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Periodicals

 * — the type of the periodical, for example
 * — the title of the work, for example
 * — the place of publication, for example
 * — the publisher or publishing organisation
 * — the printer, if known and different from the publisher
 * — the editor(s), using and  as needed
 * — the physical format, for example
 * (most usual)
 * : usually one of
 * , usually
 * — main subject(s) of the periodical, e.g.
 * — the printer, if known and different from the publisher
 * — the editor(s), using and  as needed
 * — the physical format, for example
 * (most usual)
 * : usually one of
 * , usually
 * — main subject(s) of the periodical, e.g.
 * , usually
 * — main subject(s) of the periodical, e.g.
 * — main subject(s) of the periodical, e.g.

Publication history

 * , for example "1 week", "1 month", etc.
 * , for when a publication began by being split from another
 * , for when a publication was merge into another and ceased to exist in its own right
 * , for when a publication began by being split from another
 * , for when a publication was merge into another and ceased to exist in its own right

Authority control and sources

 * — The parent Commons category, e.g. The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology
 * — e.g.
 * — for the work as a whole, for example 1587511
 * — the Hathi Trust catalogue entry(s) for the whole periodical, e.g. 000052614
 * — for the work as a whole, for example 1587511
 * — the Hathi Trust catalogue entry(s) for the whole periodical, e.g. 000052614

Volumes

 * Should be
 * ­— points to the periodical or series, which should have a matching
 * — the previous volume, if any
 * — the next volume, if any
 * , the range of dates that this volume covers
 * — stated publication date of the volume (sometimes may be the year after the last contained issue)
 * — the volume number
 * — URL of the Index page at English Wikisource
 * — URL of the Index page at English Wikisource

Issues/numbers

 * Should be
 * — usually a specific day or month
 * — the issue number, e.g.
 * — the previous issue, if any
 * — the next issue, if any
 * — the containing volume
 * — URL of the Index page at English Wikisource (only if the issue is a separate index, usually it's by volume)
 * — URL of the Index page at English Wikisource (only if the issue is a separate index, usually it's by volume)

Articles

 * , for example:
 * — especially if different to the parent items
 * — points to the periodical, not the issue
 * — points to the issue item
 * — e.g.
 * — the volume number (duplicated from the volume)
 * — the issue number, e.g.  (duplicated from the issue)
 * — e.g.
 * — the volume number (duplicated from the volume)
 * — the issue number, e.g.  (duplicated from the issue)

Note: The "flat" structure of the volume, issue and pages (as opposed to either a qualifier on or placing the information only on the volume or issue page) is the usual Wikidata idiom used by millions of article items.

Copyright status
Copyright status can be declared at any level. Sometimes an article can have a different copyright status to the parent work as a whole, due to Help:Copyright Renewal or because of the author's death date.


 * , qualified by
 * (any pre- work)
 * (usually redundant with
 * (any pre- work)
 * (usually redundant with
 * (usually redundant with

Articles with known authors may also be covered by something like:


 * , qualified by
 * , qualified by