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segadude:
I have several copies of Retro Gamer magazine and am considering adding them to VGC however, they are oversized at 9" wide x 11-5/8" high.
 My inkjet printer can handle the length but cyts off about 1/4" of the width.  Would these images be OK to submit for new magazines?  Also, since they're currently list as "Retro Gamer # 23, 235, etc., they are not in consecutive order and if the current list is expanded quite a bit it would be difficult to find if certain issues are listed.  I would like to suggest additional entries to these magazines be listed by 3-digit numbers, preceded by zeroes for earlier issues, such as "Issue # 001, 037, 235, etc." The ones I get my Retro Gamer magazines at our local Barnes and Noble and they are made in the UK.  They don't show "Issue" numbers on the monthly magazines, only "Load" numbers. I assume these "Load" numbers can be interpreted as "Issue" numbers. I have approximately 20 issues, including some 'Annual' and special editions.  I just love them for their colorful artwork and great nostalgia-filled articles.  Please advise when possible and if you agree to the listing suggestions above for numbering and using Load numbers as Issue numbers, or have other recommendations, I'll start adding mine to your collection. Thanks for your attention.

dhaabi:

--- Quote from: segadude on October 19, 2023, 10:57:02 pm ---I have several copies of Retro Gamer magazine and am considering adding them to VGC however, they are oversized at 9" wide x 11-5/8" high.
 My inkjet printer can handle the length but cyts off about 1/4" of the width.  Would these images be OK to submit for new magazines?
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Ideally, you should avoid submitting significantly cropped scans. This is especially so because there are online resources where scans are available, such as Retromags. Most issues of Retro Gamer have already been scanned on their site, but some have censored barcode information. For those scans in particular, they should not be uploaded due to our site's rules.


--- Quote --- Also, since they're currently listed as "Retro Gamer # 23, 235, etc., they are not in consecutive order and if the current list is expanded quite a bit it would be difficult to find if certain issues are listed.  I would like to suggest additional entries to these magazines be listed by 3-digit numbers, preceded by zeroes for earlier issues, such as "Issue # 001, 037, 235, etc." The ones I get my Retro Gamer magazines at our local Barnes and Noble and they are made in the UK.  They don't show "Issue" numbers on the monthly magazines, only "Load" numbers. I assume these "Load" numbers can be interpreted as "Issue" numbers. I have approximately 20 issues, including some 'Annual' and special editions.  I just love them for their colorful artwork and great nostalgia-filled articles.  Please advise when possible and if you agree to the listing suggestions above for numbering and using Load numbers as Issue numbers, or have other recommendations, I'll start adding mine to your collection. Thanks for your attention.
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The Magazines sub-category is a mess, and it's entirely due to how entries have been submitted. We are not concerned with items being organized in sequential order. So, specific magazine entry names should not adopt some formatting standard but instead rely upon how the actual item is named. So, for instance, Retro Gamer magazines have several different naming formats such as:
Issue One
Volume Two Issue One
Load 25
Issue 105

These names are based off of front cover information. Spine formatting may differ if it's present at all for each issue, but it's difficult to obtain this information for someone not accessible to the item. From some quick searching on eBay, I only came across one image of that partial spines, but the names follow the same format as front cover.

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