Talk:Computer magazines

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Contents 1 PCC / DDJ 2 IEEE Journal? 3 Redundant 4 Sister Template 5 TfD nomination of Template:Computer Magazines 6 ISSNs

[edit] PCC / DDJ

Does anyone know whether the item PCC - The Peoples Computer Company was a separate newsletter/magazine distinctive from DDJ ? I thought PCC was the company that originally published DDJ. --Wernher 02:07, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] IEEE Journal?

Does the IEEE Computer journal really belong on this list? These are general-interest specific magazines. Template:Computer Magazines lists them as PC-specific magazines. IEEE Computer is a journal, and not very interesting to people outside of the industry (even computer owners), and is not PC-specific. Was another magazine intended to be referenced by this template and this article? -- Mikeblas 13:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Hmm i see your point.. although it is a magazine about computers, regardless of who reads it. I was considering adding a section on this article called industry magazines to cover these as there are a few others too. --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 19:57, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redundant

What's the point of having all of these?

1. Category:Computer magazines
2. Computer magazine
3. Computer magazines

-- Mikeblas 00:26, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Hmm ok, the category is useless as many of the magazines on this list are also in Category:Home computer magazines and assorted other lists. As the the article Computer magazine I did not know that existed - but this is a much better formatted list of magazines - for which most of the articles exist... --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 09:27, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I've suggested a merge for the two topics. I'm assuming that "Computer magazines" as an article title is acceptable -- I think the WP:MOS might prefer singular topic names, though, and if this article is really only a list, it should be renamed to "list of computer magazines". I'm still not sure why this list article and the category are both worth having. -- Mikeblas 16:21, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Look at WP:CAT to see the arguments for and against using list and cat's together. To be honest I am in favour of them but still... I agree with the merge and it is actually technically happeining, but it is a long process. I'm currently cleaning each PC mag article categorizing it and adding it to the correct place in the list. I'm not sure about the rename idea. I had planned to write some info on PC mags in general (historical info etc.) but I don't know.... --Errant Tmorton166^(Talk)(Review me) 20:04, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Regardless of whether cats and lists should co-exist, there seems to be no purpose in having both computer magazine (short article + long list) and computer magazines (long list); they overlap considerably.

There may be a case for having a separate "proper" computer magazine article (titled computer magazine) and list (e.g. List of computer magazines), but not the present set-up with two overlapping articles. Fourohfour 12:39, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sister Template

I've raised questions about the purpose of Template:Computer Magazines (closely related to this article) at Template_talk:Computer_Magazines. Fourohfour 12:53, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Computer Magazines

Template:Computer Magazines has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. --Fourohfour 13:19, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ISSNs

• Not a single ISSN is listed on this page. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to untag this page and tag the individual pages on publications that could have an ISSN listed but do not? Keesiewonder ^talk 22:25, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Agreed, and removed. -Tobogganoggin ^talk 23:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC)