Talk:Blindfold

I'll admit I'm no wikipedia expert, but should this really be categorized as a BDSM article? I think the use of blindfolds in child's games, office parties, and the like, makes it a more innocent item then one would believe by calling it BDSM-related.

One sense is so the category makes sense. But it should have other categories as well. RJFJR 17:05, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Disambiged

I hope everyone agrees on how I did this, it seemed the best way to take care of it. --Romeo Bravo 01:42, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't exactly agree on "disambiguation" seeing as a blindfold of all types is to prevent vision, and only the intention. I propose going back to the page Blindfold, merging Blindfold (BDSM) into it as a subsection, and possibly having other subsections for uses (Games, Secrecy, Other). This tends to agree more with other articles of objects (i.e. Glove--"types of glove", etc.) and just makes more sense to me as an encyclopedia article. --Mike Tigas 07:36, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Or keeping Blindfold (BDSM), but linking from Blindfold. As per my Glove example. --Mike Tigas 07:39, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Revamp

Mmmk, so I've redone the page a little bit for cleanliness. Maybe some photos? Any other uses for blindfolds? -Mike Tigas 02:11, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you :) --Romeo Bravo 05:08, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Suggested mergers

Done and done. ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 22:24, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

BDSM

I see this has been discussed before, but I really can't see any point in having two articles about blindfolds (blindfold and blindfold (BDSM)). The BDSM usage is exactly the same as any other, even if the context is different. Hogtied 12:35, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm against it, since the BDSM application has additional ramifications beyond the simple dictionary definition here, it doesn't seem appropriate to incorporate that. I think the decision from last December 2005 should stand. Merging would also create issues with categorization and dominate (no pun intended) this article with the larger BDSM content. -RJFerret 15:22, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Uh...wha? This article is already in category "BDSM". The BDSM article's content could easily be trimmed and this article's could be expanded. It wouldn't be that hard. In fact... ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 20:36, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Sleep mask

To this same end, I think we should merge sleep mask. Wikipedia is not a dictionary, after all. Plus, the added content would do wonders for this stubby page. What say y'all? ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 21:10, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

You know...I never was...patient...on Wikipedia. I'm going to read up on the specifics and then just do it. ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 21:15, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Effected by the User's Nose

I was looking to see if there was any mention about the effectiveness depending on the height of the user's bridge of the nose. As an Anglo with a fairly prominent nose bridge I notice that I can usually see through the bottom of most blindfolds making them less effective like in "Pin the tail on the donkey" but most problematic for activities like sleeping where I actually WANT to block sight. On the other hand, my children are half Chinese and the bridge of their nose is a lot closer to the height of the cheekbone and so does not push against the blindfold much at all. In WW2 pictures in France and Italy you see pretty thick material, 4-6 inches to cover the eyes, but like in pictures from Viet Nam and Cambodia in the 60s and 70s you see they use super thin material sometimes looking like cords to tie the eyes making me think the nose might have something to do with the material chosen, the taller the nose the thicker the material needed to be effective. Anyone else know anything about this? Is it even worth mentioning? --Billy Nair (talk) 00:49, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Symbolism

As the blindfold has long been a powerful symbol for justice, victimisation, denial, depth, trust, foolishness, illusion, senselessness, or unconsciousness, I think there should be a section on this page that references these various symbolic elements. Blindfold symbolism is commonly found in tarot and popular culture. It's also a quintessential part of the Lady Justice statue which symbolises the legal system of the United States of America. HuguenardSean (talk) 20:24, 1 December 2011 (UTC)