Hello Irene,
If "no." is the top level, and it just increments forever, then you don't
need a restart at all. So, something like this (untested):
["2","0","8","1","a","no.","i","(year)","j","(month)","w","q"]
Does that do what you are after? If so, I can update the wiki page you
referenced.
Now I have another serials prediction question. I've got a quarterly that has
issue numbers but no volume numbers. The issue numbers are continuous. The
Evergreen DokuWiki
(https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=acq:serials:patterns) provides a
sample code for this pattern under