Talk:The Register-Guard

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April 20, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on March 19, 2008.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that Eugene, Oregon's The Register-Guard is the second largest newspaper in Oregon?

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POV

often presents biased Conservative political views, and leaves out important information.

It's been a few years since I've lived in Eugene, but I don't really think the Guard is particularly conservative. Cfeedback (talk) 18:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, thanks for pointing this out. If you check the page history, you'll see those POV comments were left by an anon, and usually unverifiable personal opinion like this is simply best reverted. Happy editing! Katr67 (talk) 19:55, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tabloid or broadsheet?

The article currently says the paper is a broadsheet. However, their advertising rate card associates their rates with the tabloid format. It seems to me the article is incorrect. —Parhamr (talk) 02:19, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unless something really radical has happened, it's a broadsheet (aka normal newspaper). The tabloid rates refer to the tabloid special inserts (house and garden or whatever). You'll see the regular rates above. Katr67 (talk) 05:48, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ahh! That makes sense. I also noticed the grid dimensions in the rate card reflect a broadsheet. Nevermind. —Parhamr (talk) 07:52, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Structure

Looking at a few other newspaper articles, this might be a potential structure... Northwesterner1 (talk) 11:13, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

History and ownership

Awards

I think this is the only pulitzer nom, but there should be more awards from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association

Major sections

i.e. newspaper content, weekly sections, etc.

Employees

Executive staff and editors

Columnists

Criticism and Controversies

Political Leanings

Labor Issues

As I recall, workers were without a contract for two or three years awhile back, with an NLRB decision that was appealed all the way to the supreme court.

Marriage Announcements

When Multnomah County granted same-sex marriage licenses, the paper refused to publish same-sex announcements. See [1]

Other?

GA review

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

This article is in decent shape, but it needs more work before it becomes a Good Article.

Is it well written?
A. The prose is clear and concise, and the spelling and grammar are correct:
~~In the History of the Guard, it would be best to replace "The next year" with "The following year".~~ ~~It would be best to add more information about E. J. Finneran bankrupting the paper. Is "The Guard Printing Company" a newspaper too?~~ In the Post-merge history section, can the other three people who opposed Joseph McCarthy's actions be mentioned? Also, it would be best to included "Senator" next to the sentence "calling McCarthy's actions...." ~~Same section, what does "son of the original Alton Baker" mean?~~ Done ~~Does "Baker Downtown Center", "Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association" and "William M. Tugman State Park" link to anything?~~

B. It complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation:
Is it verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check?
A. It contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline:

B. Reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose):
~~Can a source be provided for Alton Jr., passing the newspaper company to his brother Edwin? Does reference 8 cover when the Register-Guard sued the Forest Service?~~

C. It contains no original research:

D. It contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. It addresses the main aspects of the topic:

B. It stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style):
Is it neutral?
It represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each:
Is it stable?
It does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute:
Is it illustrated, if possible, by images?
A. Images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content:

B. Images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
If the statements above can be answered, I will pass the article. Good luck with improving this article! Also, contact me if the above statements are answered.

-- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:55, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To answer your question, the Guard Printing Company is the in-house (meaning owned by the same family) printer of the paper. VanTucky 03:01, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Oh, thanks for the know Van. ;) -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 23:59, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - For 1.A. The two remaining red links have several items linked to them besides this article (not that that even matters for anything), the third was removed per the WP:MOS as red links should not be in the see also section. Also the McCarthy items have been addressed. For 2.B. The second point has been addressed. Aboutmovies (talk) 00:34, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    - Cool, we're seeing some stuff being done. Not to sound as a bother, but is there any info. about E. J. Finneran bankrupting the newspaper? -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 01:36, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      - I don't have my copies of that any more, and I won't be back at the library until Monday. But I would assume as in any bankruptcy he spent more than the paper was bringing in, and more specifically I think he bought a new printing press that he ultimately couldn't afford. Aboutmovies (talk) 01:57, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        Hmm. In many cases it would be best to describe something, to make sure the reader understands it fully. But, in this case, I will choose to "ignore" this and pass the article. If something can be found for the bankruptcy, please add it. Congrats on everyone for their hard work. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 02:23, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Forest Service case

I'm curious, since there's no link to the Harper's article, does anyone know if the trespassing occurred at the site of the Warner Creek Fire timber salvage? That whole scene was a big deal and deserves an article. Katr67 (talk) 03:52, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If I recall, yes it was from that incident. The Harper's artilce(s) I believe were focused more on that and not the reporters. Aboutmovies (talk) 00:04, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Awards section

A while ago I added the tables and the update on the ONPA's awards to the paper. Do you think these are improvements, the tables, mostly? Jsayre64 (talk) 21:50, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, t'was best to delete the tables. User:Aboutmovies helped me with this. Jsayre64 (talk) 03:50, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File:The Register-Guard front page.jpg Nominated for speedy Deletion

File:The Register-Guard front page.jpg was deleted. (Bot notification summarized by Pete Forsyth (talk).) --CommonsNotificationBot (talk) 10:06, 23 May 2012 (UTC) |}[reply]

OHQ article about Tugman

See here: wikisource:en:Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 45/The Name of William M. Tugman Added to Honor Roll -Pete Forsyth (talk) 04:43, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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