Talk:Wet T-shirt contest

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Inflight competition edit
I removed the word 'rowdy' from the 'Inflight compeition' section. The word is subjective, judgemental and undoubtly un-encyclopedic. -Roswell Crash Survivor 10:07, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Tank top vs. T-shirt
OMG I AM OUTRAGED! How can you have that horribly inappropriate picture in this article!?!?!?! ....  That's a wet tank top, not a t-shirt!!!
 * lol, loved your irony! Mathmo 09:29, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It's debatable on whether it should be a t-shirt or not. It is still an article of clothing that, when splashed by water, becomes transparent and is often worn by women who participate in those types of contests. TheMonkofDestiny 02:30, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It's a good image, but I agree: it definitely surprised and slightly annoyed me to see a tank top as the only illustration here. Sure, I highly doubt any wet t-shirt contest would reject this, but the image should be an illustration of the typical contest, not a slightly unusual exception to what the article describes; it should make it clear why the contest is named "wet t-shirt contest" rather than "wet article of clothing that, when splashed by water, becomes transparent contest". I propose that we upload several dozen more images of this nature and pick the best one to use in this article, after I've saved them all to my hard drive. Who's with me? -Silence 06:42, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

That's kind of uneeded, I think. But, I am liking the idea of getting other pictures of this nature, and pick the best one.

Actually, it's okay. It's not like a typical wet t-shirt contest doesn't use a tank top. Zero R 08:24, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

The comment under the first just made me laugh so much; maybe it should be pointed out that most contests these days have evolved to other forms of clothing and are not just t-shirts? Another beef I have with this article is that it quite clearly states "The water is often cold to induce erect nipples, suggestive of sexual arousal." This should be portrayed in the pictures to give a clearer understanding and to prevent any common misconceptions.144.124.16.33 22:10, 27 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Common misconceptions?--Radh (talk) 06:23, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Playboy pictorial
The pictorial ran in the March 1972 number - I have a copy. (not sick, just a packrat!) It did not give the dates of the contests, but it showed pics from three different ones - Aspen and Mammoth Mountain were two, I forget the other. The latter did allow bottomless. It is a great pictorial. The t-shirts were not wet, though. I think Dick Barrymore is letting his imagination run away with him on that one. Wet t-shirt contests were definitely inspired by Jacqueline Bissett in The Deep - she was on the poster for that, at least in places where the poster was not censored. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fritz57 (talk • contribs).

Wet boxer-shorts contests
These are metioned in the article, as being the female-attracting counterpart of wet t-shirt contests. Do they really exist? If so, does anybody feel up to the task of making a seperate article?
 * yup, it happens. but kind of rare, besides guys seem to be more willing to go all the way and be naked. none of this prancing around nonsense in wet clothing pretending as if they are almost naked. lol Mathmo 09:32, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * They exist, apparently, but they're certainly far too minor to merit their own article&mdash;less than 1000 hits on Google. Especially considering that this article is barely longer than a stub currently, and we don't even know if there's any more information of any interest for such contests, we should keep that item here and, if anything else of note arises regarding it, that information should be added here. If enough information accumulates on "wet boxer-short contests", it should be given its own section on this page. If so much information accumulates that it starts to get overlong for this article, then it should be given its own page. Making a new page should never be our first instinct when something could easily just be added to an existing one; it's always more convenient to just scroll down a page to get to new information than to have to go to the bother of clicking a link, visiting another page, clicking back, etc. -Silence 20:43, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

"Wet boxer shorts".... "barely longer than a stub"... there's a pun in there somewhere, but I'll be damned if I'm going to be the one to point it out :-) 220.240.227.91 04:01, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
 * no need to point it out, is too little to be off any worth. ;p Mathmo

Maybe I'm old, but I think the "traditional" term was a "wet willie" contest. I'm not sure that the style of underwear was prescribed ... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fritz57 (talk • contribs).

Soirée ts2.jpg
Does this image look fake or photoshopped to anyone else? By the looks of the water splash, I'd say it's fake and should be removed. I'm not sure if the image is real or fake, but even if it is real, I think it should be removed anyway because it's really unneeded.

