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Blast Doors

I edited the blast door voice with some information about Valenzetti Equation. Mahonar

Preview

Could those who are editing the pages use the preview button before saving, this would cut down on the number of changes and make it easier to understand what has been changed. --Surveyor 11:33, 16 February 2006 (PST)

Who is 66.42.11.209? Whoever this person is I wish he/she would learn to use the Preview button. I presume this person is not registered. If so, why is he/she allowed to edit? --Surveyor 04:27, 26 February 2006 (PST)

Because to limit Wiki edits to registered users only is against the wiki principal. Wikis are designed to be edited by anyone, registered or not. The only things that Wiki users cannot edit are the frontpage and some of the templates. People have complained that we are going against the principals of Wiki's because we do that. --Plkrtn 07:57, 26 February 2006 (PST)

Isn't is possible to program the Wiki, to remind someone who is posting one edited section several times without preview to use the preview? Or maybe even more drastic - show the "save changes" button only after a preview has been done? And maybe also encourage people more to use the "summary"-box. Maybe not accept edits without a summary given? Today there where about 100 edits from one person and most of them where duplicates. And not one of them was commented... This makes it very confusing to browse the "recent changes" --aurora glacialis 08:25, 26 February 2006 (PST)

I'm not sure about MediaWiki (LostPedia's implementation of wiki), but I think you should be able to throttle the number of edits to a page in a given time period. For example, limit it to 2 edits of a particular page per user within a one hour time period. The first time a user gets locked out of editing a page for an hour, they will get trained to use preview real quickly. Let me see if I can do some research on throttling [1]... it's a bit tricky because in a lot of ways it goes against the wiki spirit. -- «««Joseph »»» 09:05, 26 February 2006 (PST)

That may be a solution. Although it would be better to remind people *before* they do so, because otherwise, they might be pissed off and leave a half-finished article as it is. So I am actually against this solution. Isn't there a way to edit the template (maybe add some little JScript or PHP code that enables the save-button only if the page is a preview and the summary field has some content) or at least a reminder in big fat red letters? I can add some JScript or PHP code if I get the according php-pages (assuming this Wiki is a php based app) as source. Of course, these edits would most likely not survive an update of the Wiki-Main-Code if that happens often. --aurora glacialis 09:21, 26 February 2006 (PST)

Another suggestion: Wouldn't it be much cooler if the Letters on the Lostpedia-Logo would be the numbers ;-)

I agree, throttling is a bit severe. But so is forcing preview for every single edit... hm, maybe this is something we can do for unregistered users only? That might entice people who want to edit a lot to actually register. The scenario I think we all want to prevent against is what happened this morning (100 tiny edits that are hard to follow in recent changes). We want to encourage those kind of users to register and give them a few pointers about editing. -- «««Joseph »»» 09:31, 26 February 2006 (PST)

Couldn't we just disable editing rights for anonymous to the articles pages? Anonymous users could edit talk pages, but not the actual articles. Here is a link that expalins how this can be done: Configure Anonymous users to edit only talk pages - Jabberwock talk contribs email 10:27, 26 February 2006 (PST)

That wouldn't be a bad idea. Of course, there has to be a hint on the pages, so everybody knows that he can just register and start editing right away. I would not have anything against previewing every edit myself - this is also common in many online forums. It happened to me also quite a few times, that I edited something and a moment later I saw I made a mistake... - What I also would like to encourage, is the use of the summary. Part of what I disliked about that event this morning was that there was not a single comment on what had been changed. Of course this is secondary - the primary issue is the PREVIEW...

