Talk:Newspaper boy

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Is additional information on the newsboys advisable, or is the current focus (on the newsboys' strike of 1899) important enough to remain so prominent in the article?

I propsed the merge. this page is un-necessary. already exists as paperboy.--Tainter 04:01, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

It's a good point, but the reason I created the article was because of the lack of any hits for searches on "newsboy," "newsie," or "newspaper boy." I would agree with your suggestion to merge this article with the other, but add that the information on this page should be added to "paperboy," as there is no discussion on that page of the newsboy in any kind of historical context.

My only issue with this would be that "paperboy" has the connotation of a boy bicycling around town to throw papers on people's doorsteps. I don't think I'm alone in this, as that's currently all the article explores. As seen in this article, however, the newboy was a very visible member of the exploitation of child workers around the turn of the 20th century...a very different image.