Talk:Billiken

message: I can't figure out how to make the footnotes work automatically.  Can someone fix it up for me?  Stephen Aquila 03:45, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Article says the Billiken doll was the first copyrighted doll.  I suspect that the term 'trademarked' is meant here.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.153.241.162 (talk) 20:04, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with Weisner.  There is nothing in the William Howard Taft wikilink that suggests Billiken was named after Taft.  Thus, the reference to Billiken/Taft needs to be withdrawn or cited.  I have placed a "citation requested" tag appropriately. 24.170.225.180 (talk) 20:04, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trademark/Copyright 

message: A match-holder in the form of a porcelain figure of a billiken was used by R.J. Lea, a Manchester (U.K.) cigarette company to promote `Chairman'-brand cigars and cigarettes in tobacconist shops.  I have only a website and personal observations to support this, but if anyone has reliable sources on this subject, they may wish to add these facts to the article.  Barney Bruchstein (talk) 22:09, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chairman Cigarettes 

message: I have deleted the mention to the Ranma movie. Is not significative, as many other mangas/animes with the Seven Gods did not talk about Billiken, too.  --213.37.241.232 (talk) 16:09, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I see, it's there, just referenced confusingly in the external links, and not alluded to in the body of the article. This needs cleanup. Guess I'll try to do at least some of it. - Jmabel | Talk 19:14, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

text: OK, the Ray article is now cited more cleanly. Our article could still use enormous work in terms of citation and probably general cleanup. - Jmabel | Talk 04:42, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ranma vs. Billiken 

message: When the park closed in 2018, the wooden statue of the Billiken went missing.
Oops... 
--Sergeirichard (talk) 08:29, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  A strange error 

message: I removed the sentences, "In the movie Crocodile Dundee, the Paul Hogan character Mick Dundee says to the cab driver, 'Get on the right side of the road, you Billiken.' Australians may be familiar with the word Billiken based on the 1910 song produced there titled "My Little Billiken" by Sadie D'astro with music by James E. Dodd."
First of all, the line uttered by Paul Hogan's character is, "Get on the right side of the road, you pelican," not Billiken. Second, the sentences were under the section about the Billiken as a sports mascot.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aelogan (talk • contribs) 22:11, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Erroneous Crocodile Dundee reference 

message: I don't want to plunge into working on this article, but for whoever is working on it, a useful source:
* Dorothy Jean Ray, "The Mystery of the Billiken", Alaska magazine, September 1960. Online version. Also reprinted in Jill Shepherd (ed.), The Last Frontier: Incredible Tales of Survival, Exploration, and Adventure from Alaska Magazine. Globe Pequot, 2004, .
- Jmabel | Talk 19:08, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I see, it's there, just referenced confusingly in the external links, and not alluded to in the body of the article. This needs cleanup. Guess I'll try to do at least some of it. - Jmabel | Talk 19:14, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

text: OK, the Ray article is now cited more cleanly. Our article could still use enormous work in terms of citation and probably general cleanup. - Jmabel | Talk 04:42, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: A further source

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message: Serious question. Is Billiken considered by theologists as a deity, like many short-lived others before and after that period? Syced (talk) 07:14, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Billiken a deity? 

message: The introductory sentence says Billiken is a "charm doll", but the link just goes to the page on dolls in general. What does this phrase mean? Can it be clarified? 108.26.160.33 (talk) 16:03, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charm doll