Thread:JesseJane/@comment-91424-20140505182757/@comment-91424-20140506203723

Okay. First of all, let me correct something that JesseJane wrote in the change log: "The stuff you added refs for isn't anything that was removed." Actually, some of it was. Emma's room number in "Pilot", the clock at 8:23 in "The Thing..." and the 15 kids in "Snow Falls". All of them deliberate references, which were removed, and I had to put them back, with references. Which means that these were not just coincidences, despite the fact that UtterSolitude thought so.

I can understand that part about taking random numbers and adding them up. I thought this was meant to be listed, but you're right: Probably just coincidences. So that's okay.

About the rest: I was under the impression that when a number appeared on its own (spoken, or written), it was mean to seen as deliberate references to Lost. I can understand that Henry being in fourth grade might not be a reference per se, but since the number eight was also mentioned during the conversation, I believed it was a valid reference.

About 9:23 PM and 8 AM: You are probably right. But some of the things that have been removed, should probably be listed: Like the number 23 in the bar in "Manhattan": Look at this picture:. The number is big. Seems quite deliberate to me. And the 42 candles in "Dreamy", and the flight time of 42 minutes in "Tiny": Of all the numbers they could have used, they chose them. Again, seems deliberate to me. And the numbers 08 and 16 in the newspaper in "Kansas": The numbers are big, and they stand out from the rest of the text. Probably not a coincidence.

I'm not saying that I'm right about everything I put back. My point is, we should add some rules. Rules to determine what should be added, and what should not. Right now, a lot of the info that has been, and has not been, included, seems quite arbitrary: For example, Jefferson's house number, 316, is an obvious reference to Ajira Airways Flight 316, but that was removed. The box with the numbers 08 and 4 has been removed from "Fruit of...", but the sign with the numbers 4 and 23 has been kept. August's license plate number in "True North", 23, has been kept; the same number has been kept for the door inn "Skin Deep", but has been removed from the bar in "Manhattan", and the Henry's reference to number level 23 in "New York..." has been deleted.

So again: We should add some rules. Like for example: "This list should only include..." This will make things much easier in the future.