Talk:Barbie

Wiki Education assignment: Research Process and Methodology - FA23 - Sect 202 - Thu

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Just in Time

Barbie is given as an example of "Just in Time" manufacturing in the book The Box by Marc Levinson in chapter 14. *Levinson, Marc (2016). The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger (2nd ed.). Princeton University Press. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-691-17081-7. MountVic127 (talk) 07:28, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Blind Barbie

There's now a Blind Barbie, created with support from the American Foundation of the Blind. I think this is worth mentioning.

I'm happy to put something together but of course anyone else can jump in if they like. KaraLG84 (talk) 00:02, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Added a couple of sentences about the blind Barbie as well as the black Barbie with Down Syndrome. I wasn't sure how to expand the little I wrote without sounding like I was paraphrasing the article in my citation. KaraLG84 (talk) 15:00, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 August 2024

"During a trip to Europe in 1956" change to During a family trip to Switzerland in 1956"

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98.248.161.240 (talk) 21:38, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

•  Done: Various sources say that it was during a trip to Switzerland, eg BBC Time.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:04, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 October 2024

ADD

== Further reading ==

* {{cite web |title=Barbie's Dirty Secrets |url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/barbies-dirty-secrets-dispatches |website=[[Dispatches]] |publisher=[[Channel 4]] <!-- |access-date=13 October 2024 -->}}

69.181.17.113 (talk) 07:58, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

•  Not done: The problem with this is that it is an online TV show from Channel 4 and would only be watchable in the UK.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:19, 13 October 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 March 2025

Barbie was featured in Mattel's first Live-action show, "The Magical World of Barbie" at Epcot in 1993-1994. It stared Elizabeth Simmons as Barbie, who was also Miss Oregon 1993. QueenB1970 (talk) 22:59, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

•  Not done: This probably lacks due weight for mentioning here, and it may be more on topic at Epcot.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:20, 12 March 2025 (UTC)