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These edits by an anon introduced some useful new information but did so in a generally unencylopedic tone -- more like a press release. I suspect WP:COI edits. (As of this writing the anon account has done nothing except edit this article.) The article needs cleanup. JamesMLane t c 02:42, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
There is still a www.radar.com website, but is it a blog, or what? And how reliable is it as a news source, or specifically as a source of university ratings? -- Uncle Ed ( talk) 04:41, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
It's a celebrity gossip website that incidentally has some news, but virtually everything in it is anonymous "insider sources" and these types of cite regularly pay people to speak with them. That immediately takes it out of the realm of journalism — because if you're paying somebody to say something to you anonymously, people will say anything and just make up plausible-sounding stuff that would be hard to disprove.
Bottom line: No responsible, accredited journalistic body would ever call this a magazine. It's a gossip website, no different from PerezHilton.com except with a larger staff. I believe that because of these reasons, the magazine-project template is inappropriate. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 17:04, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved to Radar Online. Favonian ( talk) 22:24, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
RadarOnline.com → Radar Online — Recently moved from RadarOnline as "uncontroversial". However, I'd challenge that; every instance cited where ".com" is used as in an article's title ( Amazon.com, TMZ.com, Salon.com) is one where disambiguation is required. Not the case here. Also note that most pages in Category:American online magazines do not have the .com URL suffix included. Rather than requesting restoring it to its original location, I'm suggesting moving it to a title with a space between the two words; that's how most third-party sources seem to refer to it. DeLarge ( talk) 22:58, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Addendum: per WP:TITLECHANGES, restoring it to RadarOnline would also be acceptable. -- DeLarge ( talk) 03:23, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
Support, I just googled their name and the first results from their own website are 'Radar Online' with a space and no .com. So that must be how their own meta tags describe the page. Hairy-backed Mary ( talk)
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Wikipedia's policy on article titles.What happened to the information about the Mel Gibson tapes exclusive? That was their biggest scoop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hairy-backed Mary ( talk • contribs) 07:44, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Radar Online is a publication name, so should it be italicized?-- Supergamer345 ( talk) 15:39, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
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These edits by an anon introduced some useful new information but did so in a generally unencylopedic tone -- more like a press release. I suspect WP:COI edits. (As of this writing the anon account has done nothing except edit this article.) The article needs cleanup. JamesMLane t c 02:42, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
There is still a www.radar.com website, but is it a blog, or what? And how reliable is it as a news source, or specifically as a source of university ratings? -- Uncle Ed ( talk) 04:41, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
It's a celebrity gossip website that incidentally has some news, but virtually everything in it is anonymous "insider sources" and these types of cite regularly pay people to speak with them. That immediately takes it out of the realm of journalism — because if you're paying somebody to say something to you anonymously, people will say anything and just make up plausible-sounding stuff that would be hard to disprove.
Bottom line: No responsible, accredited journalistic body would ever call this a magazine. It's a gossip website, no different from PerezHilton.com except with a larger staff. I believe that because of these reasons, the magazine-project template is inappropriate. -- Tenebrae ( talk) 17:04, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved to Radar Online. Favonian ( talk) 22:24, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
RadarOnline.com → Radar Online — Recently moved from RadarOnline as "uncontroversial". However, I'd challenge that; every instance cited where ".com" is used as in an article's title ( Amazon.com, TMZ.com, Salon.com) is one where disambiguation is required. Not the case here. Also note that most pages in Category:American online magazines do not have the .com URL suffix included. Rather than requesting restoring it to its original location, I'm suggesting moving it to a title with a space between the two words; that's how most third-party sources seem to refer to it. DeLarge ( talk) 22:58, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Addendum: per WP:TITLECHANGES, restoring it to RadarOnline would also be acceptable. -- DeLarge ( talk) 03:23, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
Support, I just googled their name and the first results from their own website are 'Radar Online' with a space and no .com. So that must be how their own meta tags describe the page. Hairy-backed Mary ( talk)
*'''Support'''
or *'''Oppose'''
, then sign your comment with ~~~~
. Since
polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account
Wikipedia's policy on article titles.What happened to the information about the Mel Gibson tapes exclusive? That was their biggest scoop. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hairy-backed Mary ( talk • contribs) 07:44, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
Radar Online is a publication name, so should it be italicized?-- Supergamer345 ( talk) 15:39, 11 March 2021 (UTC)