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What enigma means is, for example, # 2720705 (Perry Rhodan 565).
On the front of every Perry Rhodan is a title, in this case: Gucky, the master thief
Inside is also the original title: Gucky, der Meisterdieb
Dutch translation: H. Vertoren.
Typical characteristics of a book.
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Yes I know very well the etymology of the word English word magazine. Comes from Arabic via French, then adopted into German and only then into English.
Original meaning (used for printing around 1650-1700) was indeed a collection of stories in a cheap edition, often discarded afterwards. Before that it meant storage or collection place.
There was also a period when magazines or periodicals were called newspapers. Our word newspaper is derived from that.

A clear feature of all such publications were cheap, one-off publications that were usually quickly thrown away after reading. At least that's how they were intended. Over time, that has changed considerably with the glossys, trade magazines, etc. The quality went up, so less was thrown away.

Colt45, Hollister, dimes and penny-dreadfulls and all the others were originally intended as a quick, cheap release to throw away after reading. Or a notebook (leaf) for a limited time => magazine.
That's where our word magazine comes from.

The fact that a translation in such a magazine is named in the same way as a book has nothing to do with the character of the magazine. That doesn't make it a book.

Then a bicycle would actually be an airplane? After all, both have a steering wheel and wheels. That is very selectively choosing your characteristics, in my opinion.

Other than that I give up now.

I stand by what I've said.

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I don't see any new opinions or insights here anymore, so this still remains the state of affairs, I think:

@Enigma and @DeBijzaak, Clear. In particular, you agree that a magazine is published periodically.

DeBijzaak: you also want it to meet a number of criteria regarding the form.

Enigma: you only think something is a magazine as well applies:
- that it consists of several articles / photos?
- that it does not have a unique title.

Here we will have to choose between (or possibly a combination of criteria). Opinions of others on this are very welcome.

Anyone with a different opinion or a middle ground?



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Anyone else with a different opinion or a middle ground?

I think we can hammer out after almost two months! Sold!

Does someone just have to click on the "LastDodo_volautomatic_magazine mover" button, or does it work differently?

Maw: How are we doing?


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JozefK Does someone just have to click on the button "LastDodo_volautomatic_tijdschriftverplaatser", or does that work differently?

That works a little differently. It must be carefully considered where which information goes, but it can be done. It now also happens irregularly that items move from one category to another.

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Does someone just have to click on the button "LastDodo_volautomatic_tijdschriftverplaatser", or does it work differently?
In other words: How are we doing?

We currently have our hands full on other things and we don't want to do this before we can flexibly add new fields and easily set up new sections. There is no reluctance, just a different set of priorities.
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As a relative newbie here, I'm just now seeing this discussion. Would like to say a few things about it though.
1st: if something is listed as 'magazine' under 'comics', it should only be a 'real' comic magazine. Too often I come across magazines listed below that contain some comics but aren't or pretend to be comic magazines (or magazines) at all. Think of Diddl's Cheese Leaf, Okki, Taptoe etc. have already been mentioned. So those are not comic magazines. I don't think they belong under 'comics'. If you do, you must also include all newspapers that have a strip under comics, just like Vrij Nederland, which always offers a strip on a regular basis. But in my opinion that is a contamination of the concept of 'comics'.
2e: the concept of 'magazine' cannot be defined on the basis of external characteristics. There are magazines with a staple in the spine, magazines in pocket form (think of the 'Pulp' series in the Zwarte Beertjes, which expressly presents itself as a magazine) and magazines in luxury bound edition. It is therefore not possible to use the appearance form for this classification problem. The only thing you can rely on is the fact that it concerns a periodical publication or in any case a publication with that intention (that last addition regarding eg Baberiba that did not go further than that intention). Periodically can be daily, weekly or less frequent and e.g. also annually.

Another point, if I may add it here (I have no idea if that discussion has already been/is taken somewhere): if I If I ask the catalog or elsewhere for an overview of available magazines, I get a laundry list of all those linked 'heroes' and 'series'. I don't want that at all. I just want to see which magazines are available. Can something like this be possible sometime please? Because searching for magazines within 'comics' is in vain in this way, because you have to go through hundreds of (non-relevant) titles over and over again to see what is or isn't a magazine. It's in parentheses, but I still have to go through all those other titles every time.

If this last point has already been discussed elsewhere, please provide a link to it.

Thanks, kind regards

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sorry I forgot one more thing: I think a good example of an incorrectly described edition is the Jan Kruis glossy. It is listed as a 'magazine' but it is not a magazine. It is a book about Jan Kruis in the form of a glossy. It is not part or beginning of a regular magazine and does not fall into such a series. Just a one-off issue.
I thought this was a clear example of the definition of 'magazine'.
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JozefK and others
 Should someone just click on the "LastDodo_volautomatic_tijdschriftverplaatser" button, or does it work differently?

In other words: How are we doing?

Transferred from Comics meanwhile:
- Zonnekind
- Zonneland [BEL]
- Zonneland [NLD]
- Sunbeam
- Okki
- Jippo
- Taptoe
- All associated Holiday/Summer/Winter/Spring/Autumn books have been transferred from Comics to Books.
[Edit] - De Rakker

Unfortunately, due to technical reasons, a number of items cannot be transferred yet, that will be done in due course.

We first try to transfer those magazines that are currently in several re headings have been entered. Due to the amount of magazines it is difficult to get an overview. Suggestions may be sent to me via PM.
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