Talk:Adrian Monk

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Adrian Monk merits its own article because each of the other characters listed in Monk (TV series) have their own. If one were to make this article a redirect, then all the other individual characters' articles (Sharona Fleming, Natalie Teeger, Captain Leland Stottlemeyer, etc.) would have to be deleted and redirected too. --JianLi 04:28, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

This article needs to be expanded by a great deal. Everyone of the other Monk characters have bigger articles when it seems that the other way around should be true. --Bacteria 03:40, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree. There is much more info that can be placed here. dposse 23:44, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

There are a lot of grammatical errors throughout the article, particularly run-on sentences and the like, not to mention a few flat-out plotline errors (Monk does rearrange a crime scene due to his OCD in the fourth episode of the first season - this article states that he is "always careful not to disturb a crime scene"). Maybe somebody would like to see into that...I'm not much of a writer-type. RpgActioN 06:15, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Monk is hilarious. -Raves Yancyfry jr

It says on the Monk official website that he has 38 phobias though only 35 are listed here... sorry i don't know the rest but i thought i'd mention it

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[edit] Diagnosis

Whenever I edit to say that Monk has obsessive-compulsive personality disorder rather than obsessive-compulsive disorder, my edit gets reversed. The note for when this happened most recently says a verifiable source is needed. Am I supposed to add a footnote referencing DSM-IV, or would it be enough for confused readers to just look at the articles on those two disorders and see which one is a better match?

Whatever the diagnosis may be, it should have a verifiable citation. Referencing DSM-IV would be considered original research. You should find something from an interview with a writer or creator of the show. Jtrost (T | C | #) 12:26, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
I take real issue with that. The creator of the show has admitted he didn't really even know what OCD was when this was created. At the least this should be rewritten to reflect that within the show's universe it's claimed Monk is "obsessive-compulsive". It should reflect that the actual condition displayed may not by OCD. --Wolfpup7 (talk) 15:27, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
So has anyone from the show specifically called it OCD? There's no citation given for that either (at least that I can find), so why does that diagnosis get preference? psychojosh13
"But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife, a devastated Monk became obsessive-compulsive." Shannernanner 11:04, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

The article says that Monk was born in 1959 based on the class reunion episode. I added a comment saying that he would have been born in 1958 based on the Monk and LIttle Monk episode. Someone changed that to "around 1959". If you graduated from 8th grade in 1972 (Monk and Little Monk) the only way you can graduate from college in 1981 (Class reunion) is if you take five years to graduate from high school, five years to graduate from college, or skip a year in there somewhere. Based on this, the estimated birth year should be changed to 1958. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.142.234.229 (talk) 19:32, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

It is curse (and gift) of Monk. As noted many times, he considers a murder to be out of his conception of the order of the universe. He puts it in "order" by making sense of it and solving the crime. His own disorders makes him hyper-aware of disorder, and his need to put things in order make him an incredible detective. In Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine he cured his problems... but also lost his skill as a detective and his ability to remember Trudy as she truly, deeply, loved him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jclinard (talk • contribs) 10:26, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Verifiability

Sure Monk has quite a few phobias. Still, I'd like that each phobia to be commented in which episode it was mentioned, per wikipedia policy of citing the sources. `'mikkanarxi 04:50, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:MONK Season4Cover.jpg

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[edit] Running track

SHould Monk running track be mentioned here?Everyoneandeveryone 20:01, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:MonkSeason5DVDCover.jpg

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BetacommandBot 06:58, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Phobia of startrek?

Imperfection no longer redirects to lack of perfection, it links to a startrek episode titled "Imperfection", likewise the phobia name afterwords links to a -phobia in general instead of the actual (would be a red link) phobia... Just stating —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.89.49.205 (talk) 10:36, 7 December 2007 (UTC)