Talk:Princessium

Unlikely that "Princessium" was named after Diana. She died 5 years after the airing of the episode, and frankly would be a bizarre assumption to think it had anything to do with her.

It could just as easily be Princess Grace, or any of the other princess'. I submit that this is apocrypha, and doesn't belong as being presented as fact.

No explanation given would be preferable to an assumption presented as fact. --Hossrex 01:14, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * This needs to be confirmed with a source, so I am going to add an incite, but the language of the note makes me think that we have some background source, like the Companion, that says it is named for Princess Diana. --OuroborosCobra talk 01:17, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Of course, there is the symbol of the element. "Di".  That is somewhat suggestive.  Just as an aside. -- Sulfur 01:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Suggest, yes, but the note in its current form says that it is. If we are going to sound that authoritative, we should have a production source or something to back up that claim. Otherwise it should be re-worded to be speculation. --OuroborosCobra talk 02:02, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I've reworded the statement to be less authoritative. If there's an official source stating it was definitely named for Diana, it can be changed back. --From Andoria with Love 02:07, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It looks like I was the one who removed the original "apparently" from the bg description, making it seem authoritive. That was over a year ago (Oct '05), so I'll chalk it up to the "follies of youth." As far as I know, there's no authoritative source for the naming of the fake elements, and they're all guesses.--Tim Thomason 02:14, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Ummmmmm... I'm the one who started this, and I have to admit I didn't realize the chemical symbol for the ficticious element was "Di". :P I have to admit, thats about as concrete as anything. Maybe a notation of that, and an apology from me for not noticing the obvious, and this will all be okay. :)