Possible solutions:

Maybe it should be obligatory for anonymous users to preview their edit to articles
Maybe it should be obligatory for all users to use preview first
Maybe one should allow anonymous users to edit only Talk/Discussion pages. This would also be a good solution to limit Spam and the defilement of user entries (User:aurora glacialis was edited 2 times in 2 days by someone adding stupid comments)
Maybe one could throttle edits on one page. This would be a rather bad solution since it limits freedom

BUMP - please, Admin, consider Applying one of the solutions - I suggest restricting access to at least the articles to registered users (#3) since this would limit "incidents" ;-) like the one today where some pothead wrote nonsense to many pages. I have a question: is there an easy way to revert an article? Since the changes where minor, I just deleted or copy-and-pasted the according lines, but what if someone deletes the whole article... --aurora glacialis 05:24, 27 February 2006 (PST)

I have just seen another solution to rub peoples nose into usage of the preview function:

What about putting a little checkbox in the form. One that says "preview this edit first". and make it checked by default, so one has to uncheck it, if one does not want a preview. Most lazy people will forget this and just use Submit and then will see the Preview and most likely see, if they made something wrong?

And I still think, one should not be permitted to submit edits without filling in the summary. But that's just my opinion.

--aurora glacialis 12:03, 3 March 2006 (PST)

There's always the option of checking the diff to see what's been changed. In my experience it's easier to change your own mind than of the other's.--skks 15:27, 7 March 2006 (PST)

Who controls the security system?

Another question. US government involvement? notice the one of the others had an US Army issue Knife, and possibly what if the island isnt an island but an artificial envrionment in the middle of the US (truman show).

                        *NEW QUESTION* 3/1/2006

What happened to the others motor boat?

Not to mention they are obviously well armed and well trained with guns. Adds more to US Gov. involvement. -Newguy

Or any other gov. The US theory is actually quite weak as the only armament with US connections was the knife. Mr. Friendly had a Luger or a Walther P38 (Germany), the assault rifles were Kalashnikovs and the rifle Walt used looked like a SKS (Russia). It all sounds very east block to me considering the experiment started around the early eighties.--skks 14:16, 7 March 2006 (PST)

Hieroglyphs

I'd like to see a discussion on the hieroglyphs shown in One of Them. Any stills available?

Another suggestion

How about adding a link on the main page for discussion about The Others. We're starting to learn a lot more about them.

And another: When adding facts about characters or whatever, wouldn't it be helpful to cite the relevant episode(s)? -syphax

How about a snarky comments page? There are some times when you just want to make fun of Jack for having a stick up his butt.

Feedback

Very interesting wiki site!... Thanx! --213.228.84.66 11:33, 15 October 2005 (PDT) mabye we should talk about why the security system is there insted of who is controling it. let people freely express their ideas

You're free to do so, in here --skks 04:58, 30 March 2006 (PST)

Statement about the ads on this site

Hello! Very nice site. I love the idea of helping you building up a wiki about LOST.

But the thing which really disturbes me is the advertisment on this homepage, which contradicts the idea of a wiki! Where does it come from? Who earns money by showing these ads? I only think that it would be fair to point out that to all the people contibuting here. Bye --80.131.246.106 15:27, 11 November 2005 (PST)

Well, the ad is really just a test at this point. I added it to help offset the costs of running this site. I would be willing to try a donation based model. Do you think people would contribute? --Admin 10:35, 13 November 2005 (PST)

Nice Job with the changes to the Main Page...

Relevant Literary Works

How about adding the following bullet point to the "Interesting Themes" section -- ·Appearance of Literary Works --BrianSTL 10:04, 2 November 2005 (PST)

Added! --Admin 14:26, 16 November 2005 (PST)

Spammer

What does internet telephony and that long list of links, most of which have nothing to do with internet telephony, have do do with the LOSTpedia? Is this just an advertisement in disguise? --65.64.147.253 11:03, 16 November 2005 (PST)

Yes, It was a spammer. I've blocked his network and removed the ads. --Admin 14:26, 16 November 2005 (PST)

BLOCKED HIM AGAIN. Sorry about that. --Admin 02:22, 20 November 2005 (PST)

Anagrams

We know from the ABC site that Ethan Rom is an anagram of "Other Man".

On this LOSTpedia page (Dr. Marvin Candle), it is asserted that Doctor Marvin Candle is an anagram of "Montand Liar Cover".

Also, Alvar Hanso = Sharon Alva = Lars Navaho

Are any other character names anagrams? Ethan Rom was one of "the Others"... will all of those who are "the others" have names that are anagrams? Is Dr. Marvin Candle one of the others?

