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Is this really a science fiction magazine, as the term is traditionally used? Traditionally a science fiction magazine features mainly written fiction. Notinasnaid 11:56, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
It's a science fiction magazine in that it consists of articles, reviews and features to do with science fiction/fantasy/horror-related TV shows, films, books, games and DVDs. It calls itself a sci-fi magazine, so the chances are that it *is* a sci-fi magazine.
(Wow, too many initials)
Noted science fiction writer J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5) specifically denies them permission to reprint his words in his internet communications.
Could something be added to explain why? There is nothing on the Straczynski or Babylon 5 articles about this. This was news to me and I was very curious about it. After 15 mins' trudging through archives, I did find an explanation in the form of a post: [1] in the thread "SFX Magazine, JMS and Double Standards" of rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated. Straczynski endorses this later in the thread. I haven't found an SFX response.
Telsa 09:27, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
The issue was raised on the SFX forum at http://forum.sfx.co.uk/index.php However, the thread was later auto-deleted (when it not was posted to after 4 weeks). The SFX response was that JMS dissed SFX in another interview shortly after a friendly interview was conducted with SFX, stating that the writers of SFX 'knew nothing' about science fiction. SFX noted that this coincided with negative reviews of Babylon 5 Season 5 and Crusade appearing in the magazine. Readers also noted that SFX Magazine continued to cultivate a friendly working relationship with actress Claudia Christian after she left B5 under a cloud. SFX offered JMS the chance to rebutt this in the magazine, but he refused all subsequent attempts by the magazine to contact him, whilst simultaneously continuing to bash the magazine repeatedly and heap praise on SFX's (much smaller) rival DreamWatch. It is difficult to fathom exactly what happened, but the writers and editors of SFX Magazine seem willing to discuss the matter on the above forum within certain limits. -- Werthead 00:36, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Is this sentence NPOV? "Sadly it has also gone back on itself many times, including damning the original years of Stargate SG1 as awful trash, yet relenting on this position a few years later".
-- Stevefarrell 16:25, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
We need a picture of the new cover logo Mindstar 13:33, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
This sentence looks a bit lost on its own. If it's going to be there, then there needs to be some sort of explanation - especially as to why the fight has lasted so long, when most such disputes fizzle out after particular personnel on one side or the other have departed. I'm not knowledgeable about this myself, but I have come across the argument from time to time - it's so vicious that it's hard to miss! - and having read one of the previous Talk sections above, it looks as though some very careful editing would be needed to avoid an instant {{ disputed}} tag.
I had a look over on the Talk:J. Michael Straczynski page, and there someone's referred to a "neutral fan's" point of view, which is linked to here. Unfortunately it's a Usenet post, and I believe Wikipedia frowns on those being used as references; if it's been printed or quoted in a notable publication, though, that might be worth following up.
One final point: does Straczynski's "denial of permission" have any legal force at all? Again I don't have specialist knowledge, but I'd be very surprised if the law allowed someone to stop someone else quoting (subject to the usual fair dealing provisions) something they'd written in a public place. Loganberry ( Talk) 11:16, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
I've removed the 'citation needed' tags in this article, because I think they are unnecessary. You can cite something like, say, a circulation figure (which as I recall is in the region of 60,000 or so) or the stuff about JMS (which does desperately need a reference), but you can't cite something like 'SFX has a strong vein of humour'. It's true - having read it monthly since 1999, and occasionally before then (even stretching back to the pre-SFX days when SFX was a column in Your Sinclair called 'The Killer Kolumn From Outer Space' (no, really)), I know this to be so. But where can you cite that from? Is there a newspaper article where an independent critic says 'SFX has a strong vein of humour'? Does Future's official press for the magazine say that? I don't think so. That particular sentence is disturbingly POV anyway, so I've got rid of it. -- Stevefarrell 10:07, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot 07:11, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Is the title of this magazine SFX or SFX magazine? If it's the former, the article should be moved to SFX (magazine) in accordance with WP:NAME guidelines. -- Muchness 11:47, 5 November 2007 (UTC)