Talk:Nameplate (publishing)

This article contains factual errors.
The New York Times, although setting many standards in the publishing industry, has failed to do their homework here. They do not know the difference between a masthead and a nameplate. I'm sure it started out as a foolish error on their part and rather than admit to it, they've created a silly new standard. The masthead of a ship is the elaborate bust of an angel or a mermaid that is always located at the very top/front of the vessel. Therefore, it is also the elaborate and stylistic logo at the top/front of a newspaper. A nameplate, however, is the square panel of copper that normally exists on the lower right-hand corner or lower rear of any given building or structure and lists the founders and establishment date of the building along with other pertinent information. Therefore, it stands to reason that the "nameplate" of a newspaper would be the square box to the right-hand side of page 2 that lists such information about a publication. Unfortunately, I cannot find references for this because the New York Times standards are so pervasive as to saturate the internet. I do believe that they are wrong about this. Sincerely, FloridaSqueezed@gmail.com 76.110.233.130 (talk) 06:49, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Merge proposal
I propose merging Indicia (publishing), Impressum, and Masthead (American publishing) into Nameplate (publishing). Each article explains publication and staff details in slightly different contexts (magazines or comics, publications in Germany, magazines in America, and all periodicals, respectively). All articles are short; though 'Impressum' is much longer than the other three, even it is only about 500 words. Per WP:NOTDICT, a single topic should be treated in a single article, even if it has several different names. Cnilep (talk) 01:32, 20 March 2024 (UTC)


 * I'm normally a strong mergist, but reading through the leads of those articles' leads, I'm seeing quite different concepts. E.g. nameplate (publishing) is the name of a publication, whereas masthead (American publishing) is the name of the folks who work on it.  Sdkb  talk 02:05, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, you seem to be correct about Nameplate (publishing). I was led astray by the fact that nameplate is apparently the American English equivalent of British English masthead. On the other hand, indicia (indication of a publication's the official name, publication date, and editorial governance), impressum (statement of a publication's ownership and authorship), and (American English) masthead (list of a publication's owners, departments, officers, and contributors) seem to be largely the same, do they not? Cnilep (talk) 01:27, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Much as I would normally prefer one merged article over multiple stubs, I cannot concur with the proposal because the topics are not sufficiently tied together. Doczilla  Ohhhhhh, no! 11:48, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I would normally also prefer to merge small pages into one big page but this does not seem sufficiently tied together to me too. I can consider other propositions if someone has a nother idea. Jorahm (talk) 17:31, 5 May 2024 (UTC)