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Lostpedia:Ideas

Lostpedia is always open for new suggestions to better the wiki, so if you have a specific idea or request you would like to be fulfilled, let us know using the talk space below.

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Ideas for Lostpedia

Example Idea

  • Nominated by: Marik7772003 01:38, 18 July 2007 (PDT)
  • Initial comments regarding the idea go here. This is where you should make your case regarding the idea.
    • Yes: I think that this is a good idea and should be implemented. --Marik7772003 01:38, 18 July 2007 (PDT)
    • No: This idea should not be implemented. --Marik7772003 01:38, 18 July 2007 (PDT)

Missing Mystery

  • Nominated by: --Ger19082 15:52, 31 January 2008 (PST)
  • i think it would be a good idea to add the mysterious man from New York and New Paper Cliping to the mysteries portal who is he? how did he die? he's not jack's friend nor his family so why does jack care that he's dead? why does kate not seen to care that he is dead?
    • Yes: Sign your name here
      • Yes: because he/she is likely one of the Oceanic 6 --Daniel Defoe 14:14, 17 February 2008 (PST)
    • No: Sign your name here
      • No, as it's a one-episode mystery, unlike all the other mysteries on Template:Nav-Mythology which are major mysteries spanning the majority of the series. --Blueeagleislander 22:42, 4 February 2008 (PST)
      • No. First, the mysteries are those that raise many questions in one's head like who/what, when/how long, how and why. For example: Who are Adam and Eve, how and why did they come to the island and in the caves, when and how did they die? The Island, the Monster and the visions are like that. Second, like Blue eagle islander said, they're also mysteries that span the majority of the series, like the miracles, the whispers, or the sickness. The man in the coffin is more like the man on the boat: We just want to know who they are. Although I agree that the man in the coffin is more mysterious than the man on the boat (as he raises more questions like "why is Jack so upset about his death and Kate is not") I still do not see him as a major mystery. I think some "mysteries" that are already in the "Mysterious Portal" also don't belong there, but that's another issue. --     blacxthornE       t       c     12:49, 26 March 2008 (PDT)
      • No per above -- LOSTonthisdarnisland 09:11, 14 April 2008 (PDT)

Trailers

  • Nominated by: --Connor401 11:20, 26 August 2007 (PDT)
  • I think it is a good idea to have in the external links section of each episode a link to the trailer/previews on You Tube.
    • Yes: Sign your name here
      • Yes - I always look for them anyway --random2502 11:10, 6 September 2007 (PDT)
      • Yes - I love trailers and teasers. They should be available.--Mc peko 03:06, 30 December 2007 (PST)
    • No: Sign your name here
    • No - For copyright reasons. We can link to the preview on ABC.com (not sure if we already do) but linking to Youtube has some legal implications that are very on the edge of being allowed and not. Also the fact is that we don't consider content of trailers/previews official. They are spoilers, as there is not enough seen in most cases to definitely know what's going on, and everything we see is quick and it would just be guess work as to how it applies. Therefore linking to the previews before the eps air is definitely a no go. As for after, first off, although i don't think it is necesary i have no problem linking to the ABC.com preview if available, but no youtube. -Mr.Leaf 11:06, 30 November 2007 (PST)
    • No -I agree with the copyright issue, we shouldn't link to youtube. The "Yesser" states that he 'looks for them anyway' so just do that. But most LOSTers that are reading this have seen the episodes so a quick-read of the article will refresh their memory's without dealing with copyright issues. Longlivetd 19:10, 18 December 2007 (PST)

