Talk:Tobacco bowdlerization

Suggested renaming
Since there is no "official" name of this topic (as there would be for a person, movie, animal, political party, etc.), we are free to make up a name, as we have. However, I do not think the current name, "Tobacco bowdlerization" is a good pick. For openers, this is all about smoking in specific, not tobacco in general.

Next, "bowdlerize" is a fairly uncommon word.

Finally, the term "bowdlerize" more often refers to censoring/editing text to remove indecent/obscene material while all of the current discussion involves visuals (photos and movies) edited to remove images thought to encourage smoking. "written material that has been bowdlerized; the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent"; "edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate) bowdlerize a novel"; "a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages"; "censorship by publication of expurgated texts"

Whatever one may think of the process and the logic behind it, the term "tobacco bowdlerization" doesn't seem to fit. Alternative suggestions? - SummerPhD (talk) 01:33, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

I suggest "excision", which implies the removal without judgment. This could be extended to the removal of brand names or commonplace items that usually have brand names (such as soft-drink bottles or cans), which I have seen done. Judgment may be made on removing something on the ground of deleting something detrimental to an image (such as an out-of-place object in an artistic photograph) or something irrelevant to a news photograph. Pbrower2a (talk) 08:09, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

FDR memorial Washington DC
Quotre “ The memorial has simmered in controversy over whether it had bowed to "political correctness." Animal rights activists were credited with keeping the trademark fox fur off the statue of Eleanor Roosevelt; anti-smoking activists were credited with having FDR's trademark cigarette holder removed.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/fdr/history.htm

Clinton Dedicates Memorial, Urges Americans to Emulate FDR By Doug Struck Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, May 3, 1997; Page A01 2600:1700:D591:5F10:995A:17D6:53DE:5341 (talk) 20:15, 6 June 2024 (UTC)