Talk:Alex Rider/Archive 1

message: I am dubious as to whether the images on this page are copyright free.  If no one can let me know they are within a week, I'll remove them. JiMternet 13:28, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

message: The official website doesn't say anything about Stephen Fry and Andy Serkis as Smithers and the Grin. Is this verifiable? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by MacGyverMagic (talk • contribs) 00:25, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Serkis and Fry

message: Question: who in the chapter "Mother's Love" who is the person that comes up to Alex after he is shot?? Is it Tulip Jones??? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by PK060395 (talk • contribs) 11:37, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scorpia 

message: Apparently we have some problems here.  Stormbreaker and Ark Angel have their own pages, while Point Blank, Skeleton Key, Eagle Strike (redirect), and Scorpia (redirect) do not.  Sabina Pleasure (a ridiculously minor character) gets her own page, as does Smithers, but Alex Rider, Blunt, and Mrs. Jones (arguably far more important than the other two) do not.  What's the policy here?  Should the character pages be combined into one large List of characters from Alex Rider?  Should all of the book entries be merged into this one main page, or all be given separate entries? - Hbdragon88 00:23, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that it should only be main characters that have their own pages. If someone would like to start the articles, I would be glad to contribute to making them better. Britishagent 19:13, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Divison of articles? 

message: There are at least a dozen grammatical and spelling errors in this article. Plus, what happened to the Eagle Strike section? This article really needs to be cleaned up. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.170.237.177 (talk • contribs) 00:00, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It was a copyvio, copied directly from the Amazon.com page.  I removed it for htis reason and am hoping that someone can write a summary wihtout copying from some source. - Hbdragon88 06:58, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Errors 

message: There ar ea lot of Grammatical and spelling errors here and info problems:
Herod Sayle is Lebanese and not Egyptian
I also have to agree with the fact that Sabina gets her own page. Smithers, I can understand, but Alex, Blunt, and Mrs. Jones definetley require their own pages. 
You could then classify, Sabina and other characters such as the School Secretary, Colin and so on onto a seperate page.
You could also put all the villains on a seperate page (eg. Skoda, Sayle, etc.)
Also, it has come to light, whilst reading Alex Rider-The Gadgets, that Smither's signature resembles Dererk Smithers or something along those lines, can someone go against this? --Booksworm 17:20, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Errors and info problems 

message: Why isn't this information included? Brother William has a very important point, when he says that books can be seen as conversations. Not just scholarly works, but also fiction. One author writes something. Five, ten or fifteen years later, another author writes a book in reply (or a series of books), and later a reply to that is written by a third person. That's why first publication date is such a vital bit of information. Are these books from the 1960's, 1980's, very recent, or what? --Peter Knutsen 02:16, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  When were these books published? 

message: This article is pathetic. It breaks some of WP:NPOV and WP:NOT and is missing one entire book. There isn't even an article on Point Blank. I'm going to give it a major rewrite. Assistance would be welcome. Fredil Shadows of Darkness 22:22, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite 

message: When did Anthony Horowitz ever release that piece of crap?? What website and or interview is that from.GoldenIrish 22:11, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Book 8 without Alex?

message: It is said that Yassen Gregorovich will return in Snakehead. Well theres just one problem, HE'S DEAD! Damian Cray killed him, remember??GoldenIrish 22:11, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Return of Yassen

message: Hi I'm slightly confused, and it might just be because I have just read the last five Alex Rider books in two days, but in my copy of Skeleton Key (printed in the US, published by Penguin Group) says that the two CIA agents that Alex went with to Skeleton Key where Glen Carver and Belinda Troy. The Website, and Ark Angel (printed in the US, published by Penguin Group) both say that it was Belinda Troy and Tom Turner, why the name change? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.128.171.2 (talk) 18:25, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Change of Name? 

message: Quote, opening sentence of article: "Alex Rider is a popular series of children's spy novels written by British author Anthony Horowitz."  Personally I think this should be reworded because:
1.  When you think of children's book's what do you think of?  Something along the lines of 'the little engine who could' or barney or mickey mouse right?  To my knowledge hitmen, drug dealers, assassination and suicide were rarely mentioned in such books.  Personally, I don't think this series falls into that category, perhaps 'young adult' as it is found in most book stores.
2.  Perhaps a techno-thriller reference should be inserted (see example of proposed re-wording bellow) due to the accurate reference's to real world guns, cars, cranes, helicopters etc.
Alright so here's how I think it should be done: Alex Rider is a popular series of spy/techno-thriller novels written by British author Anthony Horowitz."  Any objections? Supra guy 01:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  re-Wording etc.