Talk:Dharma Initiative

message: Given that "[station] One (the first built) is in California," that "The Lamp Post is [...] located in Los Angeles," and that since the Lamp Post was used to find the island it was, of necessity, built before the others, is it not then extremely likely that the Lamp Post is station One? Should the numbering in the article show that? mennsa (talk) 13:57, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the Flame is #4 and it had clearly been finished long before the Swan (#3), so I'm guessing the numbers don't correspond to the order in which they were built. --Jackieboy87 (talk · contribs) 14:25, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: well, the blast door maps have a lot more stations.  According to the blast door map there is a "light manufacturing facility" as well as a "meteorological observation station" that are directly cited on the blast door map that have yet to be shown.  There is a "CVII", which conceivably could be station 107 if you believe in roman numerals, or could be some combination thereoff.  Agree with where this is heading, if it were up to me, there would be a 'Oldham's Station' to reflect the nature of Oldham's station, that seemed to be the designated interrogation area, even if not a permanent facility.  Whippletheduck (talk) 03:29, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Station Numbering & the Lamp Post

message: I am sure that by Season 6, there will be a better reason given why the same man claims in no less then three different Dharma Initiative films/documentaries that he is whom he says he is. And while it is still possible that at this point, anything could be true, but I think we need to address him by whatever film he appears in in the context we saw it on the show  By that, in the Swan Station, he needs to be refered to as Dr Marvin Candle; on the Orchid, as Dr Edgar Halliwax; and in the Pearl Station by Pierre Chang name he used; (and possible in the FLAME station as well, I don't remember his name in that computer thing).  Whippletheduck (talk) 09:32, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Dr Marvin Candle/Edgar Haliwax/Pierre Chang

message: In this show, it has become all but impossible to take Ben at his word on ANYTHING he says.  The man lies as his first, second, and third resort thru out the show (and is a complement to actor Michael Emerson).   Wiki is not a place for deliberate discussions on the pros and con's of what a fictional character may or may not say or do.    So my two cents is that we need to let it be at some point with the simple statement of "Ben cannot be taken at his word on anything he says" as it is impossible to do so.  I can think of a hundred ways Ben's "not always" statement could be twisted so that he gets himself off the hook for ordering the purge to him flat out lying to Locke and Hurley about it.  Whippletheduck (talk) 07:44, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Benjamin Linus Credibility

message: Out of curiosity, why is Cloverfield's inclusion of the Bagua "clearly the Dharma logo"? Are we changing history now? One of the beauties of wikipedia is how researching one topic can lead you to research many other connected ones. In this case the bagua reference is a dead end --217.14.11.181 (talk) 20:16, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed!  When I clicked on the image of the "Dharma" logo from Cloverfield included in this article, I thought it looked like a simple bagua instead.  It's a small image, but when I enlarged it, I didn't see any symbols in the center circle, as a Dharma Initiative logo would have. --Lance E Sloan (talk) 18:34, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: The trigram itself is NOT the DI logo

message: DHARMA Initiative → Dharma Initiative — Okay, I'll try this again since the page got moved with no discussion and then the redirect accidentally edited so it couldn't be moved back. The title is an acronym, however according to Acronym and initialism#Case, acronyms pronounced as words or of a certain length are not necessarily always written in all capitals. Also this is the name of a group from a television show, and the show itself does not in fact use all capitals, as can be seen in this screenshot. --DocNox 05:21, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: The article refers to the planet Mercury as the Morning Star and Evening Star in the discussion "Station ? : the Staff = Caduceus which in greek/roman mythology refers to mercury (morning/evening star)."  Venus, not Mercury is the morning/evening star. See: morning star and hesperus.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.65.21.231 (talk) 05:19, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: ERROR

message: I don't remember there ever being any confirmation on the temple being a station. I thought the Temple was an actual Temple, and I don't think it has ever been classifed as a station. If this is true then there should be some kind of confirmation.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alotofsparetime (talk • contribs) 13:59, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: On the map which whos the temple, there is a dharma logo. Tabor (talk) 23:47, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The Temple is a Station?

message: In the section about the Hydra station, a possibility is mentioned of a connection between the station and a shark seen in a previous episode. The episode featured a shark with the DHARMA logo near its fin. However, in the article about the aforementioned episode, it is stated that the creators of Lost wanted this to be nothing more than an easter egg. So shouldn't the part about sharks be amended?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.110.104.152 (talk) 17:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connection to Sharks 

message: The section for The Staff states "It is a room, as told by Juliet, used for the mothers that have given birth on the island. It is where the mothers are taken to die."
Near as I can tell, these women that die haven't actually given birth - they generally die while still pregnant and in their second trimester ("Most of the women made it into the middle of their second trimester, nobody made it to their third." - Juliet in D.O.C.).  I don't think a single woman that ever actually gave birth on the island died in that room - the only two women known to have given birth on the island lived on.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.6.202.64 (talk) 12:12, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Staff - Mothers that have given birth? 

message: Perhaps the meaning of the Dharma Initiative is to research the absolute truths and meanings of the universe. The word Dharma is "an Indian spiritual and religious term, that means one's righteous duty, or any virtuous path in the common sense of the term. In Indian languages it contextually implies one's religion. Throughout Indian philosophy, Dharma is present as a central concept that is used in order to explain the "higher truth" or ultimate reality of the universe."
The symbol of Dharma is "The Wheel". If you look at the center of the wheel. It quite resembles the Dharma Initiative logo doesn’t it?
Simply look at the wikipedia article on Dharma.
63.127.8.130 (talk) 14:16, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  dharma 

message: Should this be "Cerebus Security System" or "Cerberus Security System?"  I've never watched the show, so I don't know, but the latter seems a bit more likely.  Unless, of course, the writers are having a little joke.
Nah, that's unheard-of among TV show writers...
Anyhow, someone conversant with the show might want to check this.
*Septegram*Talk*Contributions* 14:48, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Security System

message: I can't seem to remember where/when there was a Half Life mention on Lost's Season 1. If someone could please citate some references, I might remember. Otherwise, that piece of info should receive the [cit nedded] tag.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.46.253.180 (talk) 23:56, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lost appearences on pop culture 

message: It's both within this article and Lamp Post within the 316 (Lost) article. Consensus please?
:ABC's official summary of the episode uses Lamp Post. --Jackieboy87 (talk · contribs) 22:47, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Lamppost or Lamp Post?

message: This article has the purge taking place in 1992, whereas Danielle reached the island in 1988.  However, the latter was the same year that Alex was taken as a baby, when Ben and Ethan had already joined the others, meaning that the purge had already taken place four years before the given date.  Given that the link to that date is dead, I question the accuracy of the given date.  It would certainly explain why the Dharma never picked them up given they were already dead. 86.177.111.33 (talk) 20:09, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of purge and Danielle's team reaching the island

message: Removed it because it was unsourced, but to be re-incorporated if it is found to be true. That Ole' Cheesy Dude (Talk to the hand!) 02:31, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed unsourced info 

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