Talk:The Democrat-Reporter

Pulitzer nomination

The paper ran a misleading headline suggesting it was a Pulitzer nominee in 1998. But according to the Pulitzer website, the paper was neither a winner nor a nominated finalist in 1998. Unlike some other contests, anyone can enter the Pulitzer Prizes. The Pulitzers uses the term "nominee" to mean a finalist - since they are nominated by one of the Pulitzer committees. "Since 1980, when we began to announce nominated finalists, we have used the term "nominee" for entrants who became finalists. We discourage someone saying he or she was "nominated" for a Pulitzer simply because an entry was sent to us." It would be fair, however, to point out that the paper won praise for its investigative series.

Merger discussion

An article was created for Goodloe Sutton, which doesn't meet the notability criteria per WP:BIO. I've proposed that it's folded into or redirected to this page. It'd be great if others could weigh in at Talk:Goodloe Sutton. - Megs (talk) 18:36, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

I propose we leave it alone, as its own page. Sutton is no longer the publisher and editor and the paper has some accolades in it's 100 plus year life. It is also a paper of public publication/record for its community. P37307 (talk) 01:24, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

The newspaper didn't get awards, Sutton (and his wife) did. Look at how little in the article is NOT about Sutton. Almost nothing. deisenbe (talk) 10:08, 23 February 2019 (UTC)

As I have said at Talk:Goodloe Sutton, that article should be reverted to a redirect to the paper. Sutton is notable only in the context of what he's done at the paper. (A new editor just got named, came here to add the information and saw the merger banner). Yngvadottir (talk) 19:33, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

I think paper should remain. I agree with Yngvadottir, Sutton is not a notable person. The paper is the institution that is notable. P37307 (talk) 19:48, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Given the lack of real discussion or urgency, I'm just going to go ahead and remove the merge tags from both articles. It's starting to affect the DYK nomination, and honestly the separate article on Sutton is fine as it is. SounderBruce 07:01, 14 March 2019 (UTC)