Would "anagram-able names" be a valid "interesting theme"?

--BrianSTL 14:39, 18 November 2005 (PST)

There's a decent Anagram engine at http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html, I've tried some of the names of characters, but found nothing major beyond [Charlie Pace - APACHE RELIC], which kinda fits into the theme with the whole Geronimo Jackson [NONORGASMIC JOKE] deal. The possible combinations list stays fairly simple if you set up the maximum word count to two, otherwise you'll get too many choices.--Skks 13:27, 6 March 2006 (PST)

I've added the most reasonable anagrams on every character that had reasonable anagram options to their name into Anagram. --skks 04:30, 9 March 2006 (PST)

Somebody smarter than me crack this site please

http://thedharmainitiative.org/login.html how do you crack this code?

Here is the jist of whats to be done to crack this

the username and password are encrypted using MD5. the JS file for this, which contains all the content to decrypt is at

http://thedharmainitative.org/md5.js

and the username and password Username hash = 4ce8eb77952dcf34505de7e04fd68fc7 Password hash = 732d9dda7f79c827c4453bda8f2d441a

MD5 isn't something I am used to, or know about so someone else will have to delve further --Plkrtn 04:05, 30 January 2006 (PST)

There's a reverse MD5 lookup database at http://us.md5.crysm.net/, I've been adding some possible usernames a while now, but no matches to the MD5 hashes above as of yet. Surprisingly, some of the more obvious ones were already in the database. --Skks 13:20, 6 March 2006 (PST)

If everyone contributes to the database (type in a word in the appropriate box & click contribute), the chances of finding for the reverse md5 increase by every click. If the jargon is unclear, this is what the server does: It calculates md5 sums on the contributed words (apparently around 16 million entries so far), the search query compares the inputted md5 hash to the database and if it founds a matching hash - it gives you the text used to create the hash. So type up LOST words and hopefully we'll eventually get a match. There is no other way to crack md5 hashes. --skks 04:44, 9 March 2006 (PST)

Typo

It's NOT Kate Austin, it's supposed to be "Kate Austen" instead. Make note of that. — 24.15.6.252 18:59, 30 November 2005 (PST)

LOST Links

I've been searching answers about LOST over the past few weeks and my researches led me to several interresting sites, i'll make a list of them here because sometimes i found more info on them and i think everything should be here... (i also think that wikipedia isn't the right place to create so much pages on a FICTION)

http://www.losthatch.com/ (interresting ways of making connections between facts)
http://www.blackrock.nl/ (interresting compositing of the map of the island + facts)
http://www.lostbrasil.com/ (all about Lost in portuguese)
http://www.hanttula.com/projects/lost/ (interresting FACTS)

These 3 sites needs attention as they seems to be the cleaner i found, you should make contact with them maybe to regroup or connect the databases . ??

besides i question myself about the verracity of some other lost sites such as:

I checked the Source code and whois record, all seems different or hidden, some people claim it's fan-created.

these two are officials

we should put order into that

ToMA ToMA@ToMA.be (not user yet)

http://www.thehansofoundation.org/ is almost certainly an official site since the whois record shows "Registrant Name:ABC, Inc." and it links to disney.com Terms of Use, just as oceanicflight815.com does.

http://www.oceanic-air.com/ is (c) 2005 TouchStone Television and links to Terms of Use on the disney.com site and so is also almost certainly official.

I think that if it is doubtful whether a site is official or not (I've seen the terms 'canon'/'non-canon' used) it should be pointed out at the top of the individual page, e.g. dharmainitiative.com.

http://www.driveshaftband.com/ --"DriveShaft - Second Tour of Finland", Fansite for DriveShaft --skks 05:31, 9 March 2006 (PST)

http://www.4815162342.com - fan site, really active forum, especially on wednesday nights

I found a new code from the Oceanic-air.com

When at the Oceanic-air.com home page, scroll your mouse over paragraph that all says "IMPORTANT NOTICE, ALL FLIGHTS CANCELED" move your mouse over the paragraph at the bottom, and a message in between the lines will show up. Highlight that, then copy and paste it into a word document. it will show a message obviously from one of the survivors from the crash. CHECK THIS OUT, IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER CLUE!

