Talk:List of newspapers in Western Australia

further comments
Three more, but not sure what way they should be added:


 * Truth: 25 July 1903 - 29 March 1931 (weekly Sat until 18 Feb 1928; weekly Sun thereafter)
 * Westralian Worker: 7 Sep 1900 - 22 Jun 1951 - Westralian Worker (weekly Fri) - until 19 Apr 1912 published in Kalgoorlie. Official organ of the Australian Labor Federation.
 * Western Argus: 24 Nov 1894 - 28 Jun 1938 (weekly Tue) - Kalgoorlie-based

Also, does this have scope for local publications of various sizes as well? The Northam, Geraldton, Bunbury, Albany and Moora regions had solid established papers which in those areas rivalled or exceeded the state dailies for circulation. Orderinchaos 04:47, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I think they are crazy - and should leave this list at those newspapers founded before and up to 1900 (for this particular list)- I have left other comments at Hesperians talk page as to the comparison of this list with the list that exists in battye - they need to be less ambitious - otherwise we'll need to lead them to the next meetup strapped into wheelchairs SatuSuro 12:01, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

OK suggestion - 3 lists - One 19th century perth based newspapers - Two regional newspapers - Three 20th century or post 1st ww newspapers, there has to be some comprehension of the sheer number thta have existed - some writers separate the goldfields - and others would not have the 1900 cut off - more like post 1st ww - on the basis of the demise of the smaller goldfields ones had gone by the end - but to stay with one list is foolhardy imho - cheers SatuSuro 12:14, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Proposal

 * This list be early and 19th century newspapers of western australia - ie determined by the establishment date or period of publication
 * Second list regional newspapers of western australia (non metro perth and freo mainly goldfields, but all the rest as well)


 * Third list short run, specialist and 20th century newspapers of western australia.

Any takers? support or not? SatuSuro 06:40, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Oppose. I just don't see the need.   Maybe a Regional papers list, if and when this becomes unmanageable, but not now. Moondyne 07:57, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - so you wanna leave it as is - which basically is open ended with no qualifiers in the lead sentence or the lead para as to what is included or not? Need equates to well over hundreds more titles that can be added within that context (ie as it is with no defining parameters in either time or location) - I strongly suggest a visit to Battye sometime to look at their folder of newspaper titles to see what I mean - cheers SatuSuro 08:04, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I do understand where you're coming from. If someone wanted to transcribe into this article an entry for every newspaper ever printed in WA, sourced from a reliable location (eg. Battye), and with some summary detail per the table column headings, I'd see that as a really useful thing as its information that not available anywhere online currently, AFAIK. Realistically though, that's unlikely to happen and the list will be mostly limited to newspapers which have been referred to elsewhere and are therefore in a sense, notable.  Hesperian has linked every entry in the current version, so I presume that his thinking is that it be limited to notable newspapers which can justify a WP article.  Moondyne 08:40, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for replying - I still think the really amazing work that hesperian has done at commons is something that will be one of the wa projects shining examples to the rest of wikipedia of really how good and what standards the wa project can show - I think his effort should be summarised in an article - and with the list to accompany that should be 'early newspapers of wa'

As for the rest (viz the large project idea) I think it is very easy to create the 'ultimate list' that even battye/henrietta cannot even work out easily - and it would be valuable - and it is likey to happen - (if we can get lists of pastoral leases and homesteads) - I would think that a list that is not all linked to articles would be as important as the early part - a very special (and obscure) reason is that the 'window' into the contents of liswa collections is in the process of glazing over as there have been major internal staff shifts in liswa which means future cataloguing will never again have the same quality (best state reference catalogue descriptions in australia until now - imho) and expertise allocated as it has had over the last decade - so I am thinking the hesperian early newspaper project has a natural affinity to an article - and the list is there - I still think that we can (and I know that there are a few wa eds whoud could complement/support the idea) have at least one if not other separate articles that can only complement hesperians hard work - and not detract from it either. SatuSuro 09:31, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Expand the list to include redlinks from a reference, as has been done, and any blue links. Then split it if need be. I've pondered the notability of the Albany Advertiser, which was est. 1888 and the major regional paper, for its history and probable influence. Given its history and usefulness as a resource, it would be worthwhile checking on that. Finding a good ref should be easy, this one merely establishes that it exists, other papers may be more difficult. Or perhaps not; does a state lib retaining and digitizing a work indicate, or confirm, notability, in the way the book does in the list? cygnis insignis 11:08, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Geraldton Guardian fits a similar category. Orderinchaos 11:44, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't see the urgent need to split it right now, rather than later when it is bigger; but I also don't see any reason why it shouldn't be split now. So if you want to split it, be my guest. Hesperian 11:18, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough - the finer point is I think the early newspapers are a separate list and article from the rest.

As for the questions raised by Moondyne and Cygnis regarding notability - when I worked on the Pilbara newspapers, my aim was to create a list of as many of the known early newspapers of the pilbara - the individual parts might not suit the notability issues - but hey - the list in itself creates a useful/notable reference of newspapers for the region or era - that to me is the notability of the article/list - maybe Im seeing the woods/trees thing back to front - or mirrored askew - but to be concerned about whether component parts of the list are notable or not i think defeats the purpose of what the list (that I am proposing to be complementary with this one) is attempting to be

Some of the issues raised by cygnis might need a bit more thought before responding SatuSuro 11:43, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't! I implied that a paper needs an article for inclusion, not just a ref, but I think I'm starting to see this differently. cygnis insignis 12:49, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Heheh I spend my time in the Indonesian project asking people not to put red links in lists - and here i am asking for grey links - in other words no attempt to link to arts was my idea here - but maybe I can be convinced otherwise SatuSuro 12:55, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Further titles to add
This is a useful list but quite incomplete. I have found a list containing numerous other titles at http://www.newspapers.com.au/perth.html but most of them do not give enough information to be included here right away. However, this list might provide a starting point for further inclusions. Right now I am personally interested in a paper called the Eastern Reporter which is listed on that page but can't find any further information about it. It is listed in results on the SLWA catalogue but that directs you to an external page which, so far, I am blocked accessing even when I use my SLWA login. More to come, hopefully. Ishel99 (talk) 09:58, 22 June 2022 (UTC)