Talk:Transformers: The War Within

Ichikawa quote

I question the validity of using a quote that is not only poorly translated (by admission within the very post from which it came), but is also partly out of context. To me, using it like this implies 1) Ichikawa-san made the statement himself in that poor English, and 2) he unreservedly praised "War Within". Neither is true. One MIGHT argue that by following the reference link, full context may be realized—except you can't see the link unless you edit the page. Had I not happened to notice this edit and check the "differences" view out of curiosity, I might never have known the link was there.--Apcog 02:58, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

The link is now showing up for me. Is it for you? (I was attempting to fix this known bug involving URL's, I failed... so I applied a band-aid.)

You are correct about the unreserved praise, but I included the quote precisely because I enjoy the lousy translation. Would it be acceptable if the link noted this was a bad web-translation of his review? -Derik 03:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

The link does show up now, yes. I considered adding some explanation within the article, but if you have to explain "this isn't the entire context of what he said, plus it's a poor translation," isn't that going to undermine the whole point of using that quote?--Apcog 06:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Default Sort

I'm thinking it would be good to set the DEFAULTSORT of this article to "War Within". Would there be any problem with that? --Loudstone 16:19, 20 April 2009 (EDT)

Move suggestion?

I'm wondering if we shouldn't create a "War Within (Franchise)" and move this to "The War Within (Comic)" - we've gotten toys (various Titaniums, I believe that one Target 2-pack) that are explicitly marked as being "War Within Series" and the like, and it appears that Hasbro is treating the three miniseries as a sort of micro-franchise when it comes to marketing. at the very least, we should probably make a note of that somewhere. Hooper_X 08:11, 14 May 2009 (EDT)

I was thinking about doing just that, when I came across this post. Ask and ye shall receive. - Jackpot

Dreamwave TPB ISBN

Hey guys, new here. There appears to be a more readily available edition for Dreamwave's TPB, ISBN 097327865X. Amazon.com incorrectly says this is the pocket edition, and that ISBN 0973278609 is by Titan Books (rare & unverified).

So I have a few questions: which of these were distributed for the U.S. or imported? If they're both for the U.S., was ISBN 0973278609 printed first, and then Dreamwave printed more with the different ISBN 097327865X?

If ISBN 097327865X turns out to be the one for the U.S. market, then I want to change the Dreamwave TPB ISBN to that.