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User talk:Interrobang

2010-01-10T08:51:39Z

67.175.13.87: /* Kingdom Hearts */

*[[User talk:Interrobang/Archive 0|Archive 0]]

==Things to get a bot to do==
*Replace all instances of <nowiki>{{m-}}</nowiki> with —.

===Remove redirects===
*[[Generation 1 (cartoon)]] → [[The Transformers (cartoon)]]
*[[Countdown to Extinction]] → [[Countdown to Extinction (episode)]]
*[[Armada]] →‎ [[Armada (franchise)]]
*[[Generation 1 (toyline)]] →‎ [[The Transformers (toyline)]]
*[[Creation Matrix]] →‎ [[Matrix of Leadership]]
*[[Swarm]] →‎ [[Swarm (G2)]]
*[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)]] →‎ [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers (Marvel Comics)]]
*[[Marvel]] →‎ [[Marvel Comics]]
*[[Zone]] →‎ [[Zone (franchise)]]
*[[Space Bridge]] →‎ [[Space bridge]]

==Things to do by hand==
===Fix links===
*[[More Than Meets The Eye]]
*[[Matrix]]

== Novel titles ==

You realize that Novel titles are ''supposed'' to be underlined?
*Episode titles are in quotes
*Franchise titles are italicized
*Book titles are underlined.
It's basic MLA style.

(Foregoing it in the quote templates might not be a bad idea, since it is distracting... but I'm just ''saying''.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 14:53, 3 July 2009 (EDT)
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_MLA_Style_Manual#Book]. And italicizing franchise titles is something we came up with. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:39, 3 July 2009 (EDT)

== Shattered Glass page moves ==

Don't move the last few by hand ''yet'', or you'll mess up Derik's bot fixing all the links on them. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 21:15, 6 August 2009 (EDT)

== Kingdom Hearts ==

I just discovered that you used to edit at the KHwiki, where I am now a mod, but apparently stopped two years ago. As far as I can tell, there was nothing factually wrong with your edits, so I can't imagine that you were blocked; I guess you stopped being interested in the project or something, like I've done with wikipedia. ''However'', if you would be willing, I would like to strongly encourage you to come back - in all fairness to the other frequent editors, most of them are there to bandy about on the talk pages and blogs, and only a few editors are actually working to clean up, expand, and correct the multitude of articles. We could really use your help, so if you ever feel like it, please don't hesitate to come over. Cheers![[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 03:59, 7 August 2009 (EDT)
:I was blocked because the only admin back then was a gigantic tool and I frequently disagreed with him. Sure, I'm willing to help, but I'd need unblocking. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 12:13, 7 August 2009 (EDT)
::I'll talk to one of the admins, and I'll notify you as soon as you're unblocked. Thanks![[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 00:22, 8 August 2009 (EDT)
:::In the meantime, I've just registered a new account. I don't think anybody will notice or care, not is there an actual policy against this (or anything regarding what warrants banning, evidently). [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 01:08, 8 August 2009 (EDT)
::::The only non-vandal editor we've had to block while I've been there went crazy over something and started cussing at everyone, turned out to be lying about having sisters (which she was sockpuppeting as) and trying to get sympathy for being pregnant and other fake sob stories. And even then, the current admins spent weeks trying to defuse the situation. So, if you can survive at tfwiki, I can't possibly imagine you getting blocked at the KHwiki again.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 02:28, 8 August 2009 (EDT)
:I didn't piss you off at khwiki, did I? You don't seem to edit anymore.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 00:53, 22 August 2009 (EDT)
::No. I just haven't had a lot of motivation. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 02:42, 22 August 2009 (EDT)
:::Would you happen to have the 358/2 Days Ultimania? Heartstation used to have scans, but their site crashed and they lost most of them. Specifically, I'm looking for a scan of the page that details the stats of Roxas's weapons.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 00:18, 8 January 2010 (EST)

== Parentheticals and franchise of origin ==

...alright, you and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] need to talk, because we can't be re-moving these and changing all the links every three months.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 01:50, 15 August 2009 (EDT)
:It's okay. I just stopped adding 'em to the Bot's queue awhile ago when I noticed that the same pages kept moving back and forth. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:55, 22 August 2009 (EDT)
::Er- to clarify... that wasn't a judgment about right/wrong (though I tend to disagree with !?'s stance on the disambigs) it was a recognition that the pages keep moving. (Thought I should say something, 'cuz my comment could come off as rude otherwise. I try not to be be ''unintentionally'' rude.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:38, 22 August 2009 (EDT)

