Talk:Dateline

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There are no citations, no links or any kind of references for this article. Does it follow at least half of Wikipedia's standards? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.74.56.242 (talk • contribs) 21:43, 11 December 2009 (UTC) [reply]

No it doesn’t. Ian Spackman (talk) 20:20, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sentence removed[edit]

This seemed to be contentious, and in need of careful sourcing, so I have removed it:

Datelines are not an extremely important component of any paper, but they are usually used if the news isn't local.

In my experience, datelines are often an important feature of a news story. Knowing where the reporter was reporting from – especially where it was not very close to the events reported – is very helpful to the reader in judging how to interpret the story. Consider an article written during the Vietnam war: the dateline Hanoi or Saigon is certainly significant. Ian Spackman (talk) 20:20, 6 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reason for datelines[edit]

Certainly there is a reason why datelines became a standard part of a news article.

Perhaps some media bigwig thought he was reading about Nerblesberg, North Dakota, when all along he was reading about Nerblesberg, New South Wales, Australia, and got angry, and commanded his reporters from now on to use a dateline.

Anyway, do mention the reason. See also [1]. Jidanni (talk) 10:22, 22 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dead dying 2603:9001:EF0:77B0:4955:D882:8B6A:6FC3 (talk) 00:32, 5 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]