Talk:Popular Mechanics

message: OK, I'll start it since it was on national TV here in the US. When will Brady and Manning be on the cover of PM? Will they appear individually, or together? ;-) Hiberniantears (talk) 02:57, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
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message: This magazine is over 100 years old. It's called Popular Mechanics but is a science and technology magazine. Why? A history section would explain — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.197.88 (talk • contribs) 13:21, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section 

message: is anyone interested to talk about the iPad version of the magazines: Wired, Pop. Science, Pop. Mechanics, etc.? it looks like they all came up with different features. Now the questions are: what differences those features are going to make and what makes one feature better than another?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.185.164.128 (talk) 15:54, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
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message: There must be more to say about recent history, because a science magazine of the 'reputation' of Popular Mechanics should not be running an article entitled "After heart attack in 2013 man goes to hell and describes what he saw" on their web site? Does the list of editors having 'none' most recently mean something? Shenme (talk) 03:47, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Out of date 

message: I'm not a regular reader of Popular Mechanics, but from what little I've read, the idea that they are a science magazine is laugh-out-loud hilarious. No, Popular Mechanics magazine is fantasy fiction for middle-schoolers.
It must have been around 2001 or so when they published a breathless article about an amazing advancement coming soon to digital photography. The before & after comparisons were night & day; a massive, exciting improvement in image quality. I had a middling digicam at the time, and held off buying a newer digital camera to wait for this amazing new generation of digital cameras to hit the shelves.
They never did of course. I realized later they were talking about Foveon, which was a small improvement when first released but with limitations of its own, including a glacial pace of development that soon put it hopelessly behind its competitors. I wasted two years waiting for a ridiculous fantasy to come true.
As a youngster in the 1970s, I read a Popular Mechanics article about amazing things coming to motorhomes. Many years later as an adult I became interested in motorhomes and soon came to realize that article had been pure baloney. Greg Lovern (talk) 07:18, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fantasy Fiction for Middle-Schoolers 

