Talk:Micro-continuity

Hi there! This is my first whole article that I've originated/initiated. It's far from finished and I'd really appreciate any contributions others wish to make, so go nuts. I'm not precious about it, but if you think any of it is blatant tosh, please discuss it here first before unilaterally deleting it. Hope people like it! Thanks, PacifistPrime

The word "fiction" shouldn't be capitalized. --Crockalley 15:13, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Some general comments: The article name should be "Micro-continuity", singular, without capitalizing all the words. I like the term for use on things like storybooks and such, but it doesn't feel right to me to apply it to something like the BW tech specs universe. It's true that only a tiny amount of fiction for it exists, but it seems to me that it's a wide open universe with untold possibilities, and the word "micro" doesn't really fit. As compared to, say, a coloring book, which feels to me very limited and exists only as a weird, minor offshoot of major continuities. I think that "implied continuity" might be better served as its own thing, possibly with its own article. --Steve-o 18:58, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback guys. I'll try to get to that punctuation stuff soon; also please feel free do do it yourself it you're so inclined. As to changing the article title to the singular; it seems to me that it's an intrinsically plural subject, like "Autobots" (a discussion I've seen elsewhere here), but if them's simply the rules, I don't have a strong enough opinion to argue the toss. However, I don't technically know how to change the title once it's been created, so if you can either explain to me how or, again, do it yourself, please feel free to.

As to the question of whether micro-continuities and implied continuities should be separate articles... I dunno. I'm not sure if implied continuities warrant a whole separate article, but I'm certainly not adverse to creating one. As to the question of whether "micro" is an improper descriptor for the "wide open universe" of tech specs (as you put it)... well, I certainly don't mean "micro" in any pejorative sense, but I think it's a matter of opinion if an implied universe is a quantatively "larger" than one portrayed in limited fictions as defined in the article. At any rate, I mostly used the umbrella term "micro"-continuity to distinguish them from the major continuities that are featured in major fictons that are well known and have a lot of extant material as opposed to limited depictions or implied ones. But like I say, I'm not fussed. Anyone else think the article should be split into two? Thanks, PacifistPrime

I think they work fine as one article. "Micro-continuity" as it's used here seemes to mean "A continuity for which we only have a very tiny fragment of official fiction" which makes perfect sense. The distinction Steve is making between tiny continuities that don't have much story potential and those that do seems really subjective to me. I would argue that any coloring book universe is just as wide open as BW(G1), in that they're both continuities of which we really know less than nothing, ie. Micro-continuities. Good article, nice idea. --ZacWilliam 13:27, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks man, I appreciate that! PacifistPrime

Novelization

Should we mentioned the novelization (such as ROTF novel) is some sort of the micro-continuity? --TX55^TALK 09:45, 6 July 2009 (EDT)

We'd probably also have to toss in IDW's comic-related materials as well for both films at that. --Lonegamer78 10:19, 6 July 2009 (EDT)

No. It is supposed to be in continuity. I wouldn't confuse loose continuity with a micro-continuity. - Starfield 10:43, 6 July 2009 (EDT)

RID

Does the Robots in Disguise cartoon take place in a micro-continuity? I mean, the history of that universe is unknown, and may never be explored. The only glimpse of that universe we get is those 39 episodes of the show and one comic book. I don't even think you get to see what Cybertron is like. All you so see is what it looks like and that's it.71.255.166.80 14:23, 31 March 2012 (EDT)

"Micro-continuity" is an arbitrary term meant for fiction that is not well-known and minor. A cartoon series does not qualify. —Interrobang 14:35, 31 March 2012 (EDT)

find your fate.

How do we catergorize the Find your Fate books? They have many versions of themselves in one universe. (184.56.31.108 15:31, 22 May 2012 (EDT))

It's in the article. "The Find Your Fate Junior books are, by their very nature, micro-continuities (or, if you want to be pedantic, they contain multiple "nano"-continuities within them), since the various outcomes frequently involve the deaths of major characters." - Starfield 15:35, 22 May 2012 (EDT)

Purpose of term/article

I'm not sure what the point of this exercise is? "Some continuities are tiny". I mean... yes? That's inevitable when you have a 30+ year old franchise with multiple forms of media and no unified top-down direction in regards to continuity. It all comes off as wholly arbitrary. Saix (talk) 08:38, 7 March 2018 (EST)