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To The Articleabout Optimus Prime I had copied it into a word document and I must check the images that they work It is not fromWikia!!! MasterX244 08:30, 23 March 2009 (EDT)

Huh?

You can link to an image without actually displaying an image by placing a colon (:) just before Image.

Uh... I know this...

Oh, and to fix the synopsis, look for places where sentences are connected to other sentences without a space after the full stop. That means a new paragraph line was cut out during the import

Wait, what page is being referred to here, exactly? I don't have a clue what merited this - SanityOrMadness 19:45, 23 March 2009 (EDT)

Oh...

Okay, I've looked through your contribs and I think I know what's being referred to.

You dialled the wrong number :). You want User talk:Starfield, not my talk page. - SanityOrMadness 19:49, 23 March 2009 (EDT)

Oops. Yeah, Rob was going through a billion deletes at the time and I clicked your name by mistake. Sorry! Side note: This server's sluggishness is annoying me. --FFN 01:46, 24 March 2009 (EDT)

You are mocking me.

The Bot is ~33% of the way through removing all the wiki links (as well as performing other formatting fixes) on ~25,000 pages. It's made more than 8000 edits already. That many pages just takes TIME. -Derik 11:43, 24 March 2009 (EDT)

I was unaware the bot was doing that, as I didn't see the announcement (and I've hidden bot edits). The bot will remove *all* instances of the wikia links including ones on image file pages, yes? --FFN 11:45, 24 March 2009 (EDT)

Perlin cover

Why the defensiveness toward Perlin's cover? I think he did a good job on a lot of the G1 stuff, but you gotta admit, that cover sucks! --MistaTee 17:42, 6 April 2009 (EDT)

He's also pretty old now (honestly they should have just asked him to draw Optimus Prime based on how HE remembers drawing it, not IDW Optimus Prime). I'd rather not say anything at all than say something not-nice. Too much bad stuff has already been said elsewhere, so let's not follow the trend. --FFN 17:45, 6 April 2009 (EDT)

Homey's User

Hey FFN thanks for fixin my user photo. I wasn't sure how to do it.Homey 12:11, 12 April 2009 (EDT)

"He's not that car"

He's about as much "that car" as G1 Detour is if i'm not mistaken. If he's not based on the Corvette Indy, what car is he based on?--86.87.28.191 19:05, 6 May 2009 (EDT)

I don't recall. When this toy first appeared online, there was a thread a TFW where people tried to find out what car it was, and people posted plenty of recent concepts (probably electric or hydrogen cars) that looked more like Scout Dead End than the Chevy car you posted. --FFN 09:33, 7 May 2009 (EDT)

I remember the thread, but iirc, no car really got close untill the similiarity to Detour was noticed.--86.87.28.191 19:09, 10 May 2009 (EDT)

Hey, since you're going through the movie screencaps

If it's not too much added work, you can reduce the nag text in the screencap boilerplate by doing {{screencap|source=the [[Transformers (2007)|]] live-action movie|owner=[[Hasbro]] and [[DreamWorks]] LLC.}} --Rosicrucian ^Talk 13:28, 19 May 2009 (EDT)

Thanks. However, that template needs to be cleaned up - there are two unused ]] brackets floating around there after "This image is a screen capture from the Transformers live-action movie". --FFN 13:32, 19 May 2009 (EDT)

Oh wait, saw the problem. --FFN 13:39, 19 May 2009 (EDT)

Oh, yeah. My bad. Fixed. I goofed since I didn't preview it before slapping it in nowiki tags.--Rosicrucian ^Talk 13:50, 19 May 2009 (EDT)

Wouldn't it be easier to maek a {{Moviecap}} template in the vein of {{G1cap}}, {{TFAcap}}, etc? - SanityOrMadness 13:56, 19 May 2009 (EDT)

Yes it would. Though we would need two sets of movie verse cap templates, one for Transformers (2007) and one for ROTF. --FFN 13:59, 19 May 2009 (EDT)

{{Moviecap}} (for the 2007 movie) is [provisionally] done. It feeds into Category:Movie screen captures (for consistency with other screencap categories; so as to allow it to be a subcat of both Cat:Movie images and Cat:Screen captures; and to avoid flooding Cat:Movie images in the first place), and the only parameter it takes is the image description (so, {{Moviecap|DESCRIPTION}}. - SanityOrMadness 14:16, 19 May 2009 (EDT)

Jokey Comment

I actually hadn't intended that to sound too off the wall. The jokey comment was actually in reference to the actor really getting hit in the temple when a prop gun hit him by accident, as revealed by Bay in the commentary. But eh, no biggie. It's all good. --Mighty Megatron 11:53, 20 May 2009 (EDT)

