Talk:Cigarette Smoking Man

message: > For the first two episodes he appeared in, he smoked "real" cigarettes, but later changed to herbal cigarettes
What are "real" cigarettes? Are they real, or not? What are quotation marks supposed to imply here?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.65.218.105 (talk) 01:41, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I would say those containing tobacco and thus nicotine, as opposed to herbal cigarettes, which do not include the before mentioned. The burning process however still produces tar and possibly other substances, which are inhaled and which thus represent a considerable health risk. lmaxmai (talk) 18:59, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

text: By the way, in the interview with "The Scifi World", Mr. Davis states that smoking "real" cigarettes is dangerous to him, not dangerous "to his health", as this article states. While this of course goes without saying, he might have referred to the danger of becoming addicted again. lmaxmai (talk) 19:10, 9 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real cigarettes 

message: Aren't the producers on record as saying that this episode is not necessarily the real history of CGB Spender? A quote from Frank Spotnitz on the article for the episode says:
:Story editor Frank Spotnitz said "In the closing scene Frohike tells Mulder and Scully that the whole story was something he read in a crummy magazine. A lot of people didn't pick up on that subtlety. They thought that this was indeed the factual history of the CSM. As far as I'm concerned, it's not. Some of it may indeed be true, and some of it may - well, never mind."
I know that this article later states that the veracity of the episode is not confirmed, but sentences that state "Much of his background is revealed in the fourth season episode "Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man,"", would probably read better with "purportedly" inserted so I have done so 91.188.53.90 (talk) 16:55, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man

message: This article does not state that the Cigarette Smoking Man is Mulder's father. I think that it should. Specifically, I think that "Fox Mulder (Estranged Son)" should be listed along with Jeffery Spender in the "Family" section.
It was confirmed in 9x16 that CSM's father. Jeffery Spender states it, as does Scully, and it's confirmed by DNA evidence.
I know it's a spoiler, but Wiki's policy is to include all info, even spoilers: Wikipedia:Spoiler_warning. This is an important piece of information about CSM, his family, and his motivations. It should be included in the article.
I will ask around for other opinions, but if no-one objects, I will add it later this month (May, 2010).
121.127.212.46 (talk) 13:34, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds fine to me. Quiddity99 (talk) 20:26, 8 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Done. Hope this is ok with everyone. =) Lex Kitten (talk) 13:19, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Spoiler: CSM is Mulder's Father. Not in article?

message: I don't know what wikipedia's policy is concerning spoilers and stuff, but I just got done watching season 3 and got a bad bad bad spoiler in the second sentence. Maybe we could at least move sensitive info a little bit further down? 79.138.218.108 (talk) 13:05, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:SPOILERS. Don't research the plot of something you're not done watching, it'll only ever lead to disappointment. On the bright side, it's actually not that big of a deal within the series. It's not even the most important part of the episode it pops up in. GRAPPLE X 01:06, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whoa!?!? Spoiler warning? 

message: A massive chunk of this page was copied from this website .  I reverted to an older version.
:You reverted too much. You deleted some things that I wrote myself without even referring to Keleka's site. Some things from that site were copied, yes (by others and not me), but I have an email from the site's maintainer saying that texts can be used. Although the sections that were copied verbatim were not entirely appropriate for the article. Still, some of the removed text would have to be restored. Solver 16:54, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Would you maybe consider rewriting the "Why Mulder?" section a bit. In my opinion, some of the phrasing  is a bit inappropriate for article style. Solver 18:50, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  C.G.B. Spender is the closest thing to his real name - of course it's not a full name since CGB can hardly count as full. However, nothing more full than C.G.B. Spender was ever seen in canon - whatever else there might have been is purely fanfiction. Solver 19:57, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Massive chunk 

message: I have taken the liberty of setting up a new CSM quotes section in the article. Please feel free to improve it and contribute to it. I trust that its place is here and not in a Wikiquote article. If anyone disagrees, please advise.
:The quotes section is now quite large. i think they should be moved to wikiquote, like the mulder article. Cthulhu spawn 20:02, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New quotes section 