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

This spammer problem we've been having... It's too tiring. Just now I found someone from 72.153.183.252 vandalizing pages. Is the Bob affair just a symptom? Shall we start giving conditional memberships? Is that against the Wiki spirit? Does it contribute to a LOST-like atmosphere? Unseen attackers coming from nowhere destroying everything we hold dear? Are other wikis similarly afflicted? --GodEmperorOfHell 22:09, 21 January 2006 (PST)

As sad as it sounds, I think that membership editing only may be the future of this wiki. Sadly the community isn't large enough to eradicate spam effectively. Of course, anyone should be able to be a member without question, and then removed if they are spamming... but it might be the only way to minimise the amounts of spam that appear. --Plkrtn 12:46, 23 January 2006 (PST)

No idea, this is my first time working on a wiki

But I figure there's always someone in the world who will just be seeking attention, right? --Circeus 23:57, 21 January 2006 (PST)

Sorry about the Fire + Water thing...

plus (+) is a special wiki character and it needed to be straightened out, took a bit --Circeus 10:45, 22 January 2006 (PST)

Editorial Policy

As you may have noticed I am being, and want very much to be a very active member of this site. I was planning to set up my own wiki till I discovered this one, so I thought, why not join in.

However, there is no editorial policy as of yet. Should an editorial policy be in place regarding what this site should log? Should it log just facts or allow speculation to be included in the wiki. As I understand it, this site is designed to build an independent Lost encyclopaedia of information to track the story lines of the show. So should speculation be kept to a minimum, and reported clearly as not necessarily canon (such as my article on Geronimo Jackson which reports speculation, but says MAY and highlights the fact that the geronimo-jackson.com site is not necessarily an official site) --Plkrtn 12:44, 23 January 2006 (PST)

As this is the place for everything related to LOST, I think speculation is included under the Theories title. As speculation over the nature of The Security System is a hot topic, it must definitively be included in the relevant article. There is a complete absence of fanfic and slash, as well as other fan-generated material. The user who edited Boone's entry to include homoerotic relationships to other characters may only be quoting from slash fiction. Alas, he didn't stress the difference. I don't support including fanon in the individual entries, nevertheless there should be links as well as short reviews to fanfiction and fanart sites. (Sorry, I am too busy finding parodies to do it.) --GodEmperorOfHell 13:00, 23 January 2006 (PST)

I agree theories and speculation should be included on the site, but I think it should be clearly marked, and also where possible written in the third person. I think there is a difference between what is a persons individual conjecture and well held theories that have been suggested by many. --Plkrtn 13:08, 23 January 2006 (PST)

I agree about speculation, I mean outside of pure facts, and the fun stuff like paradoies, everything else on this site is pretty much speculation. And that's not a bad thing at all. Speculation is just a way of making heads or tails of the facts really. As for fanfic type stuff, I don't mind links to it, but I don't appreciate at all when people add its as facts to the character descriptions, as I don't think its appropriate. Now if Charlie and Hurley really did kiss in a broadcast that'd be different, and then it'd be appropriate to have on the site. --Circeus 15:09, 23 January 2006 (PST)

Oh also, when I first straightened out all the characters and actors, etc. I tried to give them a fairly standardized format for people to follow in the future. I mean I didn't put it in stone (this was before I was given Admin privs), but I did attempt to remain consistent throughout. And I agree with GodEmperorOfHell, if its speculation push it down on a page into a section labeled theories. --Circeus 15:09, 23 January 2006 (PST)

Speculation isn't a bad thing. I think people posting widely regarded theories, such as those repeated multi-times on forums or on podcasts (especially any with listener feedback) should be OK. However I think an individual idea you come up with should be in the theories section. Should we look at starting a "Posting Guideline" --Plkrtn 15:46, 23 January 2006 (PST)

