Entering publication date on manually adding a work doesn't add the date to CK on the work page
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1superboy
I'm assuming this is a bug and not intentional:
- if you add a work manually and enter the publication date, it shows in your catalogue in the publication date column (if you've selected it) but not in Common Knowledge on the work page;
- if you add a work manually and don't enter the publication date there but add it in CK on the work page instead, it shows there (obviously) but not in your catalogue.
So then you have to enter the same information twice.
- if you add a work manually and enter the publication date, it shows in your catalogue in the publication date column (if you've selected it) but not in Common Knowledge on the work page;
- if you add a work manually and don't enter the publication date there but add it in CK on the work page instead, it shows there (obviously) but not in your catalogue.
So then you have to enter the same information twice.
2SandraArdnas
>1 superboy: Most definitely not a bug. For starters, your publication date is merely the date of your edition. CK field is for original publication date. Whether entering manually or from a source does not matter.
Also, in general, none of the CK fields will get filled automatically from anyone's individual record. CK is for information that is valid for the work as a whole. That's why it's called 'common knowledge' and why it's community data, as opposed to individual data we have for our specific books.
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Also, in general, none of the CK fields will get filled automatically from anyone's individual record. CK is for information that is valid for the work as a whole. That's why it's called 'common knowledge' and why it's community data, as opposed to individual data we have for our specific books.
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3keristars
>1 superboy: These are two different data fields.
CK is shared, work-level, the original date of publication.
The one in your catalogue/book entry is for your copy. It's individual-level, not shared. It's meant for the date of your copy, which could be thousands of years different. :)
CK is shared, work-level, the original date of publication.
The one in your catalogue/book entry is for your copy. It's individual-level, not shared. It's meant for the date of your copy, which could be thousands of years different. :)
4superboy
>2 SandraArdnas: >3 keristars: Okay, thanks.
5keristars
>4 superboy: I was thinking a little about this, and you might have seen that the list of works on author pages or series sorted by publication may show a year even if that isn't in the CK. That's based on member copies - what appears be the original date of publication based on all the publication dates entered, but can be overridden by entering the CK value.
A lot of the old children's books I find bubble up with a fairly recent year from reprints, though the books themselves are 100+ years old. So we definitely don't want the copy and CK to automatically match each other! :)
A lot of the old children's books I find bubble up with a fairly recent year from reprints, though the books themselves are 100+ years old. So we definitely don't want the copy and CK to automatically match each other! :)
