User talk:Dsht

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Vastarien: A Literary Journal

I have your addition of "Vastarien: A Literary Journal" on hold. This looks like a mixed genre magazine, is that correct? If so, we would only list the contents that are speculative fiction related. Are you able to confirm which ones are? If so, I will update the record appropriately. Thanks. -- JLaTondre (talk) 17:59, 2 April 2018 (EDT)

The contents are speculative fiction related, both with poems and short fiction and essays concerning speculative fiction. The ones marked non-fiction are the essays.

--Dsht 18:07, 2 April 2018 (EDT)

Thanks. I have accepted the submission, but made the following changes to bring it in-line with our standards:
  • Magazine titles are entered with the month & year (or issue number if month & year not provided).
  • Magazines are dated with their issue date. In this case, since it is Spring 2018, it is entered just as 2018-00-00. If a more specific publication date is known, it can be added to the publication notes.
  • Corrected spelling of Dagny Paul.
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  • Prices should be entered with currency symbol as we deal in multiple currencies.
  • Essay should be entered as "ESSAY". NONFICTION is for books.
  • Interior art should be entered with the title of the art if it has one. If not, it should be given the publications name.
  • Author names with initials & periods should have a period after the period.
  • The data source for entries should be sourced in the pub notes unless you have a copy and are primary verifying it (see help links above). As you did not indicate that in this submission, I sourced Amazon and the publisher's website. If you have a copy, please remove the note and primary verify it.
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Big Echo

Hello, sorry to step in but can you confirm that this webzine meets our ROA and so is not covered by our exclusion rules here. In a nutshell, to be included the stories from a website that are not downloadable (as it seems to be the case here) must be either 1) be eligible for SFWA membership or 2) shortlisted for a major award. Is it the case here? Thanks. Hauck 03:04, 3 April 2018 (EDT)

After some research, I didn't find conclusive evidence and so, without reply, I've deleted the whole lot. Hauck 02:27, 5 April 2018 (EDT)
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