Im sure we would all agree that as we delve deeper into the world of Lost, there are more questions posed than answers given. For me this is the beauty of the show and allmost certainly the reason most of us bother to read or contribute to sites such as this. It seems to me that without questions and speculation most of us would not be here, so therefore it only stands to reason that conjecture be included on these pages (but obviously marked as such) or else where is the fun in it? To me ,and im sure most of you guys, Lost is more about about posing questions and prompting thought and debate than anything else (well,making shedloads of cash aside ;) so cataloging the questions and even the crakpot internet theories is actually an important part of recording the shows cultural impact, which is what people, ourselves included will be looking back at with our grandkids in a few years time. Im new to this site, and i dont have much time on my hands, but i will endeavour to do what i can to update the site with any facts i can glean and also give a little of my perspective where i can and where apropriate :)

What manages to bother me a bit is when the article's theory section contains debunking the other theories & pointing out flaws in them. The article itself should remain clean of those and the discussion should be in the discussion page. Sure there can be theories that contradict eachother, but it should be left at that, and not go into the whole "Your theory sucks because...". --skks 14:24, 7 March 2006 (PST)

Uhmmm...

Charlie and Hurley kissing in a broadcast... that would be in Lost The Musical. Of course, It's in a parody and it would never count, either as canon or fanon. But the Lost Rhapsody features the Monster forming the face of Mr. Paik, hmm... now that's interesting...
Regarding guidelines. I would take speculation about Mr. Friendly as an example. Someone said that Sawyer might have known him before or that he was making a reference to Ezekiel, but that's not in the spirit of Sawyer and we are all familiar for his knack for nicknames. That kind of thoughts fall in the speculation section.

We could respect the formats we already have;

Character's entries are divided in Before the crash, On the Island and Theories. The first two sections must include officially released information or other information with proper sources, as the puzzle sites.
We must agree on a standarized format on the following:
- Episode entries
- Creators/actors entries
- Miscellaneous entries

What about a 'List of nicknames said by Sawyer'?--GodEmperorOfHell 05:21, 24 January 2006 (PST)

Well... I meant broadcast of Lost, thought that was implied considering the conversation at had. The nicknames list is a good idea. Maybe it should hold to just Sawyer though, but rather a sort of list of: nickname, who said it, who it was in reference to. Because, while the majority come from Sawyer, there are a few others floating around. --Circeus 07:14, 24 January 2006 (PST)

Cleaning up the front page

I've done some work to make the front page look a lot more appealing than it did. It was very basic. Hopefully with these latest tweaks, I've modernised the place.

I might have made some mistakes, or not edited it the way some people would like, but I am still learning Wiki Syntax, so it might take me a while to get everything how we'd all like it. --Plkrtn 04:10, 25 January 2006 (PST)

I think it's great :) Thanks! --Admin 20:19, 25 January 2006 (PST)

Our categories

We have many unused and/or underused categories, as well as many uncategorized pages. I'll try to work on this. The best underused category is Cultural References, which only has two entries; Finding Nemo and Voltron. The entry on Harry Potter, Lord of the Flies, Mouse Trap and the Bible belong there.

I'm kind of a noob, I'm trying to find a list of all the available categories but I'm coming up broke. Where is this list available? Dujoducom 12:50, 8 March 2006 (PST)

They're all here :-) (Check the "Special pages" link beneath the ads on the left hand side) --Jambalaya 13:25, 8 March 2006 (PST)

Looking good

Your wiki's starting to take shape. But your opening line needs work.

"Anyone can edit this page even you!"

Not anymore, the main page is "View Source" only (protected).

So... something else perhaps? 70.70.212.72 (A guy at the HRWiki) @ 23:32, 27 January 2006 (PST)

EDIT: So uh... You guys aren't gonna change it, eh? Okie dokie then. Just seems kinda weird. "Anyone can edit this page, even you!"

Oh wait, you can't.

