Talk:List of fictional scientists and engineers

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[edit] A NEEDED CHANGE

This page is redirected from the page for listing fiction heroic scientists. This page itself should be the "List of fictional scientists and engineers."

I say wechange it so what is already up gets put in a page for heroic scientsts, and we use this page to list to list the lists. list of things like heroic scientsts, mad scientist, evil geniuses, and other such people. Corrupt one 03:29, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Character scope

Are we supposed to enter English-language literary sci/tech figures only, or might there be place for other (western culture?) heroes as well in this article? Just wondering. (All descriptions and references would necessarily have to be in English, of course.) --Wernher 23:29, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Any appropriate characters will do. - Kchishol1970

[edit] Comical 'heroes'

Are heroes of a more comical flavor suitable for inclusion? An example I just added is the boy genius Dexter (cartoon character), who some times, in some ways, is a hero, but equally often just makes a total mess (bad luck, obviously). :-) --Wernher 07:28, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Article title change?

I just noticed that there is a suitable category for this article: Fictional heroic scientists (hmm, I feel inclined to add " and engineers" to that one). In that regard, I started to wonder whether we should rather rename the present article to List of fictional heroic scientists and engineers (i.e., swap "fictional" and "heroic") ? --Wernher 03:30, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Extreme makeover!

I just re-did this page. I put all the names in alphabetical order, and gave them a harmonious look. It now goes: Hero name (movie/book/series) Description Please don't mess it up ;)

I also added two new categories for Star Trek heroes and DC/Marvel Comic heroes, because there are so many of them.

And I added a new hero, Dr. Dyson of Terminator 2. How could he have been forgotten for so long!

--Ritchy 19:20, 20 Jun 2005

And I added a new hero, Dr. Dyson of Terminator 2. How could he have been forgotten for so long!
What can we say? We blew it! He should have been on board miles and miles ago! Atlant 12:22, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Would've been more appropriate to put the title names in italics, instead of the names. Kieff | Talk July 1, 2005 05:07 (UTC)
Done and done. It now has the look:
  • Hero Name (movie/book/series) Description.
--Ritchy 10:50, 3 July 2005
Thanks, but you edited out Cyrus Smith. Please be more careful next time. Samohyl Jan 17:33, 8 August 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Are archaeologists really scientists?

I was wondering this because archaeologists (like Indiana Jones) don't really deal with empirical data. They deal with interpretations of history. History itself cannot be analyzed empirically because mostly we are left with previous individual's often subjective account of the past. What archaeologists do most of the time is try to achieve a more objective interpretation of the past based on what is already known or written. Doesn't that just make them another type of historian?Mr. ATOZ 18:11, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Last I checked, archeology was considered a science. A sometimes controvertial one, that's true, but the purpose of this page isn't to expose or settle this debate. We should just stick with the accepted convention that archeology is a science, until the issue is settled. --Ritchy 01:46, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Toshi Sato invented universal translator?

Maybe I am mis-remembering, but it seems to me that the universal translator was a gift from the Metrons in the TOS episode where Kirk battles the Gorn. ChrisWinter 03:29, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hal Emmerich (Otacon) Error...

Otacon didn't create Metal Gear RAY, he designed Metal Gear REX. RAY was designed by the US Marines. I changed it.

[edit] Less-specific catergories

The section "Scientists and engineers in anime and Japanese video games" should just be "Scientists and engineers in animation and video games", seeing as there are obviously more animated programmes and video games than anime and Japanese video games. Also, Star Trek shouldn't have its own section, seeing as there are a lot of scientists in other TV programmes. This looks like a pretty biased article. I also changed "Gordan Freeman" to "Gordon Freeman", its correct spelling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coozins (talk • contribs) 00:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Changed titles

I changed the title of "Scientists in Anime and Japanese video games" to "Scientists in animation and video games". The title was too biased. There are other video games than Japanese ones, you know, and Anime isn't the only type of animated programme that exists. I also added three scientists that I thought were worth mentioning: Albert Wesker and William Birkin from Resident Evil 2 and Dr. Zoidberg from Futurama. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coozins (talk • contribs) 22:07, 24 December 2007 (UTC)