Episode Reception

  • Nominated by: Mr. Crabby (Talk) 10:56, 29 July 2007 (PDT)
  • The idea I had was that in episode articles we could have a section about what critics thought of the episode before/after/in the trivia section. Much like our Criticism of Lost article, this would remain completely neutral, only quote critics, and provide external links for every statement. This way we could talk about how S.O.S. was generally unpopular, or how Live Together, Die Alone was one of the most popular Lost episodes ever. For an example of how this could be done, see this Wikipedia article about a Simpson's episode. It contains both good and bad reviews about the episode, but would be a great resource for people who want to know everything about the episode. --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 10:56, 29 July 2007 (PDT)
  • Yes Sign your name here.
    • Good idea, as long as we only quote critics and ratings, and not the Lostpedia community (e.g. forum threads, weekly polls) --Blueeagleislander 01:50, 30 July 2007 (PDT)
    • Yeh definitely. I think it would be a great idea for the reader of the article to find out how the audience accepted it rather than just knowing the plot. DrGiggles 03:25, 30 July 2007 (PDT)
    • Yeah its a cool and more encylopedic feature. But i dont see why you couldnt indlude the infomation from the weekly polls. --   Dee4leeds  talk  contribs  all  04:55, 30 July 2007 (PDT)
Thanks for the support, in case anyone is wondering how it would look, I whipped up an example here. Feel free to rearrenge the reception part to see how it would look like in different places. --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 08:57, 30 July 2007 (PDT)
Seems perfect to me. --   Dee4leeds  talk  contribs  all  09:05, 30 July 2007 (PDT)
But there's another issue, where should the episode reception section be placed in the article? I think between the synopsis and the trivia sections, Blue Eagle Islander seems to think below the trivia section, what does everyone else think and why? --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 18:59, 2 August 2007 (PDT)
  • I like this idea and could go with it as long as it stays critics only and not just what each user thinks, etc, etc. The usual but as to where to place it and what to write is something we need to agree upon. As many of our episode articles are already quite large I am edging towards making a seperate article for the episode reception. On which we could write all that and have sections on the main article page just with a link to the reception page. Although if people want otherwise that is fine by me, i'm just suggesting alternate ideas. -Mr.Leaf 17:55, 5 August 2007 (PDT)
  • Personally, I think it would be better to have a section on each episode article, although I could go for just one article with reception from all the episodes. Or Both. I really can see it both ways. --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 17:57, 5 August 2007 (PDT)
  • Is it okay if I implament the reception sections on episodes now, and then later if its decided, we can make it into a seperate article? --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 07:19, 6 August 2007 (PDT)
  • Excellent idea. It's wortwhile in episode-articles as well in the season-articles. I do hope you can find enough data on the older episodes, though. --Hunter61 10:05, 11 November 2007 (PST)
  • No Sign your name here.
    • No - I don't think we can do this impartially since it's based on opinion and not fact. The best you could do is document what the official ratings for the episode were. For unscientific opinions, we have the forums, blog, and polls.    Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 15:20, 17 August 2007 (PDT)
      • Yes As a counter agrument, one could state that if the majority of reveiws were negitive, THAT INFORMATION MAKES IT FACT. For example, if the majority of witnesses to a murder state that the killer was left handed, the official report will state that the murderer was left handed. So if 3 our of 5 select critics say an episode was good, that can go on in the reception secion. -- Iron Man  Send a message  View contributions  17:17, 11 October 2007 (PDT)
      • No per Jabr. -- LOSTonthisdarnisland 09:11, 14 April 2008 (PDT)

UPDATED: Removal of Headings on Spoiler Pages

  • Nominated by:    Dee4leeds  talk  contribs  all  03:32, 7 August 2007 (PDT)
  • Basically on the Spoiler pages removing the H1, H2 and H3 headings. This is because when people are editing the the spoiler pages the Headlines appear on the Recent changes, leaving something like this showing to all users:
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"The Man Behind the Curtain: Ben Flashback: Adding source about Roger Workman."

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Which is unfair to users who dont want to get spoiled. It should be Replaced by Manual Heading making user have to use the Full Edit Button.

UPDATE: Instead use the __NOEDITSECTION__ magic word.

