Talk:List of Dune terminology

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[edit] Creation of this article

I created this article primarily as a central resource for explanations of what I'll call the 'minor' Dune terminology used throughout Dune articles but often not explained (like 'inkvine' or 'nullentropy'). Information on such topics is important but in many cases does not warrant an individual article.

There are certainly some Dune terminology stubs (and stubs yet to be created) that I feel should be merged with this list; I would say that any stub of only a couple of sentences has a place here. If readers are simply redirected from where a main article would be, a full article could be created in the future should need arise, and links in other articles would remain accurate. (see Nullentropy, my own article which I have merged here)

For the sake of being comprehensive, I am including as many Dune terms as possible, with brief explanations and links to their main articles. My thinking is that, like me, once a reader is on this page he or she may be interested in looking into other terms. TAnthony 23:05, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maula Pistol

I may be wrong but I thought that Maula Pistols fired pellets rather than darts. In Children of Dune when Jessica is attacked with one it leaves a round hole in her robe which a dart would not. They could also be modified to hold poisons but the primary use was simply as a projectile weapon. I wanted to check this against someone else's knowledge so I did not edit the main article. 195.137.108.52 07:24, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

The definition used here is lifted verbatim from the glossary in the back of Dune; if anyone comes across any contradicting information in the texts, by all means add it (with a reference, of course). There are several seeming inconsistencies/errors in the Dune series. See Discrepancies between Dune novels. TAnthony 15:59, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Deletion tag/Copyright issues

This page is an important part of the Dune series of articles, as it defines many key terms that would otherwise exist as a host of stubs. I do see, however, the copyright issue. So, assuming this will solve the problem, I will go through the page and rewrite as many definitions as possible, and quote and reference the rest (and, or course, any of Herbert's phrasing at all). I will need a few days to accomplish this, of course! Please post here any related suggestions that would help in my efforts. Thanks. TAnthony 01:12, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

OK, I've cited every direct quote from the Dune glossary as well as obvious rewrites derived directly from that source. I've also made some slight edits in some cases with copyright issues in mind. I know further edits, additions and rewrites will only improve the article, and it seems to not violate any policy at this point. TAnthony 06:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Great. Much happier with that now. Pete Fenelon 15:02, 23 January 2007 (UTC)