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VLC Player it's open source player. One of releases called "Rincewind". I thought in honor of Terry Pratchett. www.videolan.org (version 2)
Not sure that I like that picture. Would it be possible to get a screen-shot from one of the computer games or the one with a potato from the cookbook under "Fair Use"? JP Godfrey 22:22, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
-Better yet, the one from Art of Discworld, with A'Tuin in the background. Raveled
How to pronounce his name? -- 86.56.0.199
I could scan in the image from the Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? manual, page 15 provides a black and white sketch of Rincewind and the luggage, of which, the image of Rincewind would be ample, particulary as it will be fair use under a lower resolution. Dr dozzy ( talk) 16:48, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Um... what? I don't recall this. In fact, wasn't he trapped in the Dungeon Dimensions at the end of Sourcery? - DynSkeet 13:04, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Well, if you want to get technical, The Companion states that Rincewind pretty clearly defeated Coin, albeit in a non-traditional fashion. And Coin was almost certainly the highest-ranking wizard on the Disc. So, technically, I'd say it's accurate to say that Rincewind should have moved up a rank, at the very least.
"Sourcery" is a bit odd on the whole level system, because it occurs on the day of changing of Archchancellors, the book states on page 17 that there are 8 levels of wizardry (supposedly the arch is the only 8th), the appointed new arch is Wayzygoose. Later, when coin confronts the wizards, Skarmer Billias fingers his eighth level sash (pp. 32-33), and at p. 40 the narrative states that Carding is also an 8th level.
About the matter of beating/defeating the sourcerer at "Interesting times" Ridcully tells (during his attempt to cajole him to take a trip to the agaetian empire) Rincewind that because no one from the UU saw him do it, "Probably doesn't count, then" (p. 43) — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
109.160.174.166 (
talk) 17:48, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
How can you "inadvertently derive" a name? It's not deriving it if you're doing it by accident. That's just coincidence... -- 81.155.124.36 18:31, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know if Rincewind will be returning in any books later on? Or has Terry Pratchett phased him out completely? I hope not.
There is not mention in the article of the one spell that Rincewind knows, despite it being talked about quite a bit in The Color of Magic and a major focus of The Light Fantastic. Does anyone want to add this? ZPS102 03:39, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
It's one of the 8 spells that created the universe isn't it? He starts saying it in COM, but I can't remember it off hand. I can have a look later though. And it's taken up all the room in his head.-- Kymii 09:50, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
I've only read COM, and I'm equally curious as to what the spell is and if anything else ever came of it. I was surprised it wasn't mentioned, but didn't add because I haven't read any more of the books.-- Pittsburghmuggle 21:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, the spell was a major part of The Light Fantastic. And IIRC, didn't the spell leave his head at the end of that book? -- Cronodude360 ( talk) 08:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
When Rincewind is being described in Sourcery it says (about his hat)
"You can tell he's a wizard, because he's got a pointy hat with a floppy brim. It's got the word 'Wizzard' embroidered on it in big silver letters, by someone whose needlework is even worse than their spelling. There's a star on top. It has lost most of its sequins."
Bearing in mind that this is the first Discworld book with him in I've read so far, and I'm currently reading it, it looks like it's talking about the star, not the word 'Wizzard', when it's talking about sequins. -- Muna 13:26, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
I was reading the The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic and at first he could only communicate with Rincewind because he only spoke Trob, and later on he could understanding everything any character said. I'm not sure when this happened, it might just be a discrepancy between the two books. Anyone know what happened there? 58.109.81.156 ( talk) 08:06, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
I get the distinct notion that Rincewind's titles, however fictional even within the Discworld universe itself, deserve to be mentioned in full on this page.
What keeps me from editing the page and entering all 7 titles straight away, maybe even as a separate paragraph, is the nagging uncertainty whether it is correct to put them here on this page or not.
Should there be a poll for such a topic, regarding the addition of such a paragraph? Would it be more proper to add them only to the pages for each book where the titles occur?
Furthermore, if there are no objection to adding a separate "Titles" paragraph on the Rincewind page, should any other text than the titles themselves be non-quoted text to avoid copyright infringement?
Feel free to comment on these thoughts. :-)
Tkrokli 05:33, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I say go nuts. Paragraph would be great, maybe discussing the circumstances of each title re: prophecies and what not.
