![]() | This article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||
|
Kremlin's mini-bio seems to have been written using the speech patterns of Kremlin. Is it an inside joke, or should the grammar/sentence structure of Kremlin's bio be cleaned? Giminy ( talk) 05:28, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
How should Pherson, from the EM Specials, be included here? I'm going ot give it a try, and hope we'll work something strong up. ThuranX 15:51, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
I added what volume 4 will contain. I just got that off of Wildstorm's web site. Pretty sure it would be accurate since they publish it. Abrynkus 23:03, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Would a timeline be better then a Synopsis for the series?-- Brown Shoes22 18:34, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
I started to rework the article tonight to convert it to a more sourced, less 'in-universe' feel. The TImeline's probably going to be a casualty of this conversion. It's distinctly 'In-Universe', and thus conflicts with both wiki-policy onfiction oriented articles, and the WP:COMICS ideas, not that I'm a part or supporter of that group. ThuranX 00:12, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
On another in/out, I revised the themes section to reflect a more scholarly, less OR oriented ...vibe? thoughts? Suggestions? ThuranX 00:11, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
At the time of writing, the information in this article is a mix of series (Ex Machina) and character (Mitchell Hundred) information. I've made a start at editing the page so that it is primarily series related. Ideally, any character information kept should fit within the series structre rather than sticking out like a sore thumb, or farmed out to a separate Mitchell Hundred article if deemed neccessary. H. Carver 12:58, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
I've restructured the article to try and make it clearer, flow better, and read easier. In doing this I've also taken the opportunity to try and rewrite sections in the present tense as per Wikipedia guidelines on describing fictional events, and I removed some parts that I felt failed WP:V and WP:NOR. Finally, as well as editing, I added some external links, and tried to find citations for some of the things mentioned in the article.
Hopefully I've covered all the changes I've made.
The introduction seemed too long, so I reduced it down to a single paragraph. Some of what I took out I moved to the new 'Publication History' section. I cut down the paragraph about the title, as I felt it was a little unclear in what it was trying to say. The phrase deus ex machina itself is explained on its own page, and as yet we don't know what relevence it has to the comic, so I felt the important thing here was just to point to the Greek phrase that the title came from, and say how it refers to him not being the Great Machine any more. In hindsight, I should have left in the bit about Thomas Jefferson. Though the problem is, without citing any sources, writing about the possible meanins of the title falls foul of WP:NOR. :(
A new section added to give information about the history of the series. The old sections on Themes and Politics looked to fall foul of WP:NOR, so I took the verifiable infomation out of those sections and put them into this new one.
I broke this section up between Hundred and the rest of the characters so that I could expand the second on Hundred by moving the information from the old Abilities, Weapons and Equipment section in here too, as it seemed out of place before. I tried fitting the old infobox about Mitchell Hundred in here as well, but couldn't get it to look good so left it out.
As mentioned above, I rewrote the character bios slightly to try and get them into the present tense as per Wikipedia guidelines on describing fictional events.
I also removed the names of the people who Tony Harris apparently used as models for the characters, primarily because I couldn't find any citations to support the names given.
I've left this as-is. I'm not altogether comfortable with it, to be honest, but I see it's been a hot topic already, so I don't want to risk stirring the nest too much there. :) Also any attempt to replace it with a plot synopsis would take quite a while to write, and just doing what I've done so far has taken me long enough. :)
Changed this section heading to Bibliography and created a table to present the information in what, I hope, is a cleaner fasion.
This section was a bit close to 'trivia', which I've seen discouraged in Wikipedia guidelines, so I moved the interesting information to where I felt it fit better, and deleted the paragraph about what else Vaughan has done, replacing that with the See Also section instead.
H. Carver 04:59, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
This entry states that he did but from the comic, all indication shows that he was completely sane before the September 11th attacks and only started wacky thereafter. His wife's madness and subsequent powers definitely stemmed from the shrapnel, but Jackson never demonstrated the peculiar traits of madness acheived from the device, he just appears to have been undergoing post traumatic stress.
PS: Is anyone willing to add in the Ex-Cathedra storyarc,or should we wait for the tradepaperbacks to be released? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.21.58.102 ( talk) 04:25, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Image:Ex Machina TPB v1.jpeg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot ( talk) 19:44, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Now that it's over, probably a good time to cleanup the character list and write up a summary of the series. It also seems a little odd that there's no mention of parallel universes given how integral it is to the overall mythology. 70.108.241.211 ( talk) 19:27, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
I am not at all a fan of excessive detail, but because of the specific nature of this book - a date-dependent alternate history of New York City in the years following 9/11, with a lot of flashbacks - I can't think of a better way to present the information than the bulleted list already there. I'd definitely cut down the character summaries but I feel like a section template is needed there, not a template for the whole page. This page isn't that bad otherwise, and in fact shows enviable balance between "in-universe" and "out of universe" information compared to most comics articles on Wikipedia. I'm always happy to go heavy on "out of universe" - I'm not even a fan of the terms, because "universe" is marketing speak for a product line, and I'd always prefer to have a good summary if the plot is simple and then information about the real-life creators and publication history - but at worst this needs some trimming in some sections. ComicsAreJustAllRight ( talk) 06:33, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
The timeline is basically a long list. Should it be turned into prose or otherwise reformatted? RJFJR ( talk) 00:29, 12 April 2018 (UTC)