Talk:The Idler (1993)

19th-century Idler

This isn't the first magazine called The Idler. There was a British publication by the same title in the 19th century -- see their interview with Louis Wain here. Is the current one meant to be in some way a resurrection of the previous one? Should the two be on one page or should they be disambiguated? Perodicticus 00:19, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Some more info: According to this site, the 19th century Idler was started by Jerome K. Jerome and was published from 1892-1911. Also, Samuel Johnson produced a publication called The Idler from 1758 to 1760. Perodicticus 00:25, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Page move

Based on the above, I've decided to move this page to The Idler (1993) and create a disambiguation page at The Idler. I don't think this should be controversial, but if it causes any problems please let me know. Perodicticus 00:33, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Tidied up

Hope no one minds but I've tidied and sorted the article. I know nothing about the subject at all so if I've made an error please correct it. Thanks. Super Ted 11:25, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

• They should do one called "Crap Insurance" too.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:29, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Categories

Please retain this article in the following categories; Criticism and refusal of work, Labour journals, Utopian movements. It fits well in all of them and is not just "a magazine for those with money".--Darrelljon (talk) 20:39, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Nice statement. Unfortunately you'll need to explain how it is a labour magazine and how it is a magazine about refusal of work - things cant just be accepted at face value. I note that the contributors are clearly not "labour" but white-collar, bourgeoisie - so quite the contrary of labour according to Marx. And where does the refusal to work fit in? As satire - maybe? As a good number of the contributors have led very active and financially rewarding working lives. Everton Fish - Hydrofoil XI (talk) 12:10, 23 May 2010 (UTC)