User talk:Abates/Archive 2

Image request

Thanks for the (fast) image upload for Leftfoot's assistant. If it's not too much to ask, could you perhaps also provide a screencap of "Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter" - Gilmer reaching for his crotch in pain. I'd like to see it added to the episode page and the Humanization article. And if you'd have The Headmasters DVDs, the purple rat monster article has been without image for half a year. Geewunling 03:28, 17 October 2010 (EDT)

Sure! Unfortunately my DVDs of The Headmasters are out on loan to a friend at the moment, so I haven't even been able to get around to adding screenshots to the HM episode articles. I will see what I can do though. --abates 03:44, 17 October 2010 (EDT)

What's a few more days or weeks to six months? ;) Thanks a lot for your uploads so far. Geewunling 04:07, 17 October 2010 (EDT)

Thank you!! Geewunling 02:26, 27 October 2010 (EDT)

No problem! --abates 02:37, 27 October 2010 (EDT)

Image request revisited

Do you think you could do another imagery list? I am looking for a better version of Image:Starscream clone G1.jpg, a screenshot of Trashbin (as the page itself notes, the best image moment would be shortly before the line "you check in, but you don't check out" by Wreck-Gar during the chase scene on Junk), and Dread slaves needs some images. I think a screenshot of when Kup finally frees everybody, aka that time organic prisoners show up, would be good for the Notes section. Possibly when three of the robot prisoners (the ones who get caught by Predaking) try to flee would be good as main image. Think you could get these? Geewunling 04:21, 13 December 2010 (EST)

I'll take a look. I did look through my screenshots for "Chaos" a while ago for suitable shots of the Dread slaves, but couldn't find any, so I may have to go back to the episode. --abates 04:53, 13 December 2010 (EST)

Er, regarding Trashbin, I don't see him in that shot. The dude in the middle back is closest, but has a different head and legs to the character model. --abates 05:48, 13 December 2010 (EST)

Thanks for the uploads so far. With Trashbin, it "is" the dude in the middle. The fact he has a slightly different head and legs in that shot doesn't change what model he is supposed to be anymore than HAZMAT's face/no face difference. Alternatively, the closest possible shot of him attacking Arcee will also do (can't use the moment after she knocks him over, because then the model gets switched for Junkyard's). Does this help? Geewunling 07:11, 13 December 2010 (EST)

Ahhh, OK! --abates 14:22, 13 December 2010 (EST)

"Plaise, suh, may I 'aff s'more?"

Many thanks for Trashbin's and the early war dudes' images. Though, could I request some more images for the latter's page? For the gallery, I'd like images of the yellow/blue and green dude when they walk next to each other, the red and the blue chars behind them standing in front of each other, the Whirl-like dude fleeing, the red and blue guys fleeing for Decepticon fire and maybe another image for the grey/red guy fleeing behind them. I'd also like a shot from "The Key to Vector Sigma" featuring at least the green dude for the Notes section. Think you could get these too? Geewunling 18:54, 26 December 2010 (EST)

Done! --abates 02:19, 27 December 2010 (EST)

Bothering you once again. Sorry

If you can find the time, could you get a few articles some more images? I'm looking for an image of Megatron getting a pair of binoculars from his chest for the continuity ntoes section of "The Master Builders" and the images as described for the Satellite Penitentiary inmates and personnel. For the inmates, I like to see the current image replaced by a full panshot one, and I'd prefer Gaihawk to be visible in the drowned inmate-is-still alive shot so it can be added to the episode page's animation error section. Geewunling 05:48, 6 March 2011 (EST)

I've stuck an image up for the Master Builders! I'll have a look at the Satellite Penitentiary articles this evening, though a pan might be tricky - the NSTC to PAL conversion Madman used means 90% of the frames end up overlapping, but if Shout Factory release Victory in NTSC, that will help. --abates 14:59, 6 March 2011 (EST)

I had missed that you added the remaining images. Thank you for that. Though at the risk of sounding ungrateful, might I ask why you opted for an 'escape from explosions'-shot rather than another prison-panshot? Did the frames overlap?

On a not-image related note, the "Teacher" category. It has no description, so I'd like to know how exactly it is bordered. It currently only has "classroom" teachers listed, but aren't characters like Ani Yoketron, Cyb Brakedown and En Landmine teachers too? Geewunling 05:54, 17 April 2011 (EDT)

It seemed like a good idea at the time? I couldn't find much to choose from with what's usable in the episode, and the erupting lava shot seemed to have some interesting body forms in. As for the teachers category, I basically added everyone I could think of at the time who was a teacher, so I'm not surprised I missed some people (well, not so much the UT guys, because I haven't seen Energon or Cybertron since they were broadcast) --abates 07:17, 17 April 2011 (EDT)

Put!

