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Portal:Episodes

Hi Graft i am working in the season 3 portal looks in my talk page and i hope you can help me a little if you have the time and dell free to add any suggestions, comments or notes --MJKubba|talk|contributions 11:27, 30 September 2007 (PDT)

Editing

  • Just wanted to tell you that I've seen you active lately and I really like your edits. Keep up the good work! -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T 22:41, 14 October 2007 (PDT)

MYOKoM appearance in 2x23

Great job identifying the music in episode 2x23 (Music)... I noticed that there were something there when I looked through the episode, but I couldn't even hear if it was a song or if it only were some random noice. That's why I didn't put it up on the unidentified list... ;-) Anyway... now when I know what to listen for, it's quite obvious that it's that song! Great job! / Dreamingtree72 07:09, 15 October 2007 (PDT)

Clementine's age

Thanks for helping me back up and clarify Clementine's age-I needed it for a fic I wrote. Hopefully if we see her in a FF the producers will pay attention to continuity and the clues to her age they've given us! --823freckles 03:52, 20 October 2007 (PDT)

The Watch

Dark's article after the link just notes that John Terry was spotted at that time. (by the way, the redirect in Numbers isn't working properly. I don't have a clue to fix that)

    • Yeah, it works ok now, thx. --Hunter61 04:24, 7 November 2007 (PST)

transcripts

  • Do you have permission from DarkUFO to use his transcripts? If not, please remove this content and contact him first. We've been very careful with our other transcripts, for example we had special permission from Spooky for many of her ep transcripts. We do the same with the other sites, and never copy prose without explicit permission. Thanks! -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T 01:21, 14 November 2007 (PST)
  • Actually it would be better if someone redid the transcript(s) from scratch from the video then. For now would you mind blanking the transcript page(s)? Transcript issues are more the department of user:nickb123 and user:marik7772003, so I'll drop them a note too. -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T 01:30, 14 November 2007 (PST)
  • Instead of simply correcting listening & mistakes by editing text copied from elsewhere, we'd rather the entire thing was done from scratch. It shouldn't be much more work b/c it is short, but otherwise I think your work might simply get redone by someone else at LP. Sorry about the inconvenience, we really would like to maintain a good relationship with other fan sites. -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T 01:42, 14 November 2007 (PST)
  • yes that would be great. Even small differences are telling in who did the original transcript, so as long as you really do it by ear, transcribing speech forms as you hear them, then that's what we're looking for. -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T 03:21, 14 November 2007 (PST)
  • Good work! Thanks again for all the trouble. -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T 03:34, 14 November 2007 (PST)

redirects

  • I believe the problem is that redirects don't work with article anchors. I haven't delved into this issue in a while though. -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T 19:24, 19 November 2007 (PST)
Hmmm. It works with my computer. I'd suggest the reason it may do this is your browser may not be able to read the code to redirect to halfway down the page but I am not 100% about how the wiki works with redirect, etc. I am using the latest version of Firefox, i would suggest trying it and seeing if it works (besides LP looks sooooo much better using Firefox) and if you already are it might be something in your cache or cookies (try clearing both of those). I'm not sure what else to suggest. -Mr.Leaf 11:42, 20 November 2007 (PST)

Recurring themes edit

The reason for my edits is that I think its better if identified themes are obvious, dont reach out into other episodes and don't require interpretation of the story. I also think that less is better than more.


  • Ben expresses his desire for Jack to stay on the Island, knowing that it would be perceived as a sign of defeat among his people if he leaves. (Leadership)
This is the one I disagreed with the most. I dont think the recurring themes should reach outside of the current episode or draw definitive conclusions about what Ben's motives for wanting Jack to stay on the Island might be.
I didn't see the logic in calling this a rivalry. I also think that "Ben wants" is an interpretation that goes beyond what was actually said. I could live with this one if "wants" was "wishes".
I thought calling this "fate" vs. "free will" wasn't quite right. I think calling the actions of the Island "fate" is story interpretation. Dharmatel4 12:05, 22 November 2007 (PST)

thanks

  • Thanks for pointing it out. I missed the photos in that section. Dharmatel4 20:30, 16 December 2007 (PST)
  • Thanks for the correction (Outside reference/Late Show with David Letterman), I'm still learning the language. Specially the grammar stuff. Davjoven 20:43, 13 January 2008 (PST)

