Talk:Tintin in Tibet/Archive 1

Tintin's Dream Phenomenon
On the fifth page, after finding out about Chang's death, Tintin then weeps for him and says that Chang is not dead. Tintin then says the dream he had was no ordinary dream. He said it was a sort of premonition...telepathy...something like that. I have three questions. First, Does anyone know the real name of this phenomenon? Second, Why wasn't its real name used in the book instead? Third, has this phenomenon ever occured in real life?

--Richard W 17:52, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) I don't know whether it has a definite name, but it's generally referred to as dream telepathy.
 * 2) I presume the real name wasn't used to make it appear more natural - Tintin didn't know anything about the phenomena, and he was overcome with grief at the presumed death of his friend. He says (translated from the original French) : "... it wasn't an ordinary dream ... It was ... how can I put it? ... a preminatory dream ... or telepathic ... I don't know."
 * 3) Yes, many times in experiments and in day-to-day life; try searching for dream telepathy, paranormal dreams or preminatory dreams.


 * Thanks for your answer. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by an unknown IP editor on an unknown date.

Issue with claim made in article
>>The story is unlike any previous Tintin books, before or since: there are no enemies and only a small number of characters.>>

This is not quite true. The same could be said of Red Rackham's Treasure, though it's unusual definitely. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by an unknown IP editor on an unknown date.

Tintin crying
This also happens in Flight 714 when Tintin fears Snowy is lost. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.202.247.105 (talk) 06:02, 5 May 2007 (UTC).

Fair use rationale for Image:Newspaper clip.jpg
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Fair use rationale for Image:Tibet sketch 2.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:43, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Request
(The following was copied from Talk:Tintin in Tibet/to do:)

Add images (and fair use rationales) of the covers for the Chinese versions "Tintin in China's Tibet" and "Tintin in Tibet". Bensin (talk) 21:18, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I looked into this, and another editor located the cover on the Internet. It is here. Prhartcom (talk) 19:44, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Tintin in Tibet
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Tintin in Tibet's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "ReferenceA": From Tintin in the Land of the Soviets: Lofficier and Lofficier 2002. p. 18. From China: Homer H. Dubs, "Theism and Naturalism in Ancient Chinese Philosophy," Philosophy of East and West, Vol. 9, No. 3/4, 1959 

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 15:25, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

The Times article is now behind a paywall. It should be replaced by an accessible reference. -- 77.184.34.43 (talk) 01:41, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Deleted Scene
Years ago I read about a deleted scene in "Tintin in Tibet". It shows Captain Haddock in the snowy mouintains fighting with an alcohol stove. The scene spreads over about half a page and was fully colored. Does anybody know more about it? --Robbit (talk) 20:21, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe I recall the scene, so at least in the German version it is probably not removed. -- 77.184.34.43 (talk) 01:43, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * You are correct; that is the description of the deleted scene from this book. It is described in the Tintin literature found in this article's bibliography, for example Goddin (2011) and Farr (2001). Prhartcom (talk) 19:37, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

"Tintinology"
The article uses the term "Tintinology" without any reference in the introduction. Web Searches do not suggest this is a well-accepted term, and I believe it should not therefore be used in a Wikipedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.41.122.236 (talk) 05:32, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I think you may be right. I found only one decent reference to the term on another Tintin article on Wikipedia. It is a Times of London article from 2006 in which Erica Wagner states "But now we Tintinites, or Tintinophiles, Tintinologists, Tintinolators, or Hergélogues ..." (Wagner, Erica (9 December 2006). "Tintin at the top". The Times (London). Retrieved 11 March 2011) but this is far from conclusive proof that this is a valid term. It is not used by any prominent author of Tintin literary criticism. It is of course the name of an old Tintin fan website (Tintinologist.org), which is probably the only valid usage of the word. Therefore, I agree with your observation and I volunteer to be the one to remove mention of this from Wikipedia. Prhartcom (talk) 18:50, 24 April 2014 (UTC)