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The fact that German law requires an Impressum does not make a masthead into an impressum. The word "masthead" is very telling, very fine, and will be found as such in English publications, as I just tried with the New York Times and the National Geographic web sites search field. "Impressum" is, I guess, unknown in English editorial use. In my humble opinion we Germans should keep out with our strange laws, which typically vary even by German Bundesland as well. Let someone genuine English or American write about masthead and forget the German idiosynchrasies. (Germans see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_gefl%C3%BCgelter_Worte/A#Am_deutschen_Wesen_soll_die_Welt_genesen.) --Fritz Jörn (talk) 07:44, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This article contains factual errors.

The New York Times, although setting many standards in the publishing industry, has failed to do their homework here. They do not know the difference between a masthead and a nameplate. I'm sure it started out as a foolish error on their part and rather than admit to it, they've created a silly new standard. The masthead of a ship is the elaborate bust of an angel or a mermaid that is always located at the very top/front of the vessel. Therefore, it is also the elaborate and stylistic logo at the top/front of a newspaper. A nameplate, however, is the square panel of copper that normally exists on the lower right-hand corner or lower rear of any given building or structure and lists the founders and establishment date of the building along with other pertinent information. Therefore, it stands to reason that the "nameplate" of a newspaper would be the square box to the right-hand side of page 2 that lists such information about a publication. Unfortunately, I cannot find references for this because the New York Times standards are so pervasive as to saturate the internet. They are indeed wrong about their accidental switcheroo though. Sincerely, FloridaSqueezed@gmail.com 76.110.233.130 (talk) 06:51, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 The fact that German law requires an Impressum does not make a masthead into an impressum. The word "masthead" is very telling, very fine, and will be found as such in English publications, as I just tried with the New York Times and the National Geographic web sites search field. "Impressum" is, I guess, unknown in English editorial use. In my humble opinion we Germans should keep out with our strange laws, which typically vary even by German Bundesland as well. Let someone genuine English or American write about masthead and forget the German [[Idiosyncrasy|idiosynchrasies]]. (Germans see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_gefl%C3%BCgelter_Worte/A#Am_deutschen_Wesen_soll_die_Welt_genesen.) --[[User:Fritz Jörn|Fritz Jörn]] ([[User talk:Fritz Jörn|talk]]) 07:44, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
+==This article contains factual errors.==
+The New York Times, although setting many standards in the publishing industry, has failed to do their homework here. They do not know the difference between a masthead and a nameplate. I'm sure it started out as a foolish error on their part and rather than admit to it, they've created a silly new standard.
+The masthead of a ship is the elaborate bust of an angel or a mermaid that is always located at the very top/front of the vessel. Therefore, it is also the elaborate and stylistic logo at the top/front of a newspaper.
+A nameplate, however, is the square panel of copper that normally exists on the lower right-hand corner or lower rear of any given building or structure and lists the founders and establishment date of the building along with other pertinent information.  Therefore, it stands to reason that the "nameplate" of a newspaper would be the square box to the right-hand side of page 2 that lists such information about a publication. Unfortunately, I cannot find references for this because the New York Times standards are so pervasive as to saturate the internet. They are indeed wrong about their accidental switcheroo though.
+Sincerely, FloridaSqueezed@gmail.com [[Special:Contributions/76.110.233.130|76.110.233.130]] ([[User talk:76.110.233.130|talk]]) 06:51, 25 February 2011 (UTC)