Wikipedia talk:WikiProject A Series of Unfortunate Events/Archive2

New Place Proposal
I thought of another way places could be organized, by putting them into categories. There's the main unnamed city (Boston in movie), Other towns(Paltryville, Village of Fowl Devotees), The Hinterlands, Boats/Submarines, and a last page for other locations which don't fit. --Pacaman! 03:36, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * We can use this idea or the locations by book, but we can only use one. I think this is a good idea, but it has to be done right. The categories have to fairly broad. We can't have categories with only one location in them. Clamster5 04:01, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

So far I have compiled this list, please add more locations/categories:


 * Businesses (Business locations in A Series of Unfortunate Events)
 * The Anxious Clown
 * Café Salmonella
 * Last Chance General Store
 * Mulctuary Money Management
 * Caligari Carnival
 * Hotel Denouement
 * Lucky Smells Lumbermill
 * Vineyard of Fragrant Grapes
 * Houses (Houses in A Series of Unfortunate Events)
 * Aunt Josephine's House
 * Count Olaf's house
 * 667 Dark Avenue
 * Uncle Monty's House
 * Justice Strauss's house
 * The Baudelaire Mansion
 * The Snicket Mansion
 * The Quagmire Mansion
 * Towns/Cities (Towns in A Series of Unfortunate Events)
 * main unamed city (Boston)
 * Paltryville
 * Village of Fowl Devotees
 * Roads
 * Lousy Lane


 * Geographical Locations (Geographic locations in A Series of Unfortunate Events)
 * The Hinterlands
 * Mortmain Mountains
 * Gorgonian Grotto
 * Briny Beach
 * the coastal shelf/Olaf-Land
 * Lake Lachrymose


 * Boats/Submarines (Boats in A Series of Unfortunate Events)
 * The Prospero
 * The Queequeg
 * The Carmelita
 * The Beatrice

Uncategorized:
 * Heimlich Hospital
 * Anwhistle Aquatics
 * Prufrock Preparatory School
 * Valorous Farms Dairy

What way do you think is better to go? I'm slightly in favor of this way, but I don't really care. Most of the articles under uncategorized could go into businesses, except Lousy Lane which could be a subcategory under The City in cities. Also, what do you think of the Template:ASUE place idea I had? "It could contain more info specific to places. Name, image, first visit, revisits, location (city, what it's near), size (building floors, space), type (submarine, city, building house) as well as others could all be included. Pacaman! 18:49, 22 November 2006 (UTC)" --Pacaman! 04:30, 23 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I think this the better way to go. It seems like a lot less work. We won't have to make a totally new template, just tweak the other one. I'll put Lousy Lane in with Towns/Cities, but I think the others should just be in an "Other" category. Clamster5 04:38, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I did a sample house article at User:Pacaman/HousesLoc. Should I move it and delete the articles off the template and the list? Also, do you have any comments on the location template? --Pacaman! 04:52, 23 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I like the idea of the location template. Per your suggestions of what info to provide, I think name, image, first mention, location, size, possession, and type should be included. I think we should create all the sample pages and change the main template before turning the samples into real pages. I can get started on them tommorrow. It is Thanksgiving after all. Clamster5 14:49, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Happy Thanksgiving! I have stuff to do later, but I'm the only person in my house awake right now so I'll get started on the template. --Pacaman! 15:23, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, thanks for fixing Aunt Josephine's house too. I was having a ton of trouble trying to get it right.--Pacaman! 15:32, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Can we not just have "Buildings in ASUE" and "Locations in ASUE"? &mdash;Cel es tianpower háblame 17:25, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * This proposal has already been put in place. Personally, I think having too many places on a single page is a bad idea. Clamster5 20:14, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Place template
Here's a new template to be used on the new place pages (See List of locations, Template Proposal, New Place Proposal):

I have added the new template to User:Pacaman/HousesLoc. --Pacaman! 16:45, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

I created a sample business page at User:Pacaman/BusinessesLoc --Pacaman! 21:33, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Hide Template
Does anyone know how to edit a template to make it hidable, such as in Template:Google Inc.? Template:ASUE is quite long and could probably use the hide feature. --Pacaman! 19:51, 23 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Ask the reference desk, they might come up with a satisfactory answer.  bibliomaniac 1  5  22:55, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

