Type: Story | |
| 68 | Type: Cover | |
| 69 | Invalid | ﻩ None ﻩ |
| 70 | Capitalization of titles | |
| 72 | Type: Photo Story | |
| 73 | Type: Preview | |
| 74 | Clarifying On Sale Dates | |
| 78 | Vote #1 on Indexing Order for Dust Jackets and Slipcases | |
| 80 | hardcovers and softcovers as variants | |
| 81 | hardcovers and softcovers as separate series | |
| 82 | Hard and Soft covers in the same series | |
| 83 | Content Keywords | |
| 84 | Issue Keywords | |
| 85 | Series Keywords | |
| 86 | Publisher Keywords | |
| 89 | Keywords and repeated data | |
| 90 | Keywords and prohibited characters | |
| 91 | Keywords and spam/trolling | |
| 104 | Create the ability to track issue relationships | |
| 107 | Photograph subject information in the Character field | |
| 109 | Formatting Photograph Subject Name in Character Field | |
| 111 | Roman Numeral Issue Numbers | Issue Numbers |
| 115 | Entering Studio Names in Credits | |
| 117 | Script Field for Covers | Script |
| 118 | List Creators & Studios Individually | |
| 119 | Formatting Photographed Subject #2 | |
| 120 | Formatting Photographed Subject #3 | |
| 121 | Formatting Photographed Subject #4 | |
| 122 | Formatting Photographed Subject #5 | |
| 128 | Dustjacket Sequence Number | |
| 131 | Add genre 'Historical' | |
| 133 | Promo reprint links | |
| 134 | Publisher Grouping: Default | |
| 135 | Adding genre 'Advocacy' | |
| 136 | Ages Only or Any Rating | |
| 138 | Allow self-issued approval seals | |
| 145 | Exception to issue title rules for Classics Illustrated | |
| 146 | Default Publisher Grouping rule | |
| 147 | Cover reprint links | |
| 156 | Multiply-named publishers | |
| 162 | Format field splitting | |
| 163 | dimensions | |
| 164 | paper stock field | |
| 165 | mass market paperback catalog numbers | Issue Numbers |
| 168 | Publisher Grouping corollary | |
| 169 | How we will designate the publisher of the early Image comics | |
| 170 | Issue level dimensions field | |
| 171 | two-layer brand system | |
| 173 | Crediting Series logos | |
| 174 | NEW VOTE: Creating a cover materials field | |
| 176 | Assignment of multiple brand elements to brand groups | |
| 177 | Codify our current practices regarding the use of the brand field | |
| 178 | When does re-numbering start a new series? | |
| 179 | Also Known As or Dual Series Membership | |
| 180 | Publication gaps and new series | |
| 181 | Add Publication Type | |
| 182 | Marvel Premiere Classics | |
| 183 | Add Publication Types Book & Magazine | |
| 184 | Add Publication Type Album | |
| 185 | Numbering jumps | |
| 187 | Fantasy-Supernatural genre | |
| 188 | alternate title | |
| 191 | Heavy Metal Special Editions | |
| 192 | Panels or panel details re-used as illustrations | |
| 206 | Cover Reprint Collections | |
| 207 | Confirming our definition of comics story | |
| 208 | Elimination of the type ""filler"" | |
| 210 | ""also known as"" variants | |
| 216 | Vote 1: Letter Column Rules in General | |
| 217 | Vote 2: Letter Column Creator/Editorial Script Field Credits | |
| 218 | Vote 3: Letter Column Photograph Credits | |
| 219 | Vote 4: Letter Column Letters Field Credits | |
| 220 | Vote 5: Letter Column Logo Art Credits | |
| 221 | Vote 6: Letter Column Letter Writer Credits | |
| 222 | Vote 7: Letter Column Fan Art Credits | |
| 223 | Vote 8: Use of Commas or Semi-Colons in Separating Names of Letter Writers
and Fan Art in the Notes Field. |
|
| 224 | Variant Title Field Rules | |
| 225 | How Will the GCD Handle the Series Known as [Holyoke One-Shot] | |
| 229 | Format for the Variant Name Field | |
| 231 | definition of keydate | |
| 238 | Recording the Reason for Series Tracking Links | |
| 239 | Feature Definition Update Proposal | |
| 242 | Definitions of Comic Variants | |
| 243 | Items Released in Different Formats | |
| 245 | Series Bonds for Merged Series | |
| 248 | Creation of a Story Sequence Feature Logo Field | |
| 249 | Letter Page Feature and Title Fields | |
| 250 | Title Usages | |
| 251 | Rules for Titles for Story-Type Sequences | |
| 253 | Adding ""Not Printed"" check box attached to the Volume field. | |
| 276 | Steps to Determining Which Side of a Flip-book Comic is the Primary and
Secondary Sides for Determining that Comic's Series Name |
|
| 281 | ""various"" in credits. | |
| 282 | ""various"" in credits. | |
| 285 | Job titles in credits | |
| 291 | Tracking subnumbering | |
| 292 | Type ""Title Page"" | |
| 293 | Exception to Issue Title Field for Four Color (Dell, 1939 series) | |
| 294 | Exception to Issue Title Field for Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) | |
| 295 | Exception to Issue Title Field for DC Special Series (DC, 1977 series) | |
| 300 | Exception to Issue Title Field for Dell Giant (Dell, 1959 series) | |
| 303 | Additional Links Between Stories | |
| 305 | Alternate Series Titles | |
| 307 | Update to Publication Dates Formatting Rule | |
| 308 | Exception to Issue Title Field for Dennis the Menace Giant