== Yeah, okay ==

...I'm not gonna nuke any more of these for you until you start removing the links to them ''before'' you slap the template on them.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 01:54, 7 September 2009 (EDT)

Don't blank image descriptions. If there's nothing there but "Importing Image File", add '''<nowiki>{{recovery|5|Needs description and copyright tag}}</nowiki>'''. This also removes it from [[Special:Uncategorizedimages]]. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 13:56, 12 September 2009 (EDT)

== Watermarked images ==

I don't recall us ever having a policy against watermarked images. A watermarked image is better than none; at most, we should be marking them as "to be replaced". If there was a discussion about this, I missed it. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 18:55, 13 September 2009 (EDT)
:...yeah. Why are you doing this? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:10, 13 September 2009 (EDT)
::Because it's deeply lame to steal content from other websites and then essentially admit we're doing so? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:41, 16 September 2009 (EDT)

=="Roadhog"==
I don't get why he had to be moved - in the comics, he's introduced as 'Randy "Roadhog" Horton', Randy being his name, "Roadhog" being his nickname. Why should we have to "pick one and stick with it"? --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 13:41, 15 September 2009 (EDT)
:It makes for ugly and silly titles. We don't do "[[Sam Witwicky|Samuel James "Sam" Witwicky]]" or "[[Colossus Rhodes|Cyrus "The Colossus" Rhodes]]". Pick the most common name for the character, use it, and then expand the name in the article. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:41, 16 September 2009 (EDT)
::Okay, I get that, in which case I'd press for 'Randy Horton' since that's his name, or just plain 'Roadhog'. 'Roadhog Horton' doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Besides, if it's ugly, silly titles you're against, Randy "Roadhog" Horton has nothing on [[Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III]] - which is - again - exactly how he's introduced in the comic. --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 09:22, 17 September 2009 (EDT)

User talk:Interrobang

2010-01-08T05:18:50Z

67.175.13.87: /* Kingdom Hearts */

*[[User talk:Interrobang/Archive 0|Archive 0]]

==Things to get a bot to do==
*Replace all instances of <nowiki>{{m-}}</nowiki> with —.

===Remove redirects===
*[[Generation 1 (cartoon)]] → [[The Transformers (cartoon)]]
*[[Countdown to Extinction]] → [[Countdown to Extinction (episode)]]
*[[Armada]] →‎ [[Armada (franchise)]]
*[[Generation 1 (toyline)]] →‎ [[The Transformers (toyline)]]
*[[Creation Matrix]] →‎ [[Matrix of Leadership]]
*[[Swarm]] →‎ [[Swarm (G2)]]
*[[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)]] →‎ [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers (Marvel Comics)]]
*[[Marvel]] →‎ [[Marvel Comics]]
*[[Zone]] →‎ [[Zone (franchise)]]
*[[Space Bridge]] →‎ [[Space bridge]]

==Things to do by hand==
===Fix links===
*[[More Than Meets The Eye]]
*[[Matrix]]

== Novel titles ==

You realize that Novel titles are ''supposed'' to be underlined?
*Episode titles are in quotes
*Franchise titles are italicized
*Book titles are underlined.
It's basic MLA style.

(Foregoing it in the quote templates might not be a bad idea, since it is distracting... but I'm just ''saying''.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 14:53, 3 July 2009 (EDT)
:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_MLA_Style_Manual#Book]. And italicizing franchise titles is something we came up with. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:39, 3 July 2009 (EDT)

== Shattered Glass page moves ==

Don't move the last few by hand ''yet'', or you'll mess up Derik's bot fixing all the links on them. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 21:15, 6 August 2009 (EDT)