I added the hide feature using coding from here. --Pacaman! 17:44, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

I changed the coding a little more to make the template look nicer. --Pacaman! 00:56, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * oooooh, so pretty!!! Clamster5 01:05, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks! --Pacaman! 02:35, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Going Places
Now that all the places pages (except the uncategorized places) are done, should we start moving them? Here's how it would work:
 * 1) Move all place pages from user pages to real locations - Done!
 * 2) Change all place pages into redirects to their new location - Done!
 * 3) Update ASUE template - Done!
 * 4) Change List of locations in A Series of Unfortunate Events into a page which links to all of it's new divisions and contains uncategorized articles - Done!

After this we should probably execute the mammoth task of somehow sorting the characters

--Pacaman! 02:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll do the first step if you make the "other" locations page. Clamster5 03:18, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

In a little bit I'm going to go ahead and move the uncategorized articles to businesses since they have no better place to go (right now) and they at least all loosely fit. Why did you put boats on the template twice? --Pacaman! 20:34, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, my mistake. I think I wanted to change it from "Boats" to "Boats and Other Vehicles". Clamster5 20:37, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, technically submarines are a type of boat. "And Vehicles" may confuse people since it also refers to cars and such. --Pacaman! 22:27, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Compact, Merge, Organize, and Salvage
What else needs to be organized for ASUE? The places have just been organized, and I compacted all the animal articles into one page. Lots of info could be moved or otherwise organized.. Also, does anyone know of some ASUE pages that aren't linked to by anything? Every once in a while I will go to a page to create it, but it has already been sitting there, unwikified and isolated. --Pacaman! 22:43, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I found an isolated page: Or, Orphans! The characters need some organization. --Pacaman! 01:10, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Logo
(ring) Can we change logo to the V.F.D./eye logo, found at http://www.thequietworld.com/Images/vfdsign2.jpg? I think looks a little more authentic, with the code included - joined, really. (ring) (p.s. code included, forgive the grammar) Link hyrule5 00:51, 5 December 2006 (UTC) (p.p.s. did ANYONE notice the Sebald code message?) Link hyrule5 23:44, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Using it would be a copyright violation. Thats why we use just a general eye. Clamster5 00:58, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, if you justify the image as fair use, you can add the image to the VFD article, and perhaps other artices related to VFD.-- E d  ¿Cómo estás? 01:28, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Fair use doesn't extend to project pages and templates. Clamster5 20:13, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * After looking at http://thequietworld.com/, I think that we may be able to use some of their information on our articles. This would boost our compliance with WP:V.-- E d  ¿Cómo estás? 01:32, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * As long as the info is actually verifiable (i.e. interview with Daniel Handler, direct quote from book, mentioned on lemonysnicket.com). I'm trying to drastically cut down on the speculation on the pages. Clamster5 20:13, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, if there's one problem with ASOUE, it's that the ambiguity of the books and the way the readers are left to make a lot of connections is a recipe for a lot of really bad theories and speculation.

Proposal for organising characters
There are more articles for ASOUE characters than there are for HP... Well, probably. May I propose, for all but the very major characters (the Baudelaires, Beatrice, Lemony and Olaf, possibly Esmé), that instead we have fourteen or fifteen articles named in the form "Characters introduced in Book X"? That'd really cut down on the superfluous and short individual articles and put everything in a far more logical order. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.44.112.11 (talk) 20:40, 6 December 2006 (UTC).
 * I see no problem in having the seperate character PAGES. The only (minor) problem is the template getting a little large, which has already been edited to help it be more accommodating. (not to mention basic, calm, darling, emblematic, frisky, grinning, human, innocent, jumping, kept, limited, meek, nap-loving, official, pretty, quarantined, recent, scheduled, tidy, understandable, victorious, wholesome, xylophone, young and zippered)


 * If you really feel a need to change it, perhaps you could try a seperate template with only characters. It could be divided into Main Characters, Children, Guardians, Adults ect.


