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bglassbrook



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 1:07 pm Reply with quote
The chapter titles for @Full Moon previously submitted are otherwise correct, however, anything listed as Part 1 and Part 2 are numbered as the same chapter in the table of contents (pictured here). So...
1 - The submission is fine, as is, and we can ignore the numbering?
2 - The parts should be ignored, and we just list the six unique chapter names?
3 - They should be entered as subchapters (1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, etc.)?

Thanks.
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Dessa



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 23, 2014 2:31 pm Reply with quote
Hmm... on the one hand, these appear to be separate chapters. On the other hand, they're clearly defined as multiple "chapters" with the same number.

I personally think it should probably be listed with the "Chapter #" as part of the title.

So volume 1 would look like this:
Quote:
1. Chapter 1: The Town Where We Met, The Night it Began (Part 1)
2. Chapter 1: The Town Where We Met, The Night it Began (Part 2)
3. Chapter 2: Scrambled Night (Part 1)
4. Chapter 2: Scrambled Night (Part 2)
5. Chapter 3: Midnight Clock Tower (Part 1)
6. Chapter 3: Midnight Clock Tower (Part 2)


This way, it would reflect the mangaka's breakdown of chapters, while still preserving the number of traditional chapters in each book.
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bglassbrook



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:52 pm Reply with quote
Dessa wrote:
This way, it would reflect the mangaka's breakdown of chapters, while still preserving the number of traditional chapters in each book.

Wouldn't subchapters also preserve the original numbers while informing an encyclopedia user how many conventional chapters are present?
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Dessa



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:21 pm Reply with quote
I dunno, if I didn't know what was going on, it might confuse me. Since the only thing I've personally seen partial numbers on were DVD-only side episodes or recaps and such.

Can we put letters in the "number" field? "1a", "1b", "2a", "2b" would make sense to me (and, presumably, the average encyclopedia user) more than "1.1" "1.2".
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Chibi Shoujo



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 4:15 pm Reply with quote
Hi guys. I was the one who originally submitted the chapter titles for @Full Moon. I wasn't sure how to number them because they are technically broken into the 11 parts.

If an encyclopedia editor has a better solution, I'm all for it. For now, I can update it with Dessa's suggestion to include the publisher's numbering within the title.
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