Yeah, I was aware of that. If you really want it in the article, you can put it back, though. --FFN 11:55, 20 May 2009 (EDT)

Nah, it's cool. In retrospect it's not of any major importance.--Mighty Megatron 11:58, 20 May 2009 (EDT)

im not Toa Kopeke, AKA Spiderus Prime

i dont have spelling troubles i just type fast that i dont Take Notice of what i typed aslo i ma different guy.--Eagc7

Ok, sorry about that. But if you don't bother to care about how you type, your edits will always be reverted. --FFN 02:34, 19 June 2009 (EDT)

allright, i always forgive ppl--Eagc7

Egypt / Jordan

Jetfire takes them to Wadi Rum, in Jordan, but does the dialogue say they've landed in Egypt? Maybe the character who says so is wrong, because they have to pass the Egyptian border don't they? Wouldn't be the first time the Movieverse's Earth differs from the real one... Alientraveller 17:12, 2 July 2009 (EDT)

Yeah, the dialogue says it's Egypt. Because they start in Egypt after Jetfire leaves, then they have to go through the Egyptian/Jordan border (which doesn't exist) to get to Petra. Sam got the idea to go to Petra at night under the pyramids, remember? After getting the Matrix, they go to Egypt. --FFN 17:18, 2 July 2009 (EDT)

Ah thanks, I remembered it as them getting across the border to Egypt, working out the clue at the pyramids, and journeying back and forth from Petra to Giza. Dunno why lol, I suppose overall I found the NEST story easier to follow. Alientraveller 17:45, 2 July 2009 (EDT)

Not only that, they made the trip seem like it only took a few hours. --FFN 17:47, 2 July 2009 (EDT)

The Fallen (notes)

Look, I wasn't the one who took out that note on The Fallen's page about the multiversal singularity. I've gotten into edit wars over shit like that (like the page for the One), putting that stuff in. You can leave that in for all I care, but don't falsely accuse me of doing that shit.--AWT88 11:18, 9 July 2009 (EDT)

I'm going by this, which seems to show you removing the note with the comment "This never should've been in here." Am I incorrect? --FFN 18:24, 9 July 2009 (EDT)

Trailer

Not only do I not know what "one word" you're talking about, I also don't see why the flatbed trailer was relevant (since the coffin was the full G1 trailer, not a flatbed), or basically, how the note was salvageable in any way. Why are you acting pissed at me?KrytenKoro 01:02, 10 July 2009 (EDT)

Hint: the one word would be the word I just added. The headache rack is still a valid bit of trivia.--Rosicrucian ^Talk 01:05, 10 July 2009 (EDT)

And you're supposed to reply to messages on your talk page on your talk page, not the page of the person who sent you the message. It makes the conversation too disjointed otherwise (having to read multiple pages to get the entire conversation).

--FFN 01:10, 10 July 2009 (EDT)

What gives you the right...

...to basically force your own over the top biases down my throat? Or to talk like that to me? On the latter, nothing on this or any other planet. On the former, not much. You get so incredibly over the top and preachy with anything by McCarthy, it's past the point where it's funny and now you're just acting like a spoiled child about the whole thing. You don't like him, we get it. Does that mean every article about something he contributed to has to have some piece line that ALWAYS translates into "Ha ha, you suck Shane". I would say grow up, but you're hardly going to pay one ounce of attention to someone else. And yes, I realise the irony of me talking to you like this after telling you to not talk to me like that.

Oh, I know. I do that because you're not right 100 percent of the time!User:Eire 13.22 July 17 2009 (UTC)

I felt my stupid joke added to the tone of the article (the jokes of which other people wrote), and to my recollection, despite my saber-rattling across the internet about AHM, I am generally more reserved about this on the wiki nowadays compared to some of our other regular contributors, and in any case, it doesn't seem like people mind what I do this wiki. Also, last I checked, almost none of the regular contributors liked Drift when he was revealed, and from the comments I've seen on forums regarding Spotlight: Drift, people like him even less now, so it's hardly my own solitary personal bias. Now, I don't mind if somebody disagreed with me in a constructive way about this, but you called me an arse while reverting it, and I simply could not let that pass. --FFN 12:05, 17 July 2009 (EDT)

*cue constructive disagreeing*

The point of the one-liner summary line is to summarize the actual story. "Adding a new character is often a desperate attempt to boost low ratings." is not a summary of the story, it's a summary of our real world contempt for Drift.