== Kingdom Hearts ==

I just discovered that you used to edit at the KHwiki, where I am now a mod, but apparently stopped two years ago. As far as I can tell, there was nothing factually wrong with your edits, so I can't imagine that you were blocked; I guess you stopped being interested in the project or something, like I've done with wikipedia. ''However'', if you would be willing, I would like to strongly encourage you to come back - in all fairness to the other frequent editors, most of them are there to bandy about on the talk pages and blogs, and only a few editors are actually working to clean up, expand, and correct the multitude of articles. We could really use your help, so if you ever feel like it, please don't hesitate to come over. Cheers![[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 03:59, 7 August 2009 (EDT)
:I was blocked because the only admin back then was a gigantic tool and I frequently disagreed with him. Sure, I'm willing to help, but I'd need unblocking. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 12:13, 7 August 2009 (EDT)
::I'll talk to one of the admins, and I'll notify you as soon as you're unblocked. Thanks![[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 00:22, 8 August 2009 (EDT)
:::In the meantime, I've just registered a new account. I don't think anybody will notice or care, not is there an actual policy against this (or anything regarding what warrants banning, evidently). [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 01:08, 8 August 2009 (EDT)
::::The only non-vandal editor we've had to block while I've been there went crazy over something and started cussing at everyone, turned out to be lying about having sisters (which she was sockpuppeting as) and trying to get sympathy for being pregnant and other fake sob stories. And even then, the current admins spent weeks trying to defuse the situation. So, if you can survive at tfwiki, I can't possibly imagine you getting blocked at the KHwiki again.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 02:28, 8 August 2009 (EDT)
:I didn't piss you off at khwiki, did I? You don't seem to edit anymore.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 00:53, 22 August 2009 (EDT)
::No. I just haven't had a lot of motivation. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 02:42, 22 August 2009 (EDT)
:::Would you happen to have the 358/2 Days Ultimania? Heartstation used to have scans, but their site crashed and they lost most of them. Specifically, I'm looking for a scan of the page that details the stats of Roxas's weapons.[[Special:Contributions/67.175.13.87|67.175.13.87]] 00:18, 8 January 2010 (EST)

== Parentheticals and franchise of origin ==

...alright, you and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] need to talk, because we can't be re-moving these and changing all the links every three months.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 01:50, 15 August 2009 (EDT)
:It's okay. I just stopped adding 'em to the Bot's queue awhile ago when I noticed that the same pages kept moving back and forth. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:55, 22 August 2009 (EDT)
::Er- to clarify... that wasn't a judgment about right/wrong (though I tend to disagree with !?'s stance on the disambigs) it was a recognition that the pages keep moving. (Thought I should say something, 'cuz my comment could come off as rude otherwise. I try not to be be ''unintentionally'' rude.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:38, 22 August 2009 (EDT)

== Yeah, okay ==

...I'm not gonna nuke any more of these for you until you start removing the links to them ''before'' you slap the template on them.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 01:54, 7 September 2009 (EDT)

Don't blank image descriptions. If there's nothing there but "Importing Image File", add '''<nowiki>{{recovery|5|Needs description and copyright tag}}</nowiki>'''. This also removes it from [[Special:Uncategorizedimages]]. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 13:56, 12 September 2009 (EDT)

== Watermarked images ==

I don't recall us ever having a policy against watermarked images. A watermarked image is better than none; at most, we should be marking them as "to be replaced". If there was a discussion about this, I missed it. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 18:55, 13 September 2009 (EDT)
:...yeah. Why are you doing this? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:10, 13 September 2009 (EDT)
::Because it's deeply lame to steal content from other websites and then essentially admit we're doing so? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:41, 16 September 2009 (EDT)

=="Roadhog"==
I don't get why he had to be moved - in the comics, he's introduced as 'Randy "Roadhog" Horton', Randy being his name, "Roadhog" being his nickname. Why should we have to "pick one and stick with it"? --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 13:41, 15 September 2009 (EDT)
:It makes for ugly and silly titles. We don't do "[[Sam Witwicky|Samuel James "Sam" Witwicky]]" or "[[Colossus Rhodes|Cyrus "The Colossus" Rhodes]]". Pick the most common name for the character, use it, and then expand the name in the article. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:41, 16 September 2009 (EDT)
::Okay, I get that, in which case I'd press for 'Randy Horton' since that's his name, or just plain 'Roadhog'. 'Roadhog Horton' doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Besides, if it's ugly, silly titles you're against, Randy "Roadhog" Horton has nothing on [[Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III]] - which is - again - exactly how he's introduced in the comic. --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 09:22, 17 September 2009 (EDT)

Talk:Death's Head (G1)

2009-11-26T04:04:52Z

67.175.13.87: /* Go! */ new section

Good call re: "freelance peacekeeping agent"--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 03:51, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Although they are appropriately in the "Apocrypha" section, should Death's Heads 2 and 3 even be here?--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 04:57, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

No, they shouldn't be. I have made an appropriate modification. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 05:28, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