Countdown

  • Thanks, it's been fixed. -Mr.Leaf 11:15, 18 December 2007 (PST)
I've unlocked the portal for you. Are you done with the Other's portal (looks like it to me)? If you are let me know and I will re-lock it, thanks. -Mr.Leaf 12:26, 19 December 2007 (PST)

DI Images

  • Hey would you mind taking a look and seeing if you can get some good portal pics for the DI members, Doris, Wayne, Buzz and Fern. Thanks in advance. -Mr.Leaf 17:36, 28 December 2007 (PST)
  • Thanks, I've added them. I'm not good with image editing, your help is much appreciated. -Mr.Leaf 19:55, 29 December 2007 (PST)

Chapter 3 edits

Hey Graft,

I added what we know so far to the January 14 Clues page, and trimmed down the content on Chapter 3. It'll change as more info is revealed, as you said. (It appears that some of the phone numbers/codes differ from what I read. Is it possible they vary by region?) Anyway, thanks. ~ ntfletch

Sig

Thanks for (hopefully) fixing my signature. I appreciate it! -- WanderingMathematician  talk  contribs  email  06:44, 29 January 2008 (PST)

edits

I don't agree that Jack ever saw visions. That was a theory that many people promoted as fact but that I never saw as proven. I removed the "eyes" thing because the rather than a reference to a recurring theme in the mobisode, it seemed like a reference to something that happened in the pilot previously. i.e. since its not new material, its not a recurring theme. Dharmatel4 07:01, 29 January 2008 (PST)

Theory pages

ok thanks alot —The preceding unsigned comment was added by David Gee (talk • contribs) .

Minkowski

Hey, the recap I'm referring to is the video called "Lost in 8:15", which was on ABC's website. In the video, not only does Minkowski sound different, but his lines are different as well ("Hold on Jack" is one of them). That recap was released in early January. I missed the end of Lost: Past, Present and Future so I don't know if he sounded different in that as well. ShadowUltra 18:36, 3 February 2008 (PST)

Lost in 8:15

Good job on the Lost in 8:15 transcript! :) --SilvaStorm

Lots of good work

Thanks for your help cleaning up after the Great Drive Shaft Name Shift of '08 as well as all the other excellent minor edits you make. Robert K S 05:11, 7 February 2008 (PST)

Contact Me

Hi, could you do me a favour, and email me (use the email button on my tag to the right) please. I have something I need to discuss with you!  Plkrtn  talk  contribs  email  05:46, 7 February 2008 (PST)

The pictures

Hi! Yeah, the picture of Charlotte is a cropped promo from ABC. The Christian photo is from "Par Avion". And I thought it would make people mad if I replaced the pictures over the other ones lol. I just didn't want the Lyly Ford tags on them. All of the photos I used are from this site: http://lostsite.free.fr/. Sorry for any confusion! Alexisfan07

You are now a SysOp

Welcome to the team Graft. I will ask Admin to add you to the forums also. -- Plkrtn  talk  contribs  email  15:57, 9 February 2008 (PST)

Congrats on being made a SysOp! --Nickb123 (Talk) 16:27, 9 February 2008 (PST)
Welcome to the team. You're a welcome addition. :) --Marik7772003 16:57, 9 February 2008 (PST)
Congrats, Graft. Robert K S 17:28, 9 February 2008 (PST)
Congrats Graft. Well deserved promotion. -Mr.Leaf 19:48, 13 February 2008 (PST)
Congratulations!! --   Steff    talk    contribs    email   11:36, 15 February 2008 (PST)

Signature

Thanks for the heads up, my sig should be fixed now. I'm pretty new to wiki editing in general - if it's still not working properly just let me know. --Chester Kilburn Talk | Contributions 08:13, 17 February 2008 (PST)