I don't like AHM or Drift either, but those sentiments belong on the talk pages and outside forums, not on the articles, which should at the very least not obscure useful information. How is our non-canon bitching about AHM or Drift useful to a reader looking for information? Let them read the canon info about the subject and make up their own mind whether they like either or not. --Jeysie 12:39, 17 July 2009 (EDT)

Back some unknown time ago, Walky let me bitch about Megatron: Origin in the issue summaries heading things, though, admittedly, I very vaguely kept it on-topic. --FFN 12:48, 17 July 2009 (EDT)

Key word being "on-topic", pretty much. I personally don't have any problem with snark so long as it's not replacing, misrepresenting, or otherwise obfuscating the information being conveyed. --Jeysie 12:54, 17 July 2009 (EDT)

I still think I had a point that goes well with the other jokes - IDW comic sales were tanking, hence AHM being a "shakeup", hence the Poochie-like Drift character that relatively few people like. A new character added in a desperate attempt to boost low sales. --FFN 13:03, 17 July 2009 (EDT)

Probably, but that still doesn't have anything to do with what the story itself is about. *shrug* --Jeysie 13:20, 17 July 2009 (EDT)

I agree with Jeysie here. The "adding a new character" line tells us nothing about the story at all. Snark-wise, that ground is more than adequately covered by the hilarious Poochie captions. -- Repowers 14:09, 17 July 2009 (EDT)

Problem

The PROBLEM I was speaking of was leaving the goddamn "coming soon" template there. That is not fixing the problem. The toy is OUT. OUT. The toy is OUT. Reverting a blank spot with a piece of erroneous information is NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM IT IS INCREASING PROBLEMS. --ItsWalky 11:47, 20 July 2009 (EDT)

Which is why I put a question at the end, since the comingsoon tag was removed by an anonymous user, but usually it's removed by one of you when you consider the figure to be in sufficient saturation in the United States to be reasonably considered out so our readership can go look for them or whatever. I didn't know if it was considered to be such yet. --FFN 01:21, 21 July 2009 (EDT)

Weaving

I can find a lot of things referencing it, but no sign of an actual article User:Eire 18.40 Aug 28 09 (UTC)

:( --FFN 09:35, 30 August 2009 (EDT)

Broad Statement, no evidence

Mike Costa has for th most part set up a standard, fairly non-continuity specific story and Don Figuera has said the art style shift is based on his own desire to do something different(after years of drawing things the same way) and should not be taken as reflecting how Mike Costa will be writing the series. Headover the the IDW forum and check out the threads referring to the art style we saw in AHM 13. I'd change the article to something more accurate but I know what would happen. I'm just going to point out it's simply a large amount of assumption/wishful thinking/stick it to McCarthy on your part. Keep the article as you changed it. Side note: This point would have worked better on issue 13, as the art style there IS movie inspired and it definitely will be impacting on the Ongoing Mission User:Eire 14.21 Oct 17 09 (UTC)

Well, I'm basing this partly on [actually, probably best not to say where], and Walky didn't seem to object when he edited the article after me. But granted, it is my opinion, removed. --FFN 13:41, 17 October 2009 (EDT)

The Planet of Time Synopsis

No long description exists that I can find, nor even a translation into english. If you have some english translation I will provide a longer description. 68.61.240.172 15:10, 24 October 2009 (EDT)

I never removed the stub notice in the first place, I just added a couple sentences of overview, and it got delted. Yet somehow the people deleting it failed to offer anything better. 68.61.240.172 22:17, 24 October 2009 (EDT)

Random link thingy

I just thought I'd point out that on your Memory Alpha user page you're pointing to the other wiki. :) --abates 21:00, 9 December 2009 (EST)

Oops thanks! --FFN 10:25, 10 December 2009 (EST)

Wreckers mosaic

I believe it's been decided that the Mosaic information is not technically canon unless approved by Hasbro, so it does not belong in the fiction section. --ItsWalky 23:52, 19 June 2010 (EDT)

Could have noted this inside the actual article, which I was re-reading just now to see if I missed anything. --FFN 23:56, 19 June 2010 (EDT)

Sorry to put you out. --ItsWalky 23:58, 19 June 2010 (EDT)

It's cool. I removed the relevant edits. --FFN 23:59, 19 June 2010 (EDT)

I don't think they have to be removed entirely, do they? Just moved to Notes like what Detour did on Rack 'n Ruin's page. --Jeysie 00:14, 20 June 2010 (EDT)

Yeah, notes are fine, so long as they're not inserted unexplained into the fiction section. --ItsWalky 00:22, 20 June 2010 (EDT)

Done. --FFN 00:53, 20 June 2010 (EDT)

Hey.

