Talk:National Geographic

Young men infamously saw the magazine as a way to easily view bare-breasted women?

A story very often told, and it may actually be apocryphal (only mentioned in Animal House type movies etc), but in the pre Internet age widespread young men infamously saw the magazine as a way to easily view bare-breasted women compared to the contemporary ways in which they could acquire pornography? And even that the magazine usually naively tried to ignore or dispute that embarrassingly widespread knowledge about many of its readers? (It featured tribal women from Third World countries). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.210.174 (talk) 11:21, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

What exactly is your point here? Are you asking a question, or do you think that this is something that should be addressed by the article. It might fit for a controversy section, but I don't know if this is essential information. GeogSage (talk) 15:32, 4 January 2023 (UTC)

Aside from the ill-advised use of the sensationalist term "infamously," would it not be necessary to find documented accounts of this "use" of the magazine by "young men" who presumably did not have access to "Playboy" or other publications with content that included photographs of "bare-breasted women" before posting statements about such "use" here? Anything less would appear to fall into the dreaded category of "original research." 2603:800C:3A40:6400:B9A2:AE:8B2F:DE61 (talk) 05:54, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Video clip be included?

I am pretty sure there is no way a video clip(s) can be included in this article, as every clip will be copyrighted. If anyone else wants to delete that template, I am all for it. JakeJakubowskitalk  16:50, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Agreed. Just deleted it. If anyone wants to put it back, then whatever. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 20:05, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Update

I took the liberty of significantly expand this article. I fixed and added references and dead links, added pictures and quotes, shortened the 'See Also' section, and wrote a new section (which has a redirect pointed to it) called List of National Geographic Milestones.

The whole page might need a review from someone else, checking for errors, grammar and spelling.

If you have any questions or concerns use this talk page, it's on my watchlist so no need to ping me. Thanks! JakeJakubowskitalk  08:40, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

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