Eggtown

Most of the character pages for Eggtown are locked. Can you unlock them now that the ep has aired? --Gluphokquen Gunih ▲ 21:19, 21 February 2008 (PST)

I got the ones from the flashforwards. Let me know if I missed any (or take care of them yourself). Robert K S 22:52, 21 February 2008 (PST)
I'm new to this, so I'm not sure if I'm doing it right. Do we unlock to IPs as well as to registered users? Robert K S 11:54, 22 February 2008 (PST)

revisions

What's up with the multiple revisions you're currently doing?     Nusentinsaino     talk    contribs    email   12:19, 24 February 2008 (PST)

  • For anybody reading this after all those image edits I just made -- if you want to clear all those from the recent changes list, select "Namespace" as "Image" and check "Invert selection". They will disappear. -- Graft   talk   contributions  12:36, 24 February 2008 (PST)

images

hey i uploaded the image via "upload new version..." and it didnt seem to work. The picture just got distorted and didnt look right, so i did the upload separate/tag as delete process -- SauronsMatrix  talk  contribs  email  16:48, 25 February 2008 (PST)


for example: Image:Normal_4x01cap-0935.jpg I uploaded a new version of this picture, but for some reason, it didnt work and just read the new resolution instead -- SauronsMatrix  talk  contribs  email  16:50, 25 February 2008 (PST)

k thanks -- SauronsMatrix  talk  contribs  email  10:59, 26 February 2008 (PST)

hey the pic works now. is there something i should do to prevent this in the future? or will it just sort itself out now on? -- SauronsMatrix  talk  contribs  email  21:15, 26 February 2008 (PST)

Pantry

Hi, sorry, I was hoping to have a article written about it, bu it seems like I missed it, as it was already creaed. Sorry about the extra work. I guess I need some more time reading this pedia....Thanks for pointing it out. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Clovisc1982 (talk • contribs) .

Find 815(tieing up loose ends)

Based on the Damon quote that Find815 isn't 100% in canon, I think we can reevaluate some of the "remaining questions" especially

What time frame does Find 815 take place in relation to the show?

Are the men heard in Confirmed Dead crew of the Christiane I?

  • Yes. The news cast confirmed that the Christiane I made the discovery.

Why do they appear to be the first to discover the plane?

  • Because FIND815 wasn't in canon.

I wanted a sysop's opinion before i cut these out, as it's kind of a grey area, especially since we've found out Find815 isn't canon. --Gluphokquen Gunih ▲ 02:19, 1 March 2008 (PST)

I agree with all your answers and I think those questions can be safely removed as UQs. Robert K S 13:51, 1 March 2008 (PST)
Yeah, I agree too, and am actually in the middle of a big edit to the section... hold on! -- Graft   talk   contributions  13:55, 1 March 2008 (PST)

An apology

Hey, sorry for making my uploaded images need to be fixed. I'm not exactly sure which categories are out there, and I'm sorry that you had to go back and add decent categories to them. Thanks for doing that, though. -- Sam McPherson  T   C 19:24, 1 March 2008 (PST)

Sounds exciting. But anyways, thanks again, and I'll try to properly categorize mine last time, to save you the trouble. -- Sam McPherson  T   C 19:28, 1 March 2008 (PST)

Vandalism

Something to look at:

http://www.lostpedia.com/index.php?title=Vincent&curid=1693&diff=377744&oldid=372821

--Hunter61 21:08, 2 March 2008 (PST)

RE

they usually put it up after an episode finished and it can be viewed again but they definetly said he would be on the show.[1] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Andrew22k (talk • contribs) .

Control Panel

Hey mate, I got this screenshot from the S2 DVD, this is the panel where Des turned out the lights of the living area.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Clovisc1982 (talk • contribs) 02:27, 4 March 2008.

Portal images.

Thanks for letting me know. I'll be sure to add those to my user page. And the other ones, you can just delete. They were scabs until the real ones came in. Thanks again! -- Sam McPherson  T   C 17:01, 5 March 2008 (PST)

Great! And those replaced images are finally working. -- Sam McPherson  T   C 17:10, 5 March 2008 (PST)
Yeah, they weren't working until about two hours ago...I guess the LP server's becoming a bit busy. -- Sam McPherson  T   C 17:27, 5 March 2008 (PST)

Hello Graft

I am currently doing some remodeling of this article. I am wondering if it is possible to change certain text when someone rolls over an image.

