Talk:Alter ego

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Contents 1 Common mispelling 2 Further Information 3 Comics 4 Which is which? 5 Etymology 5.1 more entries 5.2 Secret Identities 6 Uh, yeah... 7 Lists

[edit] Common mispelling

Is "common misspelling" really necessary? I don't think many people looking for information on a religious object would accidentally wind up at "alter ego". -Joshuapaquin 01:08, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

• UPDATE: Someone fixed it. Thanks. -Joshuapaquin 01:24, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

I agreed with you Josh. Alter is quite rightly not listed as common misspelling of altar at either Wikipedia:List of common misspellings or List of common misspellings in English, so I deleted the ref to it. Moriori 01:27, May 4, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Further Information

It would be very good to have some further information on the real life psychological phenomenon of the Alter ego, its causes and background.

[edit] Comics

[1] has info on alter egos in comic books

[edit] Which is which?

Since, just for instance, Clark Kent was first and is the "real" human, why is he listed as Superman's alter ego, when the Clark personality is dominant?

[edit] Etymology

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=alter%20ego

[edit] more entries

what about verbal and kaiser soze from usual suspects?

[edit] Secret Identities

Most of these entries are "secret identities" rather than alter egos. The lists need an enema. Asok of C Block 05:11, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Uh, yeah...

"Bill Bailey's alter ego is Axl Rose." - oh?

Also, is it really necessary to have all those comic-book secret identities listed (Batman, Superman, Hulk, Thor, etc)? The "fictional alter-egos" list is boring and uninspired as it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.158.222.67 (talk) 20:34, 24 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Lists

I think we could do without the lists of alter egos. They are to long, and clash with What Wikipedia Is Not.--Orthologist 17:00, 19 February 2007 (UTC)