Talk:Mayfair (magazine)

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Hi,

Edits have been made to this page by people who don't seem to know what they're talking about! I come today to re-read the entry I wrote and find that half of what I wrote has been replaced with INCORRECT details! I found all these details about Mayfair's history from an interview with Mayfair's founder Kenneth Bound in Vol 35 No 1 of the magazine, so I'm not just making this up!!

Going to change it all back now...... can I ask that people please know their subject before editing pages on Wikipedia?

--Monikahajkovafan 15:35, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Link to passwword-protected site

Should the link to the fan site be left now that it requires a password? Rlquall 22:07, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

No. The Mayfair Files fan site closed permanently on 10th March 2006, as did all the other sections of that site, so I'm removing the link. 212.118.242.2 18:53, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

HISTORY OF MAYFAIR MAGAZINE WANTED If you are an expert on the history of Mayfair Magazine - please could you email Kim at takeawaymedia.co.uk We are currently researching a television programme for the BBC and are interested in info about the history of Mayfair and Top Shelf Mags in the late 1960s and 1970s. We are researching this subject until 16th Feb 2007. Please only get in touch up until that date. Many thanks

[edit] Legal issues

In the Legal Issues paragraph, it says that it is now illegal for 16 or 17 year olds to appear nude in the media. I thought that under 18's could appear as long as they had their parents written permission. Can anyone clear this up?. Tiger20001 08:57, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

The Protection of Children Act 1978 defined an indecent photograph of a child to apply to someone aged under 16. Simple possession of such photographs was not an offence until 1988. The Sexual Offences Act 2003 raised the age to 18. Nick Cooper 20:47, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Mayfair 11 12.JPG

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BetacommandBot 05:02, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Legal issues again

The way the first sentence of that section is written implies that Mayfair was a special case for featuring 16- and 17-year-old models. I'm sure that's not the case; didn't even the Sun have 16- and 17-year-old Page 3 girls? (Which does lead to an interesting question: what are archivists supposed to do? Is there an exemption to the law for them, and if not how can complete archives of such magazines/papers ever be kept?) Loganberry (Talk) 19:28, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm thinking that the legal issues are probably quite complex. For instance the DVD of 'To the Devil a Daughter' features a 15 year old Nastassia Kinski wandering about stark naked. Is this legal or is it just that nobody at the police station has noticed yet? Colin4C (talk) 20:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)