  • Yes Sign your name here.
  • No Sign your name here.
Disagree: Using the full edit button can get annoying. I think it would be easier to simply make sure all H1, H2 and H3 headings are ambiguous (i.e. 4x06, and then possible episode title spoilers are incorporated into the table system; similarly "Locke", with Locke spoilers under this heading). Therefore, anyone on Recent Changes won't get spoiled by these headings, unless the edit summary is added to by individuals. --Nickb123 (Talk) 05:12, 20 August 2007 (PDT)
Agree with Nick for ease of the users who edit the page and for those of us who don't like to read the spoilers. -Mr.Leaf 11:41, 26 August 2007 (PDT)

Redirect Analysis

  • Nominated by: --Lewis-Talk-Contribs 14:19, 10 October 2007 (PDT)
  • I don't know whether this is possible but i thought id just put the idea out there. Basically I was wondering if there was any way for you to keep track of what people search on lostpedia and going through the searches that dont match with any current page. Doing this would be able to either give ideas for new pages, or give people the knowledge of searches that should become redirects.
  • Yes: Sign your name here.
  • While I agree it is a good idea it is something that would have to be done behind the scenes by admin and sysops. And i am to be honest not sure how easily it would be to do this. The technical side of the wiki is quite complex and im not sure if there is any way to easily see searches that did not return pages, how often they occur, etc. It's a good idea and something we might look into. -Mr.Leaf 11:06, 30 November 2007 (PST)
  • Search stats is a good tool.--Mc peko 03:13, 30 December 2007 (PST)

How about a page listing Characters who have killed their fathers?

  • Sure, at the moment it is a short list, but the series is young. At the moment, it would be Locke, Ben and Kate. Maybe Jin, as he has metaphorically killed his father. Whaddyathink?

Image Category Add-On

  • Nominated by: --Lewis-Talk-Contribs 05:21, 19 November 2007 (PST)
  • Once again im not sure about the capabilities of the wiki (or if this is actually already possible), but my idea is to let users search through images by multiple categories, instead of one, so if users wanted a picture of DESMOND and a WEAPON, they wouldn't have to look through separate categories, they can search for images that have both category tags added to them.
  • Yes: very good and helpful idea --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 19:34, 29 November 2007 (PST)
  • Yes - Once again, a good idea but not easy to implement, i will look into wiki add ons or extensions that allow to search multiple categories or ways of doing this but i can't promise anything. -Mr.Leaf 11:06, 30 November 2007 (PST)

Spoken Articles

  • Nominated by: random2502 06:20, 28 November 2007 (PST)
  • Just wondering if Lostpedia's considering adding spoken word articles like how Wikipedia is? I understand that there'd be certain pages (transcripts, etc) and certain parts of articles (large chunks of quotes, etc) which could not be done like this for copyright reasons, but I think it would be pretty cool if we could still have some spoken word articles. I for one would be willing to make some, having made some for Wikipedia.

Remove Adverts in Pages

There are other ways to make money to keep this domain up then spoiling our beloved Wiki with these god-awful green links. Perhaps small adverts tacked onto users signatures at the forums, or maybe a few more banners to the side of long articles. Commercialism is everywhere, we can't change that, but please, please lets try to soften the blow. -- Iron Man  Send a message  View contributions  10:19, 18 December 2007 (PST)

  • See the talk page on the main page for ideas on how to get rid of the ads. However if you are really interested in getting rid of them, email admin. He is the only one who has control over ads on the wiki or anything like that. -Mr.Leaf 11:43, 18 December 2007 (PST)

Audio player/hosting

  • Nominated by: -- Graft   talk   contributions  04:11, 1 February 2008 (PST)
  • I don't actually know if this is currently possible, or if the wiki already has the proper extension. But I can think of several ways this would be helpful to explain and illustrate subject matter. Specifically, I would like to include short audio examples in musical score for illustration purposes with regard to musical sound effects and leitmotifs. Also there are a lot of Easter egg-type situations where it would be helpful to have an audio player; for instance there was a Find 815 video that when a small portion of audio was reversed, it was revealed to be Talbot from a video that hadn't been released yet. Stuff like that, short bits. Obviously not full length songs which would lead to copyright issues.
1. We have an extension to do this, though its not entirely functional. I would definitely be careful how this is used though... There is a limit to what we can reasonably use, and I could see many many users just uploading huge chunks of the shows audio.  Plkrtn  talk  contribs  email  05:30, 18 March 2008 (PDT)