For example, if some one rolled over the image of Ethan Rom, the text below Ethan (that just says Ethan Rom) would change to "Other Man". -- Iron Man  Send a message  View contributions  10:09, 6 March 2008 (PST)

Thanks for your speedy reply. -- Iron Man  Send a message  View contributions  11:58, 6 March 2008 (PST)

Daniel's machine.

hey. i was planning to create an article on Daniel's machine when i saw that it was previously deleted by you. Was there any reason for that? Is it okay if i attempt to create an article on it? --dposse 13:04, 6 March 2008 (PST)

IMHO I think Daniel's machine does deserve a main article--and under that title, as "machine" is about the most specific name given to it in dialogue on the show. The February 28 video podcast with the propmaster described the construction of the prop and can provide some detail and additional pictures for the article. Robert K S 16:13, 6 March 2008 (PST)
I agree; I'm not against the article at all. I presume you've now seen why I had deleted it over at Dposse's talk page? It was just a mistake and I figured instead of blanking out the page, it would be better to leave it as a red link so someone would see to create it. I suppose I should've put a cursory intro sentence on it and labeled it as a stub... -- Graft   talk   contributions  16:21, 6 March 2008 (PST)
After I wrote the above, I noted Dposse created the article and it's looking good so far. Robert K S (talk) 16:31, 6 March 2008 (PST)

Capitalisation Ruels

I wasn't aware of any capitalisation ruels, so thanks for letting me know! --James W. 14:15, 7 March 2008 (PST)

Themes

So, "Guns" was taken from the themes portal. It used to be there, maybe it came not to be considered as a theme. Pull it out from "The Constant", if you want. "Animals" is still there, and it's recurring, and they're usually pivotal in one way or another.

Also, "Irony" doesn't need to refer to "natural irony" only; Desmond and Sayid's case is a mix of verbal and incidental irony -- so irony nonetheless. And Desmond says "I was having a dream", so there's no need to go further on that. He was actually having visions of his future -- "his conscience was there" or whatever you want to call it, those were visions, as he wasn't actually there and people can't be in two places at one time, right? So, he claims it as a dream, not knowing it was a glimpse of his future. -. Grillage .- 18:19, 8 March 2008 (PST)

Thanks for the great reply. I agree, the whole discussion of what constitutes or not a theme is up to the Themes page. Actually, a serious update on that page is long overdue...
About that second part, I'd say, not systematically, there are coincidences and lucky coincidences. The first type happens all the time; the second type, the way I see it, is never lucky on Lost. The writers insert very fortunate coincidences on purpose so they won't be considered "lucky", but they'll actually show something, have a particular meaning. It's kinda hard to explain, I admit it, so let's try this: the auction lot is 2342, the adjustment number is 2.342. This is kind of a simple coincidence. The original Sawyer is Locke's father, and this could be considered a lucky coincidence. But it's there exactly to demonstrate there are no "lucky" coincidences in that universe. That's what I meant, as awkwardly as I tried to put it.
As for Desmond's conscience, I don't know what to think. He's in 1996 watching things happening in 2004, so it's got to be a sort of vision -- not to be confused with an illusion. But how would we call it? He's seeing himself in the future, for pete's sake... You know, the whole purpose is to leave us like that.
One last thing, about my remarks when I changed the main article. I didn't mean to be as rude as I truly sound there. It was pretty late here (past 4am), and random people keep logging on to change stuff they're not supposed to, not properly appreciating the entries, not rephrasing -- they just go deleting stuff and making absurd assumptions, you know how it goes. Really sorry if I sounded too harsh. -. Grillage .- 20:06, 9 March 2008 (PDT)
I see your point now, about the whole thing not being a vision. I guess I was seeing it the other way around. Is there a "time travel" theme? It would fit nicely.
As for putting the other thing under "Coincidences", I honestly don't know. It sounds pretty ironic to me that one guy feels lost in time, then returns from his "comatose" state and then the other guy (not knowing about this) quips "Good timing". But would it be a factual coincidence? Maybe it is, I'll leave it up to the admins.
The part about "dreams" (without "visions") should be kept, I think. When Des is there in 1996 (when the whole army thing actually happened), he didn't know what was going on and said the helicopter part was a dream. Makes sense to me that it's part of the recurring "I dream of weird" in Lost, no? -. Grillage .- 21:24, 9 March 2008 (PDT)

