Schreibmaschiner

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Auckland Star

Over three years ago, you changed the date the Auckland Star closed from 16 August 1991 to 20 August, possibly as a result of the discussion at http://quoteunquotenz.blogspot.co.nz/2011/08/auckland-star-in-memoriam.html. I can't see the date at the Facebook page referred to, probably because I'm not a member of the group. However, I've found two online sources which list the paper's publication dates ending on the 16th, so I've restored that date. It's possible that these two sources for some reason didn't keep the last few issues, or their online catalogues are inaccurate, so if you still think the date is wrong please provide a source for the later date, or if it would help I'll go to the Auckland public library and look at their holdings on microfiche.-gadfium 04:01, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

Gadfium, I used to work at the Auckland Star but left before it closed. I don't remember the exact date it closed but changed the date after reading Stephen Stratford's blog post. I have looked up what day of the week both dates were. The 16th was a Friday which makes it more likely that the 20th (a Tuesday) as the Saturday edition had ceased when the Sunday Star was started. It's more likely to have closed on the usual last day-of-the-week for publication than a Tuesday.

Schreibmaschiner (talk) 22:53, 5 January 2015 (UTC) -Schreibmaschiner 23:57, 05 January 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply.-gadfium 00:45, 6 January 2015 (UTC)