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I have made extensive revisions to this article as part of an effort of mine to upgrade and improve the articles for Oz characters. The old article was basically only about the character as he appears in the classic books. I have added information about the subsequent movie as well as the modern revisionist works. -- MatthewUND 21:24, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
I just entered the discussion of the
Scarecrow, where I pointed out that a picture of the character is necessary to "put my oysters in the cupboard" (it looses its funny part in the translation). This can be taken from the article about
Frank Morgan (the actor). //
signed: Brutus "Old Floppy" Dickinson - the watermelon-flavored calender girl of northern Europe
December 28
2005 22.20 (GMT+1)
"a mysterious traveling fortune teller that Dorothy meets back home in Kansas." Unless I am not getting it right, this statement is wrong: Dorothy meets the traveling fortune teller, his horse and his crystal ball when she is still in Kansas and has not yet visited Oz, and briefly again when she is back home... fr:Utilisateur:Enro on February 14, 2006
It should be noted that events in the novel Wicked transpire much differently than in the broadway musical. In the novel Fiyero is most definitely murdered. The play massaged this in order to have a somewhat happy ending. Also, it is never proven that Madame Morrible is the cause of the tornado that kills Nessarose. I would suggest a cleanup of the "Modern Works" section of this article to make that clear. BassBone ( my talk · my contributions) 08:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Was it specified precisely where the Wizard is going to in his hot air balloon in the latter part of the original work? My recollection is very vague on that point. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. 15:24, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
I've removed the following from the article:
I don't think that this toy line is sufficiently notable to merit inclusion in the article for the Wizard, and have already asked if there are any objections at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Oz and Talk:McFarlane Toys. If anyone has evidence that this toy line and its accompanying story were particularly noteworthy (e.g. coverage in mainstream media), it can be restored. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 20:22, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I've removed the following from the "classic books" section:
"Paradox of Oz" isn't one of the Famous Forty. I can't find any reference to a book by that title, although there's a 2000 book by Edward Einhorn titled Paradox in Oz. If someone can confirm that the description in the paragraph above is from Paradox in Oz, the contents can be restored to the "Adaptations" section (which could then be renamed "Adaptations and modern works" or something similar). I just don't think that it belongs in the "classic books" section, and since the title appears to be inaccurate I'm concerned that the summary may also be wrong. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 02:06, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
In what I do believe is a tribute to the film version of the Wizard of Oz, in the video game Donkey Kong Country 3, in what appears to be the last boss battle, you face a giant green doomsday device called KAOS . . . but after somewhat easily defeating it, a curtain in the background is pulled back and the player sees Baron K. Roolenstein, who was controlling the machine the whole time -- an occurrence which bears some resemblence to the way that the Wizard's curtain was pulled back, for K. Roolenstein is unaware of the curtain's having been pulled back until a moment or so after he has been revealed. However, apart from this observation I have no real proof of it, so if someone would be willing to provide a second opinion (or some more evidence) to this end, I would be very appreciative. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.234.50.130 ( talk) 00:57, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
I think this page should have one, too. 204.210.250.233 ( talk) 12:50, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
The correct plural of "Wizard of Oz" is "Wizards of Oz". Andrew Ellard ( talk) 20:42, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Most of the items under cultural references do NOT reference the Wizard of OZ except in someone's imagination. Unless there is a source in which the author, writer, producer or some other person says, "We used the Wizard of OZ as a model" or something similar, and the source is cited, the 'cultural reference' should be removed. 24.27.31.170 ( talk) 03:29, 7 November 2011 (UTC) Eric
In the first book at least, he is never referred to as "the Great and Powerful Oz", but rather as "Oz, the Great and Terrible". See this link (and also search for "powerful" on the same page). -- Trovatore ( talk) 01:01, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Other than keeping the page "concise", does any good reason exist behind removing all information about Andre De Shields and Queen Latifah? Maybe my entry about De Shields did need some trimming, but it seems unfair to suggest that the first African-American Wizard and the first female Wizard (as far as I know) have no notability at all. (Yes, I know I already posted this on the talk page of that editor, but I'd like to see if it gets any more readers here.) 108.199.223.177 ( talk) 16:21, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
