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NShould she be listed as a Fictional Blonde, her hair is dyed if I recall correctly. She's really a brunette.

-I'd say that definatly makes her a "fictional blonde";)Stevecudmore (talk) 00:36, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Contents 1 Deleted paragraph 2 Top martial artist in the DC?? 3 Infinite Crisis 4 Canary Cry 5 Source?

[edit] Deleted paragraph

I removed the following paragraph from the entry, which is speculative ("some fans"?):
Oracle and Black Canary behave so affectionately towards one another that some fans have begun to speculate as to the possible lesbian undertones of their relationship, much to the dismay of older, purist fans.--Galliaz 01:32, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

She should be a fictional blonde because she is always shown that way. In addition, she used to wear a blonde wig but has now dyes her hair blonde, so I think she sees herself as a blonde and so should be considered one.

The category Fictional Blondes has been deleted. CovenantD 03:13, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Galliaz, it was good to remove the paragraph. Anyone following the Birds of Prey storylines knows that Babs has had an on-again, off-again relationship with Dick Grayson, while Dinah has had a series of short relationships. The embracing that the two have had is one borne of genuine friendship (Babs essentially rebuilt Dinah's Black Canary career); it has never been hinted that a romance exists between the two.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Quidam65 (talk • contribs) 12:53 November 3, 2006

[edit] Top martial artist in the DC??

How is she rated as one of the top when she couldn't beat Strike? Nightwing defeated him, and defeated him rather easily. Another thing In BOP Black Canary admits that Nightwing is better than she is in the fight with "The Brothers Silk." And you people still can't give Nightwing his credit as being one of the best DC martial artist alive.

It's a conspiracy, I tell you. Does anyone think Nightwing isn't good? But Black Canary has been training for a year or two with Lady Shiva and with the people who trained her. --Chris Griswold 23:14, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Trying to make this category a little more consistent. (By the way, if your copy of the Brothers Silk story has her admitting that, you must have added a line in with a pencil. Nothing like that is ever said in the book).D1Puck1T 19:41, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. I wrote the thing and it never says anything like that.

Gail

[edit] Infinite Crisis

Please do not add speculation about Dinah's role in the founding of the Justice League. We don't know yet, so there's no need to anything to the article. --Chris Griswold 21:47, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

I disagree; one of the main points of Infinite Crisis was to return Wonder Woman to her role as a JLA founder, and this was clearly depicted in the comic. I did not say Dinah was now definitively not a founder, but merely said things were now "unclear," which is true. What is wrong with factually pointing out the issue raised by the end of IC, properly couched and qualified? Would you care to offer some language regarding the possible implications of IC? Chris1435 21:51, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

No. There is no news, and we don't need to include the fact that there is no news. This is the general policy of the Wikiproject. --Chris Griswold 01:33, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

The fact that Wonder Woman has been restored to Silver-Age JLA history is not "news?" The article's statement regarding BC's "retroactively replacing Wonder Woman in all Silver Age appearances with the team" is now at best questionable and at most patlently false. How can she have "replaced" Wonder Woman if Wonder Woman was there? All I'm asking for is a simple statement acknowledging the IC business in some brief way; otherwise the article is misleading. Chris1435 18:21, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

You're right. Take a look at the Infinite Crisis section. Don't worry about the present tense. I am going to go over this whole article within the next few days. I'm going to update it, copy edit it, and fil in the blanks (with some help from my fiancee).--Chris Griswold 02:43, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Looks good. Thanks for working together. Chris1435 03:27, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

No problem. You were right; we just needed to come together. --Chris Griswold 06:21, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Since the "Progeny" story-arc in Birds of Prey is now finished, I think this section should be written entirely in the past tense.--Galliaz 21:12, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

It has been generally accepted by the WikiProject that literary present tense is appropriate for fictional character articles. See Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man. For more informations, see: Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#Check your fiction, Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)#Tense, & Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Comics/Archive 11#Literary present tense. --Chris Griswold 22:06, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Okey, dokey.--Galliaz 23:13, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Canary Cry

I feel that a very small paragraph could be included about various uses of the Canary Cry over the years, although I lack the expertise necessary for writing it. I do recall Mr. Terrific having her knock out all the guards in the White House by altering the pitch of her cry, during a JLA-JSA crossover, and (if memory serves), in Batgirl her cry was sufficient to destroy a stone dam or something along those lines.D1Puck1T 07:29, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Source?

"The effects of this experience, both physical and mental, were severe. Dinah suffered not only the loss of her Canary Cry, but also her ability to have children." I know she was tortured, but exactly where does it say that she was unable to have children because of it? User: Oncedead

It's indicated in issue #34 of the first GREEN ARROW series. --Carmen