Talk:Abhorsen

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Contents 1 Requested Move 2 Discussion 3 Pronunciation 4 Article intro

[edit] Requested Move

• Talk:Abhorsen — Abhorsen → Abhorsen (Book) – I'm trying to start a new article about the Ahborsen bloodline, and not just the book. — The Destroyer 04:59, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

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• Alternative - While I support your idea, I do not support it as it is currently proposed. It would be a good thing to have an article on the bloodlines within the series, but not a good thing to have seperate articles on each of the bloodlines, since there is not enough information contained within the books to create full distinct articles. A "bloodlines" article is one I support, but not individual ones! Individual ones can be used as redirects - we can put a link "This article is about the book. For the bloodline..." Thanks. Nihiltres 16:05, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

  I'd tend to agree with that. What do you think, Orannis? —Nightstallion (?) ^{Seen this already?} 08:25, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, after a further comment from Nihiltres (see his talk page), I guess that his idea sounds reasonable: to expand on and maybe reconstruct the Five Great Charters article to accommodate new information. I'll wait for a while and see if this option gets agreement from a few more people. Thanks again, Nihiltres, for the suggestion.

The coolest guy you know - The Ninth Bright Shiner 19:43, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

I'll remove this from WP:RM now, then. —Nightstallion (?) ^{Seen this already?} 07:23, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

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• Five Great Charters Nihiltres 04:42, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

how do you pronuce this title. A-B-H-O-R-S-E-N

its "abb-horse-in" - Abhorsen123

I say it Abb- horse - unn, otherwise its difficult to say Abhorsen-in-waiting. racooon

[edit] Article intro

This article needs some restructuring at the top - I'm not sure exactly how to go about it, and am busy (when I finish extrawiki activities, I'm busy polishing off Shade's Children). My main issue is with spoilers - there are some prominent spoilers that are above the spoiler line: that Lirael is the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, and that she is also Sam's aunt are key spoilers that need to be addressed by restructuring the article. This article also needs a proper introduction - introducing the book as per Novels WikiProject standard. Sorry that I'm just leaving a complaint and not going to fix it myself - If I find time and it's not done, I'll do what I can. Nihiltres 15:21, 11 July 2006 (UTC)