Anagrams

Some users have taken it upon themselves to completely redo the Anagram page. While I always appreiciate the collaborative nature of the wiki, they seem to want to just go ahead and keep changing things deciding on their own what should and should not be considered "logical" or "appropriate". I think we need to decide as a wiki (no one or two users) what should and should not be on the page, can you, as a sysop, jump over to the page and give some input. --Gluphokquen Gunih ▲ 20:53, 8 March 2008 (PST)

writing on talk pages

Please do not write on my talk page.CastorPollock 14:55, 9 March 2008 (PDT)

Re-renders on Re-uploads

How long does this typically take? The Emma pic I uploaded yesterday and the Nikki one from today still look scrunched. Castaway815 15:09, 10 March 2008 (PDT)

With the Nikki picture, it was more getting a zoom that was consistent with the remainder of the images. It would be nice if there was a database of official "minis" that could be used for the whole website (updating and adding as the seasons go by). The photos in this database should mostly be the ones from the "List of Survivors" page (67x90 proportions). There are a few minor characters (Sullivan, Donald, "Male Tailie") that aren't that 90 px high. I'm sure we can get a better one of Sullivan, but I'm not sure if we can for Donald or "Male Tailie." We should do the same for the Others, Freighties, etc. Using 67x90 px and a close cropped portrait look as the standard. At the end there could be a very nice, easy, point-and-click database of the characters, as well as more specific databases like the "List of Survivors" page. Castaway815 08:38, 11 March 2008 (PDT)

Harper's image

It's from one of the "after episode" episode stills that are released later, because they're spoilery. In the pictures, she's talking to Juliet in the same scene as the one that aired, I think it's from a different take that ended up airing. Maybe they had a sudden rainpour, as there are pictures of the two of them wet, too. Or they dry blocked the scene? Not sure. But it's still representative of what she looks like, so I wouldn't bother changing it. Alexisfan07 11 March 2008

{{signpost}}

Interesting, thanks. I tried looking around for one before I wrote {{pleasesign}}, but couldn't find one and so buckled down and wrote a new one myself. {{signpost}} seems less fully conceived than {{pleasesign}} in a couple ways: it doesn't make any sense that, since {{signpost}} has to be subst'ed anyway, it doesn't automatically generate a new heading, the "Hey, USERNAME" part, and sign your post for you. {{pleasesign}} is a lot less typing. Robert K S (talk) 03:08, 12 March 2008 (PDT)

Image:Cooperbattery

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/251/462513782_0332c22e9b_m.jpg Sorry...I forgot to put a source on it. -- Sam McPherson  T   C 08:51, 13 March 2008 (PDT)

What's going on?

Something's not right...I uploaded an image of Captain Gault, and it's not showing up as a thumbnail...it's saying it cannot be displayed. What's going on? -- Sam McPherson  T   C 19:12, 13 March 2008 (PDT)

Images

I've been having problems uploading images tonight, can you delete Reginawords.jpg, Reginawords2.jpg, and words.jpg --Gluphokquen Gunih ▲ 20:57, 14 March 2008 (PDT)

Move theory pages too

Thanks for the reminder. I usually forget to move them, and then get to it when I notice a redlink in a UQ section. Robert K S (talk) 06:46, 16 March 2008 (PDT)

Removed Uaq from Kate Austen page

Hi Graft, you recently removed 2 uaq from the Kate Austen page. I think they were both relevant and valid questions, in particular the one related to Aaron. In fact on Aaron's page it is stated that the Aaron shown in the post-island scenes may not be Claire's Aaron, but some other child. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aelci (talk • contribs) 2008-03-16T16:05:45.