 * Also, somehow I don't hink you're right about Wikipedia's Harry Potter character articles. --Pacaman! 00:14, 7 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I think that more characters could be merged into the list of minor characters page. Clamster5 00:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree. I don't see why there should be any need for Ishmael or Friday to have their own articles, for example, or people like Charles.  In fact, I'd be dubious about any non-recurring character having their own article. (I know Charles is in both TMM and TPP, but he is of very little importance.)


 * I've made 3 new pages:


 * Quagmire triplets - Isadora, Duncan, and Quigley Quagmire - a lot of the information on the seperate pages was repetitive
 * List of Prufrock Preparatory School Staff - Vice Principal Nero, Mrs. Bass, Mr.Remora, etc
 * Castaways (A Series of Unfortunate Events) - Ishmael, Friday, and list of the very minor castaways

I've also merged all of Count Olaf's associates into Count Olaf's associates, except for Fernald, Esme, and Carmelita.

Clamster5 21:53, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd have no problem with this.-- E d  ¿Cómo estás? 01:31, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * What are you refering to? The above proposal or the new pages I created? Clamster5 01:36, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * New pages you created. Sorry =)  E d  ¿Cómo estás? 02:58, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I think that's much better. Thanks.

The Littlest Elf
I like the recent addition of The Littlest Elf, however, I'm not sure it should be categorized as an accompanying material. It's a theme through the books and movie, not a seperate book. Perhaps a return of the other section on the template would be better suited for the littlest elf. Animals and Fungi could proably be turned into the other section and have littlest elf added to it, unless of course someone has a better idea. --Pacaman! 03:51, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Its a only a recent addition to the nav box. The article itself has been around for a while. Could it possibly be merged into the movie article? Clamster5 04:16, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * The problem is it appeared in the books in The Vile Village and I think it may have been mentioned a few other times. Maybe it could be merged into A Series of Unfortunate Events.--Pacaman! 17:24, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Day Awards
Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 17:37, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup Drive
I've nominated A Series of Unfortunate Events for the weekly cleanup drive. Please vote for it through the link on its page! Thanks. Clamster5 23:35, 14 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Only two more noms to go! There's more members of this WikiProject then there are nominations. C'mon guys, TWO MORE! Mrmoocow 10:30, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Phil! /Guidelines
Why is Phil included in the list of minor characters? He had a major role in two books. Also, that minor characters page is mayhem and really needs to be cleaned up.--Pacaman! 03:37, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * He only appeared in two books and while he did have a major role in The Miserable Mill, he didn´t do anything very major in The Grim Grotto. Many other characters with similar roles are in minor characters. Maybe we should have some good guidelines on how to classify a character. --AirLiner 14:20, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes. I've been getting very confused lately about what a major/minor character is. I'll create a page for this.-- E d  ¿Cómo estás? 15:51, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * The project page should have basic guidelines for determining whether a character deserves their own article. Other similar wikiprojects have this type of information. I would love to see what you've come up with. <3  Clamster5  02:29, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I haven't started yet. I'm checking to see if WP:BOOKS has these guidelines.-- E d  ¿Cómo estás? 05:00, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

