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+An episode in Antennapod runs through three stages, generally; from New to Unplayed.
+
+| New  | Unplayed | Played |
+------------- | ------------- | -------------
+| Any item with no interaction with the user** | Any item which has been interacted with by the user**, but has not been played yet | Any item which has been played, or has been marked as played by the user
+No action has been taken | - User added item to the queue<br>- User swiped item from new episodes<br>- User refreshed item's feed<br>- User downloaded item's media | - User (manually) marked item as played<br>- User swiped item from queue<br>- User played item to the end<br>- Item was smart marked as played (item was played almost to the end) |
+| NL: nieuw | NL: niet afgespeeld | NL: afgespeeld |
+
+** exception: When a new feed is added, only the first feed item remains *new*, the other items are marked as *unplayed*
+
 ## General
 
 * A feed item is *new* as long as the user has not interacted with (and thereby noticed) it
@@ -20,8 +30,8 @@
 
 ## Unplayed → played
 * User swipe item from queue
-* User swiped item from all episodes [item will stay on the list]
- * tomhennen: this will require some changes to DSLV so that things don't disappear and reappear.
 * User played item to the end
 * Smart mark as played (item is played almost to the end)
+* [not implemented] User swiped item from all episodes [item will stay on the list]
+ * tomhennen: this will require some changes to DSLV so that things don't disappear and reappear.