User talk:Tobogganoggin
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[edit] McClatchy article move proposals
Using the definte article in this case goes against the Wikipedia Manual of Style. It is unnecessary for the purposes of Wikipedia and will only cause headaches in categorization. Yes, in speech one always says "The Beaufort Gazette", just like one says "The ***" for virtually every other newspaper. But every other newspaper is listed without the definite article. --AlexWCovington (talk) 05:11, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
See admin Mets501's response here. Many papers don't formally use the definite article in their titles, and in those cases WP:NAME suggests omitting it. For comparison, see The New York Times and Chicago Tribune. --Tobogganoggin 17:23, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] New York Sun move
Tobogganoggin,
I noticed that Duja had moved the page but the talk page didn't go along with it. I went back and tried to redo the move, but I got the same results he did even though I checked the box about moving the talk page. Do you know what the problem is and how we might fix it? Dasondas 12:49, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunately things like moving stubborn talk pages are over this relatively n00b head of mine. The good news is that it looks like Duja (who responded to you here) has already taken care of it. Cheers, and thanks! Tobogganoggin 17:02, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] July 27, 2005
Just to satisfy my sheer curiosity, how did you settle on July 25, 2005 for all the newspaper screen shots you put up recently? SchuminWeb (Talk) 02:10, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Hey Schuminweb, I really just wanted to add as many images to as many newspapers articles as I could in the shortest time, so to make things easier I decided to pick one date. This way, instead of typing out each unique caption and image summary (and invariably introducing numerical errors), I could just paste this stuff in when I needed it. I then looked at Newseum's archived front pages list to pick a suitable date. Once I did, the choice seemed obvious. I wanted something fairly recent (w/in a couple years), and some event that would have a cool picture. Many of the significant events of this new century have been somewhat politically sensitive or tragic, so I avoided those topics and settled on the Discovery Space Shuttle's return flight. It seemed like a topic that was rather neutral politically, that few would find objectionable (although I know there will always be some who disagree). I think of the images I've uploaded as just placeholders, and I hope that local folks feel bold enough to replace them with more apt, recent, local stories as they occur. I haven't replaced any existing images (as in Montgomery Advertiser), and in the case of 2 Hawaiian newspapers (The Honolulu Advertiser and West Hawaii Today), I was quick enough on the draw to add images featuring the recent nonfatal earthquake there instead. To me, those 3 seem like perfect examples of encyclopedic newspaper images - recent stories that were widely reported, yet which are of particular relevance to the community served by said newspaper. Anyway, I figured someone would ask eventually, and I'm sorry to give such a long response. I hope I haven't stepped on any toes here, and I also hope I've satisfied your curiosity! --Tobogganoggin 03:08, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
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- No toes stepped on here. I think it's a great addition to the articles in question, and am glad to find out the rationale for how you arrived at that date. You put a lot more thought into it than I expected, which is awesome. SchuminWeb (Talk) 10:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