Put, c'mon! --Barricade123 15:30, 7 November 2010 (EST)

Hey

I'm just trying to add interesting stuff to this place. I came from the wikia of this, and I'm eager to make this site even better than it.

I just don't see the rhyme or reason at which you delete stuff. I thought the focus here was on comedy, so the reasons you gave for removing some things made no sense. I always tried to think up meaningful content to add when I came across something. I don't just add for the sake of adding, and everything I've added was there before on the wikia site. --Tommy-Vercetti 16:54, 8 November 2010 (EST)

The focus here isn't just comedy and there's a limit to it. Sometimes, too much details or comedy can get in the way of the article so we have to trim back. --Lonegamer78 17:04, 8 November 2010 (EST)

We split from the Wikia site two years ago, so it has evolved different rules to us. Some of the things that you added, like the last appearance of Inferno's beast mode, aren't particularly notable in themselves - if we added notes every time a character was seen for the first or last time, the wiki would be covered in them. --abates 17:12, 8 November 2010 (EST)

Re:The Pri¢e of Life! UK cover

You probably don't remember, but I'm trying to work out what the source is on the credit for Frances Farmer on the UK cover of "The Pri¢e of Life!". According to the history, you added it in March '08. Do you recall where you go the info from? --abates 20:34, 3 November 2010 (EDT)

Hi! Sorry, I haven't been on in a few days. No I don't remember exactly where I got the info for the cover, but I suspect it was from here. Now, where THEY got it, I have no idea. Maybe they actually have the comic. Hope this helps.--MistaTee 09:19, 15 November 2010 (EST)

Aha, thanks! --abates 14:16, 15 November 2010 (EST)

"Micron Legend" <> "Micron Densetsu"

Why "Densetsu" instead of "Legend"? --Lonegamer78 03:48, 25 November 2010 (EST)

That was Interrobang who changed that. I guess because we're using Micron in the name rather than Mini-Con? --abates 04:05, 25 November 2010 (EST)

Whoops. And it doesn't make sense. Well, to me. --Lonegamer78 04:07, 25 November 2010 (EST)

Please do not block IPs infinitely

Please do not block IPs infinitely. They might change, even if they are static. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.147.177.207 (talk • contribs){{#if:| {{{2}}}|}}.

That IP I banned is owned by a web host, and should be hosting a web site, not making edits here. If that ever changes, the person using that IP can always appeal the block. --abates 14:41, 19 December 2010 (EST)

Miniseries pages

In reference to your comment when adding the Darkness Rising page, I think that home video release information for a mini-series should go on the main page instead of being repeated on each individual episode page as these are rarely if ever released separately. Just my two cents. --Khajidha 16:59, 11 January 2011 (EST)

We could have it both places? Taking it off the individual pages might make it harder to find, particularly since, at the moment anyway, we're not linking to the main pages from the episode pages. --abates 17:05, 11 January 2011 (EST)

SG Ravage trolling

Looking at the history of the page, this guy's been rotating IPs, the rest might need to be preemptively blocked. - Cattleprod 00:26, 3 February 2011 (EST)

Yeah, that might be a good idea. Man, some people take this stuff far too seriously. --abates 00:34, 3 February 2011 (EST)

Regarding the edits Eagc7 made

Apparently you haven't read the Megatron (Movie) article in awhile, because Eagc7 was just trying to help out. Xaaron made this edit almost a year ago, most likely because nobody bothered to fill out that section since 2007. Nobody objected. Eagc7 evidently noticed this and was trying to make the other articles consistent. I know you were only following Detour's lead, but I think you should have investigated why Eagc7 didn't seem to edit Megatron's article, or questioned him. --FFN 03:37, 12 April 2011 (EDT)

I kinda disagree with Xaaron's original edit because I think listing the voice actor for an adaptation in the section for the comic is a bit awkward. Do we do that anywhere else? --abates 04:11, 12 April 2011 (EDT)

Not that I know of, but the point was he made that edit, nobody objected at the time, and then somebody else tried to do the same and got insta-reverted. Now, if Xaaron's edit shouldn't have been made in the first place we can change Megatron's article or something, but there will still be big charstubfictions there. --FFN 10:22, 12 April 2011 (EDT)

I don't remember seeing Xaaron's edit at the time, so I may not have seen it. Eagc7's edits, however, were removing information. For instance his edit to the Judy Witwicky article removed that her lines were cut from "Beginnings" and instead added "Voice actor: Unknown", which implies something completely different. --abates 16:27, 12 April 2011 (EDT)

We´re her lines cut from Begginings? If so sorry but thats becuase i haevnt seen that in years —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Eagc7 (talk • contribs){{#if:| {{{2}}}|}}.