It may say that anyone can edit this Wiki but it seems that it is impossible to get your page on the front page. After repested requests my pages are still hidden in Catagories. --Surveyor 09:30, 28 February 2006 (PST)

Well, sir. It is normal that Wiki frontpages are protected, we are still recovering from some crippling incidents with smpammers and trolls. As you see, we are working to improve Lostpedia. We encourage you to register, you already know it is important, and please, help us. Any recommendations are welcome and as soon as we think of an alternative to the problem you pointed above we will work on it. Your wiki looks G-E-W-D gewd! You HR guys do a fine jorb! --GodEmperorOfHell 08:59, 29 January 2006 (PST)

I'm pretty sure not everyone can edit the Main Page of Wikipedia too. Its common place to protect the front page.

Let's make a deal

We evil puppetmasters from Lostpedia might consider creating a Featured article of the week as long as new articles prove insightful and nicely done. Recently new articles are uncategorized stubs, so keep up the good work, fellow lostaways!. GodEmperorOfHell --08:32, 24 February 2006 (PST)

Aaron / Arron

You've got Aaron's name as Arron on the frontpage. Lexicon 17:49, 29 January 2006 (PST)

Logo Change

Without any disrespect for Darth Annaud, I think it's about time to change our current logo for one without copyrighted material. I propose a contest. We are undergoing a makeover and a new logo would come in handy. --GodEmperorOfHell 18:31, 29 January 2006 (PST)

Yeah, its a really nice logo, but branching to something uniquely "our" own might be a better choice. Personally, I think we should have 4 logos available, one for the top left wiki-logo. One for the front page main intro, a banner add (just-in-case we want it for something), and a linkable for people to place at their own websites. I will also add that I am no artist. I did however take the two old logo contest pages put them into a Contests category. --Circeus 21:45, 29 January 2006 (PST)

We need admin to come in on this one, as he is the only one who can affect logo changes as far as i understand. We do need to try and branch out on our own visually, Lostpedia looks like Wikipedia by far too much. I like the brightness of the site, But as it stands we are visually no different from Wikipedia.... Is anyone handy with Wiki templates too? --Plkrtn 07:20, 31 January 2006 (PST)

What about using that world symbol, but replace the letters by The Numbers? And maybe change some of the coloring towards jungle-ish green shades, maybe with ocean-blue in the lower screen part. I would not use too much real photos/graphics as I usually prefer rather simple interfaces (lower loading time and less confusing for the eye when reading). --aurora glacialis 06:29, 6 March 2006 (PST)

Sounds good... except for the colours, unless they're reeeeeally desaturated. ;) Using colour graphics that don't fit the default Wiki Monobook theme/skin is probably a bad idea, B&W is the Wiki way to go! :) Maybe add a skin/theme with more losty colours, but as far as the graphics go, I'd keep them as 'bland' as they are. --skks 14:34, 7 March 2006 (PST)

Yeah - they should be really desaturated and light if they should be there at all. I just added this proposal because someone said that the page is too much like Wikipedia... I uploaded a logo proposal (see image to the right) let me know what you think (and if this topic is at all valid anymoe. )--aurora glacialis 14:47, 7 March 2006 (PST)

That's still got copyrighted material of which removal was the main idea (atleast above) on the whole logo change concept. Beyond that, I'd cut the text from it's background and make it blend in a bit more, right now it feels a bit too separate. Maybe blend it on the globe as a hue-filter. --skks 01:14, 8 March 2006 (PST)

Ok - One could of course rewrite "LOST" - or leave it out altogether since there is also the word "LostpediA" that should be unter the logo. Too much stuff on that globe would be confusing - tried that, but it don't look good. Is that globe symbol copyrighted? if so, the whole idea of that logo is of course busted. One coule rearrange the characters unter the globe to look more like "standing around", would that help?

