Talk:Weird Tales

Some linkies

• early editions for sale
• table of contents
• table of contents
• about the authors
• list of stories
• cover art
• an ebook that may contain the original

John Vandenberg ^(chat) 03:03, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Renewals

Weird Tales. (c) Steinberg Press, Inc.
  (PCW)
     v.19, no.3-6, v.20, no.1-6, v.21,
     no.1-2, Mar. 1932-Feb. 1933.
     (c) 1Feb32, B175722; 1Mar32,
     B175723; 1Apr32, B175724; 1May32,
     B175725; 1Jun32, B175726; 1Jul32,
     B175727; 1Aug32, B175728; 1Sep32,
     B175729; 1Oct32, B175730; 1Nov32,
     B175731; 1Dec32, B175732; 1Jan33,
     B211034. 18Jan60; R250136-
     250147.

More links

These links might be useful:

• Magazine Datefile for Weird Tales
  • Issue checklist

- AdamBMorgan (talk) 12:34, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Another link: Collector's Showcase. This is actually a french site but it lists the contents of each issue with the english titles; it's easy enough to understand and navigate. - AdamBMorgan (talk) 00:52, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Change to the format and structure?

I would suggest formatting the page in the manner of McClure's Magazine and using subpages for each year (or perhaps each volume, which seem to be in six issues sets). - AdamBMorgan (talk) 01:09, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Abbreviations

The French site, which I am using as a base for these indices, uses abbreviations such as "ss" and "vi" after the title and author to indicate the length of the piece. Cross referencing this with the American Miskatronic Press site, which seems to be based on the actual contents pages of Weird Tales, I worked out what they meant (eg. "short story" and "short fiction"). However, I was wrong and will soon be going through the subpages making corrections. In fact, I'll be expanding the abbreviations (there is no real need for "ss" when it can simply read "short story"). Until then, however, some of the abbreviations may be incorrect (the French site does not have lengths for all of the pieces). The abbreviations are apparently fairly standard and list can be found here. - AdamBMorgan (talk) 18:46, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Scanned version & verification

Moved from the talk page for the 1940 subpage:-

There is no scanned version connected with this page. How is another editor to verify the content? Thanks, Mattisse (talk) 22:24, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

I haven't really been thinking of this as a text so there is no scanned version to be proofread. In fact, the only print version I have is still under copyright; although it could be argued to be non-copyrightable information for the most part. However, this page and all of the subpages have external links to sites that provide similar contents lists and additional information (there are probably more on the internet if you require addituional verification). The copyright information comes from the sources listed in the {{PD-US-no renewal}} template: Pennsylvania copyright records scans and the U.S. Copyright Office. These pages are a synthesis of the webistes' information so you should be able to use them to verify the content.

My purposes in adding these indices to Wikisource are:

1. As a framework to link scans of individual issues. I have already done this for the September 1941. There should be more eventually but this takes even longer than I had expected. Having each public domain issue on Wikisource is an aspiration but not one I expect to be fulfilled in the near future (early issues cost a lot).
2. To show copyright information that could be useful for myself and Wikisource in general. This is why the copyright information is prominent throughout. It is useful to know which items are copyrighted and which should be in the public domain. Related to this, redlinks show which texts can be added to Wikisource in the future. - AdamBMorgan (talk) 16:43, 7 October 2010 (UTC)