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[edit] Gray Fox's Cursed Cowl

Isn't the elder scroll used by the gray fox to remove the curse from his cowl? That's the impression I got. I won't go editing it until someone verifies that, though. --PrettyMuchBryce 11:31, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

The spell placed on the cowl by Nocturnal totally obliterated your identity. You were the only one that even remembered you existed. Removal of the cowl didn't effect this. You were still stricken from history. Now, you are no longer stricken from history-the cowl simply magically conceals your identity. This cloaking ends upon removal of the cowl. --Umlautbob 08:02, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

yeah the gray fox uses a elder scroll to manipulate time to place himself back into history. 165.29.163.62 (talk) 11:56, 11 June 2008

[edit] Septim

Why does septim redirect here? -Anonymous —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.49.7.125 (talk) 19:55, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

    In english, the only use for the term 'Septim' is A) The currency used in the Elder Scrolls
    universe or B) The line of emperors in the Elder Scrolls universe.
    I think.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.146.130.31 (talk) 18:21, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Elder Scroll Image

I have an image of the Elder Scroll stolen at the behest of the Gray Fox. It can be read like any other scroll, but no legible text. Two questions: How do I go about ascertaining copyright status, and, it being textless, should I even bother adding the image to the article? --Umlautbob 08:02, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Too much attention should probably not be given to the scrolls, but rather on the series as a whole (my view anyway). --Scoo 09:17, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hmm...

I have some information I added to the article, but I realized I don't remember where I got it from. Including the planned edit and wondering if anyone can confirm it.

"Each reading imparts profound wisdow, yet apparently leaves the reader temporarily blind. Each reading of the Scrolls leads to a more profound understanding than the last, yet leaves the subject blind for a longer period. Eventually, one can achieve near-perfect understanding of the scroll, but is rendered totally and permanently blind." --Umlautbob 21:29, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Game of the Year Edition III?

Why isn't the game of the year edition on here? —This unsigned comment was added by 209.191.223.84 (talk • contribs) .


[edit] Elder Scrolls Wiki?

Doesn’t it seem redundant that the general wiki has MORE information about the minor and major aspects of game play then the Wiki Pages that were designed SPECIFICALLY for them? I’ve visited the Elder Scroll Wiki Pages but it seems to be more focused on winning strategies and cheats then it does on in game lore. This just seems to defeat the whole purpose of a Wiki page. I opt that we either clean up the Unofficial TES Pages and start from scratch, or we just remove them completely, or at least remove the link to them... 69.250.130.215 20:42, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

What's the problem? It's not as though these great masses of undirected self-possessed individuals are acting in coordination. WikiPedia has no relationship, formal or informal, with the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages. I believe, and I may be wrong, that UESP preceded Wikipedia, forming an old-style hyperlinked pseudo-fansite. I do not know what you mean by "remove them completely", given that it is immediately contrasted with "remove the link" to them, which was previously the only possible meaning I could assign to the former sentence. Do you mean to ask us to go at their servers with an axe and some Drano?
If you're interested in "game lore", then the Imperial Library is probably a better bet than UESP. Links to both the sites provide resources that Wikipedia itself cannot provide, that is, those terribe behemoths "Gamecruft" and "Fancruft". The purpose of the UESP seems to be to provide "winning strategies and cheats", in the parlance of those with their noses deep in WP:NOT, this means Gamecruft, something frowned upon socially and professionally in this land of office-chair scholars. The purpose of the Imperial Library seems to be to provide an in-depth resource to both in-game lore and more general lore-creation lore, in the zargon, this is Fancruft, something not necessarily speedily deletable, given the intangible esotericities of "Encyclopedic", and "Notable", but nonetheless frowned upon by those with more pressing concerns, like tropical storms in the nineteen-forties, the Middle Kingdoms of India, AC/DC, and the Final Fantasy series.
I can't make heads or tails of your statement, which has led me to make this incoherent reply of my own. I'd like to say, though, that I reject your proposals. As for the thought that Wikipedia is acting in a redundantly redundant manner, I'd like to say that Wikipedia has no eyes for those things other than the subjects of its articles, other wikis notwithstanding. Withstanding other wikis and nonwikis alike, with specific reference to UESP and TIL, I'd say that both serve specific purposes not falling under the banner of wikiwikiwikiwikipedia.
That is all. Good day. Cheers. Now and forever, my love goes out to you all. That dastardy purveyor of incomprehensibly overwrought sentences, Geuiwogbil 01:24, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

This article needs to seriously be rewritten. There is a lot of crap that doesn't belong here, like the Porphyric Hemophilia section which I just removed. Venyx (talk) 01:51, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Imperial Library has moved!

Hey folks,

The Library is no longer with gamingsource and we now have our own domain:

http://imperial-library.info/

I've updated this page, now I hope somebody will be so kind to update all the other links on wikipedia. The substructure of the library has remained the same so you can just swap about the domain.

86.80.122.213 16:33, 19 September 2007 (UTC)Proweler

[edit] Light Armor

Any reason that "Light Armor" redirects here? Was looking for a page on light tanks and armored vehicles. This page doesn't mention anything about it either. -Ratclaw (talk) 06:48, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Some time ago, there was an article that described the "Light Armor" skill in various iterations of the Elder Scrolls series. It was (justly) considered non-notable and deleted. And the article was redirected to here. I'd opt for redirecting it to somewhere more fitting but I dunno where yet. ^^; --Koveras ☭ 10:05, 25 April 2008 (UTC)]

Yeah, i agree that the elder scrolls wiki needs some SERIOUS work, or it should be deleted altogether.Shzam (talk) 18:37, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Section headings

I think that the section "The Elder Scrolls themselves" should be renamed to "In-game Elder Scrolls" to avoid self-reference in the section headings. Is anybody against it? --Koveras ☭ 10:05, 25 April 2008 (UTC)