Character Article Time Markers

  • Nominated by: --Sam McPherson 17:59, 22 February 2008 (PST)
  • Well, I was just thinking, perhaps the way we are marking the articles for user articles (by using seasons), why don't we separate it by a different factor, like the months. There wouldn't be a change in division, really, but it would make it seem more efficient. What do you guys think?
    • Disagree I think it should stay as seasons as more casual viewers will be able to find specific events easier. --Blueeagleislander 23:31, 3 March 2008 (PST)
      • No per BEI. I think this will get way too confusing, especially for international viewers who get it in a different month than the States. -- LOSTonthisdarnisland 09:11, 14 April 2008 (PDT)
    • No. First of all the whole thing is confusing. The title says Character Article Time Markers, while the idea itself says user articles. It's not clear what you mean by marking either. But I guess I finally understood what's going on. You mean that, Jack's article, for instance is divided to seasons, but you think it should be divided some other way. Also, "months" could mean real-world months the episodes have aired, or the months in Island-time. If you mean real-world months, then A) This would make the site very geographically restricted since different countries have different airdates, and 2) This would also make the site very temporally restricted since people will be watching the series years, hopefully decades from now. And that would make those divisions very pointless. If what you meant was Island-time months, well, that would be a hard job since the time and date on the Island aren't always very obvious. I say that's an issue for the Timeline articles. --     blacxthornE       t       c     04:40, 16 April 2008 (PDT)

D.O.B to D.O.D character pages

This would be a WP like addition to character articles. Namely, the subjects date of birth and date of death would be stated directly after the subjects name.

See a WP example of a deceased subject here: Wikipedia:Kurt Cobain. See also an example of a living subject: Wikipedia:Morgan Freeman

In Lost, TLE and FIND815 articles it might look something like this:

Charlie Hieronymus Pace (1976 - December 23, 2004) was a survivor from the middle section of Oceanic 815. Before the crash, Charlie was the bassist and main songwriter for the rock band Drive Shaft. When Flight 815 crashed, Charlie was snorting heroin in one of the plane's bathrooms.

  • Yes looks good. --Blueeagleislander 00:46, 11 March 2008 (PDT)
  • Yes I agree. This would also be a useful addition to pages--Phil (talk) 14:48, 11 March 2008 (PDT)
  • No. First of all, well yeah, this is an encyclopedia and all but the characters are not real people; I say let's not get carried away. We have articles that are about fictional characters and we shouldn't imply otherwise. See examples of fictional character pages here: Wikipedia:Jack Shephard and Wikipedia:Claire Littleton. Even if you don't agree with that, you must accept that deaths are not really definite in Lost. We have dead people wandering around the island like Christian Shephard. We even have Mikhail Bakunin, who died, like, three times. A character's death does not mean that the character is gone forever, that they won't come back, or at least that we cannot see them in the show. Actually we do not even know what death means in this show. So D.O.D. can be there in the info box but shouldn't be there at the start of the article after the character name as if it was carved in stone, or is a definite "time frame" of someone's role in the show's universe. Time and death are really confusing issues in this show so I say let's not have the articles like that. --     blacxthornE       t       c     15:55, 21 March 2008 (PDT)

This would do nothing but improve articles and make the whole timeline a bit easier to swallow. -- Iron Man  Send a message  View contributions  18:54, 24 March 2008 (PDT)

  • No per Blacx. This seems like it will open up a box for too much error. -- LOSTonthisdarnisland 09:11, 14 April 2008 (PDT)

