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List of Pan Am episodes (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver)

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 Done Since I was here for the section below anyway... Fat&Happy (talk) 03:11, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Icon/Iconic

Without delving too deep into the details of your argument, I don't want to confuse the reader. It is confusing if a source states a past tense "once" iconic and not present tense, but the Misplaced Pages page reads otherwise. If you think the writer got it wrong by referring its iconic status in the past tense, then the article is unreliable and needs to be removed. If you do, however, you will need another reference to support the use of the term. Without a reference to source the descriptive adjective that is "iconic," it become subjective opinion and not objective fact. Personally, I think the writer is not incorrect.Television fan (talk) 02:17, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

I really, really, really, don't understand the insistence on referring to Pan Am as once iconic. The WSJ article uses iconic unmodified, but I don't even see this example as being required. The series is about Pan Am in the 1960s. No matter their subsequent bankruptcy, in their heyday they were iconic. We would look ridiculous – and probably confuse readers no end – if we said Hannibal led the Carthaginians across the Alps to battle the once mighty Romans. Or that the Carolingians converted the once pagan Germans to Christianity. In discussing historical events, there is no need to preface every adjective that was true at the time with a chronological qualification. Fat&Happy (talk) 03:09, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

I agree. But since another editor dipped his hand into the pie, use of the word is now no longer "on the table". Lhb1239 (talk) 16:53, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Lhb1239: Why do you cite a reference in which you think the writer is wrong? If the writer is wrong, that makes the reference unreliable, and unreliable references should not be used.Television fan (talk) 11:41, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Based on the actual definition of the word "iconic", the writer is wrong is saying "once iconic". That doesn't mean that I think the use of the word "iconic" is incorrect - just the qualifer the author used. And even so, that doesn't make the reference unreliable. Indeed, it's still a reliable secondary source. Perhaps you should read WP:CITE to improve your understanding of what makes a reference reliable per Misplaced Pages standards. Lhb1239 (talk) 16:50, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Alive (1993 film)

Although I made an edit to the cast section of this page, you ave chosen to undo my edit twice and now imply that I am vandalizing. I suggest you watch the actual DVD, which will show that Miguel Ferrer played the narrator, not John Malkovich, as this page originally states. I know--by having watched the actual movie, that the Internet Movie web site also lists the incorrect information also. This information is verifiable by actually watching the movie.

Mytimeistoday (talk) 01:39, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Articles in Misplaced Pages are referenced by verifiable sources, not personal, original research. All reliable sources name Malkovich as the narrator, and this is reflected in the article. If I'm not mistaken, you have been attempting to change this for some time when editing with an IP address rather than a Misplaced Pages account. Continuing to do so constitutes WP:VANDAL|vandalism]]. Lhb1239 (talk) 01:45, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

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Why have you declared an eidt awr on me? While some of your edits are good, some lack attention to detail and are clumsy, awkward, and flawed.Television fan (talk) 02:16, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Don't take it personally -- I want you to see your mistakes and become a better editor. Please don't edit war with me but really read the edit instead of stewing in your own juices.Television fan (talk) 02:17, 19 November 2011 (UTC)