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"adventuress"[edit]

From http://sherlockholmes.stanford.edu/ (download the pdf, look in the end notes) "Irene Adler resembles British actress Lily Langtry (1853-1925), who had an affair with the Prince of Wales. Other sources have been suggested for her character as well. Calling her an “adventuress” (meaning a “gold-digger”) is more than a little insulting."

I removed the speculation that she may have died from a (future) adventure since that is not what the word "adventuress" suggests.Bitethesilverbullet 14:52, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is her wedding to Mr. Godfrey Norton actually valid, if the witness was there in a false identity? -FZ 00:31, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"In "The Five Orange Pips", Holmes mentions that he has been beaten four times, three times by a man and once by a woman" Can anybody tell us who were the three people to beat Holmes and in which story?Sauron 10:11, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Derivative Fiction[edit]

in "The Club Dumas", by Arturo Perez-Reverte, the protective 'angel' conflicted with potentially demonic character calls herself "Irene Adler" as she mysteriously embarks on a gradual course of endangerment with the main character, Corso, and keeps him in the dark while treating him kindly in a manner perhaps reflected by the Holmes tale, which is specifically mentioned in association to her pseudonym.

If anyone ever reads this... Could someone please put the paragraph that reveals the entire plot and all its twists in some kind of *SPOILER* segment or something? It's my most favourite of the 6 Sherlock episodes and had I read this paragraph before watching it, it would have completly been ruined for me. The main part about (spoilers!) her not being killed (end spoilers!) is a huge twist in the final seconds of the episode and really doesn't need to be included in this paragraph. If however it does, could it please be given with an appropriate warning? Just my opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.105.171.215 (talk) 04:40, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wicca Girl[edit]

I bet a dollar that the reference to the "Wicca-Girl" short story was placed there by the author of that story. Whether it's vanity or self-promotion, it should probably be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.50.240 (talk) 02:23, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Death[edit]

Should it be noted that, at the point of the fictional writing by Watson, Adler is, apparently dead? Quote the story, "And yet there was but one woman to him, and that woman was the late Irene Adler"(emphasis mine).62.220.164.103 (talk) 13:02, 16 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Just added about this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.144.246.208 (talk) 14:20, 10 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong dates?[edit]

The Irene Adler page refers to "Julian Wolff, from 1861 to 1886 the head of the Baker Street Irregulars". Should those dates be 1961 to 1986?92.237.66.85 (talk) 12:56, 12 February 2021 (UTC)Richard Mellish[reply]

Thanks for pointing out that those years are wrong, though I think that the span of years that Wolff was head of the BSI is outside of the scope of this article, especially since he was not in that position at the time he wrote the comments cited. I will reword the part about Wolff, and add more information to the BSI article so readers can go there if they want to know more about its past leadership. Miles26 (talk) 22:25, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Removing the Adaptations section[edit]

I have removed the Adaptations section as it's mostly lengthy summaries of derivative works. All relevant, properly sourced information from that section is duplicated in the following section, which lists the various actresses who have played Ms. Adler. Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 22:19, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]