== Freelance peacekeeping agents Cat ==

While funny, the "Freelance peacekeeping agents" category only has one article. I would vote for moving DH into "Bounty hunters". [[User:JW|JW]] 15:56, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
: I'm sure Death's Head would vote against that. And then kill you. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:53, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
::Actually, is there some kind of wiki trick we can use to bounce "Freelance Peacekeeping Agents" to "Bounty Hunters"? Aside from a simple redirect? [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 17:04, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
:::I think the cat being a subcat of Bounty Hunters makes that joke quite nicely.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 17:06, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
:::If there's a way to include an article in a category without the category link showing up in the article we could simply make category: freelance peacekeeping agents a redirect. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 18:00, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
::::A part of me does indeed want to keep the joke, but when we start suborning basic wiki functionality to support a very minor joke, I have to wonder if it's worth it. [[User:JW|JW]] 18:26, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

== Death's Head 3.0 ==
The implication in Death's Head 3.0 is that it's showing the origin of the original Death's Head (and I think Furman confirmed as much when talking about the book at the Bristol Comic Expo a few years back). Should that not reflected either in the bio or the trivia? [[User:Danja|Danja]] 12:33, 23 August 2009 (EDT)
:I thought he confirmed that they were connected "somehow." The nature of the conenction isn't clear, especially since we know Death's Head's origin. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 13:10, 23 August 2009 (EDT)
::I think, and this is going on hazy memories of a few years ago, the implication was that DH 3.0 would gradually upgrade himself into the Death's Head we know, hence the addition of the tusks at the end. Furman said he wanted DH to be using his trademark speech pattern at the end, but was overruled by Marvel, yes? [[User:Danja|Danja]] 04:04, 29 August 2009 (EDT)
:::Indeed.
:::Incidentally, I'm curious about the use of (G1) as the parenthetical. I suppose it's mostly out of some idea of consistency, but the character is ''owned and in active use'' by Marvel (Death's Head proper will be showing up in Marvel's new SWORD series, and DH2 had a cameo in the last issue of Captain Britain). - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 14:21, 23 August 2009 (EDT)
:::Yes, but he showed up in a Generation One continuity, meaning in Transformers, he's a G1. Also, I would say any info not pertaining to his Transformers run should be left out or just in a short trivia point [[USer:Eire]] 19.31 Aug 23 09(UTC)
::::It begs the question... if Spider-man had appeared in the Armada comic (same logic as Avengers/Transformers) would we have split him between Spider-man (G1) and Spider-man (Armada)?
:::::Considering that [[Spider-Man]] contains both G1 and ''Crossovers'' info, I don't think so. It appears that we deal with non-TF characters using somewhat different rules. (For what it's worth, if we ever DID have to disambiguate Spider-Man, I would be loathe to use "(G1)"... That seems to be stretching the concept of "franchise of origin" pretty far. Death's Head doesn't bug me as much because his franchise of origin really ''is'' G1, earlier-one-pager-for-Marvel's-copyright-purposes be damned. Circuit Breaker, too, was very much made in and for G1, despite the legal ramifications of the ''Secret Wars'' thing.) - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 05:10, 29 August 2009 (EDT)
::::::Well yes, I'd tend to agree. It was a bit of a spurious question, since it really hinges on how far we want to push our ignorance of non-TF material. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:21, 29 August 2009 (EDT)
:::::::IMHO the question outside knowledge is actually irrelevant in this case. Due to the nature of the TF multiverse, the same Spider-Man couldn't be in both universes unless it was stated in the story that he'd dimension-hopped. So we would indeed have to make two separate articles for him. And... well, what disambigs would we use if not (G1) and (Armada)? Using, say, (Marvel Comics) and (Dreamwave) would be even ''weirder'' from a "knowing outside stuff" standpoint, IMHO. And I'm having trouble figuring out what other pair of two disambigs would be accurate enough to use. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 06:34, 29 August 2009 (EDT)

== SWORD ==

So, this week our freelance peacekeeping friend made his triumphant return to comics.

Worth a footnote mention or not?

:There WAS possibly an oblique reference to Transformers in it. That being that Death's Head is once again Transformer-sized...--[[User:Nu-Priest|Nu-Priest]] 21:37, 12 November 2009 (EST)

== Go! ==

I don't know if you would consider it overkill or not, but shouldn't his quick-link thing be "GO?" instead?[[Special:Contributions/67.175.13.87|67.175.13.87]] 23:04, 25 November 2009 (EST)