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Today in Focus was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 17 November 2019 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into The Guardian. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
British vs. global[edit]
Should the Guardian be described as a global newspaper now, for example in the short description and lede? It looks like they at least tried to make that transition 10 years ago. Tumnal (talk) 13:18, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
Osama bin laden's letter to america[edit]
On 15 November 2023 the guardian deleted a letter that was published 24 November 2002 titled "letter to america" from Osama Bin Laden after it went viral on TikTok.
I think this deserves a mention on the main article? possibly on a "controversy" section?
here is a link to the archived letter:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230512053944/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/theobserver
Citizenfoo (talk) 16:17, 16 November 2023 (UTC)
is it appropriate to use the term "center-left"?[edit]
in the infobox the Guardian is characterized as "center-left", though the source that is attached to the link describe it as left-wing. If it is a mistake, it should be corrected. Multiple academic sources characterize the Guardias=n as left-wing too Wfcebfyhjsdw (talk) 18:43, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
- also in the last three general elections the Guardian has endorsed the Labour party, that should also added into the main page Wfcebfyhjsdw (talk) 18:47, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
- Firstly, it's Centre-left, not Center-left. That spelling difference is important. "Center" is the spelling in the USA, a country with a very different view on where the centre is from most other western nations. Secondly, the description in the Infobox has multiple sources, not just one. I see none that describe it as left-wing (although at least one is behind a paywall). They all seem somewhat imprecise in their categorisation of the paper. HiLo48 (talk) 23:08, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
- A Guardian editor has admitted to being center-left. Your projections at American politics is irrelevant to that. 69.113.233.201 (talk) 15:59, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
- Firstly, it's Centre-left, not Center-left. That spelling difference is important. "Center" is the spelling in the USA, a country with a very different view on where the centre is from most other western nations. Secondly, the description in the Infobox has multiple sources, not just one. I see none that describe it as left-wing (although at least one is behind a paywall). They all seem somewhat imprecise in their categorisation of the paper. HiLo48 (talk) 23:08, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
Proposed merger from TheGuardian.com[edit]
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.
Since 2004, we have had a separate article for The Guardian's website, TheGuardian.com. I'd argue these are not sufficiently separate topics, that there's not so much there that couldn't be merged here, and the result is a second article on effectively the same subject, but rarely updated and with a tenth of the watchers. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 23:17, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
- I agree; these articles should be merged. GnocchiFan (talk) 17:18, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
- I also agree. I don't see a reason for these two articles to be separate. Seems like a lot of overlap. Eric Schucht (talk) 00:19, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, they should be merged. 178.120.71.47 (talk) 01:28, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- Same reason. They are the same title. TheGreatestLuvofAll ( chat with me ) 18:26, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
- Agreed - think they are editorially the same, no other major newspaper has this distinction (i.e. no separate article for thetimes.co.uk). Chichickov (talk) 16:27, 5 January 2024 (UTC)
- Are they editorially the same? If so, were they always the same? If so, yes, merge, but if not I'm not so sure. The way this article is phrased is ambiguous. PARAKANYAA (talk) 18:48, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Yvette cooper[edit]
She’s no blairite. She’s a Brownite. 2A00:23EE:2970:1CC2:BC93:748F:CFF7:74EB (talk) 14:30, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
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