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[edit] old talk

The title is sexist (not sex-neutral) Should be "little green persons"  :-) Pdn 15:04, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

In fact, it's size-ist and colour-ist as well. It should really be Persons of a certain size and colour (or Sized coloured persons, perhaps).-Ashley Pomeroy 17:47, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
Wiktionary:man - See that one of the definitions is a general term for person. It could also be said to be specieist in that same way. ~ Ghelæ talkcontribs 18:27, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

I've divided the article into two distinct sections: LGM-1 (which is what the article was about originally) and Extraterrestrials. I've also extended the Extraterrestrials section. --Bruce1ee (Talk) 10:57, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

I cannot believe this article has no pictures. This must be remedied. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 15:16, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Two years later, I agree! The lack of pictures ruins the article. Thedreamdied 21:30, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Actual little green men

The entry does a really good job of outlining the origins of the term and idea (is it possible to have a little timeline down the side I wonder?) but there are few actual accounts of LGMs being seen. For example the Hopkinsville Goblins weren't green but more of a glowing silver colour [1], although this hasn't stopped people from having the Kelly Green Men Festival [2]. Sightings are more common in South America, where a wider variety of extraterrestrials are reported, but they have cropped up in North America too [3] (Emperor 18:11, 19 March 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Origin of "green"

It may be worth including that extraterrestrials are green because of old idea (dating to beginnings of science-fiction and canals on Mars) that they could live off sunlight, like green plants. This was part of image of aliens as technologically and scientifically advanced, peaceful and well-organized to the extent of being capable to mount exploration of Earth, build planet-wide canals on Mars and catch humans for experiments. I cannot trace it to the source, but this idea was still floating around in early 1980's. 131.152.84.114

Well, can you find a source, at least one which can be ref'd to in the article? ~ Ghelæ talkcontribs 09:55, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Heavily Aubeck-centric article

This entire article is essentially a fawning resummation of original research conducted by seemingly self-appointed "folklore researcher" Chris Aubeck. Either more citations should be found for the incidents in question, or a lot of the stuff should be pulled. —Ryan McDaniel 21:55, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

There aren't exactly a lot of people who have bothered to research the origins of LGM. Aubeck has done the most research on the term and reproduces on his website scans of the articles he's turned up in his electronic searches, tracing the origins back to the beginning of the 20th century. In other words, it's not just his say-so: he can prove the articles with the term LGM exist. You can go read them for yourself. Seems like a very good source to me and I fail to see what is "fawning" about it.Dr Fil 06:36, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
I'll assume you're right—I can't check Aubeck's website right now—and "fawning" was perhaps a bit over the top anyway, so sorry about that (and to Aubeck, too, if he's reading this). In any case, wherever possible, the references to Aubeck's site should be replaced by references to any original documents he's got there. My objection was a citation that basically read like "well, this one guy says...." I'll do it myself when I've got time, or of course you're welcome to (especially since you seem a little more familiar with the subject than I am). —Ryan McDaniel 18:11, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Apology accepted :-) --217.125.215.83 20:28, 6 August 2007 (UTC) [User:Chris Aubeck]

[edit] Martians, Go Home

How about include Martians, Go Home in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.55.135.125 (talk) 22:33, 1 September 2007 (UTC)