Talk:John Raymond science fiction magazines

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Mike Christie in topic Abbreviation for SF
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Notes on magazine copyrights

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  • Fantasy Magazine had the first issue renewed, but the other three are out of copyright.
  • Space Science Fiction had September 1952 renewed. The others are out of copyright.
  • Science Fiction Adventures definitely had November 1952 renewed; it's not clear if May 1953 was renewed but to be safe it should be avoided. The other issues are out of copyright.
  • Rocket Stories was not renewed; all issues are out of copyright.

-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 22:06, 31 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Abbreviation for SF

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WhatamIdoing, your recent edit removed the abbreviation SF for science fiction. I usually include it because one gets a ton of repetition in these articles without some way to abbreviate it, but here I think it's probably OK to eliminate it. However, one of the instances is in a quote, which we shouldn't change. If the abbreviation is widely understood we shouldn't need to eliminate it; if not, we need to explain it because it's in the quote. Any thoughts on the best way to deal with this? Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 03:32, 30 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Oh, sorry, @Mike Christie, I hadn't noticed that was still part of the quote. I decided to remove it because there were only eight instances, which isn't a huge number. If it had been, say, 15, I'd have sided with you about the repetitiveness.
I've added an instance of "(SF)" earlier in that sentence. I think the other usual approach is to say "...and better edited SF [science fiction] magazines to appears..." By the way, is the grammar error in the quotation accurate? WhatamIdoing (talk) 04:10, 30 January 2023 (UTC)Reply
No, it's a typo; fixed. Thanks for spotting that. Fix for the abbreviation looks good. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:10, 30 January 2023 (UTC)Reply