Talk:List of extraterrestrials in fiction
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I think this list would be much better if it were organized alphabetically by series as opposed to shape. It would certainly make it easier to read. Oberiko
- My personal preference would be to sort by name and annotate each one as to series and category. The main problem with grouping like at present is that it gets really tricky if something should appear in more than one group. --Phil 10:09, Feb 25, 2004 (UTC)
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- List of fictional species lists species by name; list of fictional species by type lists them by type. I think that this page ought to follow those pages' lead and alphabetize the main page. -Sean 03:29, 28 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Surely Pikmin would count as aliens? If Chozo are in the list, Pikmin should be too. Cheese 15:59, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- who/what is it? IreverentReverend 28 June 2005 18:46 (UTC)
This is predominantly a Science Fiction list. I suggest expanding it. Any thoughts about that? Ereinion 06:10, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Redundant?
I think it's confusing to have this page (and the set it came from) as well as the Category:Fictional alien species set of pages (which is more complete).
- Actually, this set is more complete, as it was aliens and species listed that don't actually have pages, and thus cannot appear in the auto generated catagory listing. IreverentReverend 28 June 2005 18:46 (UTC)
This page seems overly redunant. There is alread a list of Alien speices by Type, and is more detailed and organized than this list.
[edit] Kromaggs
I question if they should be listed. According to Sliders the Kromaggs are not extraterrestials since they actually originate from Earth - albeit an alternate Earth. I suppose that's based on the specifics of the definition. At the least, I removed the mention of them being the descendents of Cro-Magnons since the Kromaggs' ancestors are actually "killer apes" that won the evolutionary race by murdering early homo-sapians. Their connection to Cro-Magnons is simply their name, which is meant to be a pun more than anything. --Bacteria 04:25, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
Well, Kromags are not native (ie. Alien) to our Earth (at least to the Dimension of protagonists of Sliders), and are a different, if related, speices. I say they can be considered an alien speices. I might also note that in the Sliders series, the Kromags also developed along side Homo Sapiens, so they didn't win the race.
[edit] Terellians, etc.
This list includes no less than three almost identically spelled races: Terellians, Terrelians, Terrellians, and possibly Tarellians as well. Looks to me like all four are the same race, and people only use different spellings for them. Unfortunately, none of them have articles on Wikipedia. Some have articles on Memory Alpha, but I can't currently contact the Memory Alpha servers at all, so I can't verify. What is the correct spelling? And don't tell me Star Trek is stupid enough to have four different alien races with such similar names. — JIP | Talk 14:53, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
- It is stupid enough. See:
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Terellian http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Tarellian http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Terrellian http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Terrelian . They are actually five species - there are two species called the Terrellians. Ausir 13:12, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Larry Niven
I've removed this line:
- Ptavv Pak Protector from Larry Niven's The World of Ptavvs
A Ptavv is a Thrint who lack 'The Power' and Pak are listed elsewhere. Bangers 14:53, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sentient Species
This list would benefit greatly from either having sentient species marked prominently, or by having them broken out into a seperate list. DrHydeous 18:26, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