(Hallden/Fawcett, 1958 series) |
|
| 311 | Naming of Distribution and Printings Variants | |
| 314 | Publisher given variant names | |
| 315 | Price variants naming | |
| 319 | Allowing Comic Illustration Books | |
| 320 | Allowing Comic Source Books | |
| 321 | Using 'Price' in Variant Name | |
| 328 | Degree Field Clarification | |
| 330 | Adding Awards to Items Other Than Creators | |
| 333 | naming of international variants | |
| 336 | Add fields to Comics Bibliography | |
| 347 | Alternate format of character field | |
| 349 | Additional Advertising variants | |
| 351 | Creation of Feature Table | |
| 357 | Indexes of covers and cover reprints on About Comics publications | |
| 360 | Creator Credits Tiered Structure | |
| 361 | Recording studio credits | |
| 363 | Changes to Name Types | |
| 366 | Adoption of amended Style Guide | Style Guide |
| 370 | Storing Signatures | |
| 371 | Invalid | ﻩ None ﻩ |
| 372 | Comics-Form Advertising | |
| 375 | Credit Tiers: Letters and Writing | |
| 378 | Credit Tiers: Art | |
| 380 | Creator Disambiguation | |
| 382 | Credit Tiers: Editing, Publication, and Business | |
| 383 | Issue Title Field Exception for Cheerios Giveaways | |
| 386 | Comic-Related Handbooks | |
| 388 | Creator Name Type: Required? | |
| 399 | Vote for in-house column/promotion text feature | |
| 401 | Cover (art) variants | |
| 402 | Cover variants - Multiple artists | |
| 403 | Cover (art) variants - The word cover | |
| 405 | Record printer per issue | |
| 406 | Issue titles for Alazar's Bondage Series | |
| 407 | Sequence types: genre | |
| 408 | Sequence types: feature | |
| 409 | Indicia printer: Simple name vs ""division of..."" etc. | |
| 410 | indicia Printer Field Location | |
| 411 | Printer for a Country | |
| 413 | Feature - Credits, Title Page / Table of Contents | |
| 414 | Vote for create a sequence type to in-house columns/promotional texts | |
| 415 | Genre - Credits, Title Page, Table of Contents | |
| 416 | Genre - Blank, Statement of Ownership | |
| 417 | Award Nominations | |
| 419 | Signature Name Recording | |
| 420 | Given and Family Name Fields | |
| 421 | One time features | |
| 423 | Editor in Credit Description | |
| 424 | Source | |
| 428 | Adding series bond | |
| 432 | Editor Vote 1 | Editing |
| 433 | Editor Vote 2 | Editing |
| 434 | Feature - Text Articles | Feature |
| 435 | Genre - Text Articles | Genre |
| 436 | Indicia Printer for countries | Indicia Printer |
| 438 | Publisher Code Numbers | Publisher Code Numbers |
| 439 | Character Hierarchy | |
| 440 | Creator Name Accents | Creator Names |
| 443 | Creator Name Records | Credits |
| 444 | Numbers associated with mass market comics paperbacks | Issue Numbers |
| 446 | Ghosts & house names | Issue Numbers |
| 447 | Indicia Printer Addresses | Indicia Printer |
| 448 | Character Appearances: ""code"" names and ""real"" names | Character Appearances |
| 449 | Character Appearances: ""real"" names and ""code"" names | Character Appearances |
| 450 | Character Models | Character Table |
| 452 | Indexing of Box Sets in a structured form | |
| 453 | Major Name Differences | Character Appearances |
| 456 | House Names | Credits |
| 457 | ""Official"" names of characters | Character Appearances |
| 458 | Characters with more than one name in their character record | Character Appearances |
| 461 | Character Groups | Character Appearances |
| 462 | Composite Names | Character Table |
| 464 | Prices | Cover Price |
| 465 | Wolverine Official Name | Character Appearances |
| 467 | Character Top Level Hierarchy Name - Preliminary Vote | Character Appearances |
| 469 | Character Top Level Hierarchy Name - Second Vote | Character Appearances |
| 471 | Universes | Universes |
| 472 | Villain | Character Appearances |
| 476 | Character Role Field | Character Appearances |
| 477 | Universes Part 2 | Universes |
| 480 | Only publisher designated universes | Universes |
| 484 | Joint Name | Credits |
| 487 | Creator Names Involving a Jr. or Sr. | Creator Names |
| 488 | Mainstream Universe | Universes |
| 489 | Creator Preference and Official Name | GCD Official Name |
| 494 | Two Archie series | Issue Title |
| 495 | ""And"" Features | Feature |
| 496 | Copyright Date Field | ﻩ Not yet implemented ﻩ |
| 498 | Non-comics publications - comics-form advertisement | Qualifying and Non Qualifying Publications |
| 499 | Non-comics publications - cover reprint on interior page | Qualifying and Non Qualifying Publications |
| 502 | Cover Script | Script |
| 504 | Indicia Publisher Name Variations | Indicia/Colophon Publisher |
| 506 | Creator Site Drop-Down Box - Lambiek | External Sites |
| 507 | Creator Site Drop-Down Box - Internet Movie Database (IMDB) | External Sites |
| 508 | Creator Site Drop-Down Box - The Internet Speculative Fiction Database | External Sites |
| 509 | Creator Site Drop-Down Box - Additional Who's Who | External Sites |
| 510 | Storing Variant Cover Status | Variant Cover Status |