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I don't think changing a publisher to a work category is correct as you have done with Synge Street CBS. You call that "fixed references". The Irish Times is a newspaper publisher and should be listed as such as a publisher, and in that paper most pages give their category of work at the top of the webpage or in the hard copy, which I usually fill in, such as the "The Irishman's Dairy" that you removed. Can you explain and justify this? ww2censor (talk) 11:33, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Ww2censor: Hi there! After re-reading MOS:ITALICTITLE and Template:Cite news#Description, here's how I interpret the situation:
- The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. Newspaper titles should be italicized and the
|work=(or|newspaper=) parameters perform the italicization. - The Irish Times is owned by The Irish Times Trust. As a company name, it does not need italicization. When we use The Irish Times in a reference, we shouldn't also use The Irish Times Trust as the publisher.
- "The Irishman's Diary" is a column of The Irish Times newspaper. The column name should not be italicized. It can be put in the
|department=parameter. I deleted "The Irishman's Diary" from one reference because it was also in the|title=field, and we don't need it in two places.
- The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. Newspaper titles should be italicized and the
- I'm happy to work with you to continue updating the references in Synge Street CBS if you like. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 13:23, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
I'm doing well. --Jef3dv500 (talk) 15:16, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @Jef3dv500: Wonderful. Did you have a question? GoingBatty (talk) 17:15, 23 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
[redacted number] ..my WhatsApp contact 12any (talk) 03:04, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- @12any: Hi there! I prefer to keep conversations about Wikipedia on Wikipedia. (And I don't use WhatsApp.) GoingBatty (talk) 04:53, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Ok nice meeting you tho 12any (talk) 05:35, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply