Talk:Narf

If the ONLY verification is someone who's taking the word of the director, and nothing else, that makes this an illegitimate article. Wikipedia should not have false articles put in simply for the sake of advertising a movie.

Unless someone comes up with some REAL verification, this should be deleted or the article should explain that this is only a movie ad, not true mythology.

Edit: I've sent an email to Wikipedia Help Desk, asking them to mark this article as unverified and possibly ilegitimate.

Editied this article to note both the film and the legend. I recently attended an advance screening of Lady in the Water and learned that the Narf is actually a little-known creature from Asian folklore that M. Night Shyamalan used in a fairy tale for his children. The comments about their abilities come from what the Narf does in the film. I believe that is appropriate. Please comment before deleting what I've put up, as I think its now valid. Thanks! User:Binder 27 January 2006

Allow me to say: What the fuck?

I'm going to try to verify this information. If I can't, I'll recommend deletion.Dali 18:08, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

According to the IMDB.com listing for "The Lady in the Water", many fans on the message board believe this Wiki article is a fake page set up by the producers of the movie for free (but falsified) publicity. I'd be kind of offended that he would willingly pollute what's supposed to be a reference source for publicity. Sure, Wikipedia isn't sacred or pure, but deliberately falsifying things for movie profit is lame. Also, I'd think it odd, considering the number of 'real' mythical creatures M. Night could have used, that he'd make up a new one, but since this movie is supposedly based off of a bedtime story he told his children, he could have called them anything he wanted to. -Dmitri -12-19-05

Agree needs verifying. I only looked it up on wiki when I read about the movie. The fact that the movie poster is already listed is a bit suspicious.

The image seems strange. I do not see anything there :( --Kyknos 19:43, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Remark by email
"The only information about this mythical creature is coming from the director of the movie in which is it featured, and other people who are getting their information from the director and changing the page (see discussion). The page has been changed to reflect that the narf is not a mythical creature, and people keep changing it back based on the director's claim, but without any other verification or research.

It appears to be an attempt for free publicity from the production company, and many other websites, including IMDB.com, agree with this.

I recommend the page have a disclaimer about doubtful validity until verification is provided."

None of the sources I checked (including Encyclopedia Mythica) return anything concidering this "legend". Unless someone returns an actual source that has nothing to do with the movie itself I suggest this page be deleted. Ghilz 17:16, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Shymalan's engaged in guerilla marketing before (anyone remember his "Buried Secret"?) this is obvious astroturf, blank the page and intiate deletion. Wikipedia is not a place for marketing.

Narf legend
So this is how things get started. Someone comes up with a very unique but trivial word and soon everyone wants to know what it is about.

A fellow worker got the word from his young daughter and now we find ourselves using it, trying to freshen up our limited vocabulary of trendy new terms.

So, here I am in Wikipedia, discovering that the word really has no meaning. Hereby, I suggest that this becomes the very meaning of this "new" word: "To describe that which has no meaning."

As used in sentences: (As a verb) "Wilipedia narfed it." (As an adjective) "That is a totally narf idea."

--63.202.158.142 20:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I remember reviewer Stephen Greydanus saying something like, "Of course any father who had children at a certain point in history knows what "Narf" is, it's the interjection used by Pinky" and they seem to have that listed now. Judging by how he uses it it can either mean awe or joy or silliness. (It's quite versatile) The main result I got for NARF on a search though was the "Native American Rights Fund" which is also listed. There's so much more though, here is a forum that lists sites that indicate All that is NARF.--T. Anthony 17:12, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Narf!
Point? Zort! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.7.216.174 (talk) 22:20, 10 February 2010 (UTC)