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The user "Tylerknightofcadiz" made an obnoxious addition to the page (in the form of a "Recent Sightings" section). I removed it, but I feel like the page could use some protection. Another course of action would be to block the user. Look at revision history for the page to make sure you get the right account. 67.60.26.176 (talk) 07:25, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not to worry: I am sure quite a few people watch this page and will take the necessary steps if vandalism is repeated. This sort of vandalism rarely stays up for more than a few minutes. Mezigue (talk) 09:27, 29 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The initial paragraph only describes Chtulhu as a "fictional cosmic entity". Even just adding an adjective or two, such as "malevolent" or "ancient" would add tremendously to the paragraph's ability to introduce its subject. 184.163.9.163 (talk) 01:32, 3 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What I'm more concerned about is that Cthulhu is described as "fictional", while many other cosmic entities (among others, most mainstream gods) are not described as fictional. I think we should have harmony and either remove the word "fictional" here or go ahead and add it to all articles about gods. 62.113.182.248 (talk) 23:38, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Cthulhu Mythos is unanimously regarded as a work of fiction, not a religious or mythological text. Cthulhu is just a character in a series of pulp horror stories published in the early 20th century. He can't be classed in the same group as, say, Zeus or Jehovah. —Flax5 18:53, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm kinda confused about the "bibliography" section and why it's there. My opinion is that it doesn't need to be there, but I don't want to just delete it if it does need to. Ideas?

Takaia (talk) 23:03, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing as there are quite a few dead links to H. P. Lovecraft stories in this article, I started changing the citations so that they link to the Wikisource versions of each story. Is citing Wikisource in Wikipedia legit? I'm conflicted because it may not be "verifyable" to cite something on one Wiki from another Wiki.

Takaia (talk) 23:08, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

seems someone at google has a nerdy side. type ph-nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn into google and google spellcheck/recomendation will point out the correct method of ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn may be worth a trivia mention — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.91.9.153 (talk) 03:44, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not worth a mention without reliable source coverage; see WP:TRIVIA. Also doesn't reflect any manual intervention by any Google employee; it's the normal algorithmic behavior of their "did you mean" engine. —chaos5023 (talk) 14:37, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think having a phonetic pronunciation section would benefit the page, but I don't actually know how to pronounce it. for example, the name joseph has "Pronunciation /ˈdʒoʊzəf/ or /ˈdʒoʊsəf/". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.212.29.90 (talk) 12:30, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

As the Spelling and Pronunciation section notes, Lovecraft himself was not consistent with the pronunciation, and it gives the pronunciations Template:IPA-art or "Khlûl'-hloo" and /kəˈθuːluː/kə-THOO-loo. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:06, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]