I've created what I think are fair guidelines for character, location, and book articles and reflect the current setup. They are located here: User:Clamster5/Guideline. <3 Clamster 03:12, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Good job! I haven't received a response from WP:BOOKS, so we'll just have to get input from our Project members.-- Ed  ¿Cómo estás? Reviews? 02:46, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Beatrice Baudelaire
Information for the Baudelaire's parents and Beatrice 2 is scattered over Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire and Beatrice (A Series of Unfortunate Events). I'm not sure how to organize everything, but there needs to be something done. BB1 and BB2 have nothing in common but a name. BB1 is a much more important figure than Bertrand and shouldn't be on the same page. I would say we should have 3 articles, but then information such as the poison darts would be duplicated on two pages. --Pacaman! 01:52, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I think that in the interest of spoilers, Beatrice (A Series of Unfortunate Events) should contain the two Beatrice Baudelaires, and Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire should basically only cover Mr. Baudelaire and link to Beatrice as Mrs. Baudelaire's main article. Clamster5 22:40, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * That sounds good, but we should make sure there are clearly lable Mrs. Baudelaire and Beatrice Baudelaire to eliminate confussion. Momoroxmysoxoff 15:58, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Could we change the page from saying the first and second Beatrices to young and old beatrice? It still gives away the same spoiler, but at least differenciates clearly between the two. Clamster5 20:29, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Clamster, we need to refer to them as either "Beatrice Baudelaire" and "Beatrice Snicket" or as young and old Beatrice. And also, could we not have two pages, Beatrice Snicket and Beatrice Baudelaire.DanCrowter 13:13, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I would prefer Young and Old Beatrice as giving last names is a huge spoiler for the series. Of course, Young and Old does give away that there are two Beatrices, but theres really no other way to do it. Clamster5 18:11, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, DanCrowter, when "Beatrice Snicket" sends letters to Lemony, she called herself "Beatrice Baudelaire". (Which is why I renamed the article.) However, could we not change the current article into a disambig page, that had separate articles for the two Beatrices? Mrmoocow 10:42, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * We do have a spoiler template, Clamster5. :D Mrmoocow 20:59, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Least favourite colour
I remember somewhere in the books that the Baudelaires each mention that their least favourite colour is some form of pink. Could someone tell me what they are/add it to the respective Baudelaire's article? Mrmoocow 22:25, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

'Fictional'
On the pages, please don't call the series 'fictional'. Fictional and fiction mean different things:

If I said: A Series of Unfortunate Events is a fictional book series. It would mean that the book series does not exist.

If I said: A Series of Unfortunate Events is a fiction book series. It would mean that the events taking place in that series do not exist.

Really, you just need to say that its a children's book series by Lemony Snicket. Mrmoocow 09:30, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Orphans! and Murder!
Figured this would be seen by the people who actually mattered here. The book covers for Orphans! and Murder! have gone up on Amazon, and they confirm that they're just TBB and TRR with new covers and apparently some extras. Hence I propose that the article on "Or, Orphans!" be merged into TBB, and the TRR article gets similarly expanded, to explain that these are just glorified new editions rather than whole new books.


 * Please sign your comments? Anyway, I agree. However, what about http://www.amazon.com/Horseradish-Bitter-Truths-Cant-Avoid/dp/0061240060/ref=pd_sim_b_2/102-5038995-7456116 that? Mrmoocow 21:49, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * From the synopsis and prior comments on it, it looks like a collection of humorous Snickety asides and word definitions, but until we get some more previews, it's hard to say.

Oh yeah, and since the covers are, in fact, out, then since they're significantly different to either the original two covers (and contain great new art - and I've heard that they'll have new illustrations (whether redone chapter illustrations I'm not sure, just new ones) as well), could I suggest that the covers for Orphans! and Murder!! be uploaded and added to the galleries on the TBB and TRR pages? (Sorry for not signing my comments; I'm not signed up to Wikipedia, I'm just a guest, so I feel it's a pointless exercise to sign.)
 * Once the books are released, the covers will be added to the pages. Also, you should sign up and get an account. Theres no fee or other requirement, and it helps protect your identity as your IP address is hidden. <3 Clamster 20:29, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Before you upload the cover picture, check the pictures' licensing. Book covers are usually fair use-- Ed  ¿Cómo estás? Reviews? 20:07, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * "Once the books are released, the covers will be added to the pages" - but I fail to see a problem with adding them now, as has been done with Horseradish (not out until late April) and probably every book pre-publication (except TPP because of all the Nameless Novel stuff).

