Talk:Uncanny Tales (Canadian pulp magazine)

Note on copyright of covers

Canadian copyright law applies, so the covers will be in the public domain fifty years after the death of the artist. The artists are G.M. Rae, Walter Leslie, Bick, K.P. Ainsworth, and Ted Steele. I can't trace any of these, so the covers have to be treated as under copyright. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:25, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: J Milburn (talk · contribs) 10:50, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Happy to offer a review. J Milburn (talk) 10:50, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Concerning the lack of images- of course I accept your decision not to include a non-free image, but you may want to consider whether the logo of the magazine could be uploaded under {{PD-text}}. If you know of any of the covers available online, I'd be happy to offer an opinion on that.

  Here is a checklist showing all the images. There are several different styles of logo; it would certainly be nice to include one or more if you think that would pass muster. Interestingly, they show some volume information for some of them, though the numbering only makes sense if every issue is in volume 2. I rechecked Tymn/Ashley and they are unequivocal about there being no volume numbering. If I can treat philsp.com as a reliable source I could mention it; it's a website maintained by Phil Stephenson-Payne and is widely used a resource, but I don't know if it qualifies. One thing in its favour is that it's cited by the online Gollancz SF Encyclopedia -- the SFE page for Uncanny Tales links to it. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:17, 23 December 2014 (UTC)]

  Any of those logos could be used on PD-text grounds, I reckon. I've added a logo to the lead. Concerning the website, if it's cited by reputable sources, and especially if it's maintained by someone with some publishing experience in the area, it's probably OK. J Milburn (talk) 12:57, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Is the editor worth redlinking? Chester Cuthbert? C.V. Tench?

  All are borderline, but some digging found just enough on Tench that I think there could be an article on him one day, so I redlinked him. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:17, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• "digest-sized" and "weird fiction" should be wikilinked.

  Done. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:17, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Are the publishers or Megavore worth linking?

  I don't think the publishers are, but I linked "Megavore" to The Science Fiction Collector, which is the title the SF Encyclopedia lists it under. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:17, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Perhaps you could add the Megavore piece to a further reading section?

  Done. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:17, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Category:Magazines published in Toronto?

  Done. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:08, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Why, on the bibliographic table, have you put the last issue over two months, when in the text you say it was dated September?

  Oops. That's an error; thanks for catching that. The final issue was dated September-October. I've changed the body; I think the lead can stay the way it is since it's talking about the date the magazine's run ended rather than the date on the final issue. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:08, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

• Sources look fine- I could quibble with formatting, but that's not important, though I would lose the French- the article title seems to be in English?

  That's the way JSTOR gives the citation, so I was thinking I should just leave it that way. Presumably it's because at the time the article came out the journal was published from Canada. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:08, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Generally very good, as ever. I made some fixes- please double-check. J Milburn (talk) 11:18, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Your fixes look fine; thanks for the review! Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 17:08, 23 December 2014 (UTC)