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Incorrect[edit]

article is not correct

the alleged conspiracy was between Bryant and University of Georgia coach Wally Butts. A phone call between the two, supposedly overheard by a third party due to a crossed telephone line, was the basis for the allegation. Dodd was never connected to the scandal and Bryant whipped the Post in court. Butts had already been deposed as Georgia's coach and certainly Bryant didn't need any inside information on Georgia to have his Alabama team soundly defeat the Bulldogs!

If anaonymous poster's info is correct, then I have two wishes: 1) Please correct the article to reflect this. 2) Please sign your addition here and all future additions to "Talk" pages. Rlquall 13:55, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Went on and fixed it. Think and hope that you are right, whoever you are.

Rlquall 06:38, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Is this a press release?[edit]

This article, in its current form, reads like a press release form a PR agency. There's no mention of the Bryant/Butts libel suit that nearly killed the SEP (except on the talk page). It needs a rewrite. Realkyhick 08:12, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reverted to an older version. Mike H. That's hot 20:35, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As of 23 October 2006, it still reads like a press release in the revival section.

Price[edit]

Does anyone know how much these issues are worth? I have about 20 to 30 copies, and they're all around 1910-1925. Bcody 18:27, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

i thing less than a buck —Preceding unsigned comment added by 221.120.234.16 (talk) 14:02, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV[edit]

In the History part of the article, where it describes the current SEP, it has a rather...biased description ("universal in appeal", etc.) --Pianohacker (Talk) 17:05, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This has been fixed. Daniel Case 00:42, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This doesn't seem right[edit]

On the list of editors, the following names/dates appear:

Beurt SerVaas (1919-present)
Cory SerVaas, M.D. (1925-present)

This can't be accurate on the face of it (what editor lasts that long?) and doesn't fit with the preceding chronological list of editors.

Fixed. Earlier versions had the dates correct, so I reverted it. Apparently someone in between changed these two editors to what looks like their life dates. Kalimac 11:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why does the lead paragraph give Lorimer's dates as editor as 1869-1937 (astonishing) when the chronology below gives his dates as 1899-1937? Can someone who knows the actual dates correct one or the other? Billfalls (talk) 06:35, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm positive that 1899 (or something close to that) is correct. I'll try to remember to look through citable sources I have at home. ike9898 (talk) 16:26, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In publication?[edit]

If I'm not mistaken, the Saturday Evening Post is still publishing, or is publishing again...just judging from the December 2006 issue I recently got in the mail from a relative... Chubbles 16:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Would someone please fix this? The magazine is still in publication. See Saturday Evening Post —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.67.31.251 (talk) 18:14, 3 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Health and medical breakthroughs?[edit]

From the article:

In 1971, the Post was revived, first as a quarterly, then as a bi-monthly publication specializing in health and medical breakthroughs. The magazine is currently published six times a year by the "Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society", a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

What exactly does this mean? My first thought was "oh, I see, it's become a propaganda tool of the pharmaceutical industry", but that's obviously original interpretation. Still, "health and medical breakthroughs" is very nonspecific and possibly not NPOV. --Saforrest 18:47, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Paid program[edit]

The Post took its first car ad in 1900. Cf Floyd Clymer,Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.178. Trekphiler (talk) 02:31, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Six or twenty-four?[edit]

According to Wiktionary, bimonthly can mean either once every two months or twice a month. Since there is an unambiguous alternative to ech of these, some-one who knows what the frequency was should use the correct one here. Kdammers (talk) 10:45, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Bimonthly" correctly means "every two months". In the mid-20th Century, confusion with "semi-monthly" became widespread, and many dictionaries now carry the incorrect definition of "twice a month". But the original and strictly correct sense is "every two months". "Semi-monthly" can only mean "twice a month". 12.233.147.42 (talk) 00:29, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Still Publishing[edit]

The Saturday Evening Post is still publishing, but this article in many places treats it as if it were defunct. Piecemeal editing has left it inconsistent and confusing. The article needs to be rewritten from a consistent point of view. J. D. Crutchfield | Talk 18:37, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Post ceased operations as a weekly publication in 1969. It resumed publication two years later under new ownership as a quarterly. Steelbeard1 (talk) 18:51, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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link from Humpty Dumpty Magazine?[edit]

Why Humpty Dumpty Magazine redirects here? --.mau. ✉ 09:40, 12 June 2023 (UTC) .mau. ✉ 09:40, 12 June 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by .mau. (talk • contribs)

The Saturday Evening Post Society is apparently the owner/publisher of HD magazine. The redirect was done recently with neither explanation nor talk page discussion (or any mention of it in the SEP article), so I restored the former article content. HD magazine's article is undersourced, however, which could lead to its removal again. —ADavidB 02:36, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]