Talk:Playboy/Archives/2015

Standard Playboy joke
The standard excuse "I read it for the articles" had a lot of pop-culture prominence during the 1970s and/or 1980s (even featured on TV Tropes), and should probably be mentioned in the article... AnonMoos (talk) 04:20, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I had a similar thought, but was unsure of how to include it. It's a "popular culture" thing, but its about the writing too which is actually quite good. --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 15:59, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Missing lawsuits
In the mid-90s, the company sued several former playmates for including the word on their websites, claiming that the company had the exclusive right to use the word; see http://articles.latimes.com/1998/mar/15/local/me-29162 etc... AnonMoos (talk) 04:39, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Good stuff, I'll look into this. --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 15:59, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 March 2015
Moved here from Wikipedia talk:Why create an account? -- John of Reading (talk) 09:48, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Please Change: With a regular display of full-page color cartoons, it became a showcase for notable cartoonists, including Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Cole,[7] Eldon Dedini,[8] Jules Feiffer,[9] Shel Silverstein,[10] Erich Sokol,[5] Gahan Wilson, and Rowland B. Wilson.[11] to: With a regular display of full-page color cartoons, it became a showcase for notable cartoonists, including Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Cole,[7] Eldon Dedini,[8] Jules Feiffer,[9] Shel Silverstein,[10] Erich Sokol,[5] Roy Raymonde, Gahan Wilson, and Rowland B. Wilson.[11] Please see: Verifiable Reliable Source:

Pollissimo (talk) 09:07, 10 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Yes check.svg Done thanks, Nici  Vampire  Heart  21:12, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 24 March 2015
Please correct for circulation as of 12/31/2014. Correct circulation as of 12/31/2014 per Alliance for Audited Media is 1,008,033.

207.191.5.126 (talk) 20:05, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks! --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 20:31, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

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Missing info in lead section
Umm... does it seem right that there is no mention of nudity anywhere in the lead section? The fact that Playboy (always) features nude pictorials is surely a salient aspect of the magazine that deserves mention upfront. - dcljr (talk) 18:32, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Looking back over past versions of the article, it seems there has been a gradual de-emphasizing of the "nude pictures of women" aspect of the magazine — which was certainly called for back when the majority of the lead was about that aspect — but now the trend seems to have gone a bit too far. (I might also mention that, aside from what I've been talking about, the lead section seems not to sufficiently summarize the actual contents of the article. I will resist slapping an Inadequate lead on it, though.) - dcljr (talk) 18:59, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

Garbage
This article is garbage. Playboy magazine originated and until about the time Christie took over was known for its upper-body semi-nude women and risqué, lascivious, and frank discussion of sex, often expressing a misogynic outlook. It was known both for the beautiful women it photographed, its jokes & cartoons, and its often substantive fiction and non-fiction. About the time Christie took over, they transitioned to full nudes and much more pornographic/sexual poses. (Speaking about the US edition.) I believe that the quality of their contributions declined precipitously as American culture came to understand that the objectification of women was wrong, and in response to declining sales its editors turned Playboy into just another (sleazy) porn mag, but that's just my take. The fact that the word "nude" doesn't appear in the lede is RISIBLE! Whoever wrote this should be deeply embarrassed. It became a significant cultural 'force' because of how it pushed the boundaries of the acceptable and how it accepted (and used) the fact that most men appreciate looking the bodies of young attractive women, and how it discussed sex in an era where such talk was taboo. This article goes out of its way to avoid discussion of all of this. Deeply flawed.216.96.78.78 (talk) 14:33, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Christie Hefner's tenure as a Playboy Enterprises executive began in the '80s; Playboy's first fully visible frontal nude Playmate was Bonnie Large in March 1973. Playboy has certainly had its role in this and that psycho-sexual Zeitgeist (the Pubic wars included), and it behoves us to get the chronology correct, pontifications aside. kencf0618 (talk) 00:00, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

Playboy Brazil
Editora Abril, the original publisher of Brazilian Playboy edition, will keep it only until December 2015. But Playboy Enterprises licensed PBB Entertainment to publish Playboy from 2016 on. But PBB will resume publishing only in March 2016. So Brazil's dates will be properly marked as (1975—2015, 2016—) I don't know how it'll be worked, but if you want to see how, here's the source in Portuguese. That's it. Fasouzafreitas (talk) 13:03, 8 December 2015 (UTC)