Afflictions/negative Island effects Page

  • Nominated by Merick 13:58, 24 March 2008 (PDT)
  • (Hope this is the right place for this) I was thinking about a comprehensive page (or maybe portal?) for the various afflictions related to the island. The Sickness has a page already and could be merged into it. Desmond's "unstuck in time" affliction does not appear to have a page, and will likely be elaborated upon further, a place for this information and its theories would be useful. The nature of the "cabin fever" on the Freighter will also likely get more attention and although it doesn't affect those actually on the Island, it may be important to the Island's mythology. Pregnancy has a page too, I'm not sure how that would split or merged or whatnot. Or maybe the unstuck in time and cabin fever phenomena should just be added the Island page.
  • I could see having a category or portal page for this (something may already exist), but something in the mainspace wouldn't be very useful since it would be 50% conjecture and 50% duplicated information.    Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 14:06, 24 March 2008 (PDT)


A Guide to Compare Timelines vs Viewer Theories

  • I would love to see a chronological chart showing the plot of the show - what happened and on what date it was aired CONTRASTED WITH a chronological chart showing when major viewer theories about the show were reached on the various key forums (here, The Fuselage, 4815162342.com, etc). As an example, at 4815162342.com, Spooky had a time loop theory much earlier than most (and was initially given a hard time for it). It would be great to see on the chart when he first entertained that idea contrasted with when it started to be definitively revealed on the show. Generally speaking, it would be nice to see when people were able to pick up on cues in the show (how early, what sparked it, who caught on, etc), so I'd like to see a timeline comparison laying out the show's plot and revelations vs all major theories but highlighting the "correct" ones as they are later revealed to be correct. I think all of our theorizing and research and philosophizing and debating is a groundbreaking element of the show and deserves to be documented as such so I'd love to see the theories laid out like that with links to the original posts and credit to the specific posters on the key forums.
  • Thanks for your time!
  • Whmscl (DM)
  • April 4, 2008
    • No. First of all, trying to get this information is a huge pain... How many people are willing to go through the net, trying to find the earliest sources of a theory that has been validated? Second of all, we cannot be sure that someone was the original pitcher of an idea or theory, because the internet is huge now and someone famous may steal any theory and use it as their own, and be known for it. I'm not suggesting that any of those famous theorists did steal anything, I'm just saying that we will simply have no proof. Of course, this may not be a problem, since we will not be responsible for anything. And, we basically no a number of famous theorists and no more; how can we be expected to find the one-time theories that people got right 2 or 3 years ago? I think it's all a little too messy and arbitrary to handle and include in Lostpedia. --     blacxthornE       t       c     13:48, 4 April 2008 (PDT)
  • Whmscl's response: I get it. I can see how it could be a big mess. How about something simpler? Any thoughts on how to get a nice clear chronological picture of the plot vs most popular theories, maybe without giving certain credit (though maybe allowing people to add their own links to their own theories if they want)? Thanks for your time. April 4, 2008
    • I think there may have been a misunderstanding... I'm not a moderator, and mine was just an opinion, not an ultimate answer. Users vote for the ideas posted here and the administrators decide based on the consensus. Me voting no was not a rejection, just an opinion. I think we should wait for other users first, to see where this goes. --     blacxthornE       t       c     02:03, 5 April 2008 (PDT)
  • Whmscl's response: Oh, thanks for clearing that up! I'm new to Lostpedia [I'm sure that's obvious by now ;)]. Then we'll see what the moderators have to say at a later date. All the best. April 5, 2008
    • No per Blacx. Debunked theories are mentioned on the appropriate article, and the theory pages keep the article from being cluttered like it used to be. This seems a step backward. -- LOSTonthisdarnisland 09:11, 14 April 2008 (PDT)