Link Duplication

Sorry about that! I'll go back and tidy up after myself next chance I get (I noticed you already did some of it for me - thanks!)--Overworkedirish 02:11, 23 March 2008 (PDT)

Thanks for cleaning up all my image uploads from yesterday

If there's something I can be doing when I upload an image that would save you the clean up work, give me a little tutorial. I'm still a little green when it comes to the image policy. Thanks! Robert K S (talk) 19:40, 23 March 2008 (PDT)

Vaccine in http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/CR_4-81516-23_42

Hey, I did not know who might be able to help me so I came to you...on the link above, there is a possible not accurate data, reagarding if the vaccine applied on the people arriving in the Island is actually the same that Des applies on The Swan. I guess we are missing evidence of this. Do you believe that is OK to be there, just as a guess ? Thanks

Re: Music images

Ok... thanks for the tip! / Dreamingtree72 18:39, 28 March 2008 (PDT)

You wanna get that "Beginning of the End-Enhanced" image capture...

...or should I? Robert K S (talk) 23:02, 28 March 2008 (PDT)

Sorry!

Thanks for the tips. I'll figure it out. Clover 23:57, 28 March 2008 (PDT)

Re: Iraq flag

Ok... I didn't find that one when I added the the new one... sorry! ;-) But the one that already were uploaded to lostpedia is enough so go on and delete the one I have uploaded... / Dreamingtree72 03:07, 29 March 2008 (PDT)

Re: image re-uploads

Hey. If you are referring to the Keamy tattoo pic, I had changed the name because the original was displaying fine in thumbnail form but someone had complained that it was still showing the old version except redrawn to the proportions of the new version when you went to the image page. Changing the name seemed to fix that. I had assumed that since the thumbnail was fine that it wasn't just a matter of the system not having processed it yet. But if you know that the image page updates slower than the thumbnails, I'll just trust the system to work itself out next time. Sorry about the hassle. If you're referring to the Staff logo however, I had considered it actually a different graphic and not just a fix to the original. But if you want to delete the other one I don't mind, I just thought it might be still useful elsewhere. Thanks for the info! --Jackdavinci 10:30, 31 March 2008 (PDT)

Personal attack

Special:Contributions/Deus_ex_Machina made a personal attack toward User_talk:Hylas, if you'd please handle it. Thanks -- LOSTonthisdarnisland 04:38, 4 April 2008 (PDT)


I would like your opinion

Please read this posting on the music talk page... I would like to have your opinion on this subject please. / Dreamingtree72 15:00, 6 April 2008 (PDT)

My Idea

Image re-uploads

  • The image re-upload problem seems to be happening again and it's worse this time - not only the closeup but also the thumbnail still show the older image and not the newly uploaded one, even after a day. Uploading a new image shows the correct image right away. Anything that can be done? --Jackdavinci 22:50, 28 April 2008 (PDT)

Portal: the frieghter

Hello Graft. I think it's time you update the portal about the freighter... Ray and Captain Gault are dead, and Frank Lapidus, Omar and Keamy are on the island. Also, Mayhew, is on the freighter and deceased... Thanks! --User:Gravitywins/sig 15:28, 10 May 2008 (PDT)

Greetings Graft -

I've only been posting for a while, but I have enjoyed it, even with the goofs I've made.

Early on, I posted a comment on my user page about how much I'd like to see Lost (the novel). I'll read the book; it won't matter that I will already know how it ends. The book is, I guess, not within the subject matter of this site. There is surely a better place to post my sentiments than my user page. Where?

The first long piece I wrote was on the subject of leaders among the others. It's at the bottom of the discussion page for the Others. I thought it would take fifteen or thirty minutes to knock out; it was more like five or six hours. No one has commented, although I know the thing has holes in it. I'm actually looking forward to seeing it chewed up. It there a better place to post it (publish or perish!) within the wiki so it gets some attention?

--Jim 12:31, 12 May 2008 (PDT)

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