Talk:The Beaver (newspaper)

Current controversy
Currently the Beaver is again in the headlines for some rather disgusting "jokes" about how to rape women: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063405/LSE-students-forced-hiding-penning-joke-rape-university-newspaper.html It seems to me that the article should reflect such developments as well and not restrict itself to some promotional blurb. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.145.135.26 (talk) 09:02, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Added. 87.194.69.14 (talk) 17:59, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Not a promotional piece
Needs to be made more factual rather than a promotional piece for the paper. --90.195.233.4 (talk) 01:06, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Do we really need a page this size for a paper of 4,000 circulation?

Do we really need to know the editors from as far back as 1949? JAStewart 18:48, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

The LSE is one of the world's most prominent universities. The Beaver is one of the most famous student newspapers in the world. It may only have a circulation of 4,000, but the LSE only has 7,000 students. Ask any former student about 'The Beaver' and they will have stories to tell - from the radical protests in the 1960's, through to the paper's most recent coverage and exposure in the national press. For better or worse, the LSE has educated Britain's (and the world's) political elite - prime ministers, MPs, heads of state - all of whom will have some memory of the paper. It's a shame that some over-zealous editors have stripped out a great deal of information from this article because of their own ignorance.

Current LSE students, soon-to-be LSE students, alumni and employers would all value the information that was removed from this page.

80.169.156.244 13:29, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Beaver issue 657.gif
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Requested move 24 June 2019

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Moved, with the dab page now at The Beaver per the below discussion. (non-admin closure) Iffy★Chat -- 13:06, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

– Although the 2011 film was a flop, it is the clear primary over the low-circulation student newspaper (|The_Beaver|The_Beaver_(film)|The_Beaver_Trilogy|The_Beaverton|The_Beaver_County_Times|The_Beaverton_(TV_series)|Beaver_Cleaver|Canadian_Comedy_Awards page views). There are a huge number of other "beaver" articles, but for "The Beaver", the film is getting more than half of the total. See also The Beaver (disambiguation). – Reidgreg (talk) 13:27, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
 * The Beaver → The Beaver (newspaper)
 * The Beaver (film) → The Beaver
 * Support first, oppose second redirect to dab page. In ictu oculi (talk) 19:00, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Partial support. Certainly move The Beaver → The Beaver (newspaper): the newspaper is clearly the wrong destination for the base name.  Which page gets the vacated title is a judgement call.  If there is a primary topic, it's the film, and moving as proposed would not be wrong.  However, in view of other meanings including "the beaver" and external incoming links to the newspaper, I would move The Beaver (disambiguation) → The Beaver, leaving the film at its current title.  Certes (talk) 10:47, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * As nom, I'd support the proposal by Certes. – Reidgreg (talk) 12:15, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Support first, move DAB to primary per WP:NOPRIMARY. -- Netoholic @ 15:00, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
 * NOPRIMARY per IIO, Netoholic, and Certes. Dicklyon (talk) 14:26, 1 July 2019 (UTC)


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