# Talk:SoHo Weekly News

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/obituaries/michael-goldstein-publicist-who-started-soho-weekly-news-dies-at-79.html
https://washingtonspectator.org/in-memory-of-doug-ireland/
https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/soho-weekly-news/
http://thevillager.com/2018/05/31/michael-goldstein-79-of-soho-weekly-news/
https://law.justia.com/cases/new-jersey/appellate-division-published/1986/208-n-j-super-163-0.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/11/29/mutilation-the-artists-angry-message/8bcfe57e-3e59-4752-a248-be48aed94dd5/?utm_term=.1080c0fd9c43
https://tulipfrenzy.com/tag/soho-weekly-news/
https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/community/lifecycles/obituaries/goldstein-michael/article_c84ad3cc-5ebd-11e8-beeb-f39ebaa00f1a.html
https://thehalfking.com/gallery/early/tannenbaumgallery.htm
https://deadline.com/2015/01/n-y-film-critics-linklater-arquette-1201341822/
https://www.artsjournal.com/outthere/jeff-weinstein
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1982/03/20/004956.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=LedeAsset&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article&pageNumber=27
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1982/03/16/soho-news-ends-publication/a344cf78-7ed3-444b-80d4-913deab1fc28/?utm_term=.1f9d7d973262
https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Publication/soho-weekly-news
Susan Sontag suit: https://www.newspapers.com/image/350472519/?terms=soho%2Bweekly%2Bnews

This review is transcluded from Talk:SoHo Weekly News/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Ktkvtsh (talk · contribs) 07:59, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

I will be reviewing this article for GA standing. Ktkvtsh (talk) 07:59, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

I was asked on my talk to look at the article. Looks very good, only minor stuff.

Why is Ramones italicized? And why isn't Details?
"with a ground-breaking SWN story showing an underwear-clad Jeff Aqualon in erotic poses." Perhaps "story with illustrations showing ...". And if Mr. Aqualon is not notable, I don't see why he needs to be named in the lead.
"ad agency". Someone's bound to object that this is an informality and push for "advertising agency". Similarly "ad revenue"
"he edited the New York Times Magazine. Isn't the The capped and part of the title?
Six block quotes in the music section seems a lot.
"The paper's office was once bombed by a "leader of a radical organization" who was upset that his name had been misspelled in an article; the explosion injured two employees" Any contemporary coverage of the bombing? If not, should we be stating it this way in Wikipedia's voice?
"A year later, Goldstein stated that the paper had an annual revenue of $1.1 million and their circulation was 60,000" their? Perhaps "and a circulation of 60,000 per issue"
""the News' unauthorized publication last month of Susan Sontag's speech"." Do we really need this quote? And if we do, italics for the News.
Ping me when you want me to take another look.--Wehwalt (talk) 17:49, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
@Wehwalt thank you for your comments.  I've addressed most of these.  You are spot-on about the over-reliance on block quotes; that was one of the things I was worried about myself, so you confirmed my initial feeling.  I think "circulation" is implicitly per issue, so I'll leave that as is.  I haven't been able to find anything more about the bombing, but I'll keep looking.
I'm going to leave the bit about the unauthorized publication as is.  I've seen reference to the lawsuit in multiple sources, but this quote from Leese is the only place I've found where the publisher acknowledges that it was unauthorized.  It seems like a significant event in the ultimate decision to shutter the paper. RoySmith (talk) 21:40, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
@Wehwalt if you're still interested, this is now at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/SoHo Weekly News/archive1 RoySmith (talk) 11:37, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
OK, I will be over there sometime this week, depending on pressure of RL. Wehwalt (talk) 19:28, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
Well, at this point, I've withdrawn the nomination.  Two people didn't like it, for legitimate reasons, and that's fine.  I enjoyed writing it (and digging into the history) and there will be other articles for me to work on.  I appreciate your assistance. RoySmith (talk) 20:16, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
Sorry about that. Please take a rain check (my, that's a dated term) for when you bring it back. Wehwalt (talk) 13:42, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
Much appreciated, but I'm probably not going to bring it back.  The fundamental objection was my excessive use of quotes (something which you yourself noted and I partially addressed).  I happen to like the quotes and they help tell the story in the way I think it should be told.  I'm comfortable with that not meeting with the community's expectation of what a featured article should be.  There will be other articles. RoySmith (talk) 15:23, 7 June 2025 (UTC)