WookMuff 06:24, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, love the feedback, especially positive ones. :-)
Tkrokli 07:21, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Well, job almost done, made a minor mistake by losing the functionality of the existing footnote and also not getting my added footnote to work either. Must investigate this. Tkrokli 08:35, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I'd help out but i only just got the hang of referencing myself so i don't trust my L33+ skillz0rz :) WookMuff 09:28, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Since so many editors speedily announced their belief that Rincewind article should not be deleted, it is time for them to jump from the easy "keep of course he's notable" to the real work of making the article actually show that he is. I have tagged some places that may be easy or most useful to correct. Please feel free to add reliably sourced material to other areas of the article as well. GundamsRus ( talk) 17:22, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
i just finished reading "Mort" a few weeks back and i cant remember Rincewind apearing in it! i may be wrong, but i dont think he did! —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarmeladenKind ( talk • contribs) 12:18, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Why is there a section on Evil Harry Dread? It doesn't mention Rincewind and I'm sure the two never meet; there's no indication that one even knows of the existance of the other — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.175.97.87 ( talk) 11:38, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
As cool as that would be, I swear I've also heard Pratchett say he did it by accident. – Bellum ( talk) ( contribs) 15:20, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
I am kind of assuming that UK spelling is best here, as Terry Pratchett is an English writer. Accordingly, I have fixed the woolen/woollen thing, but I notice that "woollen" gets a wriggly red line underneath it in the edit box, and here on the talk page too. It is almost as if the edit box has a spellchecker set to US English. If so, could that spellchecker be reset to UK spelling, in articles in which UK spelling would be appropriate? The reason I raise it is that many editors might be genuinely unaware that there is a US/UK difference here (woolen/woollen). It's not like lift/elevator, pavement/sidewalk etc, which we probably all know about. Woolen/woollen is a case where a spellchecker, set to the appropriate variety of English, could serve a useful purpose. Sorry if I am nitpicking, but if there is any way to reset the edit box spellchecker, it would be easier for editors to use UK spelling consistently throughout. 79.103.6.12 ( talk) 18:37, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
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VLC Player it's open source player. One of releases called "Rincewind". I thought in honor of Terry Pratchett. www.videolan.org (version 2)
Not sure that I like that picture. Would it be possible to get a screen-shot from one of the computer games or the one with a potato from the cookbook under "Fair Use"? JP Godfrey 22:22, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
-Better yet, the one from Art of Discworld, with A'Tuin in the background. Raveled
How to pronounce his name? -- 86.56.0.199
I could scan in the image from the Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? manual, page 15 provides a black and white sketch of Rincewind and the luggage, of which, the image of Rincewind would be ample, particulary as it will be fair use under a lower resolution. Dr dozzy ( talk) 16:48, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Um... what? I don't recall this. In fact, wasn't he trapped in the Dungeon Dimensions at the end of Sourcery? - DynSkeet 13:04, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Well, if you want to get technical, The Companion states that Rincewind pretty clearly defeated Coin, albeit in a non-traditional fashion. And Coin was almost certainly the highest-ranking wizard on the Disc. So, technically, I'd say it's accurate to say that Rincewind should have moved up a rank, at the very least.
"Sourcery" is a bit odd on the whole level system, because it occurs on the day of changing of Archchancellors, the book states on page 17 that there are 8 levels of wizardry (supposedly the arch is the only 8th), the appointed new arch is Wayzygoose. Later, when coin confronts the wizards, Skarmer Billias fingers his eighth level sash (pp. 32-33), and at p. 40 the narrative states that Carding is also an 8th level.
About the matter of beating/defeating the sourcerer at "Interesting times" Ridcully tells (during his attempt to cajole him to take a trip to the agaetian empire) Rincewind that because no one from the UU saw him do it, "Probably doesn't count, then" (p. 43) — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
109.160.174.166 (
talk) 17:48, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
How can you "inadvertently derive" a name? It's not deriving it if you're doing it by accident. That's just coincidence... -- 81.155.124.36 18:31, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
Does anyone know if Rincewind will be returning in any books later on? Or has Terry Pratchett phased him out completely? I hope not.