Interviews

  • Nominated by:--  Lost Soul   talk  contribs  12:12, 13 April 2008 (PDT)
  • I am a member over at HeroesWiki, and they regularly interview cast members to provide an insight into the show. I think this would be brilliant to do here; I have found contact details for Michael Giacchino and would be more than happy to send him some questions via email (if he agrees). This would be good to implement as it would raise the profile of the site immensely, as well as providing Lost fans with some info they wouldn't be able to find anywhere else.--  Lost Soul   talk  contribs  12:12, 13 April 2008 (PDT)
This would be quite an interesting implement...-- Sam McPherson  T   C 12:36, 13 April 2008 (PDT)
    • Yes. I like this idea. -- LOSTonthisdarnisland 09:11, 14 April 2008 (PDT)
    • Yes. I conduct some of the interviews at Heroes Wiki, and I find the comments of the cast and crew to be enlightening and helpful. They have often answered sticky questions, clarified muddy issues, or just provided good insight. Michael Giacchino is an awesome composer, he has shared terrific ideas about his process on the DVDs, and a fan interview would be a joy to read. - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 21:02, 14 April 2008 (PDT)
    • Yes, but we should have somewhere we we can submit questions before the interview. --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 04:19, 16 April 2008 (PDT)
      • That would be on the talk page of the interview articles. The forum members would also be able to submit questions.--  Lost Soul   talk  contribs  04:28, 16 April 2008 (PDT)
        • A few words of advice: at Heroes Wiki, the founder has set up an "interview" namespace, which helps a lot with sorting, but is not necessary. (Though not to the same effect, a page like "Michael Giacchino/Interview" or even "Michael Giacchino interview" would serve just fine.) Also, a note to the interviewer: if the interview is conducted via email, the interview tends to be shorter and more choppy, but easier to publish and a lot more fan questions get answered directly. Conversational interviews (call Michael, record the interview (I can help with the logistics if needed), then transcribe it) takes a lot longer to do and it's much harder to ask every question requested, but the resulting interview is usually much more full of information, and the interviewee is a bit more candid. - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 05:20, 16 April 2008 (PDT)
  • Strong Yes. Definitely! Decboy

Family Trees

  • Nominated by: Decboy
  • While we are comparing this to the HeroesWiki, should we do family trees? I don't mean separate articles like on the Heroes Wiki, but just one page for all the main characters (Jack, Claire, Aaron and Kate could be squeezed in one). I know there would be many reasons not to, but still, it's an idea. Think about it. See this one--Decboy
    • Agree although I think that we should go beyond main characters, such as the Widmores. --Blueeagleislander 17:36, 25 April 2008 (PDT)
      • Yeah, that could happen. There could also be one for Goodwin/Harper, Ethan/his wife, Picket/Collen and other Others. Only recurring characters, not one-timers. Also, I don't know how to make a tree. If someone could show me, that'd be great. Thanks. --Decboy
    • I agree - This is a great idea. The trees look well thought out and could provide valuable information about relations between characters. Phil (talk) 15:07, 26 April 2008 (PDT)

Portal: Deceased Characters

  • Nominated by: User:Sam McPherson
  • I thought there could be a way to easily see which characters have died on the island. Maybe there could be a portal to show this? I've got a rough of it done here. What do you think? -- Sam McPherson  T   C 18:10, 26 April 2008 (PDT)
    • Disagree We have "deceased characters" category already. --Blueeagleislander 18:33, 26 April 2008 (PDT)

Portal: Oceanic 6

  • Nominated by: User:Gaarmyvet
  • I put this elsewhere earlier, but I may have found the right spot. I think we need a portal on the main page to the Oceanic 6. I know one can get there by going through a character or episode, but I think that the on-going discussion about who is and who is not really a member of "The 6" deserves direct access.--Gaarmyvet 17:32, 30 April 2008 (PDT)
Well, it's Jack, Kate, Sun, Sayid, Hurley, and Aaron. Doesn't really constitute a portal, IMHO. -- Sam McPherson  T   C 16:47, 11 May 2008 (PDT)

