Talk:James Vicary

Untitled
Besides this article being very blurry, what does it have to do with the article title? -- Zoe


 * Have a look at the German de.wikipedia 78.49.17.143 (talk) 14:42, 16 January 2008 (UTC). --

CIA report led to ban in the US?
Snopes seems to imply subliminal messages weren't banned in the US -- at least not after the CIA report. Joriki (talk) 21:49, 4 December 2010 (UTC)


 * The FCC issued a "policy statement", on subliminal perception techniques in 1974, but at least according to one commissioner's press statement this is not an enforceable rule and thus cannot be called a "ban", although broadcasters have been admonished with reference to it. Mbethke (talk) 03:45, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

Remove fraud accusations in intro?
This could maybe be placed later in the article, but I feel that accusing the experiment of being fraudulent in the introduction to the person's article is a little out of place. Not a big deal, but I would like to hear from others before deleting it. 74.194.153.185 (talk) 18:52, 22 November 2013 (UTC)


 * The problem is that he isn't known for his experiments - he is known for the "gimmick" of his experiments. The majority of the sources are about the "controversy" and the "myth". I don't think it is WP:UNDUE to reflect that in the lede. Happy to discuss ideas for rewording it though. "Fraud" has a particular meaning - a criminal offence with which he was never charged - so if you want to suggest an alternate phrasing, I would think there would probably be WP:CONSENSUS for that. Good call discussing it here either way - a great approach! Stalwart 111  22:48, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

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Frame Rate
"moviegoers were repeatedly shown 1/3000-second advertisements". That has to be 1/30-second, I think. Projectors of the time would have been 24 frames per second, and I have no idea what kind of equipment you could even get in 1958 that would show a frame for 1/100th of that time. It's confusing, since it apparently never happened anyhow, but Vicary was likely claiming to have inserted single frames. –75.145.68.90 (talk) 23:16, 21 July 2018 (UTC)