Allow selection of Series even when issue does not exist.

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Not sure of the best way to implement this but here's the general gist:

Let's say you are scraping a run of Barbie Fashion and Issues 1-12, 14-19, 
21-25 are in ComicVine's database.

Now you *know* unequivocally that issue 13 and 20 are part of the same volume 
and have the same publisher as th3 rest of the issues you've scraped.  I 
propose that we allow CVS to rename these issues so at the very least the 
naming will be consistent with the rest of your collection.

Perhaps when the "show issues" dialog pops up when you are scraping a run, you 
can make a selection in that screen to accept series without scraped data.

Just a thought.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by revqu...@gmail.com on 11 Jun 2011 at 5:02

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Hmmm...yes, I see what you mean.   The information isn't in comicvine, so you 
can't scrape those comics, but certain details about the comic (Series name and 
issue number) are still pretty obvious.

You're right, I'm not sure how to fit that into the UI...maybe I could add 
"ghost" entries to the issue dialog or something.  I will keep this idea 
percolating, and see if I can come up with something.

Thanks!

Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 12 Jun 2011 at 12:38

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This seems like a great(!!!!!) idea.... maybe the option to add those "ghost" 
issues in the issues lists is the way to go...

Original comment by theotoco...@gmail.com on 12 Jun 2011 at 4:00

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I LOVE this idea, and the idea of 'ghost' issues.  Especially if it could fill 
in as much data as could possibly be known (publisher, imprint, and series at 
the very least).  

Only one suggestion, if a 'ghost' issue is selected can we please also get a 
CVDBGHOST tag, or something similar so I can smart list what issues need to be 
re-scraped at some point in time.  It would almost make sense because there 
isn't going to be a CVDB##### tag to be added.

Original comment by yohn....@gmail.com on 17 Jun 2011 at 3:55

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All you'd really need to do to find issues that need to be scraped is create a 
smartlist that finds all comics that DON'T have a CVDB* tag, right?  I'm not 
sure if CVDBGHOST would really add much value, unless it was to differentiate 
between completely unscraped issues, and "partially" scraped issues.

Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 17 Jun 2011 at 7:37

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cYo posted something in the ComicRack forums that is related to this suggestion:

http://comicrack.cyolito.com/forum/13-scripts/15238-idea-for-comicvine-scraper#1
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Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 21 Jun 2011 at 11:11

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Issue 207 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 23 Sep 2011 at 2:13

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Apologies for not browsing the other issues before posting 207.

But the "ghost" entry would work:

Barbie Fashion 10
Barbie Fashion 11
Barbie Fashion 12
Barbie Fashion 13 (basic data)
Barbie Fashion 14

That would work for me. As long as the series, volume and number (already in 
the filename), Library Organizer can get the comics into the right place. Of 
course, they would have to be rescraped at some point, but its a pretty good 
starting point, specially on 0-day batches.

Original comment by joaomigu...@gmail.com on 23 Sep 2011 at 2:18

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Even the year field can be guessed on certain ocasions,

If the volume number == current year

Original comment by joaomigu...@gmail.com on 23 Sep 2011 at 2:21

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Original comment by cban...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2012 at 6:30

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