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[edit] "Cannot be construed to be offensive"

I imagine the ones about "hellion Jews" could be construed to be potentially offensive, certainly enough to have tiles deliberately removed. Perhaps the point should be qualified more? Acb 00:38, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Right, but that was a very unusual example. The vast majority of them are of the "TOyNBEE IDEAS IN KUbricK's 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPiTER" variety, which causes little concern. Indeed, Philadelphians who work downtown, (including myself), are so used to seeing these things, (vaguely, since they are now so worn away), that one often has to point out to them that they are a "mystery" before they give them a second thought. Before I found this article on Wikipedia, I had never even stopped to really look at them before, (of course, stopping in the middle of Philly traffic is a bit dangerous in the first place). Func( t, c ) 04:36, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Morasco

I'm not sure how much traffic the James Morasco page gets, so I'll ask it here too: Is there any reason that article shouldn't just be merged here?--Pharos 05:46, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Yes. We don't know whether James Morasco is the tilist. Diego001 20:41, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

The "James Morasco" and "Toynbee tiles" pages should not be merged. Morasco cannot be difinitively identified as the creator of the tiles. Also, new tiles have been created since Morasco's death in 2003. While it is possible that the tiles could have been created by Morasco, they have obviously also been made by others. Because it cannot be proved that Morasco is the tilist (or even 1 tilist), these articles cannot be factually or logically merged.

I wrote the original James Morasco article, and I agree. — Walloon 03:12, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Is Morasco notable for anything other than potentially creating the Toynbee tiles? If not, I don't beleive he should have a separate article. -- Scott eiπ 07:59, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Similarities to Obey?

Perhaps some mention should be made of the "phenomonology" effect popularized by Obey's "Andre the Giant has a Posse" placement? I've always found the two quite similar. NEMT 06:38, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lucky Dragons

The lucky dragons have a song called "Resurrect Dead On Planet Jupiter" and I was thinking of adding a section on influences, things that have been a response to the tiles, but I think influences sounds like things that influenced the tiles - so, since I can;t think of a proper heading, I'm not doing it. Perhaps "Cultural Reactions?" Anyway, add it if you feel like it. — 70.127.79.43 10:11, 8 May 2006 (UTC)


--Cultural References would be more appropriate. — 204.245.122.21 07:51, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

There are several other songs that have been written in response to the tiles. There are two by The Vivian Girls Experience - "Toynbee Idea In Movie 2001 Resurrect Dead On Planet Jupiter" and "You Must Make An Glue Tiles". Also, in the making of the Toynbee tile documentary film, two musicians have contributed songs for potential inclusion in the soundtrack. The Philadelphia band Eulogy had a 1999 album titled "Resurrect Dead", a tile reference, and there are other examples I can't think of at the moment. I think such a page would be warranted. — Wholly Ghost 01:11, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Southwest corner of Broad and Juniper"??

Broad and Juniper Streets run parallel to each other. There is no "corner of Broad and Juniper." — 172.145.149.208 7:21, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

This seems to refer to Juniper at Penn Square, which the poster apparently considers to be part of Broad. Mdbrownmsw 17:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reminiscent of another cryptic figure

The broken phrasing and some of the subject matter seem reminiscent of the ravings of Francis E. Dec (http://www.teleport.com/~dkossy/kooksmus.html), a well-documented but still mysterious 'involuntary dadaist' (my own phrase). A cult-like following has grown up around him over time. I would guess that he and the Toynbee creator are different people, yet there is a similarity in their way of writing which struck me. — 65.121.64.2 10:53, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge after AFD: James Morasco => Toynbee tiles

James Morasco at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Morasco (2007-09-30 – 2007-10-06) Merge→Toynbee tiles and redirect

This Article for Discussion activity led to the general conclusion that James Morasco is not sufficiently notable as a person to support a biography article, but that his notability in the context of the Toynbee tiles phenomenon is sufficient to secure a place for him in this article. There is already material in this article on this person, the question is how much more of the content from the biographical article should be included here before converting the article to a redirect tagged with Template:R from merge? I closed this AFD; therefore, I felt as part of the closure I should provide a space for discussion of the merger here. Regards --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 14:40, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inclusion of block quote

I noticed this article had a huge block quote from an ostensibly copyrighted source. I'm planning to come back and delete the material unless someone can demonstrate that it is posted in keeping with WP:C and Fair use policies. Regards.Trilobitealive (talk) 13:58, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I have removed this material. Please see WP:C. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Trilobitealive (talk • contribs) 03:54, 23 February 2008 (UTC) Thank you SineBot! I too often forget the tildes for some reason.Trilobitealive (talk) 20:22, 23 February 2008 (UTC)