AFAIK all Wiki images (the globe for one) are Copyleft and all LOST images (like the people standing around) are Copyrighted. From the current version of the logo, I'd move The Numbers & Execute puzzle pieces a bit more apart, so the logo wouldn't be so 'heavy' on the center and maybe have the LostpediA text under the globe and blended into the background (so maybe extend the bg a bit). I could have a go at the logo myself at some point, but I don't have the necessary tools installed just yet. --skks 09:02, 8 March 2006 (PST)

Trademark violation

Please note that the Wikipedia logo is not copyleft. It is copyrighted and trademarked by the Wikimedia Foundation and can not be used in this way without permission. Please remove it from this site. Angela Beesley 05:07, 28 March 2006 (PST)

BUMP! Shouldn't we comply? Just in case? --Jambalaya 10:32, 31 March 2006 (PST)

New try

Ok, now one hopefully without (C)'s:

--aurora glacialis 08:18, 28 March 2006 (PST)

About the current logo

Can't we just ask Wikimedia permission to use the current logo then? It's interesting to note that Wikimedia - which is a proponent of free flow of information etc - is giving us more heat about copyright infringement than ABC, Bad Robot Productions and Touchstone Television! --Jambalaya 14:06, 28 March 2006 (PST)

You could try, but the Wikimedia logo is meant for Wikimedia projects. Angela 05:59, 30 March 2006 (PST)

I guess the problem is in modifying their logo, we can probably use the orginal logo as it's probably distributed with mediawiki. Modifying it causes the problem. Yeah, I agree that it's slightly ironic that wikimedia is doing most of the whining. Bad day at the office perhaps. --skks 02:08, 29 March 2006 (PST)

No, the unmodified logo is a trademark of Wikimedia and is not distributed with MediaWiki. Protecting our trademarks is "whining" but is legally essential to ensure we maintain those marks. Angela 05:59, 30 March 2006 (PST)

Templates

Templates are great, but tracking them is a bit annoying. Is there some sort of Special page widget we can install for tracking them? Right now I've added them all to my watchlist, but that seems cumbersome. --Circeus 08:17, 31 January 2006 (PST)

I know this is a bit artificial, but in the meantime here's a List of Templates. Just list the ones you create here. --GodEmperorOfHell 09:46, 31 January 2006 (PST)

To get an dynamic list of templates, use Special:Allpages&namespace=10. Jabberwock talk contribs email 09:00, 28 March 2006 (PST)

Timeline/Chronology

Would you be interested in adding a timeline to this Wiki. I have one that I have written for a forum in the UK, so it wouldn't take long to upload it. --Surveyor 04:43, 5 February 2006 (PST)

A timeline would be great! --Admin 14:44, 5 February 2006 (PST)

I have just completed pages for the Timeline and DVD details. Could you add them to the front page. --Surveyor 01:59, 10 February 2006 (PST)

Link from Wikipedia article

I've created a link to LostPedia from Wikipedia's article about Lost [2]. Let's make sure it stays there, this site deserves a link from the "official" Lost wikiarticle! --158.36.240.121 04:14, 10 February 2006 (PST)

No good, the Wikipedia guys doesn't want any links to any fansites on their article --Jambalaya 14:18, 12 February 2006 (PST)

If it's a wiki, we generally don't mind. We have links to them at Homestar Runner, They Might Be Giants, and Star Trek, just to name the first three that came to mind. 158.135.241.23 11:16, 15 February 2006 (PST) (a guy from Wikipedia

We're theorizing too much appearently :-P --Jambalaya 14:14, 16 February 2006 (PST)

Translation Lostpedia into hebrew

Hi, my name is Dan and as a fan of Lost, I would like to translate Lostpedia into hebrew, for all the other fans. My question is, what do I need to do before I start translating all the pages? Who do I need to make contact with? And how do I create a main page for the hebrew version?

Thanks,

Dan.

