Talk:The Big Issue

message: Where has this 'response' come from? The Big Issue itself? Are the points verifiable? EvilRedEye (talk) 19:44, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Response section simply shouldn't be there, and has been removed multiple times.  As much as everyone sympathizes with the paper's mission, this article is not TBI's soapbox and should not be written by individuals who are in a conflict of interest.  Responses to the criticisms should either be sourced to independent third-party publications, or should be worded with something to the effect of "The Big Issue, however, claims that..." and then sourced to TBI's own mission statement or something.  An easy rule of thumb is that words like "we" should never be showing up in an article. Politizer talk/contribs 14:03, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

text: As I said above: TBI has every right to reply, but not here.  A Wikipedia article is not a forum. We don't care if the "reply" you are repeatedly inserting is from TBI's press department; Wikipedia is not TBI's press outlet.  If TBI publishes these arguments elsewhere (in a reliable, third-party source) then we can cite them here using external links. Politizer talk/contribs 00:53, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

text: And, by the way, the fact that I used "TBI" doesn't mean anything.  I have no affiliation with TBI and do not even live on the same continent.  I used an abbreviation because I didn't feel like typing the whole thing out.  In the future, please assume good faith and don't just go out making ridiculous accusations against people you don't even know. Politizer talk/contribs 00:58, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

text: I haven't looked at it closely (thank you, btw, for going through it and tagging the stuff that needs attention), but I know there are a couple better sources over at Street newspaper, which I worked on a month or so ago, which would offer some "criticisms" that are less OR-ish. rʨanaɢ (formerly Politizer)talk/contribs 14:29, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

text: Ok, I've rewritten the section and commented out most of the OR for now.  I contacted User:Pagw, who originally wrote the section, asking if he can identify his sources.  Thank you for your input, rʨanaɢ (formerly Politizer)talk/contribs 14:53, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes the sole source for that section was the Oxford Forum. None of it is my own original research. The article was based heavily on interviews with street vendors. I expected that other people would think of ways to tidy it up. Do with it as you feel fit... Pagw (talk) 08:58, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for clarifying! rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 12:19, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reponse section 

message: The Big Issue is not only a London based street newspaper that needs correcting. The article contradicts itself by saying there are regional editions further down the document, and from their different regional sites, they have regional journalism, it seems, so not very London based.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.244.143 (talk) 12:06, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I know, the main headquarters are in London. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 14:38, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

text: Fixed. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 12:17, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Good call. PhilKnight (talk) 12:22, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: London-based?

message: Is this Gordon Roddick, husband of Anita Roddick, or another man of the same name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex Middleton (talk • contribs) 01:29, 14 May 2009
:Yep, pretty sure it is.  I don't have the source on hand right now, but I remember this question came up before. rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 01:34, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Who is Gordon Roddick?

message: I am too tired and busy to add a remark about :de:BISS (Straßenzeitung), a similar project in Munich ... --Lueckless (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 00:13, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Might be more worthy of a mention in Template:Street newspapers, rather than specifically here. rʨanaɢ (talk) 02:22, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

text: Actually, looks like there already is a redlink there. rʨanaɢ (talk) 02:23, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cf. Germany "BISS" 

message: This part:
"When Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007, the right of their residents (termed "A2 nationals") to work in Britain was limited to the self-employed, highly skilled migrants, and food and agricultural workers.[10] The Big Issue, whose vendors are classed as self-employed, offers an opportunity for A2 migrants to work in the UK. By 2011, around half of Big Issue sellers in the north of England were of Romani origin"
first talks about Romanian (and Bulgarian) immigrants and then suddenly about Romani people who are totally different from Romanian people.  
Either it's a mistake and Romanians are meant or it is simply formulated extremely  unclear. I'll add a clarify tag.
:: It's unclear, rather than a mistake -- the reason being that I was trying to stick fairly close to the sources when I wrote it. The source used for the Romani statistic does talk almost entirely about Romanian and Bulgarian Roma, so the implication was supposed to be that these Roma mostly come from those countries. I'll try to tweak the language, so let me know what you think. Celuici (talk) 18:32, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unclear part: Romani/Romanians 

message: The "Criticism of its publishing model" states that the magazine has been criticised for its US business practices. The sources are from 10 years ago, and I can't find any evidence that the magazine is still being sold in America. So perhaps this section should be updated. Celuici (talk) 16:42, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Criticism of its publishing model" section -- does it even have a US presence? 

message: I acknowledge that James Bowen may not have had a major impact on the development of The Big Issue, but I think his best-selling book "A Street Cat Named Bob" does at least deserve a mention in this articlce. Of course, I am assuming that the book is accurate, and not suggesting that every aspect applies to all sellers. Nevertheless, I think it gives lay-people a useful insight into the way a Big Issue seller has to operate (buying magazines, running own business, liaising with distributors, maintaining a pitch, etc). Certainly, I had no idea what was involved until I read this book.
Would also be interesting to know if magazine sales have increased as a result of the book's publication and his fame.
EdJogg (talk) 12:46, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  James Bowen: "A Street Cat Named Bob" 

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