Talk:List of His Dark Materials characters/Archive 1

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BetacommandBot 12:34, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Lyra links
Some of the links to Lyra lead to the article on the constellation instead of the fictional character.

69.95.70.84 (talk) 08:22, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Lake Enare
I think the lake's name in Real Life is "Enare" in Swedish. I forget how Pullman spelled it, but he might have been unaware that the Finns spell it as "Inari". --Alvestrand 00:30, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Book vs. Movie
I feel that this article should be about the characters of the book, since the first movie has already strayed extensively from the book. If this article is about the characters of the book, I feel it should not have pictures of the characters from the movie. Triacylglyceride (talk) 02:20, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I like the pix, but agree completely. They should be used in the film's article, if anywhere. Anthony Krupp (talk) 06:24, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

I hate Anonymous...
Some one messed up the article, but thanks to copy and paste I fixed it for you. Bloody vandals... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaos Machina (talk • contribs) 19:30, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Infoboxes
Why do only some of the characters have infoboxes? And why are the rest commented out? I'm going to put them back in; if anyone has any objections, feel free to revert me, but please provide an explanation as to why. -- ...Wiki wøw.  22:22, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't know where the infoboxes came from, but I would say: go ahead and create them for the rest, if you're inclined. The images were meant to be commented out; if the infoboxes also are commented out, that was inadvertent on my part. Per discussion on related pages, please keep the images belonging to the movie, GC, separate from this article, which is about HDM. Best, Anthony Krupp (talk) 23:18, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, I just made restitution for blanking out infoboxes. Now all the supporting characters have one. Would you be up to creating boxes for the four main characters? I have to log off for a while now. Best, Anthony Krupp (talk) 23:25, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Parry vs. Grumman
Why, when his real name is john parry, do we call this section stanislaus grumman? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.150.175.194 (talk) 16:36, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Main vs. other characters
It strikes me as odd that the outlines for the "main" characters are quite short compared to those for the "other"characters! s-slaytor —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.137.80.110 (talk) 01:58, 21 December 2007 (UTC)


 * The main characters have their own pages, so that's quite appropriate :-) –Adrian Lozano (talk) 17:50, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Lyra Belacqua / Lyra Silvertongue
I removed the following sentence from the end of this section: "Unfortunately at the end of the final book, she fails to read the alethiometer and has to part with Will Parry(her lover and the bearer of the subtle knife) so that she can live in her own world and learn to read the alethiometer."

It seems POV, and it is inaccurate. Lyra is not forced to part from Will due to her inability to read the alethiometer; they have to separate because individuals cannot survive for long out of their own worlds, and all of the portals opened by the subtle knife must be closed in order to prevent the loss of Dust.

Tmcmistress (talk) 08:06, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Northern Lights/The Golden Compass
Shouldn't references to the The Golden Compass be changed to Northern Lights? Northern Lights is the British name, and as the books were originally published in Great Britain, Northern Lights ought to be the official title. If no one gives any good reasons why it should stay as The Golden Compass I'll change it myself, but I thought I ought to mention it here first. George.millman (talk) 17:35, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * If it's referring to the film, The Golden Compass is the correct title. Otherwise, feel free to revert all instances of Americanisation! -- THE DARK LORD TROMBONATOR  01:06, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I have done. It turned out that there was only one (in Lord Asriel's secton) but that was the one that I spotted anyway - I didn't count the others. Also I have thought in the past that Wikipedia articles often use American English as opposed to British English, even when talking about British things. George.millman (talk) 21:40, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is bad. Naughty Wikipedians! There is a policy somewhere (WP:MOS, maybe?) that says British=British. Personally I think we should just find a midpoint - New Zealand English is fine with me! =D -- THE DARK LORD TROMBONATOR  04:06, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Where Grumman meets Will
I just edited that part. Somebody wrote, they met in a cave, but in the book it says "(...)he (Will) came out on a plateau almost on top of the world, it seemed. All around him, on every horizon, the mountains reached no higher. In the brilliant glare of the moon (...)"

And that is, where Grumman meets him. Therefore I wrote, that they met on top of the mountain. Quadratur (talk) 21:30, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Infoboxes needed?
I'm not sure if there's a reason to have an infobox for every character. The information in the infobox should be plainly stated in the beginning of each character's description, and if they are not, than they shes descriptions should be added. The infoboxes should be summarily removed. The infoboxes as they exist now only clutter the page and cause unnecessary white space. Thoughts? --Izno (talk) 00:35, 1 July 2009 (UTC)