Poll of the Week (POTW)

  • Nominated by: CTS
  • There should be a weekly poll on Lostpedia. Users can suggest their ideas for new polls (just like they do for AOTW). A sysop would then add the new poll each week. --CTS 16:50, 11 May 2008 (PDT)

Most Frequently Visited

  • Nominated by: --Mr couchman 07:46, 14 May 2008 (PDT)
  • Sometimes I visit Lost pedia and I wonder "whats everyone else looking at". I know that the recent changes page is a good resource, but I was wondering if there is, or ever has been a ranking of articles that have the most hits/visits. It'd be interesting to look at the most popular articles, and hey maybe even some of the least popular.


Timeline Post Island

  • Nominated by: --User:ted4u8
  • As I watch, I always have wondered why the flashbacks/flash forwards happen when they do. It would be cool to see if we can piece together all the flash forwards since they are more important now than the flashbacks. I feel that we know where to start and finish but dont want to put spoilers in. Everything fits together and it would help out to see what is happening before and after the island in chronological order.--Ted4u8 23:20, 15 May 2008 (PDT)

Lostpedia:Questions Page

  • Nominated by:      blacxthornE       t       c     09:32, 16 May 2008 (PDT)
  • I noticed that SysOps have to go through too much trouble to answer many questions asked on their talk page that can actually be answered by many other users. That's why I think we should have a page for user questions about the site and not the show, namely Lostpedia:Questions. This will A)' Keep general questions off the SysOp talk pages, enabling SysOps to focus more on admin issues, and lifts the punishment for being active and helpful that leads to being the ask-to person, B) Help users to find answers more quickly because any other online user could answer them, which gives a faster solution than having to wait for the SysOp to be online, and C) Help users that do not even know what they should ask where, and who could be helpful about a specific issue. We could link to this page from the Main Page and Help:Contents page.

Fulfilled requests

Categorising Images by Episode

  • Nominated by:   Lost Soul   talk  contribs  02:12, 28 July 2007 (PDT)
  • I thought it might be a good idea perhaps to label images by episode rather than season, so, for example, [[Category:Images from Pilot]]. Therefore, if you're specifically searching for an image from Pilot, you don't have to trawl through some of the absurdly named images in Category:Images from Season 1. Just a thought - I'm not sure of this idea myself, but just thought I'd throw it out there.
  • Yes Sign you name here.
    • Yeah, make finding specific images much easier. But, still keep the Season cats. --Blueeagleislander 03:10, 28 July 2007 (PDT)
    • Yes, it'll be lot easier to find a screencap from an episode, especially during this rewatch phase when we edit episode articles, --EXCALIBUR
    • Yes, this seems useful. We should remove the "season" categories from episodes as we implement this, though, and just put the episode categories themselves inside each season category, since obviously anything from a season-1 episode will also belong in the season 1 category. We should almost never include an image in both a category and a parent category for that same category, as it creates redundancy and extra work for both editors and readers. Also, I think we should discuss how to format the names for these categories. It seems to me that the simplest acceptable format would be something like Category:Images from episode 1x01, as that'd make typing in each category's name a lot easier than if we use episode titles. However, longer names should be acceptable as long as we take the time to set up category redirects from shorter names. The only images we need to keep in the "Season" categories directly are ones whose episode is uncertain, or promotional images for the season as a whole. -Silence 07:39, 28 July 2007 (PDT)
  • I would go with Silence's idea, only because 99% of the images we have the episode and season in the title using SxEP, so it would be easy to add instead of trying to match episode number with title. And it would make it incredibly easier to add the image template and not take as much space up. -Mr.Leaf 10:38, 29 July 2007 (PDT)
  • And in any case, if we do go with the longer titles for these categories, my main point was that we should then have shorter "redirect category" titles so they're easy to hop to with urls and links. Either way, though, thanks to Mr. Leaf's Image template, it shouldn't be very difficult to mass-add these categories to images; I'll be glad to help, once we've decided on this issue and the Image template's all ready for business. -Silence 18:58, 29 July 2007 (PDT)
  • Good points. I agree now. You changed my mind :P. Yeah.. --   Lost Soul   talk  contribs  01:56, 30 July 2007 (PDT)
  • No Sign your name here.
  • Neutral Sign your name here.
    • I'm completely neutral on this, but if its decided that we are going to categorize images by episode, I'll help. --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 05:16, 28 July 2007 (PDT)
    • If you guys want to try, go for it. Its going to be a lot of work and we still have a huge amount of images that aren't even categorized by Season. If there is enough support for this I'll set it up using Template:Image so people can use the other categories as well. -Mr.Leaf


