R&S Example page/Magazine Editors

The following thread is from my (Bluesman) talk page:

Before you mentioned getting the "editors" right. Omni has two pages where they list them all. The TOC has only Guccione and Kendig. Then on the Letters page they list about nine of them. Where is the line drawn? I think someone else had the right idea in using only Kendig and Bova as Executive and Fiction (our main interest) Editors. In the July '79 issue Bova finally makes it to the TOC page, so the inclusion of him definitely becomes a more obvious choice. I have a feeling I should go back now and just list the last two and forget Guccione. Bova is listed as fiction editor right from the first issue. Thoughts? Kind of like to get it consistent early. Thanks. ~Bill --Bluesman 02:26, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * We definitely don't want to credit every "art editor" and "science editor" at the Author/Editor level, but the executive editor position at Omni was rather unique in a few ways. Well, sort of.


 * Bova originally started out as their fiction editor, but then he moved up the food chain and became the executive editor, although, naturally, he was still involved with the SF part of the business. Then, some years later, there was Keith Ferrell, another executive editor who happened to be an SF fan, so he was intimately involved in the process, got SF writers to write non-fiction for Omni, etc. So I think it's justified to list the executive editor (who was usually prominently credited anyway) as well as the fiction editor at the Editor level (which is what we currently do -- well, mostly) and perhaps add Notes explaining who was the executive editor and who the fiction editor at the time. We may also want to mention it on the Rules page just to make sure that there are no collisions with other editors' understanding.


 * Have I mentioned that magazines are a whole different can of worms yet? :) Ahasuerus 02:49, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, you did and I shall forge ahead anyway! That delineation at the "Rules" level would be good. Omni was very formulaic in content so a good one to kind of cut my teeth on. I have other old pulps that may prove more involved, and want to get a better feel before starting any of them. Think I'll go back and re-do the first four or five editor credits with notes as you suggest. Before I discovered the second "staff" credits page I had changed a couple to add Guccione and delete Bova. We learn from our mistakes. Much thanks! ~Bill, --Bluesman 02:57, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * No need to be shy, feel free to start a new topic on Rules - the water is fine! :) Ahasuerus 03:01, 19 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm not much on wording for "Rules" or "Help", but for the rookie magazine editors (and I am definitely one of those) guidelines for which editors should be included and the one that shouldn't (and I know there must be gray areas) would be a good idea. Maybe even in the "Help" only for a start. I read all the "Help" on what contents and how (I'm just as shocked by that as all of you!! ;-) ) and that part was pretty easy to understand, but I don't recall anything very specific on "editors". ~Bill, --Bluesman 03:11, 19 August 2009 (UTC)