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eSkeptic on Wikipedia[edit]

Here's an eSkeptic article about editing for Wikipedia:

"Why skeptics should pay close attention to Wikipedia", Tim Farley, 2008-12-08.

— Loadmaster (talk) 23:57, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal[edit]

Junior Skeptic is not a separate publication. Rather it is a section within this publication which is geared towards a youthful audience. It's not notable as a separate publication. It would be notable that this magazine includes a section for youth each month.Simonm223 (talk) 21:51, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Go for it. - 2/0 (cont.) 05:03, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Merge and leave a redirect. -- Brangifer (talk) 19:14, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, so much easier than trying to complete the redirect at Timewave Zero. Thanks guys.Simonm223 (talk) 20:19, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest a similar merge for Daniel Loxton, who does not appear to have notability exterior to Junior Skeptic. Artw (talk) 02:44, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it should stand as its own entry. Daniel has spoken at several highly attended conference, is a book author, and has been featured on many radio and podcast interviews.

Skeptic is published three times a year[edit]

The article still says Skeptic is quarterly, but it has been coming out three times a year since 2002 (even though each volume still contains four issues.) There's no agreement on what to call a periodical that is issued three times a year. Making it analagous to "biannually," the word would be "triannually," but too many people think that means once every three years. Making it analagous to "bimonthly" would make it "quadmonthly," I guess, but I don't think there's such a word. Making it analagous to "quarterly" would be -- what? Thirderly? ... Anyway, the opening sentence should read "Skeptic is a science education and science advocacy magazine published internationally three times a year by The Skeptics Society, etc." Spelvin214 (talk) 21:43, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I intend to edit this page, please contact me if you have any comments.Ph2500 (talk) 22:30, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]