  • Conclusion: Fufilled. I've changed the image template so now the images will be appropriately categorized according to episode as long as the keyword for episode is SxEp as in {{img|3x12}} I have created some categories however any who wishes to help may. Please use the same format as Category:Images from 3x14 as an example. Thanks and let me know if you have any problems. -Mr.Leaf 12:16, 30 July 2007 (PDT)

Policy to name character's article pages

  • Nominated by: -- Dagg talk contribs4 8 20:37, 22 July 2007 (PDT)
  • Per the lengthy discussion in the Lostpedia talk:Ideas page (example: [1]), it sounds like it would be a good idea to create a new policy page (or a new section of an existing policy page) to either outline the existing article-naming conventions (for characters), or create a new policy via consensus. The benefit of this new proposed policy is that it would make renames more straight-forward and less controversial. I think a good first step is for someone to outline the existing conventions somewhere. This is obviously not a high-priority, just an idea.
    • Yes: Sign your name here
      • A policy needs to be decided on immediately. --Blueeagleislander 01:26, 23 July 2007 (PDT)
      • Whilst I think its no big deal as only SysOps can move pages (so no move wars), I agree its nice to have things set in stone. I would rather though have this clause merged into an existing policy like General Usage Guide, as opposed to a whole page dedicated to naming articles adequately. --Nickb123 (Talk) 05:38, 23 July 2007 (PDT)
      • I think we definitely need a concrete policy saying what is and isn't done, for consistency. --   Lost Soul   talk  contribs  07:09, 23 July 2007 (PDT)
      • A policy would be good. --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 08:21, 23 July 2007 (PDT)
    • No: Sign your name here
      • Conclusion: The sysops have discussed and according to the ideas discussion on the talk page, as well as the current naming systems, i will create a policy that follows what we do now. From then on in, any changes to it can be made on it's talk page. -Mr.Leaf 11:06, 30 November 2007 (PST)

Unseen character appearances: mentioned in...

  • Nominated by: Phil (talk) 01:38, 18 July 2007 (PDT)
  • Just a small idea, requiring views from users. Some of the unseen characters [e.g. Robert and Danny (Ana-Lucia's ex)] have the "appearances" part of the infobox containing "none". All of these should be changed to "mentioned in..." [e.g. Andy] --Phil (talk) 01:38, 18 July 2007 (PDT)
    • Yes Sign your name here.
    • Yes As mentioned-only characters they haven't appeared anywhere, so we don't want to modify that. You could however add an optional value for the new field into the infobox template for those pages.    Jabberwock    talk    contribs    email   - 15:16, 17 August 2007 (PDT)
    • Yes If anyone notices any I don't see any problem with it, it is good to know where they are originally mentioned for reference purposes. Seems no real issue here. -Mr.Leaf 11:06, 30 November 2007 (PST)
    • No Sign your name here.
  • Approved, common sense.-Mr.Leaf 10:06, 1 January 2008 (PST)

Templates for Daniel, Miles, Charlotte, Frank and Naoimi

Not yet. They can share one for the moment still. There seems to be no great need to break them off just yet.  Plkrtn  talk  contribs  email  14:59, 24 March 2008 (PDT)

Denied Requests

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