Talk:Grit (newspaper)

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Questions[edit]

I like the article but have some questions. 1) Should some of the Dietrick Lamade material be in a (new) article on him instead (see the newly added biography of Lamade in References too)? 2) When exactly did Grit leave Williamsport? 1990? 3) Should Ogden Publications have its own article too? 4) I like the black and white pictures, but they seem to be too big (400 px wide) - why? (I made them 350 px wide to match the logo image, but they still seem very big). Is there detail I am missing that is only clear at this size? I thought common practice was to not have pictures that large unless there was some detail that needed such a size, i.e. a map). If someone wants to see more detail, they can always follow the link and look at the picture in full screen mode. Ruhrfisch 00:34, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

True Grit[edit]

Thanks for fixing the typo. Your photos are perfect.

(1) Grrr. Every time I write an article someone suggests that another page be created. Then someone else says that the material should not be duplicated. The end result is that my original article is decimated and not as good.
(2) Ogden got Grit in 1996 from another publisher not in Williamsport. I don't have the date.
(3) Ogden... yes.
(4) Okay, I will reduce size of the pictures. Comment added 03:42, June 8, 2006 by User:Pepso

Great pun - I made Dietrick Lamade a redirect page (with possibilities) to Grit (newspaper). I figured out where Gölshausen (birthplace) is and linked it as well as adding other wikilinks. Ironically, Ogden Publications is owned by Ogden Newspapers, which also now owns the Williamsport Sun-Gazette newspaper (which didn't publish a Sunday edition until Grit left). I will see if I can find the date. Thanks for all your work on this. The pictures are great and really add to a very nice article.Ruhrfisch 13:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fun to collaborate with you. I was going to add something about the no-Sunday-edition but didn't have full info. Pepso 15:43, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I found the complete chain of ownership and put that in, as well as the year they left Williamsport for Topeka and some other stuff. Paper of Record [1] has digitized back issues of Grit but they are down with hardware problems right now. If I can find exactly when they stopped their local edition I will put that in. Ruhrfisch 01:57, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was editor of Grit when we moved them to Topeka, Kansas, in 1992. The other magazine in the group (in addition to Cappers) was Best Recipes. We grew it to be a top-10 food magazine in 1993. Anticipating the double-sale of the magazine group (to Morris and then to Ogden), I left for a senior editor position at Meredith Corp. At that time, the publishing of Best Recipes was discontinued. I have many back issues if needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.226.16.44 (talk) 18:10, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

External link question[edit]

The link at the bottom "Message board memories of Grit " is purportedly dangerous as my McCafee Siteadvisor gave the following warning: fiftiesweb.net may cause a breach of browser security. Why were you redirected to this page? When we tested, this site attempted to make unauthorized changes to our test PC by exploiting a browser security vulnerability. This is a serious security threat which could lead to an infection of your PC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.240.50.118 (talk) 12:11, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure that link met Wikipedia's policy on external links so given your experience and that, I have removed it. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 13:06, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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move to Grit (periodical)?[edit]

Since Grit is now a magazine (that was a newspaper), maybe move from "Grit (newspaper)" to "Grit (periodical)"? --EarthFurst (talk) 21:28, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Little League Newsboy Sales - Evidence of 'Boys Only' policy?[edit]

The article states: "Girls were not encouraged to sell Grit; the advertisements said "If you're a boy 12 years or older..." and the information requested included "Are you a boy"."

However, this must have changed at some point - I ended up on this entry after running into a scanned Richie Rich ad for Grit newsboys on the Stupid Comics guru site (https://misterkitty.net/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics22.html).

In fact, The advert cited as source 6, immediately before the "Girls were not encouraged to sell Grit" statement clearly has a panel inserted purely for the purpose of indicating "Girls sell Grit too", and the coupon to send in to request information clearly does not include "Are you a boy" but merely Male / Female checkboxes, so clearly this was not policy at the time of the ad under discussion.

I realise this is an incredibly minor thing on a very minor article, but does anyone have any information on when this policy changed (or even any proof that it ever existed at all!)? In the meantime I'd suggest this section needs to be changed to either reflect the available evidence (i.e., no obvious gender bias in recruitment) or else to say something like "Initially girls were not encouraged to sell Grit, although this policy was later abandoned"? 62.253.228.2 (talk) 07:35, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]