Talk:mX (newspaper)

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Source?

What's your source for saying that MX stands for Melbourne Express? I've heard that claimed, and wonder if it is correct, but I've never seen it documented anywhere. Philip J. Rayment 16:47, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

It doesn't stand for Melbourne Express. That was the name of a totally seperate newspaper. Somebody in the WWW 01:45, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I know that was the name of a totally separate newspaper, so News Ltd. couldn't use the same name, but it is still possible that 'MX' is an abbreviation of 'Melbourne Express'. To put it another way, perhaps New Ltd. wanted to call their paper Melbourne Express, but couldn't, so used a abbreviation of it instead? But I agree that without knowing that, it is better not to make a connection in the article, so I agree with the change you made. Philip J. Rayment 02:06, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"Ironically, many copies of MX are left on Melbourne trains every day" - what's ironic about this? I might be missing something, but the "ironically" statement seems nonsensical. Cnwb 22:59, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I came to this talk page with the same question. --Pengo 22:23, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Somebody in the WWW has had enough time to answer this query, and hasn't, so it's time that it went. It might make some sense if MX discouraged wastefulness or something, but it didn't say that, and without such a point the sentence wa just useless trivia, so I removed the entire sentence. Philip J. Rayment 00:55, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The first paragraph doesn't seem right to me. It's not quite formal enough for wikipedia and seems almost like casual advertism or promotion.

and that when people have finished reading their copy, they can leave it on their seat in the train for the benefit of the next person to come along. This method of informal distribution has proved very effective for mX.

Anyone else think there's something wrong with that? -- Pauric (talk-contributions) 23:59, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

and that when people have finished reading their copy, they can leave it on their seat in the train for the benefit of the next person to come along. Yes. Some do. The rest dump them en masse in bins at their destined train station. At the end of the night, these rubbish bins are full of MX newspapers. 07:28, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Is it correct to describe mX as having a right-wing political affiliation (in the infobox)? It barely reports on political stories that I've seen, and when it does there isn't much of an editorial viewpoint. 218.215.4.40 14:14, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Copy-edit

Copy-edited today, as requested. Tag now removed.thisisace 01:25, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Added to format and included "content", focussing on the actual content orientation of the paper. Paul2886 10:30, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What MX meant

MX, I'm pretty certain though don't now have any document proof of this, was a reference to 'M-Train' and 'Connex', the two carriers of Melbourne trains at the time the paper launched.