message: This part seems like speculation at best, there is nothing to indicate that "musings.." wasnt canon.  If no one complains I will remove it. - "This episode presents a relatively sympathetic, sad portrait of the character, although it is arguable if the info presented is canon."
The episode also contains a deliberate contradiction to a previous episode. In a flashback depicted in Apocrypha, CSM is shown to have already been working for the government, along with Bill Mulder, as early as 1953.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.185.21.9 (talk) 15:47, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Canon

message: how about Mitchell_Webell_III -- take a read here, this in itself is almost the plot of a backstory X files episode:  - KenChasse (talk) 16:17, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Cultural Influences

message: I just watched several episodes of "The X-Files"; at no point do they refer to him as the "Cigarette Smoking Man."  They just call him "the Smoking Man" or refer to his "Spender" alias.  Minaker (talk) 07:36, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: While it's true that he wasn't referred to onscreen as the "Cigarette Smoking Man" until the sixth season (by Scully in "Two Fathers"), long after being referred to as Cancer Man, Smoking Man, Cigarette Man, and Old Smokey, he was referred to by that name (or the CSM acronym) in scripts and by the cast and crew beginning with the pilot. "Cancer Man" was invented by the fans, spread amongst message boards and then picked up by the show, to be used occassionally. "Smoking Man," "Smokey," and "Old Smokey" were all shortened or jocular variations of the CSM moniker. "C.G.B. Spender" was derived as a way to state to the characters that he was the already established Jeffrey Spender's father. It was specifically stated that it might be "one of hundreds" of aliases (although, outside Musings, we haven't seen any other ones).--Tim Thomason 21:02, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: His name is C.G.B. Spender it says so in the episodes. The article name really should be changed to C.G.B. Spender. 193.195.195.56 (talk) 15:37, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

text: Musings aside, in the first season (at least) he is referred to as Smoking Man in the credits. As I do not have any later seasons I can't confirm his later credit listings, but I think the credits would constitute somewhat of an authoritative source (granted, this is technically original research... *shrug*). -- Mpdimitroff (talk) 07:32, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Was "Cancer Man" really invented by fans?  Mulder uses it at approximately 22:17 of the episode One Breath (Season 2, Episode 8). 150.203.110.172 (talk) 11:33, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Given how attuned the writers were to the fan community, it wouldn't surprise me if they added a 'canon' use of a fan-coined term like that. GRAPPLE X 12:31, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Name of Article

message: Mass (though not even internally consistent) use of "aesthetic" quotemarks on this page -- which I can't edit, due to semi-protection.  Would some fellow style fanatic care to edit this in line with WP:LQ?  (Or unprotect, so that I can.)  84.203.34.55 (talk) 16:06, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I've addressed any glaring LQ issues I saw, didn't look to see which quote marks were considered "aesthetic" or not but I pulled punctuation to the outside each time. Page protection expires in two days (was recently protected over recurring vandalism by an IP), so if I've missed anything you'll be able to step in soon; or just let me know if there's anything else in the meantime. GRAPPLE X 18:08, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the information, and the edit!  I'd offer the small modification that lengthy/complete quotes from a particular sources, such as "If people were to know of the things that I know...it would all fall apart." should retain the punctuation inside the quotes (I think there was one such), but your edits to the various episode titles were all correct, I believe.  84.203.34.55 (talk) 05:39, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Punctuation style 

message: While there are, obviously, many men who smoke in fiction, the other person likely to be referred to as "the Cigarette-Smoking Man" (since his name is not revealed and that is his most obvious distinguishing feature) is the one in The Penultimate Peril. 2.25.130.29 (talk) 22:18, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Is he referred to simply as "The Smoking Man" in those books? If so then this could become a disambiguation if an article was ever created for that character, though I'd argue that this article covers a far more recognised figure and would say a simple hatnote ("For the character from The Penultimate Peril, see ..."). GRAPPLE X 22:37, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation? 

message: There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages. 
The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person#RfC: Religion infobox entries for individuals that have no religion. 
Please help us determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 17:38, 23 April 2015 (UTC)
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message: The article claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald introduced Smoking Man to cigarettes. However, a flashback in episode 3X16 shows him smoking in 1953. 98.234.13.133 (talk) 20:10, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Continuity error regarding when he started smoking