[Data-modeling] periodical subjects

[Iain Sproat]

Onion, World Weekly News and Private Eye are best described as 'satirical'
publications.I would think a 'sensationalist' or perhaps 'paranormal'
subject would cover Elvis, Lord Lucan, ghost & alien sightings etc.

Iain

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:13 PM, Jeff Prucher <jeff at metaweb.com> wrote:

> These all seem to me like they could be subjects, with the possible
> exception of Elvis-reportage. (One could argue, I suppose, that both the
> Onion and World Weekly News could have "Fake News" as a subject.)  I
> propose
> we go with a "Subjects" property on the Periodical type for now, and see
> how
> that works.  (This will be a bit of a denormalization with the Subjects
> property on Journal, but I think we'll be able to live with that.)
>
> Jeff
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com
> > [mailto:data-modeling-bounces at freebase.com] On Behalf Of
> > Kirrily Robert
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:55 AM
> > To: Freebase data modeling mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [Data-modeling] periodical subjects
> >
> > On Dec 16, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Faye Harris wrote:
> >
> > > I've seen categories like the following applied to periodicals/
> > > newspapers:
> > >
> > > Business
> > > Entertainment
> > > Industry
> > > Religious
> >
> > Comedy -- the Onion!
> >
> > And there should probably be a genre for the kind of tabloid
> > newspaper that reports about Elvis sightings and the like.
> >
> > > Then there are breakdowns like:
> > > Hobbies
> > > Men's interests
> > > Women's interests
> >
> > I'd say those are Subjects for sure.
> >
> > K.
> >
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