Talk:Postcard

Julian Mandel: Marionnette à fils image.
This is one of the images of postcards in the Gallery section.

The wikipedia entry for Mandel correctly states that "a majority of the French nude postcards were called postcards because of the size. They were never meant to be postally sent. It was illegal to send such images in the post".

But this article is about postcards that were "..... intended for writing and mailing without an envelope."

Because the Marionnette a fils image is only called a "postcard" because of its size, and because it was not designed to be sent through the mail, it isnt relevant to this exact wikipedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:EA01:1090:CC4:CE8A:9F7C:BDAC (talk) 00:05, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Major update
Hi all,

I have made a large update to the article. I did not remove any content that was there previously. However, some of it was moved to new sections or rephrased and incorporated with citations. I also looked over the talk page to take concerns into consideration before making changes. Here is an overview of some of the changes made. Thank you all, I hope everyone is receptive to this change. Absolutely willing to make modifications as you see fit. UliBretzel (talk) 05:15, 3 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Structure: The article's structure and arrangement were refined which will hopefully allow for more consistent additions going forward. This mainly consisted of creating separate sections for individual countries, which now have subsections for history, country-specific topics (such as British seaside postcards), and standards--in that order. "Controversies" was expanded by adding a subsection on "Legalities and censorship"--other controversial topics can be added in different subsections. The arrangement of the last few sections was changed slightly as it seemed to flow better this way (Historical overview > Countries > Controversies > Historical value > Collecting). The section on "Free postcards" was very small, and moved into the glossary under "Advertising cards." Only minor tweaks were made to the glossary to make it more consistent and to add a few citations (it still could use more).
 * Written Content: The total amount of content has roughly doubled. Much of the content previously was uncited, and there are still portions which remain uncited that I did not touch. However, the total number of citations has more than doubled from about 20 to 60. Content was added throughout, but especially for the "Historical overview" which I treated as an overview for all countries. Information which went "too far into the weeds" was moved to specific country sections, while still creating a detailed overview. Other sections were also expanded upon, such as the "United States", "Controversies", "Historical value", and "Collecting". Some country-specific sections could use more content, such as the non-existent "History" subsection for Russia (it only includes "Standards" currently). Other countries which are mentioned in the "Historical overview" like Austria and Germany, could also use sections.
 * Images: No images were removed. The arrangement was changed, to better fit the new article layout. One caption for the back of a card was changed as it referred to a postcard front which was no longer on the page. I also added an image of "Lipman's Postal Card" and a field postal from the Franco-Prussian War (which are specifically mentioned in the body).

Commons:WikiProject Postcards
Everyone who is interested in postcards is invited to join the Commons:WikiProject Postcards. There, we have been trying to organize the huge mass of images on the topic in the Commons since March 2020. Best regards --sk (talk) 10:49, 27 January 2022 (UTC)