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Latest comment: 3 months ago by SergeWoodzing in topic Le Chabanais

"not the burn your bra type" quote seems dubious

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The "burn the bra" movement didn't happen until the 1960's. Although, since Mae West was still alive, I suppose she could have said it but it would've had to have been said sometime after 1960. 2601:702:8100:3170:F9A2:6217:F0DF:2D26 (talk) 15:46, 26 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thank you all ...

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... for extensive & fine work done on this article lately! SergeWoodzing (talk) 06:41, 11 April 2025 (UTC)Reply

Likely AI generated material

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Hi - I added the AI generated tag here in reference to the edits by Thefallguy2025; here and elsewhere, they display many indicators of potential LLM output (some of their past edits have kept the chatgpt parameter in the refs), and since that text remains in the current version, it all needs review for sourcing, tone, accuracy/hallucinations, etc. (This applies even to changes that are "just" copy edits, as AI copy edits commonly introduce editorializing, subtle factual errors, unattributed opinion, non-neutral language, etc., even when they claim otherwise.) Gnomingstuff (talk) 20:33, 17 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Should be removed. Possibly effected text is miniscule & does not warrant compromizing the article with that ugly tag at the top of it. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 12:11, 18 September 2025 (UTC)Reply
Looking at the user's one edit, it doesn't seem specifically problematic. Regardless, the next day another editor began a massive, multi-edit rewrite that already changed most of the affected sentences. I'm going to remove the tag. --RL0919 (talk) 13:28, 18 September 2025 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. The tag was is more about their pattern of edits in general -- they'd done hundreds approaching thousands of most likely AI edits in close succession so it was unclear how much review was done on any of them. Gnomingstuff (talk) 17:46, 19 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

Drag portrayals on TV

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I removed one. Are we going to list every drag performance here? We'll be busy. Carol Burnett and Debbie Reynolds have also done West for a minite or two on TV. Don't see them listed. SergeWoodzing (talk) 22:30, 10 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Le Chabanais

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https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/harlots-whores-amp-hackabouts-by-kate-lister-review-sex-work-through-the-ages-h6xf2wsxn Le Chabanais was one of the best known and most luxurious brothels in Paris, operating near the Louvre at 12 rue Chabanais from 1878 until 1946, when brothels were outlawed in France. It was founded by the Irish-born Madame Kelly, who was closely acquainted with several members at the Jockey-Club de Paris. Among the habitués was Mae West

https://www.vice.com/en/article/britains-most-notorious-brothel-cynthia-payne/

https://web.archive.org/web/20250221011809/https://u3awellingtoncity.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Parisian-Belle-Epoque-011119.pdf

https://www.smh.com.au/national/paris-erogenous-zone-20020610-gdfcrt.html "not only Cary Grant, Charlie Chaplin, Tyrone Power and Humphrey Bogart, but Mae West, Marlene Dietrich, Piaf and even Katharine Hepburn" https://www.medindia.net/news/history-of-brothels-researched-in-the-archaeologist-of-erotica-60507-1.htm

Xo4v (talk) 19:25, 25 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Problem: Mae West never visited any other foreign country but England. Impersonator at that brothel? SergeWoodzing (talk) 17:43, 27 April 2026 (UTC)Reply