Talk:Survivors
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[edit] Last episode and other thoughts
I just finished watching the last episode of the third series. I didn't like the way that it was suggested that there were something like 150,000 poeple left in Scotland north of the Tay; out of an original population in that area of 1,500,000 (note that for the whole of Scotland the population in the 1970s was around 5,000,000). I think that 150,000 is quite a sustainable number of people. Norway, with a very similar demographic to Scotland would have likely have had a similar number of survivors. This 1:10 (or if you include the whole of Scotland 1:33) survivial rate just doesn't work in with the struggles for survivial suggested by episodes earlier in the series. For me I just didn't buy it. It had all gone too cosy. In England (and Wales ?) there were supposed to be something like 10,000 people out of perhaps 50,000,000 original inhabitants; meaning a survivial rate of 1:5000. I would call this a continuity problem. Similarly, regarding continuity, originally it was suggested that the chances of any survivor having a personal connection to any other survivors was extremely unlikely, and then later on we get various people connected by blood turning up, and even, with Edith Walter and her three sons, a whole family of survivors. Jooler 23:34, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
- By coincidence, I just watched the last episode today. And I agree with you about the Scottish survival rate, but I don't think its notable enough to put in the article as a controversy, if that's what your suggesting. It may have been that the Laird was lying, in order to scare the "English" (the fact Denis Lill was playing a Welshman amusingly seemed to have escaped the writer!), or simply mistaken or course. We saw no evidence of the survival rate there, or, crucially, south of there, where you think they might have visited or been noticed! As to the survival of people connected by blood - it may be that they had some kind of inherited immunity? Even in the early days, there was a suggestion that Abby's son Peter survived; then there was John's mother later. Stephenb (Talk) 19:07, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] External links - fansites etc..
To the person who controls these pages... Who made you God and deleted Rich Cross's websites and why oh why do you keep insisting on adding the word 'fan' to my site when the other sites that were listed are fan sites too and weren't listed in that way? The h2g2 site is a fan site too by the way. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.67.34.120 (talk • contribs).
- Well it wasn't God but User:Stephenb who made the changes. He is following the guidelines in Wikipedia:External links which says that "Fan sites: On articles about topics with many fansites, including a link to one major fansite is appropriate" - Well I think perhaps Stephen is misinterpreting this guide (and it is only a guide not a hard and fast rule). I think the text is referring to things like Star Trek or Doctor Who where there are thousands and thousands of fansites. There are not many fan-sites for Survivors and I don't think it inappropriate to have them here. Although I think only one link to the Mad Dog site is required. Jooler 16:14, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
Well that doesn't reflect the fact that Rich's two sites have a totally diffrent and separate Survivors focus. Just because a site has the same opening URL doesn't mean it can't contain pages on entirely different subjects. I run my Secret Army site from the same URL as my Survivors one for example. I just don't understand this unnecessary officiousness in a wiki/'information for all' environment. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.67.34.135 (talk • contribs).
- Wikipedia is not about providing lists of links to other sites. Stephenb (Talk) 11:09, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
That's as maybe but I don't remember reading in the guidelines that editors should be power-tripping bureaucrats either. To not include the link to the Mad Dog site following our discussion, given that its content is directly relevant to this wiki, is simply fatuously stubborn and can serve no other purpose than for you to demonstrate that you have power. I prepare to bow down before you - all powerful one.
I quite agree that he should adhere to the civility policy, but I'm afraid the power has gone to his head. My eyes couldn't be drier thanks. AndyP
[edit] Wish there was a Science of
Does anyone know of the right forum for discussing the science of this series ? It is a thought provoking scenario - but I can't help thinking it unrealistic. PeterGrecian 14:32, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
