Talk:Orion Archives: 2272-2275 The Second Mission
I saw you removed the previous dates which is good, because I think these Orion Archives with the years in the title are listed on the Orion website as re-releases, I assume maybe of Orion Archives which were reprint collections of Orion but in any case the 1990s dates were on the plain Orion Archives. According to the Orion print zine list these were first from 2001, then re-released 2008. I really think also the reprint part should be mentioned somehow, but frankly with these I'm confused what's reprinted where what with the mix of years and number and missions, and all being in the same Orion-zine timeline.--Ratcreature 21:47, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
- This whole complicated series is making me **grind** my teeth in frustration. I'm going to get what info I can in and then go lie down or something... Mrs. Potato Head 22:13, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
- Yes it is very byzantine. In August when I made a stub for Orion and Orion Archives I first thought it cool that their webpage is up and I thought I'd do a full article, and then I looked at the Orion page to see for the details, flailed, and backed away in despair... *g*--Ratcreature 22:30, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Also, are the novellas really part of the The Second Mission numbering? From the website this does not seem the case.--Ratcreature 22:51, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
- Yes. And no. All of the novels attached to the "time periods" have slightly different number titles, but they fall within the time period (I have to go back and correct a couple) and the publisher deliberately groups them in the series. And all the novels (there are others) follow this pattern. IMO, I'd leave them in the "series," with a redirect. I've done that to a number of other novels in a series of anthologies (in fact, I hope to go back and make sure all "sub-novels" get a redirect) that are similar. The way I figure it, can someone find what they're looking for? That's the most important point. Mrs. Potato Head 00:14, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
- But usually the novella zine precedes the reprint series which with it was grouped later, as I pointed out in the other. I think it is confusing to get redirected to the reprint when you look for the original, like say linked from FanQ. Maybe the reprint versions could be grouped (and maybe redirected) into the Orion Archive series pages, but the plain titles don't redirect but are reserved for the original zine versions with a crosslink to the Orion Archive re-release series page.--Ratcreature 00:48, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
- Yes. And no. All of the novels attached to the "time periods" have slightly different number titles, but they fall within the time period (I have to go back and correct a couple) and the publisher deliberately groups them in the series. And all the novels (there are others) follow this pattern. IMO, I'd leave them in the "series," with a redirect. I've done that to a number of other novels in a series of anthologies (in fact, I hope to go back and make sure all "sub-novels" get a redirect) that are similar. The way I figure it, can someone find what they're looking for? That's the most important point. Mrs. Potato Head 00:14, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
- Hopefully, the titles can reside in more than one place, both as a standalone, and as a part of a later, bigger picture. After that, it all works for me. Mrs. Potato Head 00:56, 16 December 2009 (UTC)