Talk:Ouija
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[edit] The Exorcist
Why is there no mention of the Ouija being used in the movie The Excorcist? Smiloid (talk) 08:01, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
- Is this a rhetorical question?
[edit] Glaring Lack of Citation
The piece states, under the Other Notable Users section, “during sleepovers with her friends, Amy Carter would use a Ouija board to get into contact with Abraham Lincoln, whose spirit is believed to haunt the Lincoln Bedroom,” then proudly goes on to admit that, in fact, a citation is actually needed for this claim. Why is this claim even included without the citation? Something of that nature is worthless without the citation. This is very un-encyclopedic...rather tabloid-like. However, if we’re going to sling undocumented, unsubstantiated, un-provable claims up there in the list then I have some to suggest – of course, citation is needed, but in the mean time lets put them up there until someone else comes along and does the work of providing the citation for us:
- Neil Armstrong took an Ouija Board to the moon and used it to communicate with well known Lunar Spirits. This was documented in the 1976 independent film (unreleased) Moon Spirit
- Hillary Clinton has revealed that a fundamental piece of her campaign strategy is daily sessions with a Ouija Board (often in a hotel bedroom) during which time she communicates with Victoria Woodhull, Lenora Fulani's grandmother, and Pat Paulson to seek advice and to glean wisdom from their failed Presidential campaigns
- All four mummified Communist leaders currently on display around the world (Kim Il Sung, Ho Chi Minh, Mao, and Lenin) had an Ouija board placed in a secret compartment within their bier in order to allow for communication from the grave. Only officials of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City have keys that will unlock the secret drawer
- Within Wellington’s Beehive, behind the cornerstone laid by members of an ultra secret Masonic Lodge, there is buried a pure gold Ouija Board that controls all Ouija Boards in New Zealand and several Pacific island nations under Kiwi tutelage.
Of course, all these “facts” require citation but, hey, this is Wikipedia so let’s just slap them up there on the page for all the world to see and accept that our collective mother will come along and tidy the mess for us because we can’t do a thorough job of substantiating our silly little contributions –- so she needs to come do it for us -- right after she wipes our bum, zips our trousers, and helps us to wash our collective hands. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.79.62.16 (talk) 09:16, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
I understand and agree with your point, but is that Hillary Clinton one something that could be cited or did you just make that up? Just curious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.86.17.47 (talk) 15:50, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- Look up the link to Pat Paulsen and you will have your answer. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 23:07, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Predicting storm paths
Fellas, we can predict hurricane and typhoon paths with Ouija boards. Jidanni (talk) 02:15, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Popular culture section
I see the Popular culture section is back with a vengeance. Given the popularity of Ouija boards, this section risks getting way out of hand. I'd like to open a discussion with the hope we can reach consensus about possible parameters for the section. A couple of suggestions:
- each entry must cite a reliable source;
- each entry should describe more than just a passing reference to Ouija.
My second suggestion leaves some wiggle room, but I'm thinking along these lines: a movie with a scene in which people happen to be playing Ouija wouldn't qualify, while a movie with recurring scenes of Ouija play that somehow relate to the plot would be fine. Similar standards would apply to TV show references. Not sure about other forms of media, but I suspect that if we go the reliable-source route, there would be few, and if the section ever got too large it could be spun off into its own article. Comments? Rivertorch (talk) 05:28, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
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I believe some mention should be made of the (somewhat derogatory) term "Ouija board navigation," which is used to describe a text input method for computer-like systems which have only a directional controller in place of a keyboard. The user is shown an alphabet with a single letter highlighted and moves from letter to letter with the directional control. The quintessential examples of this are DVRs. Numerous cites can be found online, mostly in TiVo related forums. Nsayer (talk) 22:12, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Accuracy of Ouija board answers
I think that one of the more important pieces of information about Ouija boards would be how accurate its answers are. Are there any studies that show its answers to be no better than guesses, or studies that show it to be much more accurate than that? If so, those should be wriitne about in my opinion. 75.189.131.224 (talk) 11:48, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
- As a generalization, there are no studies that have ever demonstrated the validity of any pseudoscience claims. One of the biggest problems in doing research, is the possibility of "cheating". As mentioned in the article, it is very easy to control the Ouija board. See the section which mentions an experiment with blindfolded users. Another question is how you measure "accuracy"; the board supposedly communicates with the dead, and is not generally used to discover secret facts that can be checked in the real world. However, if you have some information about research that can be used, by all means contribute to the article. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 13:46, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
[edit] A or an
The article uses both "a Ouija board" and "an Ouija board" in many places. Even though the pronunciation states it starts with a "w" sound, it is really the vowel "ou" which is prononunced this way; the "w" is just a guidance. "An" looks and sounds right. But whichever is chosen, the article should be consistent. Quick poll? --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 20:32, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
- Voting for "an" --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 20:32, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
- It should be a. Anything else would be a outrage. Or do I mean an woutrage? Rivertorch (talk) 22:49, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
A sound corrects correct an fits the sound based rule. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.232.36.109 (talk) 18:32, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
[edit] ouija - Houdini's investigation of its use
The town which Houdini is said to have investigated as regards insanity due to ouija board use is not Carrito in California, but El Cerrito in Califonia (San Francisco Bay northeast side); the problem was a legal matter in 1918 -- <see Fortean Times FT249 July 2009, pp 30-37 (article written by Robert Damon Schneck)>. Jeep1999 (talk) 21:49, 7 June 2009 (UTC) Jeep1999
I don't know why but I need to talk about this since some weeks I'm starting to feel watched every time when I weak up until I go to sleep and I feel like someone is breading on my neck and making me search staff about the Ouija board well however I will find a way to get out of this! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.34.131.34 (talk) 21:10, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
[edit] No source on Penn & Teller Bullshit episode
There is no source listed for the Penn & Teller Bullshit experiment, is this in writing anywhere that it can be linked to? Besides Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.52.210.61 (talk) 07:13, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
