Talk:The Courier (Dundee)

This page was expanded as part of The Great Britain and Ireland Destubathon, March 2020.

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the The Courier (Dundee) article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Scotland Mid‑importance

	Scotland portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Scotland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Scotland and Scotland-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ScotlandWikipedia:WikiProject ScotlandTemplate:WikiProject ScotlandScotland articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Journalism Low‑importance

	Journalism portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Journalism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of journalism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.JournalismWikipedia:WikiProject JournalismTemplate:WikiProject JournalismJournalism articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Newspapers Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Newspapers, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Newspapers on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.NewspapersWikipedia:WikiProject NewspapersTemplate:WikiProject NewspapersNewspapers articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Politics of the United Kingdom Mid‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics of the United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Politics of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Politics of the United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject Politics of the United KingdomPolitics of the United Kingdom articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Brands Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Brands, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of brands on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.BrandsWikipedia:WikiProject BrandsTemplate:WikiProject BrandsBrands articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

This article was created or improved during the "The 20,000 Challenge: UK and Ireland", which started on 20 August 2016 and is still open. You can help!

Article name confusion

Would this article be better titled as "The courier (D.C. Thompson)" as it does not refer exclusively to the Dundee edition of the newspaper, which is one of several.M.T.S.W.A. (talk) 13:00, 31 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect text about R S Rintoul and dealing with The Dundee Advertiser

The text " In 1809 it was taken over by Robert Rintoul who used the paper to campaign for political reform, and criticism of local politicians such as Alexander Riddoch" is wrong. Although this cited to Enid Gauldie's biography of Riddoch, I have checked the source and she does not make this claim - rather she, identifies Rintoul as becoming editor of The Dundee Advertiser in 1808. This is indeed the paper R S Rintoul edited, as is stated in his article, rather than its rival The Courier. The Advertiser did of course merge with the Courier in 1926, so perhaps its history should be covered here in some detail. Alternately, given that for much of its history it was a far more significant newspaper than the pre-1926 Courier there might be a case for it having its own article. However the question is what to do with this text? I think the options are 1) delete it as misleading 2) amend it to make it clear it relates to The Advertiser and move it to a paragraph or section specifically dealing with that article. I would welcome other editors opinions on the way forward. Dunarc (talk) 22:45, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]