Talk:Japanese newspapers
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The title of this article somehow strikes me as awkward; isn’t there a better way to express it? Even more basically, why is there no Wikipedia article on “Japanese newspapers” per se?? There is a general article on “Newspapers,” with nothing about Japan, and a simple “List of Japanese newspapers” but nothing on Japanese newspapers per se. You should start such an article; one obvious place to start is the Japanese Wikipedia article on 新聞, plus articles in standard Japanese encyclopedias, Kokushi daijiten, etc. And why limit the dates to what is available at Columbia? This is very parochial, when a simple search on RLIN or OCLS will give you references to resources throughout the US. Also, the whole article should begin with an explanation of the ways in which newspapers have been reproduced, above all the shukusatsuban format, which should be clearly explained, and its history given (probably began with Asahi in early 20s). The whole article is too much like a list of what’s at Columbia: it should be a broader article on what is available anywhere. Throughout the article, the Romanization is inconsistent, sometimes “shinbun” sometimes “shimbun.” By the current Kenkyusha standard, all should be “shinbun.” But the “List of Japanese newspapers” article uses “m”. I think all should be changed to “n” but maybe this is going too far. Jb05-Hds2 00:29, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
The brief history also doesn't have any citations or explanation of what it means by "modern newspaper", when the some of the newspapers it cites were first published, etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.125.1.182 (talk) 03:38, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
