Talk:Goosebumps

Mass Deletion of articles for each indivual book

As a fan of the series from the past, I intend to fill in a lot of the pages with meaningful content. Right now, I am in the process of adding pictures of book covers as well as infoboxes to the books that I've owned since childhood. Eventually, I plan on re-reading the books and adding summaries to their prospective pages. My personal collection is limited to 26 books from the original series. If anyone else has information regarding these books that they'd like to add, I would encourage the use of the infobox book template. I have already completed the infobox for the first book in the series, Welcome To Dead House. I agree that some of the articles seem pointless, but this page would be far too long if summaries would be placed here. For the time being, I will concentrate on expanding the pages of the individual books. --Ravensfan5252 19:36, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the hard work, Raven. For the record, I think it'd be better for a scan or Amazon picture rather than a photograph.--CyberGhostface 20:58, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Me too, i have almost ALL the books i only need like 5 more to complete the first series that ran from 1992 to 1998 Ace Fighter.

I'll help you add the infoboxes and templates. Ok? Shindo9 Hikaru 22:56, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

well guys i have all of em so if u need help just leave a message and ill see if i can look it up.I am Paranoid 19:23, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, some of the book's articles are really short. Useight 16:43, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What about the ghostwritten ones?

Is there a list of the ghostwritten ones? --mwazzap 02:40, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Vague line

Some consider it the Harry Potter of the early 1990s. Who said that? I don't see how it resembles Harry Potter in any way. It wasn't near as popular (I know several other equally popular kids shows from the early 90's) and it was another genre, and another medium. Can someone clarify? [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|^(talk)]] 15:27, Oct 9, 2004 (UTC)

It was a series of books and its genre is essentially the same (fantastic fiction).

The line probably relates Goosebumps to Harry Potter's popularity and controversy. The Goosebumps series wasn't as popular, but kids in the United States really soaked them up. I remember my teacher (and others at my school) discouraged/banned them from reading assignments because these were the only books some kids would read. Similarly to Harry Potter, many bans were probably related to its subject matter. --Mrwojo 14:09, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Still it seems odd to compare it to Harry Potter when it has had nowhere near the impact as HP did. Besides, "Some" isn't really a reliable source. Does anyone have a suggestion for a somewhat more accurate line that could describe its popularity. We might want to add that it was primarily popular in the US, for example, although the TV show is quite popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|^(talk)]] 16:48, Oct 10, 2004 (UTC)

True; it should probably be removed unless fixed. The assertion that it's like HP must be more specific and should be supported by facts instead of weasel words. --Mrwojo 23:02, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Come on! "Goosebumps" was in the Guinness Book of World Records for the best selling children's series of all time (at least until Harry Potter), so you can't really say that it wasn't "that" popular.

HP's 6 or less books (forgot how many were written before they beat the record) outsold Goosebump's 62; also, as a "series" goes, they rarely had continuing characters or storylines, and were pretty much only a series due to an umbrella title "Goosebumps" and (reputedly) the same author. There is no comparison, really. 68.248.6.164 01:42, 8 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Other Goosebumps

I have got some other goosebumps books that don't fit into this, like Goosebumps Scaredy Caps Special, the Special Editions and Goosebumps Triple Header. Should they be mentioned or categorized etc.?--GingerM 18:44, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Someone probably should. I won't though, because this is something that I haven't had experience in for a while. Optichan 00:00, August 13, 2005 (UTC)

Night of the living dummy article created

Thought I'd let whoever edits this know that an article on Goosebumps:_Night_Of_The_Living_Dummy has been created. It's in a very poor state, and I tagged it for cleanup, as a stub, and so on. I thought if someone wants to clean it up, it might be appropriate to link it from here, since according to this article it was the author's favorite Goosebumps book. -- SCZenz 08:15, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

~~That article is redundant. We already have Night Of The Living Dummy. Any relevant info should be merged there.~~ Never mind. Goosebumps:_Night_Of_The_Living_Dummy actually predates Night Of The Living Dummy, and the latter is about the entire Slappy series. I suppose we can keep both articles, but I agree, they both need some cleanup. Zagalejo 00:38, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Night Of The Living Dummy

I created that night of the living dummy article and I am offended that you would say such things about it.

Don't take this stuff personally; it's just constructive criticism. Zagalejo 00:45, 27 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Goosebumps in other languages

Not all spanish speaking countries translated Goosebumps as Escalofríos. In Spain it was translated as Pesadillas (that means Nightmares). The information in the article is inaccurate, but I don't know exactly how to write it propperly.--62.43.237.98 15:11, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What about the Goldbook Goosebumps?

