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 * Date formats including Day of the Month Whether and how date formats for magazine issue titles that include a day as well as a month and year should be standardized.
 * Inclusion of Non-genre works reviewed by Genre Magazines  Should these works be included? Should the ROA be changed?
 * Gurps Infinite Worlds Should this and related works be IN or OUT?

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 * ISSNs suggested on verified magazine records? Do ISSNs belong in magazine issue db records?
 * Editors and "scientific editors" When is an editor not an editor? What level of credit makes a co-editor in our records, and what level should be for notes only?
 * Italics in a title? Should we use HTML in title fields?

Recent: Discussions closed but not yet Archived

 * OCLC as a verification source Add OCLC to the list of secondary verification sources?
 * Request to delete Graham Greene Should the works of be deleted?
 * Initials normalization Should we standardize on Initial, Period, space, no matter what was in the pub?

On Hold: Open but Inactive Discussions
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 * Ebook inclusion standards What makes an ebook, as opposed to a webzine, IN?
 * Serials in Chapterbooks Is this example a good model to follow?
 * Spaces in Author names Is "DeWitt" vs. "De Witt" worth a variant, or should we normalize such names, or only some such names?
 * Use canonical artist name for uploaded images? Should we use canonical names in wiki credits, or names "as stated"?

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 * Verification cycle Should notes on secondary sources be deleted on primary verification? Should they be added later?
 * Magazine Editors Executive editors and other "editors": which should be co-editors in magazine issue db records?