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:#You're right about the lost eye. But I wonder what would be the "other things". Please, let me know. Oh, and he didn't lost his eye OYL, but during ''52''. |
:#You're right about the lost eye. But I wonder what would be the "other things". Please, let me know. Oh, and he didn't lost his eye OYL, but during ''52''. |
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:#Right again about the 90%. But this particular article is among the remaining 10% as Ross' painting is the cover to ''JSA'' #77. —<i>[[User:Lesfer|Lesfer]]</i> <sup><small>[[User talk:Lesfer|(talk]]/[[Special:Emailuser/Lesfer|@)]]</small></sup> 14:48, 21 June 2006 (UTC) |
:#Right again about the 90%. But this particular article is among the remaining 10% as Ross' painting is the cover to ''JSA'' #77. —<i>[[User:Lesfer|Lesfer]]</i> <sup><small>[[User talk:Lesfer|(talk]]/[[Special:Emailuser/Lesfer|@)]]</small></sup> 14:48, 21 June 2006 (UTC) |
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###Quit the points of pedantry, huh? He turned up in OYL sans eye before the relevant issue of 52 came out |
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###Ummm... why does that make it in the "other 10%"? It's one painted image, and even if we throw in the whole of Ross' painted Alan Scotts (including Kingdom Come, although the GL there was never IDed as Alan Scott even in Ross' endnotes. Only the Rossless sequel gave the KC GL an ID) - hell, throw in all the painted Alan Scotts by anyone published in/on a DC Comic - you're still at a tiny % of the pen/ink images of Alan Scott. - [[User:SoM|SoM]] 09:27, 22 June 2006 (UTC) |
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Article name
Why don't we just title this "Green Lantern (Golden Age)"? It would be easier to search for in the database, especially for those who might not know who Alan Scott is.
- I think "Alan Scott" is fine. This is why we have a section called "Biographies of the Major Green Lanterns" in "Green Lantern" article. Lesfer ☎ 13:15, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
- Still, it's rather confusing. The title works under the assumption that the character is most recognized by his secret identity (like, say, Guy Gardner). Solely titling it "Alan Scott" makes it hard to find. In comparison, all the articles related to Starman have modifiers at the end to indicate the articles are still talking about characters who bore the mantle of Starman. Something along the lines of "Green Lantern (Alan Scott)" or "Green Lantern (Golden Age)" would be more effective. WesleyDodds 22:57, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
- Wesley, per your above request, I've created a redirect under the title you requested that will point here. NetK 04:04, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- Still, it's rather confusing. The title works under the assumption that the character is most recognized by his secret identity (like, say, Guy Gardner). Solely titling it "Alan Scott" makes it hard to find. In comparison, all the articles related to Starman have modifiers at the end to indicate the articles are still talking about characters who bore the mantle of Starman. Something along the lines of "Green Lantern (Alan Scott)" or "Green Lantern (Golden Age)" would be more effective. WesleyDodds 22:57, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Wives
can we get a section here regarding Alan Scott's two wives?ThuranX 02:56, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
- We already have Alan Scott > Progeny. —Lesfer (talk/@) 03:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
Zero Hour
Go back and re-read Zero Hour - Alan had already been rejuvenated to a youthful appearance before the JSA slaughter, and it was the Starheart that protected him from Extant's attempt to age him to his true age. I would like to correct that part of the article if no one objects. 12.162.189.80 19:31, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
- If it's a correction, by all means. CovenantD 19:37, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
Railroad Engineer?
Why do so MANY people keep making that mistake? Alan Scott was a CIVIL Engineer (he designed the bridge that was blown up), not a railroad engineer. He was on the train as a courtesy for a test run - he was not part of the train's normal crew.
Just pick up Golden Age Green Lantern Archives #1 and read the first story (Alan's origin). You'll see.
Maven
Lead image
The Alex Ross painting, while certainly prettier, lacks the information of the All-American cover, which shows Green Lantern's full head-to-toe costume on the first issue he appeared in. The Ross painting lacks any identifying context to tell the reader its source and significance for the character. This not only makes for a poor choice for illustrating an informative article, but undercuts the fair use rationale—the Ross painting is more decorative than informative. Postdlf 03:34, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- This is not about which image is prettier. Is about having a current image of the character in the SHB. I'm sorry, but all this thing about "painting lacks any identifying context to tell the reader its source and significance for the character" is nothing but blah-blah-blah and POV. Ross' image portraits the current Alan Scott, period. This is fact and is also what is supposed to be in the SHB. Note that I haven't removed the All-American Comics cover. —Lesfer (talk/@) 05:20, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- It doesn't represent "the current Alan Scott, period". Amongst other things, he's lost an eye OYL.
- Alex Ross/other painted art isn't representative in 90%+ of comics-related articles. - SoM 07:15, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- That's a good point, SoM. Does anyone have a good 52/OYL image of GL with his one eye? Preferably glowing, cause that's damn cool and I'm apparently 6 this morning. -- Ipstenu (talk|contribs) 13:06, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- You're right about the lost eye. But I wonder what would be the "other things". Please, let me know. Oh, and he didn't lost his eye OYL, but during 52.
- Right again about the 90%. But this particular article is among the remaining 10% as Ross' painting is the cover to JSA #77. —Lesfer (talk/@) 14:48, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- Quit the points of pedantry, huh? He turned up in OYL sans eye before the relevant issue of 52 came out
- Ummm... why does that make it in the "other 10%"? It's one painted image, and even if we throw in the whole of Ross' painted Alan Scotts (including Kingdom Come, although the GL there was never IDed as Alan Scott even in Ross' endnotes. Only the Rossless sequel gave the KC GL an ID) - hell, throw in all the painted Alan Scotts by anyone published in/on a DC Comic - you're still at a tiny % of the pen/ink images of Alan Scott. - SoM 09:27, 22 June 2006 (UTC)