Yeh mate the face doesn't look too real either. Facial features are a bit ... werid there. i cant put my finger on whats wrong though

Appropriateness of images
Very recently, User:129.81.123.252 removed the images from the page. I went ahead an reverted the edits, but perhaps this issue should be addressed. Clearly the fact that they have remained up for so long implies a consensus of appropriateness. Personally, I consider the images short of earning labels such as "obscene," and I consider them not to be at all gratiuitous as they certainly do illustrate the subject matter of the article.

Any other opinions/comments/support/criticisms? Seidenstud 06:37, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


 * The images aren't fantastic. We could use an image that shows a line of contestants rather than a couple of individuals. Apart from that, they are fine and certainly not "inappropriate" as tagged by the anon. WP:NOT censored for the protection of minors. --GraemeL (talk) 12:32, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


 * An illustration would not work for this article. A wide shot showing a line of individuals in a contest would only supplement the existing images. Blurring out or otherwise obscuring nipples would defeat the point of including the pictures in the first place as the pictures are presented to show the exact effect of a wet t-shirt. The images should be retained or improved. --Mattarata 20:30, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

i added a face to the blured picture so it looks better innit —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.77.55.167 (talk • contribs) 3:19, 20 August, 2006 (UTC).
 * Way to go. Because of your action the image got deleted because it was orphaned or just a bad picture...thanks. That picture was being used to show the manner in which water is poured during a contest, and was being used to illustrate the point. --Mattarata 17:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Looks better with a face on it though innit blud. bruv.


 * I suggest we remove the Soiree ts image now that we have the one that Mattarata has added. Carl.bunderson 21:21, 22 August 2006
 * the image shows the woman's nipples, it should at least be blurred. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ntlover (talk • contribs)


 * May I direct you to What Wikipedia is Not - to put it bluntly, wikipedia is NOT censored, and you should not change images or text to suit your own sensibilities. mattbuck 01:30, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Change in Laws?
The article states: "However because of recent laws they may not reveal their full breasts or be fully nude." There is no citation, and my own search has not discovered any verification of this. Local laws usually determine nudity issues. However, many of the most explicit contests originated in Key West FL, during spring break periods. Many of these contests have been videotaped and marketed on the internet. I have noticed since 2004, newer videos have not been available. I am curious if new laws have been passed in Key West prohibiting nudity in these contests.

Eelb53 (talk) 05:24, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I was going to mention this too - Wikipedia is global and I'm sure that these competitions take place outside the jurisdiction of the area whoever added this is from. GavinZac (talk) 09:40, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps the line should be either removed, or altered to say where, how, and when the law was changed. I think removal would certainly be easier than listing every law reguarding transparent clothing the world over. Velinion (talk) 12:06, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Early reference to Wet T-shirt contest
I went thru Google news archives and found an early article from The Milwaukee Sentinel - Sep 16, 1976 by Ron Lego titled Arrests Put a Damper On Wet T-Shirt Contest. This is the earliest one I could find. Richard-of-Earth (talk) 22:31, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I've included it in the article. - Polly Tunnel (talk) 17:08, 28 October 2019 (UTC)

Appropriateness of images 2020
Should the inappropriate pictures be deleted? It's completely unnecessary (not even educational) and only makes wikipedia not friendly for everybody. --Helpfulwikieditoryay (talk) 02:52, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * , Wikipedia is not friendly for everybody. As an encyclopaedia it covers topics which may be inappropriate for some readers. We do not censor ourselves to appease people - we show images which are appropriate to the article. If you go to an article about a flower, expect to see pictures of flowers; if you go to this article, expect to see photos of wet t-shirt contests. Now, images should not be there for decoration, but to enhance understanding. I have changed the first photo to one which actually shows a contest rather than just a person having water poured over them, but unfortunately the choice of images we have on this subject is not great. -mattbuck (Talk) 08:46, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Ummmm, we have contests in Japan - orgies with 1,000 contestants. Should we post videos and GIFs on public domain? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.245.36.1 (talk) 19:32, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

mattbuck, Sorry I don't think you understood what they were saying. The reason for removing content on wikipedia is not for unfriendliness itself. It is for, as they said, being inappropriate, not educational, and unnecessary. The unfriendliness is a negative side effect of putting unnecessary pictures on the site, and that harms the site. Articles about murders are unfriendly but appropriate for an encyclopedia. It's educational. On the other hand, lewd pictures don't enchance understanding of this article. They're for decoration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.245.33.190 (talk) 20:14, 30 October 2020 (UTC)