Talk:The Carolina Times

Date of establishment
We currently have a split between the infobox/lede, which gives 1919, and the main text, which gives 1921. This appears to reflect a split in the sources; the Library of Congress Chronicling America project and Danky & Hady give 1919, while Gershenhorn and local sources appear to consistently give 1921. In my experience, it's not entirely unusual for Chronicling America and Danky & Hady to take their data from the same underlying bibliographic record, which can cause that information to appear to have more authority than it actually should. There is some weakness in the 1921 authorities as well; Gershenhorn qualifies the 1921 founding by C.J. Arrant as "according to most accounts" (without further explanining what those alternative accounts are, AFAICT). But in this context I'm still inclined to think 1921 is the more reliably-sourced date, particularly given that Gershenhorn's is by far the most thorough scholarly treatment available. -- Visviva (talk) 03:32, 17 February 2020 (UTC)