Henry Gale

Could it be that this guy is the key to then entire mystery? From the conversation between Ethan and Mr. Friendly we can glean that there seems to be one main guy. In every story there is always a head honcho and I think it has to be Gale. Think about the Wizard of Oz reference. This moniker and hot air ballon ride could later be used to prove us all wrong and show that he, much like the wizard, had no true power and was instead pulling the wool over all of our eyes for another plot twist. However, with the wizard reference, the passing of The Brothers Karamazov, which contains an omniscient narrator able to discern all of the thoughts and feelings of all characters, Gale's seeming ability to manipulate as seen with Locke at the end of Maternity Leave, and the confession of Eko that would normally be left with a priest or God himself, it seems like they are setting us up for something with Gale. They have also left themselves an easy way out with the Wizard of Oz reference as well, but my theory is that Gale is the top dog. He allowed himself to be captured because of his ability to manipulate. Rousseau is certain he is an other, but there are many more questions to answer. Why is he there? It is possible that he came to finish what Ethan couldn't succeed in. He could be there to complete the list or abduct Aaron. It could be a simple fact finding mission to see what the new inhabitants are all about. What is he? This one I'm a bit stumped on. I don't think there is enough information to tell, but I have seen other theories about a possible single person being the experiment. He could be the one. This is all just speculation at this point, but I think some strong hints are being laid down about Henry for a reason.

Just like to say that i'm a big fan of lostpedia as it's extremely easy to navigate, unlike certain 'offical' lost sites i won't mention :-)

Personally I don't think he's the 'top dog', a big risk sending the chief to do recon. However I do think he was planted at the 815 survivor camp to cause disarray through manipulation and deceit, much like Ethan Rom & Goodwin. The way he's been acting, there isn't much doubt that he is one of The Others and what he says isn't exactly the truth, but more of a cover story. --Skks 13:17, 6 March 2006 (PST)

It would be downright foolish to send anyone who is of vital importance to the project. Especially since all know how the survivors react towards strangers. Actually, it would be foolish to send anyone hoping he could pull it off. Also (see Gales Talk pages) there is that official link to that diary entry.... To me it's a hint, that there are not really just "The Others", but that it's far more complex than that. --aurora glacialis 13:30, 6 March 2006 (PST)

Has anybody read the latest Diary on the ABC site? Henry Gale appears to be somebody on the island's brother. --Man In The Box

LaTeX

<math>-functions don't seem to be working, so I'm guessing the MediaWiki has the option turned off or LaTeX isn't installed on the server. Can anything be done about this? --skks 10:55, 9 March 2006 (PST) i saw the new episode heary gale was a black man who that guy killed and took his identity

minor punctuation error on the front page

which can't be edited:

'This wiki was setup in order to keep track of the numerous mysteries facts and theories surrounding ABC's hit series...' should really be 'This wiki was set up in order to keep track of the numerous mysteries, facts, and theories surrounding ABC's hit series', yeah? until a new episode, ~~i got~~ I have nothing for ye except good grammar and spelling. ;)

//Fixed that for you.

How to reset a page to an older version?

If someone screwed up a page, how do I set it back to an older version?

New Category Suggestion

Would like to add the category of Personality Traits to the major characters. Would this be all right? Will of course do all the necessary editing myself. Just an idea.

Sursum Corda

One of the phrases found on the "blast door map" in 2:17, "Lockdown." In the Roman Catholic Church, the term "Sursum Corda" is Latin for "lift up your hearts."

This phrase appears three times next to the "scratched-out hatch" in the upper left corner of the blast door map, above "The Staff."

SEASON 3 THEORIES & PREDICTIONS

So now we're up to episode 17 of season 2, I think we're ready to start theorising where the show is going to the next season and beyond, based on what we so far know to be fact. Does this merit a new category? Morrison April 1 06

Individual Flashbacks

Given that the nature of each flashback seems to determine the actions/mood of the respective characters, should we be theorising as to how the individual tales will ultimately end, as this should hopefully give us a clearer understanding of just what's going on. Furthermore should we take the flashbacks as fact? Are they all true? Morrison

I would say that yes, the flashbacks are true but told from the perspective of the individual.  Example:  In Exodus we get a flashback of Jack and Ana Lucia at the bar from (I believe) Jack's perspective.  If we had one from Ana's view it might be a subtly or even seriously different scene.--Tricksterson 07:48, 1 April 2006 (PST)

"Other" Fuselage Survivors

We should have a category to account for the others on the beach, we know of Jack and co, but who are these other faces we see mingling around? Could we compile a bunch of stills to account for each? Morrison