The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 32, July 24, 2005, Article 1

EDITOR'S CORNER

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John H. Burns writes: "I'll second the motion to rename the
"Editor's Corner" to "Wayne's World!!" George Kolbe adds:
"I, too give "Wayne's World" a thumbs-up!"

Ex-squeeze me? "Wayne's World?" Well, it was our readers
who helped coin the E-Sylum name back when I was pushing
for "The Babbler." This publication is about numismatic
literature and research, but it's also about having some fun with
our hobby. On the other hand, it's not about me, which is why
I'm reluctant to put my own name front and center, even in a
goofy way. But if another week passes without further
suggestions (or an uproar against it), we'll switch to "Wayne's
World", at least for a while.

While on the subject of what The E-Sylum is all about, it's
worth noting a few things: First, although many, if not most
submissions are published verbatim, a number are at least
lightly edited for spelling, style and length. For better or worse,
very few submissions are rejected outright (and in eight years
these probably amount to only about a dozen or so). In nearly
every case, the deleted content is less numismatic than it is
political or personal. In the few cases where I've felt such
content was borderline and allowed it, I've often come to
regret my decision to publish it, for it inevitably leads to
counter submissions which only lead us further and further
away from our core numismatic subject.

The most recent such radioactive topic relates to the late
John J. Ford, Jr. I felt the bulk of a recent submission was
inappropriate, and submissions this week of opposing
viewpoints included phrases I felt were equally inappropriate.
In each case sections small and large were cut or edited for
publication, or not published at all. For example, as much as
I might savor colorful phrases such as "crap," "vile" and
"the demented yapping of a rabid Pekinese!!!", these have
been edited out, as have earlier phrases such as "corrupter of
numismatic fact" .

On a topic more on-target with our mission, thanks and
congratulations are in order for David Lange and other authors
this week, for we have no fewer than five new book announcements
in this issue. Get your checkbooks out, bibliophiles! We begin
this week's issue on a sad note, however.

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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