Talk:Dungeon

message: Regarding this picture: 
Why is this picture "inaccurate"?
:A: There is no dungeon in the picture, only a donjon in the distance. Further, there is no factual evidence that shows the donjon of Bothwell was used as a dungeon in the vernacular/encyclopedia usage. CJ DUB 17:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It was the strongest, or only, tower in the Castle. There were no windows in the lower part of the tower in order to strengthen the walls. 
Why is this removed?
Thanks. -- Stbalbach 15:56, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

text: A:I think we should stick to describing what is a dungeon vs. describing something that is altogether different. This phrase wanders considerably when describing the dungeon origin. CJ DUB 17:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Questions

message: If anyone's interested, I've proposed a new wikiproject for the creation of articles regarding specific prisons here. --Cdogsimmons (talk) 01:45, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikiproject Prisons 

message: I propose merging oubliette into this article. Any discussion at Talk:Oubliette#Merge into Dungeon please. Cyclopaedic (talk) 16:53, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Now done. Cyclopaedic (talk) 05:51, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a link to oubliette that leads back to this page.76.17.118.157 (talk) 05:46, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge [[Oubliette]] 

message: Is there any difference between a bottle dungeon and an oubliette? Is the term bottle dungeon just the English form of the French term? (An example bottle dungeon can be found at St Andrews Castle, and is mentioned very briefly in that article.)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.210.111.221 (talk) 20:51, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: A Google search finds the term bottle dungeon largely confined to St Andrews. I haven't seen it, but I am extremely sceptical about this sort of claim - usually made for the tourists. The top-access oubliette sounds a silly idea - wholly impractical and a waste of resources. Why dig down 22ft through solid rock to create a prison cell? On the other hand, if you had a need to store water for the castle... Cyclopaedic (talk) 23:35, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

text: French dictionaries imply that oubliette(s) is just French for dungeon (donjon is French for keep), so maybe there's a possiblity that the mythical? oubliette or bottle dungeon is something invented by Dumas or a film producer or someone. I think work needs to be done clarifying the issue. FangoFuficius (talk) 12:20, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Bottle Dungeon

message: Should there be more references to dungeons in gaming? Dungeons play a significant role in many games, and also have a slightly different meaning (dungeons are full of enemies, not prisoners). Or perhaps a separate page about dungeons in gaming. --173.3.16.92 (talk) 03:00, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Check the dragon page. FangoFuficius (talk) 12:53, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Gaming 

message: I intend to suggest some updates to the article, but in the meantime would anyone mind if a further reading section was added linking to a paper I wrote which appeared in the Castle Studies Group Journal? It is creatively titled "Castles as prisons". The paper is available through academia.edu. Richard Nevell (talk) 22:31, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Further reading 

message: The diagram of the oubliette is not quite clear. Could someone add annotations indicating where the space for the prisoner is, where the entrance is, etc.? --Roland (talk) 03:06, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oubliette Diagram Not Clear 

message: The merge from 2009 seems awkward today. There are sentences about dungeons and sentences about oubliettes, and the two seem rather separate. It seems to me that these two articles should be separated. Korossyl (talk) 16:14, 7 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Propose unmerging Oubliette and Dungeon 

message: In Warwick castle, for instance, there is a dungeon AND an oubliette. They are different things. The oubliette is a small, more or less coffin sized space, in the floor of the dungeon. It WAS used for isolating prisoners and, presumably, keeping them confined within. The idea that it was used for storage is nonsensical; it was too small for storage and, being set in the floor of the dungeon, anything stored within that small space would have been decimated by rats within a matter of house.
Someone, somewhere, has got this article wrong. And it needs amending.
79.138.227.42 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 11:47, 23 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article is wrong: oubliette and dungeon are NOT the same thing 

message: Much or the article assumes that dungeons are a UK phenomenon. I came here looking for info after reading about dungeons in the Book of Isaiah!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Happinessbird (talk • contribs) 15:18, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Isaiah as translated by whom and from which OT, Hebrew, Septuagint or Jerome? FangoFuficius (talk) 12:52, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: UK Focus

message: what is the most famous prisoner in a dungeon? VirozPlay (talk) 07:57, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who was the most famoust prisoner in a dungeon?