#736 Magazines that change titles should be listed in the Magazine index

[Darrah Chavey]

When a magazine changes name over the years, we combine their titles into a single overall title series record. But then some of the names by which it was known are hidden from the "Magazine Directory" pages. For example, "Science Fiction Classics" (at http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pe.cgi?26070) changed its name to "Science Fiction Adventure Classics" in 1969, and then to "Science Fiction Adventures" in 1973. But those titles are not in the Magazine Directory lists of titles. So if you have an issue of one of the latter two titles, and try to look them up in the Magazine Directory, you will be unable to find them; i.e. it will look like we do not have that magazine indexed. This should be changed so that all of the editor titles under a series title are included in the Magazine Directory.

[Ahasuerus]

Part 1 - Changed simple Search behavior to include matching EDITOR records. Implemented in:

biblio/se.py 1.33
common SQLparsing.py 1.139

Installed in r2014-390 on 2014-11-06. Keeping the FR open pending resolution of the discussion on the Rules page.

[Ahasuerus]

Part 2 - Change simple Magazine Search to indicate which hits were caused by an EDITOR record rather than a series record. Implemented in biblio/se.py 1.34. Installed in r2014-391 on 2014-10-07.

[Ahasuerus]

Part 3 - Updated the magazine directory logic to match the Magazine Search behavior. Implemented in:

biblio/directory.py 1.13
common/SQLparsing.py 1.140

Installed in r2014-392 on 2014-11-07. Closing.

[Ahasuerus]

As Darrah pointed out on the Rules page:

"...entering "Science Fiction Adventure Classics" now takes you directly to the correct series, i.e. the main title containing that EDITOR title. However, this title is still impossible to find from the Magazine Directory page. It correctly finds the parent title that contains the title we're looking for, but since there are 62 hits under "Sc", there's no reasonable way to identify which is the series title that contains "Science Fiction Adventure Classics"."

Re-opening the ticket.

[Ahasuerus]

Part 4 - Improved the algorithm and standarized Magazine Directory/Magazine Search behavior. Implemented in:

biblio/directory.py 1.14
biblio/se.py 1.35
common/SQLparsing.py 1.141

Installed in r2014-400 on 2014-11-11. Closing.