Talk:Pseudocide

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Contents 1 Where did you get this definition? 2 Inherent Crime? 3 Removal 4 Sherlock Holmes?

[edit] Where did you get this definition?

Pseudocide is when an author stops using a particular pseudonym in favor of another name (either real name or another pseudonym). I have never encountered "pseudocide" meaning anything but killing a pseudonym. — Randall Bart 01:49, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inherent Crime?

Is pseudocide an inherent crime? Or are charges only pressed if there is some sort of financial evasion involved?

I'd have to say it probably depends on the circumstances. Just as suicide is a crime in some states, I'm sure somewhere has some punishment for it, aside from just having everyone you know hate your guts. Xprivate eyex 12:29, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal

I removed the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" reference under "Fictional" because it is NOT pseudocide, faking having killed yourself; in Harry Potter it's faking being dead. I'd have to say that whoever added it probably has some very poor reading comprehension as there is a rather huge difference. Xprivate eyex 12:28, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sherlock Holmes?

He faked his own death; although it was assumed he fell to his death with his mortal enemy, he did survive and did not tell anybody that he was still alive. (he did leave a note that he wrote right before this in the side of the cliff)

although doyal was just responding to public outcry when he brought him back that was the reason he gave for bringing him back. do you think we should include this in the fictional section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.192.222.188 (talk) 20:06, 4 October 2007 (UTC)