Talk:The Strad

Play on The Strand?
Is the name of the magazine a play on the old British magazine the Strand? (It's the magazine that originally published the Sherlock Holmes stories.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.170.210.130 (talk) 16:49, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry to rush you with this hurried, flustered and shouty reply but no, I don't think so. According to its own article in some unreliable source the Strand-With-An-R launched a year later than the Strad-With-No-Rs. (see what I did there?) In addition, I wouldn't – with the greatest respect – think that this was a plausible theory anyway, given that both titles referenced something rather obvious and big in their market or area. Apart from that ... yeah, sorry. Have a nice day, or rather another nice 2034 days now I do the maths. Best to all DBaK (talk) 22:23, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Year of launch
According to the magazine itself it was founded in 1890 and not 1889 as stated in the main text of the WP article. The two references cited at the end of the article's relevant sentence fail to agree (one says 1890, the other 1889) - the infobox also states 1890. One would hope that the magazine's date is correct, although when reporting the recent death of its own former editor Peter Preston, The Guardian incorrectly claimed that his novel 51st State was the source of the (not-at-all-similar) film of the same name starring Samuel L Jackson, so sadly you can never be sure….! JezGrove (talk) 23:30, 12 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Another rushed reply, tsk., I haven't looked through the whole history but ... looking at your point above I wondered if the problem still exists. Might the date of founding be earlier than the date of first publication so that both statements, as they now exist, are true? And yes I can see how it could have been worded worse before – I just wonder if it is maybe OK now?? Cheers DBaK (talk) 22:54, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that makes sense, but a source for the date of founding would still be good? (The For Dummies citation says "has appeared faithfully since 1889", which unhelpfully muddies the waters.) JezGrove (talk) 23:02, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Bother. That was my next question ... hmmm. (Thinking hard.) DBaK (talk) 23:08, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

New editor
I don't know how to make changes, but Chloe Cutts left as editor of The Strad last year. It's been Charlotte Smith for months now: — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.174.8.204 (talk) 10:47, 11 May 2018 (UTC)


 * ✅ Some nice person fixed it for you some time ago ... no, wait, it was you yourself,, you clever old thing! Please take a lolly or piece of fruit. Well done. DBaK (talk) 22:34, 29 November 2020 (UTC)