message: Hi Editors, 
Hope all is well. Could somebody help me make the following changes? I have a COI, but I noticed a few errors on the page.
* In the Editors section, the chart lists "No Editor" for "April 2021 – Present." Can it be changed to include Bill Strickland as the current editor?
** See here: https://muckrack.com/bill-strickland and https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2022/11/roads-trails-and-a-world-class-track-why-the-lehigh-valley-is-a-cycling-mecca.html
* On the side bar can the total circulation stat be replaced with "Total Audience: 15 million"?
** See here: https://www.mediavillage.com/article/popular-mechanics-highlights-responsible-innovation-in-issue-guest-edited-by-apple-ceo-tim-cook/
* On the side bar under "Frequency," can "six per year" be changed to "Six print issues per year"? This is more accurate than what’s currently listed.
* In the second paragraph of the History section, Popular Mechanics is accidentally referred to as Popular Science. Could that be fixed??
* In the first paragraph of the History section, could this be added as the last sentence: "In 2020, Popular Mechanics relocated to Easton, PA, along with the additional brands in the Hearst Enthusiast Group (Bicycling and Runner’s World). In addition to serving as the headquarters for the Enthusiast media brands, the space also houses the Test Zone, a facility used for testing everything from tools to technology."
** See here: https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/2020/10/hearst-magazines-to-soon-move-its-enthusiast-group-into-easton-building.html
* Within the criticisms section, could the second paragraph and the quote following it be removed as the "Committee for Skeptical Inquiry" is a fringe operation and given it’s not a trustworthy source? Additionally, the criticism connected to the 2020 UFO is now irrelevant after 4 years. Since the time of this criticism, the US government has released hundreds of pages of redacted documents on the topic of UFOs, held Congressional hearings on the subject, etc. Since 2020, Popular Mechanics itself has published many articles on the topic.
* In the Awards section, could the following awards be added:
** 2011 Stater Bros Route 66 Cruisin’ Hall of Fame Inductee in "Entertainment/Media" category
*** See here: https://www.pressenterprise.com/2011/09/15/san-bernardino-route-66-rendezvous-revs-up/ and https://www.dailynews.com/2011/09/14/route-66-rendezvous-revved-up-ready-to-roll/
** 2015 National Magazine Award Finalist in "General Excellence" and "Magazine Section" categories
*** See here: https://www.asme.media/national-magazine-awards-2015-winners-announced and https://observer.com/2015/01/the-finalists-for-the-national-magazine-awards-are/
** 2016 Advertising Age "Magazine of the Year"
*** See here: https://adage.com/article/media/ad-age-s-magazines-year-20016/307205
** 2017 Webby Awards "People’s Voice" Honorary Mention: Popular Mechanics’ How to Fix Flying in the category of "Best Individual Editorial Experience (Websites)"
*** See here: https://winners.webbyawards.com/winners/websites-and-mobile-sites/features-design/best-individual-editorial-experience?years=6
** 2019 Defence Media Awards Finalist in "Best Training, Simulation and Readiness" category for "The Air Force Is Changing How Special Ops Fighters Are Trained" 
*** See here: https://www.defencemediadinner.com/2020-award-winners
** 2021 American Nuclear Society "Darlene Schmidt Science News Award" to PopMech Contributor Caroline Delbert for "her passion and interest in all things nuclear and radiation. This award recognizes journalists who provide accurate, innovative, and well-researched media coverage to the general public related to science, technology, engineering and math, including, but not exclusive to, nuclear applications."
*** See here: https://www.ans.org/honors/recipients/award-schmidt/
** 2022 Aerospace Media Awards finalist in the category "Best Propulsion": "The Space Shuttle Engines Will Rise Again" by Joe Pappalardo ("Can a Retired Rocket Engine Take Us to Mars?" in the May/June 2022 issue
*** See here: https://www.aerospacemediadinner.com/2022-award-winners
** 2008 National Magazine Award winner in "Personal Service" for "Know Your Footprint," a three-part series on environmental responsibility in and around the home; National Magazine Award nomination for "General Excellence"; National Magazine Award nomination for "Personal Service" (second nomination in the category in addition to "Know Your Footprint")
*** See here: https://www.asme.media/43rd-annual-national-magazine-awards-winners-announced and https://www.huffpost.com/entry/national-magazine-awards_n_99770
** 2011 National Magazine Award nomination for "General Excellence" in the "Finance, Technology and Lifestyle magazines" category
*** See here: https://www.asme.media/national-magazine-awards-2011-finalists-announced and https://www.businessinsider.com/national-magazine-awards-asme-ellie-new-yorker-esquire-gq-vqr-vanity-fair-2011-5#general-excellence-print-finance-technology-and-lifestyle-magazines-5n
** 2016 National Magazine Award Finalist in "Personal Service" category for "How to Buy a Car" (July/August 2015 issue) and "Magazine Section" category for "How Your World Works"
*** See here: https://www.asme.media/ellies-2016-finalists-announced and https://wwd.com/business-news/media/national-magazine-awards-ellies-asme-finalists-2016-revealed-10314630-10314630/
** 2017 National Magazine Award nomination in the "Magazine Section" category for "Know-How" and in "Feature Writing" for "Climb Aboard, Ye Who Seek the Truth"
*** See here: https://www.asme.media/ellies-2017-finalists-announced and https://wwd.com/feature/asme-10757430/
* Could a section titled "In Popular Culture" be added, that would include the following:
** The December 2002 issue featured the cover story and image of "The Real Face of Jesus" using data from forensic anthropologists and computer programmers
*** See here: https://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/12/25/face.jesus/index.html
** March 2005 Issue dedicated to debunking 9/11 conspiracy theories, which has become the go-to source for 9/11 debunking
*** See here: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5782277
** Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up to the Facts, a book published in 2006 (updated in 2011) with a forward by Senator John McCain
*** See here: https://www.cfr.org/blog/seven-resources-debunking-911-conspiracy-theories and https://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/trutherism/2011/09/the_theory_vs_the_facts.html
** October 2015 issue featuring director Ridley Scott and an interactive cover that unlocks special content about Scott’s film The Martian
*** See here: https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/popular-mechanics-updates-logo/
** A June 2016 cover story with then-Senator Joe Biden called "Things My Father Taught Me" for the Fatherhood issue
*** See here: https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/joe-biden-opens-up-about-past-family-tragedies-with-son-hunter-biden-w206970/ and https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/joe-biden-discusses-fatherhood-with-popular-mechanics/
** A September/October 2022 issue guest-editor by Apple CEO Tim Cook
*** See here: https://www.mediavillage.com/article/popular-mechanics-highlights-responsible-innovation-in-issue-guest-edited-by-apple-ceo-tim-cook/print/
** Popular Mechanics was a puzzle on Wheel of Fortune
*** See: https://andynwof.wordpress.com/2021/06/29/wof-retro-recap-april-6-1999/
** In April 2001, Popular Mechanics was the first magazine to go to space, traveling to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz TM-32 spacecraft
*** See here: https://spaceref.com/press-release/space-media-delivers-and-returns-space-station-payloads-for-lego-popular-mechanics/ and https://space.nss.org/wp-content/uploads/Space-Manufacturing-conference-13-290-Doing-Business-In-Space.pdf
** Inclusion in the award-winning film The Wolf of Wall Street starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie
*** See here: https://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/wp-content/uploads/screenplay/scripts/The-Wolf-of-Wall-Street.pdf
Tried to compile as much at once to make it easier to review. Let me know if you need anything clarified. Thank you in advance.
Sincerely, Camille
Camillefrancis (talk) 20:33, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi @Camillefrancis, I'll take a look. Some of these look like first-party citations, but not for anything that controversial. BTW, you should add the edit request template to the page. I'm happy for you to ping me, but still should go through the official Edit Request process. -- FeldBum (talk) 21:01, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Address Errors