There is not mention in the article of the one spell that Rincewind knows, despite it being talked about quite a bit in The Color of Magic and a major focus of The Light Fantastic. Does anyone want to add this? ZPS102 03:39, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
It's one of the 8 spells that created the universe isn't it? He starts saying it in COM, but I can't remember it off hand. I can have a look later though. And it's taken up all the room in his head.-- Kymii 09:50, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
I've only read COM, and I'm equally curious as to what the spell is and if anything else ever came of it. I was surprised it wasn't mentioned, but didn't add because I haven't read any more of the books.-- Pittsburghmuggle 21:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, the spell was a major part of The Light Fantastic. And IIRC, didn't the spell leave his head at the end of that book? -- Cronodude360 ( talk) 08:04, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
When Rincewind is being described in Sourcery it says (about his hat)
"You can tell he's a wizard, because he's got a pointy hat with a floppy brim. It's got the word 'Wizzard' embroidered on it in big silver letters, by someone whose needlework is even worse than their spelling. There's a star on top. It has lost most of its sequins."
Bearing in mind that this is the first Discworld book with him in I've read so far, and I'm currently reading it, it looks like it's talking about the star, not the word 'Wizzard', when it's talking about sequins. -- Muna 13:26, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
I was reading the The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic and at first he could only communicate with Rincewind because he only spoke Trob, and later on he could understanding everything any character said. I'm not sure when this happened, it might just be a discrepancy between the two books. Anyone know what happened there? 58.109.81.156 ( talk) 08:06, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
I get the distinct notion that Rincewind's titles, however fictional even within the Discworld universe itself, deserve to be mentioned in full on this page.
What keeps me from editing the page and entering all 7 titles straight away, maybe even as a separate paragraph, is the nagging uncertainty whether it is correct to put them here on this page or not.
Should there be a poll for such a topic, regarding the addition of such a paragraph? Would it be more proper to add them only to the pages for each book where the titles occur?
Furthermore, if there are no objection to adding a separate "Titles" paragraph on the Rincewind page, should any other text than the titles themselves be non-quoted text to avoid copyright infringement?
Feel free to comment on these thoughts. :-)
Tkrokli 05:33, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I say go nuts. Paragraph would be great, maybe discussing the circumstances of each title re: prophecies and what not.
WookMuff 06:24, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, love the feedback, especially positive ones. :-)
Tkrokli 07:21, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Well, job almost done, made a minor mistake by losing the functionality of the existing footnote and also not getting my added footnote to work either. Must investigate this. Tkrokli 08:35, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I'd help out but i only just got the hang of referencing myself so i don't trust my L33+ skillz0rz :) WookMuff 09:28, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Since so many editors speedily announced their belief that Rincewind article should not be deleted, it is time for them to jump from the easy "keep of course he's notable" to the real work of making the article actually show that he is. I have tagged some places that may be easy or most useful to correct. Please feel free to add reliably sourced material to other areas of the article as well. GundamsRus ( talk) 17:22, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
i just finished reading "Mort" a few weeks back and i cant remember Rincewind apearing in it! i may be wrong, but i dont think he did! —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarmeladenKind ( talk • contribs) 12:18, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Why is there a section on Evil Harry Dread? It doesn't mention Rincewind and I'm sure the two never meet; there's no indication that one even knows of the existance of the other — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.175.97.87 ( talk) 11:38, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
As cool as that would be, I swear I've also heard Pratchett say he did it by accident. – Bellum ( talk) ( contribs) 15:20, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
I am kind of assuming that UK spelling is best here, as Terry Pratchett is an English writer. Accordingly, I have fixed the woolen/woollen thing, but I notice that "woollen" gets a wriggly red line underneath it in the edit box, and here on the talk page too. It is almost as if the edit box has a spellchecker set to US English. If so, could that spellchecker be reset to UK spelling, in articles in which UK spelling would be appropriate? The reason I raise it is that many editors might be genuinely unaware that there is a US/UK difference here (woolen/woollen). It's not like lift/elevator, pavement/sidewalk etc, which we probably all know about. Woolen/woollen is a case where a spellchecker, set to the appropriate variety of English, could serve a useful purpose. Sorry if I am nitpicking, but if there is any way to reset the edit box spellchecker, it would be easier for editors to use UK spelling consistently throughout. 79.103.6.12 ( talk) 18:37, 19 February 2015 (UTC)