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Forbes building and pictures of Bea Arthur?

The photograph appears fine in the article, but there seem to be some kind of shenanigans going on in the source code with an ostensibly NSFW link. Can someone figure out what's going on here and correct it if needed? I don't understand how Wikipedia handles image files, so I'm reluctant to tinker with this for fear of losing the valid photograph.

"File:Naked Pictures of Bea Arthur 0078.jpg|thumb|upright|Forbes's former headquarters on Fifth Avenue|5th Avenue in Manhattan (now owned by New York University)"

RCTodd (talk) 14:29, 27 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Forbes list

I've been thinking about how best to manage the Forbes lists and how to link from the main Forbes article to the Forbes lists. This is the current state of play so far as I can tell:

Forbes is the main article and mentions the concept of Forbes lists, linking to a couple of them in the lead section and a couple more in the See also section.
Forbes List is a disambiguation page with no incoming links to it. It lists only Forbes 400 and The World's Billionaires.
Template:Forbes Magazine Lists is a navbox that seems pretty comprehensive and widely applied, linking to both the Forbes article and all of the individual Forbes list articles.

Should we expand the disambiguation page to include all of the navbox entries? Or is there a case to make a List of Forbes lists instead? The latter would be an easy way to link to all lists from the article without having to mention them individually in the text. Or would a table of lists within the main Forbes article suffice? Let's get some thoughts on this. --Jameboy (talk) 11:33, 29 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Credibility as news source

From the article about Jeffrey Epstein:

"In 2019, Forbes deleted a 2013 article that called Epstein "one of the largest backers of cutting edge science" after The New York Times revealed its author, Drew Hendricks, had been paid $600 to submit it falsely as his own."

Source: "The positive online notices appeared to have been paid for by Mr. Epstein: A writer employed by his foundation churned out the news releases, and Drew Hendricks, the supposed author of a Forbes story calling Mr. Epstein “one of the largest backers of cutting edge science,” conceded in an interview that he was given $600 to post the pre-written article under his own name. (Forbes removed the piece after The New York Times published its article.)" - from Jeffrey Epstein Was a Sex Offender. The Powerful Welcomed Him Anyway.

The original Forbes story: Science Funder Jeffrey Epstein Launches Radical Emotional Software For The Gaming Industry

If noone objects I will add a section with that info.

91.114.251.169 (talk) 05:57, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Far-left fake news magazine

Forbes is a far-left fake news magazine that denies biological science and common-sense reality and logic: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2019/12/19/jk-rowling-comes-out-as-a-terf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Poppahick (talk • contribs) 09:12, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You probably won't read this, being a banned sockpuppet and all. But since your trollish comment is still up, I may as well reply for the sake of future visitors. 1: A quick skim through the article on Steve Forbes, the editor-in-chief of this "far-left fake news magazine" shows that he seems pretty right-wing. 2: The only thing inaccurate in that article is the "RF" part of "TERF". 66.210.249.135 (talk) 09:06, 12 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Blacklist and threats to all companies

Forbes is threatening any company who hires Trump's press secretaries with permanemt persecution, unrelated to their editorial content.

"Let it be known to the business world: Hire any of Trump’s fellow fabulists above, and Forbes will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie. We’re going to scrutinize, double-check, investigate with the same skepticism we’d approach a Trump tweet. Want to ensure the world’s biggest business media brand approaches you as a potential funnel of disinformation? Then hire away." TuffStuffMcG (talk) 01:57, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/randalllane/2021/01/07/a-truth-reckoning-why-were-holding-those-who-lied-for-trump-accountable/?sh=1baf52975710 TuffStuffMcG (talk) 01:58, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]