Join?
I'd like to contribute to the project. How can I join? 667er 21:36, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Go to WikiProject A Series of Unfortunate Events/Participants and follow the instructions there to join. We're always happy to have new members. <3 Clamster 23:02, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Unprofessional Edits?
I noticed earlier that most of the main book pages, along with a few character pages, had been hit with some highly unprofessional (and in some cases inaccurate) edits, particularly from Rsx321 (and possibly others). These edits also removed most of the plot sections of those articles. I've been going around reverting their changes, but people might want to keep an eye out for similar edits on other pages in the next few days. 86.135.3.105 14:47, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * They're reverting my reverts. I don't want this to end up entering WP:3RR territory; can't they be blocked or something? I know we're meant to assume good faith, but the edits do occasionally contain vandalism ("shahab is gay," I quote), and they're on the whole full of unnecessary deletions, poor spelling, and frequently, just plain mangling - they simply aren't anywhere near as good as the previous version. 86.135.3.105 21:13, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Could you be specific - which pages, which edits, which users? <3 Clamster 22:17, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Most of the main series (TBB through TSS), the pages for Violet, Klaus, Sunny and Olaf (I think), and the users were Rsx321, Tigerboy310, XXfuriousxx, and possibly a couple IPs that I think were the same people. Many of their edits seem to be to the synopses of the books, changing them to reviews that seem to be copied from Barnes & Noble. Actually, I've just Googled some more quotes from their other edits, and they're definitely stolen, from a variety of online bookstore reviews. 217.42.68.174 10:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, the sugar bowl's been done up, and I was wondering how much more would need doing to take it off the To Do list, as I think it's pretty good now. Parts of it are heavy on original research, but if that's taken out, it'll just be added in again in less encyclopedic language. 86.135.3.105 14:47, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The sugar bowl needs some intense sourcing. <3 Clamster 22:17, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Whereabouts? More quotes, or do you want specific page references labelled at the bottom of the article?
 * Specific page references at the bottom of the article. <3 Clamster 15:39, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. I'll maybe add some sometime, or at least bear that in mind for other articles. 217.42.68.174 16:33, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * There's been a discussion on the talk page of the Sugar Bowl, concerning how we can find quotes that speculate what the bowl contained. Does anybody know where can we find some reliable sources on this?Orthologist 20:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * There used to be a site called The Unofficial Lemony Snicket FAQ which had a page with sugar bowl speculation (and much else). Unfortunately, the site owner vandalised his own site and apparently took down all the material shortly before the series ended. Plus technically, any speculation is original research, and we should really just be keeping to what the books themselves suggest, if that (hence the need for sourcing). Frankly, I'd be all in favour of taking out the Contents section of the page if it weren't for the fact that it'd just be reinstated in more n00by form within a few days.81.132.183.220 20:33, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Minor issue concerning the article on the Baudelaire parents: Though the main ASUE infobox still calls the article Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire, somebody's moved it to Bertrand and Beatrice Baudelaire. Is this acceptable? While the name is certainly more accurate, Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire is more concise, less spoilerish, and probably used more often throughout the series.81.132.183.220 10:06, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia's naming convention policy states that one should use the most recognisable name in English to name an article. As Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire is used more often, it is more recognisable, and, thusly, the one to be used.--Orthologist 16:17, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Sunny's Age
Right, figured this was the best place for this, as if I put it on Sunny's talk page nobody will ever read it. In Sunny's article, it states that she was two years old in TGG and three-and-a-half in Chapter Fourteen. Do we have any sources on this? The only reference I can remember in the books to Sunny's age is in TRR, stating that as of exactly two years previous she hadn't been born. The ages given in the Sunny article roughly fit, but it's possible she isn't yet two by The End (and therefore not three by Chapter Fourteen), as she certainly never had a proper birthday (Handler probably didn't want to give Sunny a true age because that would make the crazy stuff she does even more unrealistic). Anyway, I just didn't want to remove the reference straight away, as it could be something I've forgotten, so I was wondering if TGG or any book other than TRR references Sunny's age? 81.132.183.220 09:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't think that Sunny's age is mentioned in the series. Anyway, you're probably right, Sunny seems to understand perfectly everything around her, she just couldn't speak for the firt thirsteen books -excluding Chapter 14. This is extremely unrealistic. However, if we find her age in The Bad Beginning, we can deduce her real age, using Klaus' and Violet's birthdays. She must be just over 2 years older than she was in The Bad Beginning. -- Orthologist 18:51, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Using Violet's and Klaus's birthday, she's aged at least 2 years from The Bad Beginning to the The End. I always assumed she was about 2 years old in the beginning of the series, but I don't know if The Bad Beginning actually gives an actual age rather than infant or baby. <3 Clamster 20:37, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sunny was less than two in TRR, and less than two years pass between TBB and Chapter Fourteen (because Violet and Klaus only have one birthday each). Do we assume Sunny might have unstated birthdays? If not, she can't bemore than three by the end of Chapter Fourteen. 89.207.208.26 11:32, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * As it seems, we can't include anything, as it would count as original research. Moreover, even if we wanted to do original research, we can't; the information is inadequate.--Orthologist 16:09, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Canon is that she's less than two years old in TRR; anything else is just extrapolation from that. Might be worth mentioning, if somebody can be bothered to dig up the quote. I think it's somewhere in the middle. 81.132.183.220 18:31, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * If we assume she is about two in the Bad Beginning and ages two years (violet/klaus's birthday plus 1 year between The End and Chapter Fourteen), then she would be at the oldest four at the end of the series. But once again, its all speculation. <3 Clamster 16:30, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank You, Anon User(s)!
I noticed recently that one or more anonymous users have been helping a great deal with removing links to redirects and disambig pages on numerous A Series of Unfortunate Events-related pages. Thank you! Its a nice reminder that anon users can contribute useful things to ASUE articles, rather than the usual spam and speculation. <3 <b style="color:lightgreen;">Clamster</b> 02:49, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Ads by Qxz
Since we're quite underpopulated, I think it would be a good idea that we introduced some Qxz -designed ads, as other Wikiprojects did, to attract more participants. I guess this goes here; I didn't want to propose directly to Qxz, and thought it would be best to gain some feedback first.--Orthologist 19:29, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Advertising is a good idea. Where would these ads go, exactly? <3 <b style="color:lightgreen;">Clamster</b> 01:01, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The ads are, of course, not to be placed in articles and the mainspace, but we are free to use them in user pages and user talk pages. Qxz is quite skilled in constructing them, and they are sure to be helpful. Check out User:Qxz/Ads.--Orthologist 15:44, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a really good idea. Would you go ahead and request one? The eye that wikiproject uses should be included, as we can't use any actual ASUE images under fair use. <3 <b style="color:lightgreen;">Clamster</b> 16:27, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Done. We'll just have to wait for it now.--Orthologist 20:43, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Here's the ad which Qxz created.