I remember reading up on a few things and I noticed that R.L.Stine was going to make a Goosebumps goldbook. Once again those were also banned. Shouldn't there be a section for that here? ~*~Punk18~*~

I don't recall the Goldbooks ever being published???--CyberGhostface 00:18, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I mean, they stopped those books from being published----Punk18

I don't think it was 'banned', its just that Goosebumps was no longer profitable...if you recall ,near the end, the sales had seriously plummeted. Goosebumps has been been banned in schools before, but never by Scholastic itself.--CyberGhostface 00:33, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I heard about the sales figures. Pretty sad really. It really looked like R.L.Stine was trying to bring back Goosebumps. I wonder what'd happy if he did.--Punk18

Why it ended?

Shouldn't there be a section for why Goosebumps was suddenly stopped?----Punk18

Nothing major...R. L. Stine's contract ended, and they decided not to renew it. Interesting factoid is that the sales plummeted yet they were obligated to keep on publishing it, so when the series was finally over Scholastic was doing pretty poor financially. If it wasn't for Harry Potter it'd be off a lot worse.--CyberGhostface 02:16, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought it was because of the parents, who made libraries ban it.Punk18

Considering the amount that libraries pay to authors, I'd imagine that it wouldn't have made any significant difference --82.44.114.101 01:08, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sales

How many copies of these books were sold worldwide?

Banned

Why was this banned? KinseyLOL 19:49, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  because some stupid people thought it was too scary Sir Robert Castellano 16:05, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why is this not explained in the article? ~ Hibana 18:59, 20 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

no information about goosebumps gold?

i know it was cancelled but ive seen on amazon that some are in production. any information where they are or anything?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.30.154.78 (talk • contribs)

None were made.--CyberGhostface 13:06, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

but i read that some people have them because they were made before they were cancelled and than they never got released again.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.30.154.78 (talk • contribs)

Really? Sources?--CyberGhostface 00:15, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

well amazon had a page about slappy new year and the haunted mask lives with reviews from people and they arent there anymore so i cant give sources sorry :( crap i wanna read them http://www.thebookplace.co.uk/bookplace/display.asp?ISB=0007104634 and http://www.whsmith.co.uk/whs/Go.asp?isbn=0007104634&shop=26985&tduid=d5310bfc393326c21d25a847ccfae216&affId=935910 dont know if they are true but maybe.

any comments?

Try ordering a book if you want. But I noticed of how both of them have are out of stock.--CyberGhostface 14:28, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good Fan Sites?

Are there any good fan sites for the Goosebumps series?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Terry 4k (talk • contribs)

Not really.--CyberGhostface 20:57, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How Many?

I'm not quite sure how many Goosebumps books there were. I know its a very high number, and considering each book was roughly 100 pages, Stein must've been busy. Also it didn't seem to follow any series, but were random horror stories under the same title. FinalWish 05:19, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of Goosebumps books

Would it be a good idea to merge that article here? Neither one is that big. Madman Marz 06:55, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's an idea, granted, but I don't think it's a good one. It's just that people seem to like it better with both separated, not to mention the many people who have protested the merge. Mack-the-random 01:03, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Goosebumps Series 2000

Goosebumps Series 2000 links to this page. Doesn't it have its own article?

No it doesnt have an article of it'sown.it would be great if someone were to write one.-Vmrgrsergr 05:57, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Font Title

What font did R.L. Stine used to make the title of the logo? -- Boogster Go! 04:36, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

French Title

In Canadian French, the translation is Chair de Poule (literally "hen flesh", the French phrase for goose bumps). I think we should remove the word Canadian because it is also known under the same title in France/Belgium. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.138.181.59 (talk) 18:42, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Scholarly Review"

This section is very dubious. First it is added by an IP user and deleted. Then User: Jonamatt‎, most likly the same IP user that added the section in the first place, reverts the deletion, with the edit summary: Overrulled edit because article was not infact an infringment upon copyright. Submitted by origonal writer; hence, no copyright infringment. It was then removed again because it was unreferenced and original research. It has been added back, deleted, and added back again. The "cited" sources only refer to Goosebumps page numbers and do not support any of the claims in the text. User: Jonamatt‎ can't or doesn't want to understand that this original research doesn't belong on Wikipedia. Please discuss. -NatureBoyMD (talk) 19:47, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Natureboy, I understand why you have deleted this post over and over. I must say that when the article was first posted it was done so by a member of the Swain Goosebumps Appreciation Society (SGAS). I, the author of the writing, reposted it from my account. I have included a citation for the article. In my defence, the guidelines to posting research do state "This policy does not prohibit editors with specialist knowledge from adding their knowledge to Wikipedia, but it does prohibit them from drawing on their personal knowledge without citing their sources. If an editor has published the results of his or her research in a reliable publication, the editor may cite that source while writing in the third person and complying with our NPOV policy." I think that the citation I included should make this review appropriate, but if it is not let me know and I will be glad to fix it once again.

Sincerely, Jonathan Mattox President of the Swain Goosebumps Appreciation Society