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 That is a very useful piece of information. Thank you very much indeed. That's what they mean when they say "Subscribers get more." I was always wondering. [[User:Amorkuz|Amorkuz]] [[User talk:Amorkuz|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 13:37, December 14, 2015 (UTC)
+== Series disambiguation ==
+You are right that the current situation is variable, and I think that has to do with how inconsistently things are marketed by Big Finish. Some things are series, some are volumes, some have individual titles, some don't. Why is it ''Doom Coalition 1'', ''The Diary of River Song'' Series 1, ''The War Doctor Volume 1'' with an individual title, and ''UNIT: Extinction'' without a number? For NABS, they're volumes, but only the second one has an individual title. The upcoming ''Gallifrey'' series has a banner title, but none of the preceding ones did, and the seventh "series" only consisted of one story. ''Short Trips'' switched from volumes to series. ''Iris Wildthyme'' series five has a banner title, the rest don't. It's difficult to create a "one-size-fits-all" approach.
+To actually answer your question instead of ranting, series pages follow the normal dab rules. They should only be dabbed when there's a conflict, so [[Gallifrey (audio series)]] dabbed, but [[Jago and Litefoot]] undabbed. The current practice for audio is to create pages for "volumes" and anthologies with individual titles, but not "series". This seems a little arbitrary to me, because there's not much difference between numbered volumes and series, but again, it's difficult to accommodate all the different release styles. I hope that answers your question. {{User:PicassoAndPringles/sig}} 17:00, December 26, 2015 (UTC)