Talk:Daniel Faraday

message: This may need to be discussed on a larger basis.
In Sawyers Character biography, we have his character's history/arc done on a Season by Season basis.  
For Faraday, we seem to be doing it on a "TimeLine Arc", where we try to put everything in context of how it happened, when it happened. As a result, things that were done in the 1970's, should remain in the 1970's/Prior to the Island part; and going from there.   Granted, Faraday is the one that has said that you can't change the past and what ever happened...happened, which I know is frustrating as hell at times, but still.  Is there a reason/mandate on how to do timelines?  Whippletheduck (talk) 05:46, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This is going to be tricky, no matter how we do it. WP:WAF says that a plot summary should follow "the author or creator's perspective", which is hard to determine for Lost, as we don't know yet know what the writers are planning. I think for right now that it would make the most sense if we followed the order in which Daniel experiences season five. I wouldn't do a strict chronological timeline because most of the time the flashes occurred mid conversation or in the middle of important scenes and the timeline would be disjointed. Also, I would put this new section towards the end of the article because it would make more sense to the reader. --Jackieboy87 (talk · contribs) 12:18, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

text: I think we should just have one "Arc" section for each character with sub headings broken up by events in their life in chronological order; I agree with you that the season-by-season structure isn't always adequate to describe things properly. However, for the time shifts part I think it would make the most amount of sense if it was described in the order the character experiences it. Also, I think we should wait til the end of the season to see how the "Whatever Happened, Happened" mantra plays out. --Jackieboy87 (talk · contribs) 14:10, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

text: I see that the current timeline is primarily following a chronological order rather than a personal timeline, which I disagree with anyway - at the least it causes massive problems for the period when he was rapidly time jumping. Anyway, the current narrative seems to completely miss the point, he doesn't "transist" from the past to the present, he started off in the present and travelled to the past. I seriously doubt that it will turn out he's locked in a time loop having never been born (he has a mother for starters). Writing from the character's personal perspective is the only way to do it sensibly, especially from the perspective of character development. OrangeDog (talk • edits) 11:47, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

text: Just imagine trying to write-up Desmond's story from a strictly chronological perspective considering the events of "The Constant" and the fact that he did some of it twice. Or Locke: gave Richard back his watch, was born, Richard gave him his watch, crashed on the island, met Richard for the first time, etc. OrangeDog (talk • edits) 15:52, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

text: Did not read everything above—sorry.  Let's do the "arc" sections by the order that the characters experience it, i.e. Locke is born, Locke thinks that the knife belongs to him already, Locke gets shoved into a locker, Locke meets his dad, Locke gets into a wheelchair, Locke ends up on the island, Locke goes in the hatch, Locke meets Jacob, Locke lives in the Barracks, Locke is held at gunpoint by Ethan, Locke gives Richard a compass, Locke pushes the wheel, Locke visits Walt, Locke dies, Locke tells Ben about a "land of the living", Locke takes Ben to see Smokey.  –thedemonhog talk • edits 06:09, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the note, Whippletheduck. I'm quite indifferent here, but I like thedemonhog's approach. I used this format for Danielle Rousseau, which makes things quite easy. Oh, and also, should we have a centralized discussion at the project page? There are too many threads going on every character's page (at least I think there are). Corn.u.co.pia • Disc.us.sion 06:16, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

text: What is wrong with my suggestion?  It seems that you are trying to present it as it is presented to the viewer, but that will never work if there is a pre-crash section.  –thedemonhog talk • edits 17:01, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

text: It won't make any sense to the reader if you try to arrange his history in the order the show presents it. The only logical way to present a character's history is from their beginning, then middle, up to the present. If you start trying to write from the show timeline then no one will have a clue what's going on. — Trust not the Penguin (T | C) 20:44, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Timeline by actual timeline, or Seasonal Time Line

message: Like Locke, he may go by his last name instead of his first. Think we should wait until Confirmed Dead to put him in the LOST box at the bottom of the screen.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.19.131.166 (talk • contribs) 06:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: He may end up going by Faraday, but it is better to have a link than no link at all to him in the Lost navigational template.  –thedemonhog talk • edits 06:29, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Why does he even have his own article, anyway? Naomi was a more important character, and she doesn't have one. 209.147.114.202 (talk) 14:34, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Davies has been promoted to the main cast so his character will be significantly expanded, but Naomi is dead and there is not enough information on her to create an article.  –thedemonhog talk • edits 18:33, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

text: Can we rename his template name to be Faraday instead of Daniel? They're calling him Faraday more frequently now, and not just with Charlotte's last name, but like "Faraday and Charlotte". Besides, there is obviously a philosopher connection to the name, as there is to Locke, and when casting went around, the first name wasn't even Daniel. This should illustrate that the more important name of the two is Faraday. And the fact the producers refer to him solely as Faraday when speaking in reference. Alexisfan07 9 March 2008  —Preceding comment was added at 02:39, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  To early to name? 

message: I wrote the biography as it is now, but I feel that the last 3 paragraphs stretch for far too long considering it's only about one episode.  Anyone care to rewrite it? zeldanum1 February 09, 2008 10:48 AEST  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.116.95 (talk) 23:48, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure.  –thedemonhog talk • edits 00:12, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re-writing Fictional Character Biography 

message: Does he actually have memory problems, or is it him just being kind of an odd guy to begin with?
And with the end of the Constant, is it possible that Daniel has been flipping between time periods as well? 76.248.153.9 (talk) 03:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Memory Problems? 

message: Danny boy is definitely named after Michael Faraday, the scientist in the field of electromagnetics (pun intended). However I'm not sure where to mention this; it would be a bit strange to put in his opening paragraph. Does he need another section? "Miscellaneous" or "Trivia"? NickRinger (talk) 06:23, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In the future, it should go in some sort of a behind the scenes section.  For now, a mention in the lead is fine.  –thedemonhog talk • edits 07:33, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Origin 

message: The other freighters have a reception article and I felt that Faraday was arguably the most well recieved, and he has no section on it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by CharismaInjection (talk • contribs) 20:22, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Reception Article?

message: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkggC3k862A
most people seem to think thats faraday voice behind the camera.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.26.248.225 (talk) 03:34, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Faraday's fate

message: Does this character count as "English", being the son of two English characters and having spent a great deal of his life in England? He seems to have an American accent. So, Daniel is possibly American-born (or likelier, Island-born with fake American status) who then grew up in England? Is he a naturalised citizen of the UK? ~ZytheTalk to me! 10:34, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, I see the category  in place.~ZytheTalk to me! 11:03, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nationality 

message: An Oxford doctorate is a DPhil, not a DSc. I've corrected it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tommurphy86 (talk • contribs) 20:06, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Degree

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