Talk:Steampunk

Oldest Use of term in title?

The article as it stands says Paul Di Filippo's 1995 Steampunk Trilogy was the first title to use the term steampunk. However, the role playing game Castle Falkenstein (by Mike Pondsmith, from R. Talsorian Games) specifically uses the term as well and it came out in 1994.

I'd just make the change but want to discuss if an RPG would be considered 'first title' or if it should have a separate entry.

2602:301:77C8:4A30:3482:85:AED8:8EA9 (talk) 17:11, 4 December 2013 (UTC)Kirk

Castle Falkenstein may use the term, but "Steampunk" isn't in the game's title. --Jonnybgoode44 (talk) 00:50, 19 March 2014 (UTC)

New section: Post-apocalyptic

I started a new section for post-apocalyptic media, per the above discussion. Please feel free to assist with references, etc. --Jonnybgoode44 (talk) 20:20, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Steampunk fashion: A new section needed?

In rewriting the above section, I noticed another oddity with the page as it currently exists. The section "Art, fashion and design" does not mention fashion at all. However, there is a paragraph about steampunk fashion further down on the page, under "Culture and community", and several photos on the page depicting fashion, scattered throughout. I propose "fashion" be calved off from "Art and design" into a new section, the wayward paragraph moved there, and then that section can possibly be expanded. And possibly one or two of the photos moved there. (I also noticed no discussion of either the Weird West or Post-Apocalyptic styles in the paragraph, which are both very popular in steampunk fashion, especially on the US west coast.) Discuss? --Jonnybgoode44 (talk) 10:12, 22 March 2014 (UTC)

Since nobody had any negative feedback on this (or any feedback on it whatsoever), I'm going to start working on it. --Jonnybgoode44 (talk) 03:42, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

Image clutter

There's a LOT of images cluttering up the page. Can we lose the "Dr. Beulenpest character and leather mask by Tom Banwell" and "A steampunk couple at Carnevale 2012 in Boise, Idaho" photos? They're not altogether representative of steampunk fashion as a whole (and the Boise photo is a bit on the creepy side, lol).

Also wondering about removing the "Wave Gotik Treffen Leipzig/Germany Alexander Schlesier" photo, as we already have a robot arm pic. I'd say remove the Falksen photo, but I think that would be considered outright heresy by some in the steampunk community and that's a battle I really don't want to fight!

I would however like to add a photo of Kate Lambert (Steampunk Couture/SteamGirl) as an example of post-apocalyptic/tribal influences in steampunk fashion. I know Kato personally, I'm sure I can get her permission for one.

Also, while the Paris metro station pic is cool, it isn't mentioned in the article anywhere. It should either be mentioned, or the photo removed; I'd prefer the former, if someone would like to find a mention of it somewhere as being steampunk.

The "Spider sculpture by Daniel Proulx" photo should be moved up to the art section, but I'm holding off on that until some of the other clutter gets taken care of as there's already a lot of stuff in that region of the article. --Jonnybgoode44 (talk) 10:34, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

Aaaaaand, people are just adding more images. <facepalm> I'm going to start culling images since no one's objected. I'd like to move the extra images to Commons, but I'm not familiar with the best way to do that... Some help would be appreciated. --Jonnybgoode44 (talk) 19:47, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Ok, I removed a couple of images that were already in Commons. And reordered the images in the Art and design section. I'll leave the rest be for now, and see what happens. --Jonnybgoode44 (talk) 20:30, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

David Lynch's Dune?

Surely the imagery of David Lynch's film version of Dune is "steam punk" style as well, particularly the Harkonans.