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JVJ (RIP):
It's come a long way, narf,
but it's the early data that remains erroneous and the big problem is that there simply aren't enough people with the comics (all praise to GAC and DCM, etc.) and even when they are or become available, how many people can perform the IDs needed to make corrections? I've studied for 35 years to get as far as I have, and I'm still puzzled by so MANY styles... Even then, it took me nearly two years to correct the Fiction House data, and we didn't even finish them up.

As I said, it's a mind-boggling task and I believe it needed the energy that got it started, but that same enthusiasm led to what I call "data for data's sake" and that put a lot of mistakes in corners that will require even more effort to illuminate and correct.

DL: you can make your own corrections to the GCD data. Did you make some that were never implemented or did you submit them as corrections? I'm not sure what the difference is in the GCD process (or perhaps they pay more attention to "me"), but when I've made the corrections myself, they seem to get through pretty quickly.

I just wish I had days to just sit down with boxes of comics and crank in the corrections. One more great thing about the JVJ scanning project is that it allows me to submit data via the index cards.

Speaking of that, narf, I owe you a box of comics. I'll try to get to them tomorrow. It completely slipped my mind until I typed the sentence above. Sorry.

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Geo (RIP):
It seemed pretty quick when I posted an update on GCD, it was changed in about one day I believe, but then they knew the data posted up was wrong.

Geo

jrvandore:
I process a lot of the error reports.  Sometimes the speed at which they get done has to do with whether we are familiar with the reporter and whether he explains the error well.  The error report system is also NOT the place to debate (un-signed) art attributions.  We were also burned by an error reporter who submitted corrections that turned out to be wrong, so we try to double-check as much as we can.

And there are many things we simply are not able to do right now.  We can't delete anything (cover scan, sequence, issue, series, publisher).  We can't change the publisher listed for a series.

We also have a very common problem where an error reporter will send us incomplete information, we try to ask for clarification, and our emails are blocked.

The fix for the problem with creators' names is in the works.  But it will take time.

(Aside to Drusilla lives!: I can look into your error reports and see what the hold up might be...but I don't know your GCD name.  Drop me a note at jrvandore at gmail dot com.)

Drusilla lives!:
I'll just state those two small errors here... RGK should at least get partial inker credit on "A New Beginning" in Weird Science #22, and "Fish Story" in Weird Science-Fantasy #23.  I just happened to have recently read both and noticed his initials in panels from both stories... page 4, panel 5 and page 1, panel 1 (respectively).
 
Btw, my GCD name is the same as it is here.

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