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October 16, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
February 26, 2018	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on September 18, 2004, June 13, 2009, September 18, 2014, and September 18, 2019.

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Rindsberg, Ashley. The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History. Hungary, Midnight Oil Publishers, 2021.

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Section sizes

Section size for The New York Times (56 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	5,252	5,252
History	12	19,990
1851–1896	1,720	1,720
1896–1945	3,240	3,240
1945–1998	6,397	6,397
1998–present	8,621	8,621
Organization	17	15,623
Management	2,990	2,990
Journalists	6,595	6,595
Editorial board	4,457	4,457
Unionization	1,564	1,564
Content	12	12,934
Circulation	1,358	1,358
Newsletters	4,337	4,337
Political positions	195	195
Crossword	428	428
Cooking	2,591	2,591
Archives	1,567	1,567
Content management system	2,446	2,446
Style and design	21	7,301
Style guide	3,402	3,402
Headlines	2,351	2,351
Nameplate	1,527	1,527
Print edition	18	9,815
Design and layout	6,892	6,892
Printing process	2,905	2,905
Online platforms	117	6,861
Website	601	601
Applications	1,415	1,415
Podcasts	1,513	1,513
Games	3,215	3,215
Other publications	23	3,955
The New York Times Magazine	327	327
The New York Times International Edition	151	151
The New York Times in Spanish	1,695	1,695
The New York Times in Chinese	1,759	1,759
Awards and recognition	27	3,323
Awards	427	427
Recognition	2,869	2,869
Controversies	154	4,452
Israeli–Palestinian conflict	2,792	2,792
Transgender people	1,506	1,506
Notes	24	24
References	15	134,276
Citations	34	34
Works cited	18	134,227
The New York Times	51,965	51,965
The New York Times Company	17,103	17,103
Books	2,748	2,748
Reports	534	534
Magazines	318	318
Journals	2,882	2,882
Podcasts	1,122	1,122
Articles	57,537	57,537
Further reading	4,148	4,148
External links	1,712	1,712
Total	229,666	229,666