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Deadlock Clock: Jun 22nd 2014 at 11:59:00 PM
CourierKnew Since: Mar, 2011
#1: May 23rd 2014 at 1:29:38 PM

The article is about any "recurring character whose role is to give some advice to the hero and then disappear." It's not specifically about the Marvel character or race by that name.

Someone unfamiliar with Marvel wouldn't know what’s being depicted in the image. Without context, it’s just some mysterious looking dude with a weirdly-shaped head.

Someone familiar with Marvel would probably assume the article is about Uatu. The title and article quote, while not bad, don’t exactly help in that regard.

What’s funny is the fact that uncropped version of the image (which has Doctor Strange introducing Uatu to Spider-Woman) would work quite fine, but I think re-sizing the image would make the text illegible: http://imgur.com/k54UmUo

edited 23rd May '14 1:32:20 PM by courierknew

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#2: May 24th 2014 at 6:55:11 AM

[up] You're right; at wiki size that text would be illegible.

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#3: May 24th 2014 at 7:13:30 AM

I guess that's a good example, bad illustration. Certainly looks more creepy than good. They alone ire enough reason to pull.

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#4: May 27th 2014 at 12:12:32 PM

I agree with pulling it. I can't image that it would be hard to find a replacement, though.

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#5: May 29th 2014 at 12:24:28 AM

A screencap of Giles and Buffy?

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#6: May 29th 2014 at 1:20:14 AM

Can you link one?

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#9: Jun 19th 2014 at 2:00:37 PM

If you read the page you see that Giles isn't The Watcher.

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#10: Jun 22nd 2014 at 3:34:56 PM

Jor-El hologram in the Reeves Superman movie.

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#11: Jun 23rd 2014 at 10:04:01 AM

The clock is up on this one and I don't think [up] is clear enough to get the point across. Locking up; no action is to be taken based on this thread.

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