Talk:Gregor the Overlander

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[edit] Stub?

I've just finished this book. The article is pretty much a complete synopsis of the plot. What else should be added to the article so that it's no longer a stub? --MikeVitale 21:52, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

I, too, do not see what makes it a "stub". I'd appreciate some feedback on what it needs from the one who tagged it as a stub. Saugart (talk) 03:35, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Explanation of some changes I just made

Underland is always capitalized in the books. The books always say "Boots's", not "Boots'". So I made this page consistent in those ways. Saugart (talk) 03:35, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation of Luxa -- Include?

Today, MikeVitale took out the pronounciation guide to Luxa's name, summarizing his edit as: "We don't need a pronunciation "key" for Luxa."

However, in the first book, Suzanne Collins thought her readers did indeed need such a guide, and the pronunciation is not obvious. When Gregor meets Luxa, she writes:

"Louk-za?", said Gregor, trying to get the odd inflection right.

I think we should put back the pronunciation guide, and I think it should be the pronounciation that Suzanne Collins tells us to use. Any other thoughts on the matter?

I'm leaving a note on MikeVitale's talk page, suggesting that he might want to explain his reasoning here, in light of what I say above. Saugart (talk) 03:11, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

OK, I'm more than willing to discuss this point, Steve.

The first pronunciation key that I see in recent history for the page has it as "[loocsuh]" at [1].

This was changed 11 days later to "(looexa)" at [2].

Neither of these "pronunciation guides" are in IPA, which I have seen used elsewhere throughout Wikipedia, and neither of them are the "Louk-za" that you have quoted directly from the author.

Personally, if there's a pronunciation guide, I would think it should be in IPA (even though I can't make head or tail of IPA myself, but that's a topic for another day...) --MikeVitale 03:56, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

I think we're in violent agreement. Yes, the "guide" given in the article was incorrect. I'll try to put together IPA for the proper pronunciation. Saugart (talk) 12:24, 15 January 2008 (UTC)