Note: This is not to be used in the mainspace, only on user pages. --Orthologist 22:54, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Ambiguous Names and Initials (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
This article -as an anon user pointed out- contains every possible combination of nearly all initials in the series and labels them "mysterious" -now moved to "ambiguous". It's unsourced, and by definition violates WP:NOR. Does anybody think it should be deleted?--Orthologist 21:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the 'Names' section should be kept in some form at least. <3 <b style="color:lightgreen;">Clamster</b> 21:19, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


 * The article would have to be moved, then. The names section is okay, but there are some other sections that include stuff like, "J.S. can stand for..." and give a complete list of names mentioned in the books, but haven't been explicitly ambiguous. Some of them are quite unimportant, I don't think Snicket intended to have "J.S." interpreted as Jerome Squalor, nor has he ever mentioned "C.S."--Orthologist 21:34, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The names section could be moved to List of Families in A Series of Unfortunate Events or something to that effect. The rest of the page doesn't warrant keeping. <3 <b style="color:lightgreen;">Clamster</b> 02:06, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * J.S. information - non-speculatory J.S. information that doesn't match it up to any random J.S. in the books, although if any speculation that it was Julio Sham or whatever could be cited that might be interesting - probably be removed to List of Supporting Characters; the literary allusions and name origins stuff should be moved to character pages. The anagrams can be moved to THH, TBL, or the U.A. or whichever book came up with them, if they're worth mentioning at all (the THH patient list was almost certainly a mass of in-jokes rather than anything actually relevant). 217.42.68.111 09:45, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * So you think we should clean it up from original research, merge its useful contents to the respective characters pages and delete it?--Orthologist 20:17, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I see no reason why not. 217.44.113.153 20:59, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Book Template
What's with the ASOUE book template - the ones with stuff like spine colour, disguise, guardian etc. - having been removed from the main books, but not from the supplements (which don't have any of the things that are mentioned in the template)? 217.44.113.153 17:16, 9 April 2007 (UTC)