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I have made extensive revisions to this article as part of an effort of mine to upgrade and improve the articles for Oz characters. The old article was basically only about the character as he appears in the classic books. I have added information about the subsequent movie as well as the modern revisionist works. -- MatthewUND 21:24, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
I just entered the discussion of the
Scarecrow, where I pointed out that a picture of the character is necessary to "put my oysters in the cupboard" (it looses its funny part in the translation). This can be taken from the article about
Frank Morgan (the actor). //
signed: Brutus "Old Floppy" Dickinson - the watermelon-flavored calender girl of northern Europe
December 28
2005 22.20 (GMT+1)
"a mysterious traveling fortune teller that Dorothy meets back home in Kansas." Unless I am not getting it right, this statement is wrong: Dorothy meets the traveling fortune teller, his horse and his crystal ball when she is still in Kansas and has not yet visited Oz, and briefly again when she is back home... fr:Utilisateur:Enro on February 14, 2006
It should be noted that events in the novel Wicked transpire much differently than in the broadway musical. In the novel Fiyero is most definitely murdered. The play massaged this in order to have a somewhat happy ending. Also, it is never proven that Madame Morrible is the cause of the tornado that kills Nessarose. I would suggest a cleanup of the "Modern Works" section of this article to make that clear. BassBone ( my talk · my contributions) 08:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
Was it specified precisely where the Wizard is going to in his hot air balloon in the latter part of the original work? My recollection is very vague on that point. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. 15:24, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
I've removed the following from the article:
I don't think that this toy line is sufficiently notable to merit inclusion in the article for the Wizard, and have already asked if there are any objections at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Oz and Talk:McFarlane Toys. If anyone has evidence that this toy line and its accompanying story were particularly noteworthy (e.g. coverage in mainstream media), it can be restored. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 20:22, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I've removed the following from the "classic books" section:
"Paradox of Oz" isn't one of the Famous Forty. I can't find any reference to a book by that title, although there's a 2000 book by Edward Einhorn titled Paradox in Oz. If someone can confirm that the description in the paragraph above is from Paradox in Oz, the contents can be restored to the "Adaptations" section (which could then be renamed "Adaptations and modern works" or something similar). I just don't think that it belongs in the "classic books" section, and since the title appears to be inaccurate I'm concerned that the summary may also be wrong. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 02:06, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
In what I do believe is a tribute to the film version of the Wizard of Oz, in the video game Donkey Kong Country 3, in what appears to be the last boss battle, you face a giant green doomsday device called KAOS . . . but after somewhat easily defeating it, a curtain in the background is pulled back and the player sees Baron K. Roolenstein, who was controlling the machine the whole time -- an occurrence which bears some resemblence to the way that the Wizard's curtain was pulled back, for K. Roolenstein is unaware of the curtain's having been pulled back until a moment or so after he has been revealed. However, apart from this observation I have no real proof of it, so if someone would be willing to provide a second opinion (or some more evidence) to this end, I would be very appreciative. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.234.50.130 ( talk) 00:57, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
I think this page should have one, too. 204.210.250.233 ( talk) 12:50, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
The correct plural of "Wizard of Oz" is "Wizards of Oz". Andrew Ellard ( talk) 20:42, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Most of the items under cultural references do NOT reference the Wizard of OZ except in someone's imagination. Unless there is a source in which the author, writer, producer or some other person says, "We used the Wizard of OZ as a model" or something similar, and the source is cited, the 'cultural reference' should be removed. 24.27.31.170 ( talk) 03:29, 7 November 2011 (UTC) Eric
In the first book at least, he is never referred to as "the Great and Powerful Oz", but rather as "Oz, the Great and Terrible". See this link (and also search for "powerful" on the same page). -- Trovatore ( talk) 01:01, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
Other than keeping the page "concise", does any good reason exist behind removing all information about Andre De Shields and Queen Latifah? Maybe my entry about De Shields did need some trimming, but it seems unfair to suggest that the first African-American Wizard and the first female Wizard (as far as I know) have no notability at all. (Yes, I know I already posted this on the talk page of that editor, but I'd like to see if it gets any more readers here.) 108.199.223.177 ( talk) 16:21, 21 January 2016 (UTC)