Thanks for the advice dude! I'll try not to write so much! :) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TheRex4441 (talk • contribs). 00:51, 25 June 2010 (EDT)

Answer back on your own talk page next time. --Lonegamer78 00:58, 25 June 2010 (EDT)

Golden Ninja Warrior

Thanks for deleting that part for me, as a beginner in this sort of things I wasn't sure if it was okay to correct the spelling error or delete that bit of trivia altogether. I went with the former, but you had already deleted that part by the time I had pressed the Save changes button. I owe you one, thanks a lot.ACIDSTORM92 04:37, 27 June 2010 (EDT)

No worries :) --FFN 04:39, 27 June 2010 (EDT)

I understand. :)

Thanks for telling me about the tag. I remembered before you posted on my talk page, but thanks for the friendly reminder. --Kaymac192 22:16, 28 June 2010 (EDT)

Exodus

Heya FFN, I haven't actually read Exodus yet lol! Pretty hard to find in the UK. Just doing my bit from the Wiki summary. I have watched the campaigns on YouTube though. Alientraveller 07:14, 5 July 2010 (EDT)

War for Cybertron Megatron

Dude, you can always ask me to try to separate the "big block of text" and add scenes from the game instead of COMPLETELY SCRAPPING THE WHOLE PART OF THE ARTICLE. Shackwave123 09:58, 11 July 2010 (EDT)

The thing is that it should've been done so in the first place while you were writing it up. --Lonegamer78 23:57, 11 July 2010 (EDT)

Additionally problems - style doesn't fit the other WFC/Prime character write ups, and is in the wrong tense. Quality of articles before quantity of articles. --FFN 04:02, 12 July 2010 (EDT)

Darkray caption

I´ll remove the damn it part, but at least, tell me a good reason why my joke didn´t make any sense to you. ACIDSTORM92 20:46, 29 July 2010 (EDT)

It is my understanding that if there's an image that the uploader has chosen not to caption, then whomever does the caption (usually) has to contribute in some way to the article, unless they're one of the group of regular editors who have written about 95% of the this wiki's content. Besides, the caption doesn't seem to make a logical connection given Darkray and Darkrai aren't spelled the same and, assuming one uses english approximation of Japanese, the "rai" bit is pronounced as "rye", not "ray". --FFN 05:15, 30 July 2010 (EDT)

If that's the case, I´ll do my best to contribute to this wiki, just add a funny caption to that article when you feel like it. Oh, and search Darkray in Google images, you´ll be up for a surprise.--ACIDSTORM92 11:50, 30 July 2010 (EDT)

You can restore the caption if you like. --FFN 14:02, 30 July 2010 (EDT)

Categorizing images by toy size class

FFN, there's a discussion over on the community portal about whether we categorize toy images by size class, with two votes for "we don't do that" so far (counting me). Given that you just put two images into such a category, you might want to weigh in. JW 20:49, 15 February 2011 (EST)

Thanks for the heads up. --FFN 05:53, 16 February 2011 (EST)

Diver GoBox

Out of curiosity, why did you remove the entry for Diver from the GoBox template? --Tigerpaw28 01:53, 6 March 2011 (EST)

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest it's because Diver (BW) is mostly a stub. --abates 02:20, 6 March 2011 (EST)

Yeah, I talked to Scout about it, and she was the one who linked me to the page with the gobox templates. Back when goboxes were a fad, people were making goboxes for just about anything. The problem with that was quite a few of these goboxes linked to articles that had very little content. Coupled with the fact we were encouraging people to have "a gobox of your own!" on their forum sigs and websites, it's kind of embarrassing to say "Hey, did you know about [this character]?" only to lead them to a page of stub templates, which suggests questionable priorities. --FFN 11:08, 6 March 2011 (EST)

Ah, ok. I thought it might be something along those lines. But Diver did seem to have at least some substance to it, so I wasn't totally sure it was because of the missing info. Now I know. --Tigerpaw28 13:28, 6 March 2011 (EST)

Diver's article mostly covers his comic appearance and his toy. I'd say missing the two cartoon sections is a pretty substantial omission (not saying we should rush out and do it, just saying it's not an article worth advertising). --FFN 04:30, 7 March 2011 (EST)

Thought you guys should know

There's a sock in the house, and it's mine

-Blackout-

Sentinel Toruch

According to issue 3 of Foundation Sentinel created a tourch (which is a Glwoing Light actually) for end the war but for make it work it Needed to make contact with the cube

You mean a torch? --FFN 03:09, 18 May 2011 (EDT)

yes

About the DOTM toyline/Leadfoot thing.

I reverted the edit because it simply removed a listing without a full explanation. I thought I was reverting vandalism. I did not notice that the listing had been placed in the Target exclusive section by a previous edit. I apologize, I probably should have looked at the entire page. I also thank you for catching my error. --Khajidha 08:45, 10 June 2011 (EDT)

Hey, that's cool :) For some reason the page saved before I could finish typing the summary :P --FFN 23:29, 10 June 2011 (EDT)

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