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Mon, 03/19/2007 - 16:20 — wftl
This is the top level Wiki page for the Canadian SF information database. The following pages are categorized into publication year. Fundamentally, this is meant to be a database of titles to provide a memory aid for people who are nominating titles for the various awards (the various awards are listed in the side menu).
Given that we are looking to provide visitors (nominators and voters alike) with information for the current awards, we should focus on current information, starting with 2006.
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Other wiki headings
Can this wiki be made more versatile by adding some other headings like Writers or SF in Canada or Miscellaneous?
One topic, in particular, that I'd suggest is something along the lines of "What makes that Canadian, eh?" where members could talk about what makes Canadian SF special beyond the fact it was written in Canada. The arguments pro and con using 'Canadian' English or Francais Canadienne if such things exist. The importance of supporting our own.
Terry Grignon
2007 - French publications
I complete and correct the list. Almost finish
Je viens de compléter et de corriger la liste. Je dois encore y apporter quelques petites corrections. C'est presque terminé.
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Hi, folks -- I've put up
Hi, folks -- I've put up some 2008 pages for everyone, but don't know how to get them on the sidebar. If someone who's better with this system can let me know, it'd be much appreciated. :)
Thanks!
Leah Bobet
http://www.leahbobet.com
Thanks, Leah!
I've added the 2008 lists to the side menu. :)
Rob
And likewise--
Thanks! :)
Leah Bobet
http://www.leahbobet.com
Headings
I've been dumping almost all short fiction titles under "Short Stories," as few magazines and no anthologies tell you in the Table of Contents whether the length of the piece is a Novella, Novelette or Short Story, and I'm not about to count the words of the stories to try to figure it out. So some stories may be misclassified. But how useful, really, is it to have the Novella and Novelette headings? The Prix Aurora Awards have English Long Form and English Short Form categories, and don't care about the length of the Short Form. I suggest we drop the Novella and Novelette headings and put everything under something like "Short Form." If not, if we just keep "Short Stories," allow entries to have a note at the end that reads "(novella)," or "(novelette)" in cases where we know for sure that's what they are.
Okay, but how do you do it?
I'm new here and would like to add a 2006 story I had published in OnSPEC - "Playing Games" in the Winter issue. Also, my 2007 stories aren't out yet, but I do have the month that one of them will be out - do I wait until it is on the news stands before adding it? Not quite sure of the etiquette, here. Thanks!
Susan
Re: Okay, but how do you do it?
I've taken Rob's handy instructions (thanks, Rob) and created a nice little help page for future reference. Just click the "Wiki Help" button in the left-hand main menu.
-- Marcel
How to add a work to the lists here
How to add a work to the Canadian SF Works Database:
Click on the appropriate list on the left-hand menu (under "SF Wiki"), for instance, "2006 - Publications in English."
At the top of the page you'll be presented with, you'll see the page title, and the word "Edit." Click on Edit.
You'll then be able to add the work you want. Put it under the appropriate subheading (such as SHORT STORIES), in the proper spot in alphabetical order by author's last name, and copy the format others are using (with magazine name in italics codes, for instance).
When done, click on "Preview" at the bottom of the page, check out how it looks, and if you don't like it, change it (there will be another editing window at the bottom of the preview window for making new changes). When you are satisfied, click "Submit," and you're done.
Feel free to add works as soon as you know the publication information (including issue date for magazines); you don't have to wait until the work is actually published.
Headings serve a purpose
Karen, unless you're assuming that Canadians have no hope of being nominated for the Hugo or the Nebula in the categories of novella or novelette -- a position that's not particularly tenable, since Robert Charles Wilson is a Hugo novella nominee this year and I was a Hugo and Nebula novella nominee last year -- then I'd ask you to leave those headings intact. This very specifically is NOT a database just for the Aurora Awards, and those length distinctions DO matter for the biggest awards in the field.
Besides, the authors themselves, or their editors, can easily come here and move the works to the appropriate categories. The value of a wiki is that it is a work in progress, and errors are usually corrected.
Rob
Refining the categories
Since different awards may have different definitions of Novel or Short Story, I have added word lenghts for each category listed based on the Hugo Award definitions
Neat idea
Thank you for coming up with this idea ... and of course it would be you two.
Our pleasure!
Thank you! It just seemed like the way to go. Marcel and I are happy to have launched this, and hope it helps! :)
All best wishes!
Rob
Illustrators
I added the illustrators
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Bilingualism
So, shall the site be made bilingual?
Awards
Yes, there should be additional links for the SF awards in French,
mainly the Prix Boréal and the Grand Prix de la SFFQ (Prix Jacques-Brossard).
re: Awards
In creating the menu of links to SF/F Awards, I had no intention to slight French language awards, nor is that list meant to represent every award that exists. Those listed just happened to be the awards that came off the top of my head. If you see something that should be there but isn't, send me an email and I'll make sure it gets representation.
-- Marcel Gagné
Re: Awards
A nitpick: The official name of the Aurora Awards is "Prix Aurora Awards"
Re: Awards (and a nitpick)
Nitpick accepted. Menu entry has been updated.
-- Marcel
Addtional info that should be added:
I have taken the liberty to add an OTHER WORKS section for both 2006 and 2007.
Should we not divide each year between English and French publications?
Someting like this:
2006 - English Language Publications
2006 - Publications en français
2007 - English Language Publications
2007 - Publications en français
And so on?
Also, under the awards links, I think links to the Prix Boréal (http://www.congresboreal.ca/prix.htm) and the Grand Prix de la science-fiction et du fantastique québécois (http://www.grandprixsffq.ca/) should be added.
Rene
Very neat idea! I look
Very neat idea! I look forward to more posts and info.