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CFO (disambiguation)

"CFO (disambiguation)" is a disambiguation page that has as one of its links [[Centerfold|Center Fold Out]]. Is "CFO" a term that is actually used, maybe in the publication trade, or is this likely a personal addition by a user which does not reflect common usage? Thanks for the input. Ceyockey 01:19, July 23, 2005 (UTC)

Image

Is the picture of Monroe REALLY needed to explain what a centerfold is? As I mentioned on the photo's talk page itself, I believe the photo to be pornographic. I work hard to keep smut away from my kids, and then, when I delete the photo from the article, it gets put back with no explanation as to why it was put back up. Minizilla (talk) 01:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comment, but please accept the fact that highly personal motives cannot serve as a sufficient reason for removing content or images from an encyclopedic article. The photo doesn't meet the criteria of pornography at all. --Catgut (talk) 12:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

--->How so? Is this a diagram of a woman's breast? Does it also link to the wiki article breast? No, it most certainly is and does not. It is a centerfold from a pornographic magazine, Playboy. Granted, it is not a HARDCORE pornographic magazine, but it is porn nonetheless. As I said on the photo's talk page, perhaps and edited version, with a black bar covering Ms. Monroe's exposed breasts? I can do that easily enough, or someone else. Either way, I stand by my contention that this photo is wrong. Minizilla (talk) 14:42, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The image seems appropriate to the article, and bearing in mind Wikipedia is not censored, the image should remain. Peptastic (talk) 06:20, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, so Wikipedia isn't censored. That having been said, what if I uploaded a photo of, for example, a woman being raped (found easily on the internet, as sad as that is), and linked it to the article on rape, it would be A-OK? Somehow, I feel that it would be taken down and my account banned or something. Despite the fact that the photo would indeed correspond to the article, as the naked photo of Marilyn Monroe seems to do for Centerfold. Don't get me wrong. I love wikipedia. I use it daily. It is a great source of free information. But there ought to be some kind of limits of some kind, in my mind. Again, it is only my opinion and contention, but I will not be moved from them. Minizilla (talk) 00:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The picture is unnecessary to explain what a Centerfold is. A nude picture is not necessary. You don't see any nude pictures in the article on Pornography because it is unnecessary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.216.45.89 (talk) 04:15, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The picture is highly relevant and necessary to increase the readers' understanding of the topic, by presenting a quintessential visual example; its omission would be detrimental to that understanding. Wikipedia is not censored, and this image is no worse than the picture of Michelangelo's David, nor the photos in our articles on penis, breast, and vagina. DHowell (talk) 04:45, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

suicide

The image is inappropriate in that Marilyn Monroe suicided. If you place that information beside the picture it might give some people pause... "maybe the life of a sex object isn't that satisfying?!" Common myth suggests that "she had it all" - obviously not.Goddessreturns (talk) 01:44, 9 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Marilyn Monroe's life and death are not relevant to the article on centerfolds; her centerfold is a well-known example of the object described by this entry. --Greymav (talk) 15:47, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Attribution to Hefner

Is there any source other than the CNN profile which qualifies Henfer coining the term centerfold? I've dug around, but I can't find anything else to substantiate the assertion.