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New Oceanic Air Page
The Oceanic Air site now features a page under "Island Insider" which gives a clue to an upcoming opportunity at messages direct from the writing team. This may have been there all along and escaped my notice, but I figured since it is mentioned nowhere on lostpedia that it must be relatively new, and thought I would bring it to your attention. Patches
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)
If you were the US or any country and wanted conceal you involvement in a project, it seems pretty logical that you would equip your people with non-US issue weapons and the cheapest most common weapons you can buy. Ak-47s certainly fall into that, and I would imagine surplus Luger would be easy to get too. I wouldn't reject US involvement just based on what weapons there are alone. I'm certain the US could have been carrying out plenty of clandestine projects in the early 80s.-zinvicta
Mikhail admitted to being in the Russian Army during the Cold War. If he is one of the the others and the others are American soldiers then he probably wouldn't want to help them.
The point was: Why does it have to be the US goverment? Why is that the automatic assumption? --skks 11:42, 5 April 2006 (PDT)
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... i think the hatch haw a ifectinon in it and every on who is infected get taken by the others and if the others cant. the monster will get to them
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) sorry about my typo it is has
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:
- http://www.thehansofoundation.org/
- http://www.oceanic-air.com/
- http://bigspaceship1.com/
- http://dharmainitiative.com/
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)
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
- LaTeX works now. --Admin 09:32, 5 April 2006 (PDT)
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.

