Talk:Athlone Press

Meaningless, unverified Athlone Press redirect: Error or joke?
Hi folks. On checking whether there is a need to create a Wikilink for Athlone Press, I found myself redirected to the University of London article. A check of the article shows nothing justifying this link. A previous Chancellor was the 1st Earl of Athlone, but that tells one nothing at all in relation to an Athlone Press redirect. One might as well redirect to any of the multitude of pages that contain the term Athlone.

A quick check via the search function for Athlone Press gave me a page for Continuum International Publishing Group, but the only mention of Athlone Press is a link which, via redirect, brings one back to this article. That's either an editing error (as in the exercise wasn't completed to the point that it makes sense), or a little joke by someone. I found nothing enlightening on the Contimuum Books website Continuum Books website indicating Athlone Press is any part of the group.

The bottom line is the redirect to this article is meaningless, and I suggest that if there is a basis that someone out there knows about, and can verifiably substantiate, that should be done. Otherwise the redirect is useless, and should go.Wotnow (talk) 22:44, 18 December 2009 (UTC)Wotnow

Cryptic redirect resolved
The above cryptic redirect has been resolved, courtesy of a reply from Timrollpickering (talk) on the discussion page of University of London

Per Timrollpickering: "Athlone Press was the University's publishing house between 1948 and 1979, before it was sold on - see for details about the press's papers held in Senate House."

This information has now been utilised. I have added a brief sentence to the history section of the University of London article, using the citation provided by Timrollpickering, and another citation for the eventual acquisition by Continuum publishing. I have also amended the redirect to go to Continuum International Publishing Group, where it makes sense. There is no point in anything pointing to the UoL article unless someone creates a substantive section on Athlone Press. But if that never happens, the current arrangement solves the problem of the previously cryptic link, courtesy of Timrollpickering's reply.Wotnow (talk) 02:39, 21 December 2009 (UTC)Wotnow