Talk:Mostly Harmless

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Whether or not a reference to this should be made in the Wikipedia's Earth entry is a topic of debate in Talk:Earth.

transpire v. intr. To become known; come to light. [1] --Paul A 03:22, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Relation to Earth

I added a bit about people who try to change the Earth article. Anyone who accuses me of being a vandal is mistaken; my computer was POD'd from Bend, Oregon and I lost control of my computer for a while. I had to reinstall Windows and I removed SuSE (which was causing the problem) so now it's all good.

Only problem is that that addition is self-referencing, which is frowned upon, except here on talk pages. Sorry! --JohnDBuell 21:17, 19 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Characters Section?

I think that maybe we should add a "characters" section for all the books in the series. But maybe only cover the characters that are featured in that particular book. What do you think?...

Mbatman72 03:26, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Taking a quick look at some articles in the WP:Novels project, it looks like the generally accepted topic headings are: intro (no heading; usual 2-3 paragraph intro rule of thumb applies), plot summary, characters (major ones for the novel/book in question, linking back to characters used throughout a series as necessary), discussion of themes (optionally), critical reviews (positive and negative), awards (if any), allusions/references from other works (if any), discussion of adaptations (including audiobook and audio drama, the latter of which certainly applies to MH). Then the usual References/See also/External links sections. With that in mind, I'd probably move the plot summary up, include the characters section, move the information about the title down, and let the next three sections follow in order as they do now. References: Script Book Vol. 2, by Dirk Maggs, and The Salmon of Doubt should be referenced more explicitly (i.e. with page numbers). --JohnDBuell 03:57, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So do you think it would be a good idea just on MH or on the entire series? Maybe there's enough in the summary: if we add a characters section it might be a good idea to cut down on the summary.

71.38.235.214 22:06, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's ultimately been a goal of the Hitchhiker's WikiProject to get the articles about the five novels up to acceptable quality levels as defined by the Novels WikiProject (and the same for the film and the tv series), so yes, the ideas expressed here should also work their way eventually into the other four novel articles. --JohnDBuell 22:10, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

I was looking at the infobox guidlines on wikiproject novels and it looks like they have a lot more info, do we need more or is it long enough already? Mbatman72 02:04, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spoiler Warnings

There is a "Spoilers end here" at the end of the Plot Summary, and yet, the Adams on Mostly Harmless section tells the entire ending. Since the very next section contains a Spoiler Warning, the warning should just be continued to the end of the article. Millancad 15:52, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking about spoilers, why aren't there any in this or any of the other Hitchiker's books? Looking around there aren't any on other fictionaly works. I haven't been on wikipedia for a long time, have I missed something??

Mbatman72 20:41, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Plot?

Im not sure I agree with the plot outline.

Specifically;

"The Grebulons took Tricia to Rupert because they wanted her to make a working model of the solar system?"

"They were confused and didnt know what else to do with their guns?"

I completely agree with you and I have gone through it in order to make it more accurate, and understandable to those not familiar with the series. Mbatman72 20:34, 21 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why is Astrology and horoscopes not mentioned anywhere in this outline? The Grebulon's fascination with earth TV and culture, so much so that they come to effectively use it to fill the void left in their empty minds was one of the main points about them. They took Tricia to Rupert because she had interviewed a prominent astrologer and they were hoping she could calculate how the horoscope would work for those on Rupert instead of Earth. Likewise, they destroyed Earth because it was a spanner in the works of their avid use of astrology (because since all their info comes from Earth broadcasts naturaully Earth isn't taken into account as something in the sky) - you didnt know what to do when "earth was rising" etc. 70.189.213.149 14:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to add any of this. --JohnDBuell 22:50, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]