Talk:Dharma Initiative/Archive 3

message: Should we put the information we learned from Hugh on Jimmy Kimmel Live in?--Rroepke 06:32, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hugh on Jimmy Kimmel?

message: Ive found some DHARMA Initiative websites why are links to them removed when I add them?
:I was wondering about this site: http://thedharmainitiative.org/ Is it a fansite or official site or what, and why isn't it linked to here?
::Not an official site. Check out the list over at LostPedia  Blade 01:18, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linking to Dharma sites 

message: According to the orientation film, there are six areas of research, though the sixth is somewhat hard to hear because of the poor quality of the film. It is something like "utopian social experiments". Shouldn't this be added as the sixth area, after electromagnetism?
This hasn't actually been confirmed yet, and we don't know if that is a station.  Untill its confirmed, it remains speculation.
There are six films. No mention of there being six stations --Gonzalo84 02:06, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aren't there 6 areas of research? 

message: # I remember that Sayid checked out the source of the magnetism in the hatch. What episode does this occur in? I wanted to resolve whether he stated or just speculated the hatch was powered by geothermal energy. I also wanted to see if he said anything firm or worth mentioning about the magnetism.
# What official source does the statement of 540 being "5x108" come from? Have I missed it in one of the podcasts? I don't think 5x108 belongs in the article unless it's backed up by a official statement that 540 is an oblique reference to "the numbers". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.173.23.111 (talk • contribs) 
::*I agree with your point that it is not relevant. Consider the units: since the timer has a cycle of 108 minutes, multiplying it by 5 yields 540 minutes, or 9 days which has no significance whatsoever. 540 days = 777600 minutes which is divisible (it follows since 540 is), the quotient being 7200 cycles between crew replacements. Again, not very significant. Arru 19:52, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing sources: geothermal energy & 540/108 

message: Is there a citation on that being the acronym? Blade 19:18, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  DHARMA acronym 

message: In the sense that they are on a mysterious island with outlandish mechanisms and so forth, yes, but no, in the sense that in Myst and in Riven one arrives on these islands by way of looking in magic books.
Don't post things like this on Wikipedia Talk pages. They aren't forums. --Trusader 00:43, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does this remind anybody else of the Myst computer games? 

message: My theory for Candle/Wickmund's arm problems in the instructional videos is that the video for the "Swan" station is actually a second version, filmed after the "incident" in which Candle/Wickmund's arm was crushed or badly damaged. This could also be why he stresses the importance of pressing the button so much in the "Swan" video, while the "Pearl" video was filmed before they knew there could even be an incident. Again, this is just a theory, but it makes sense. --Dr. Van Nostrand 19:09, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prosthetic Arm Theory 

message: Is it really necessary for Dharma to be in all caps throughout the article? Yes, I know it's an acronym, however it's not a rule for acronyms pronounced as words to always be written in full caps (e.g. Defra). In any case, the show itself uses only an initial capital, as can be seen in this screencap, therefore I think the article should reflect that. -- DocNox 08:03, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with that. Anyway, the in the article's title it is all in caps, so maybe this should be kept throughout the text. I think if in the text all "DHARMA"s are changed to "Dharma" then the article should be renamed too (to avoid confusion and stay consistent). Also the other Lost articles should be checked for this matter after a decision is made. -- Bisco 15:25, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right. I've proposed the move now at WP:RM. --DocNox 03:27, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  DHARMA or Dharma 

message: Shouldn't the Dharma Initiative symbol be somewhere on the page, I believe it was at some point in time... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.189.158.20 (talk) 02:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dharma symbol 

message: Just noticed this... the Dharma Research website contains a photo of a Stargate.  Anyone care to speculate?  Does this warrant being added to the article?  David Bailey 18:01, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dharma Research Website and Stargate