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The Chronicles of Narnia was a Language and literature good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Aslan = Christ

It's worth noting after the Main Characters / Aslan comment of 'C. S. Lewis [describing] Aslan as an alternative version of Jesus that is: "as the form in which Christ might have appeared in a fantasy world," ' that in chapter 16 of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader the following conversation strengthens the point:

“Please, Aslan,” said Lucy. “Before we go, will you tell us when we can come back to Narnia again? Please. And oh, do, do, do make it soon.” “Dearest,” said Aslan very gently, “you and your brother will never come back to Narnia.” “Oh, Aslan!!” said Edmund and Lucy both together in despairing voices. “You are too old, children,” said Aslan, “and you must begin to come close to your own world now.” “It isn't Narnia, you know,” sobbed Lucy. “It's you. We shan't meet you there. And how can we live, never meeting you?” “But you shall meet me, dear one,” said Aslan. “Are are you there too, Sir?” said Edmund. “I am,” said Aslan. “But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.”

I am, so perculiarly placed in here, is a reference to one of God's names in the Bible (Exo 3:14, c.f. Jn 6:35; 8:12,58; 10:9,14; 11:25; 13:13; 14:6; 15:5; 18:8), and the other Name which he specifically speaks of is presumed to be Jesus - who, incidentally, is known as the Lion of Judah. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.228.108.178 (talk) 07:57, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This appears to be your analysis. What you're missing is a reliable source that says this. When backed by reliable references, it would be appropriate to mention this in the article. -- Elphion (talk) 16:36, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

People are missing the fact that Lewis himself confirmed that Aslan was Christ - as Christ might have appeared in a fantasy world. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.237.104.5 (talk) 02:37, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This is already overtly stated in the article. Don't know if it was added after this exchange or not. Could trace the history to find out.--WickerGuy (talk) 03:26, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusion in witchcraft template

This article is included in the {{Witchcraft}} navbox (which I somehow did not notice when I removed the navbox in ). Why? Sure, the series features a witch, but so do many, many fantasy novels. Some works of fiction are about witchcraft, and some merely feature it. This seems to me to be the latter, and I don't see why it belongs there, as there's no reason to bloat the navbox with every fantasy series that features a magic user (or to bloat those articles with the navbox). Thoughts? --Fru1tbat (talk) 14:29, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps this question would be better asked at the navbox itself. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:33, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Probably true, and done. Discussion here: Template talk:Witchcraft#Criteria for inclusion. --Fru1tbat (talk) 15:13, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

When did the witchcraft navbox get added? Has it been there for a while? You'd think that after all the editing I'd done on this article in March/April I would have noticed it, LOL :P -- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 19:23, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Arrived about 18 hours ago. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 19:45, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, my bad, I only looked at the edit that deleted it. :P -- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 19:59, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for Deletion: Narnia Timeline

Just a note that the narnian timeline article has been nominated for deletion. If you have have feelings, feel free to leave them. I can see what the nominator is saying, but he's saying it about all of the fiction articles that have "timeline" in them. LloydSommerer (talk) 22:34, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Quick comment on "Influences from Mythology and Cosmology ..."

"On the other hand, Narnia scholar Paul F. Ford finds Ward's assertion that Lewis intended The Chronicles to be an embodiment of medieval astrology implausible.[2]" ... Paul F. Ford links to a non-existent page. Further, the reference [2] is to a book that was published before ref 29, which it is supposed to challenge. Should this be fixed? Exiled from GROGGS (talk) 14:08, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If there could plausibly be an article written about him, the red link is okay. I've removed "On the other hand" as wording that can confuse as easily as clarify. Rivertorch (talk) 14:55, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

From Wikipedia:Red link: "Red links for subjects that should have articles but do not are not only acceptable, but needed in the articles. They serve as a clear indication of what articles are in need of creation, and encourage it." Is an article needed? If the link has existed for longer than a year, it's likely that no article will ever exist and that the redlink should be removed. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 15:25, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Now that is pessimism! Rivertorch (talk) 22:41, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Re Ford pre-dating Ward: Ford's book (2005 edition, p.16, note 26) refers to Ward's introduction of his thesis in a TLS commentary Ward wrote in 2003. -- Elphion (talk) 22:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for speedy response. I'm still thinking that whilst Ford may have considered the thesis implausible in 2005, if Ward's book (in which it was fully expounded) didn't appear till after then, then this doesn't really constitute a response to Ward, as is implied by the text. However, it's not well up any list of priorities, so I won't chase it any further. Exiled from GROGGS (talk) 12:52, 19 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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	::::Re Ford pre-dating Ward: Ford's book (2005 edition, p.16, note 26) refers to Ward's introduction of his thesis in a TLS commentary Ward wrote in 2003. -- [[User:Elphion\|Elphion]] ([[User talk:Elphion\|talk]]) 22:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)		::::Re Ford pre-dating Ward: Ford's book (2005 edition, p.16, note 26) refers to Ward's introduction of his thesis in a TLS commentary Ward wrote in 2003. -- [[User:Elphion\|Elphion]] ([[User talk:Elphion\|talk]]) 22:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

			:::::Thanks for speedy response. I'm still thinking that whilst Ford may have considered the thesis implausible in 2005, if Ward's book (in which it was fully expounded) didn't appear till after then, then this doesn't really constitute a response to Ward, as is implied by the text. However, it's not well up any list of priorities, so I won't chase it any further. [[User:Exiled from GROGGS\|Exiled from GROGGS]] ([[User talk:Exiled from GROGGS\|talk]]) 12:52, 19 January 2012 (UTC)