You're one step ahead of me - no Walmarts in New Zealand. I'm sorry I didn't provide better description when doing those reversions. --abates 17:26, 12 April 2011 (EDT)

Nemesis Prime

As far as I am aware, that snippet of Toxitron's bio is the only mention of Nemesis Prime in the Animated universe. Can you give me some pointers on what else should/could be added?KrytenKoro 18:49, 10 June 2011 (EDT)

Hmm, looking at the article that was deleted, it seems to be only missing the continuity identifier and a disambig template. I presume that was why it was marked for deletion. --abates 19:31, 10 June 2011 (EDT)

I will add those, if you recreate the article for me.KrytenKoro 21:46, 10 June 2011 (EDT)

Oh okay, you already did it. Grazie!KrytenKoro 21:53, 10 June 2011 (EDT)

No problem! :) --abates 21:54, 10 June 2011 (EDT)

For Around Cybertron stuff...

http://transcomics.deviantart.com/favourites/38977170 All of the strips (bar the most recent one) online for your updating pleasure. --Jeysie 07:16, 15 June 2011 (EDT)

Oh, awesome! Thanks! --abates 07:22, 15 June 2011 (EDT)

NP. I'm just glad to see somebody updating those articles. :) --Jeysie 07:58, 15 June 2011 (EDT)

Knockout

Good work. Just wanted to thank you (and the others who helped deal with that numbskull). Antimatter 23:46, 15 June 2011 (EDT)

NP. You'd think people would have something better to do. --abates 23:54, 15 June 2011 (EDT)

DOTM movie article

Don't bother with minor fixes to the "Other development details" section. That one contains old, unsorted stuff I still have to implement into other sections. Since I don't want to do it all in one rush (and risk editing conflicts), I have to do it in smaller chunks.--Nevermore 19:00, 5 July 2011 (EDT)

I realised that after I did it, but oh well! Thanks for doing the work of reformatting that into sections! --abates 19:24, 5 July 2011 (EDT)

any way for delete those pages

Is there any way for remove those pages Rodrigo Carralero and Abel Rocha, i was checking Doblaje wiki again and they confirmed that Mirage and Wheeljack we´re vocied by soembody else so can you delete those pages?, oh yeah if its possible cna you remove Rebeca Gómez so i can add Erica Edwards as arcee vocei actress cause doblaje wiki claims she is arcee adn elita-1 vocie actress (as the notes sectino of gomez claism aswell) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Eagc7 (talk • contribs){{#if:23:11, 15 July 2011 (EDT)| 23:11, 15 July 2011 (EDT)|}}.

Sure. --abates 23:17, 15 July 2011 (EDT)

External links

Where can one see whether a page has an external link to it or not? Geewunling 06:06, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

I generally use both Yahoo site explorer and google Google and either using their "Link:" keyword or just searching for the URL. None of these methods is foolproof, unfortunately. Site Explorer doesn't like URLs with brackets or punctuation, for instance. --abates 06:16, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

Oh, so it's not a tfwiki-based search? I'll keep in mind to do a link search in the future before putting up a delete request. Is time of relevance when looking at external links? Like, if it's three years since a link was made, is it still an argument not to delete a redirect? Geewunling 11:07, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

I don't think we have any hard and fast rules. I'm in favour of erring on the side of caution myself. --abates 16:26, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

Bumble Spud

I can't believe I added my fuckin NAME! Thank you for getting rid of that and keeping me from looking like a complete dumbass. Goes to show that I've been using the talk pages too damn much. -- Semysane 21:20, 30 July 2011 (EDT)

Heh, yeah, I figured it was a reflex action. :) --abates 21:43, 30 July 2011 (EDT)

Frank Burns

I basically can't imagine someone existing without having seen at least one episode of M*A*S*H*. I declare you an alien. --Monzo 23:42, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

I never really got around to catching it. :) --abates 00:01, 21 August 2011 (EDT)

Hey now, I've never seen an episode of it either. I saw the movie and that's it. (as an aside, if you're ever curious, I strongly recommend the film, abates) --Detour 03:20, 21 August 2011 (EDT)

User:Megatron150

User:Megatron150 is vandalising many different pages. Act immediately! -- Anythingspossibleforapossible 17:10, 26 August 2011 (EDT)

I would have done, but I was in bed, asleep. I do have to do that some times :) --abates 18:55, 26 August 2011 (EDT)

Yes, naturally :) -- Anythingspossibleforapossible 19:30, 26 August 2011 (EDT)

For Wiki Pimping Purposes...

Since I know you update us on Wikiindex and such, I thought you might find this of future use as well: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_wikis since we're not that far away from earning a spot. --Jeysie 18:12, 10 September 2011 (EDT)

Oh yeah, thanks! That's a bit of a moving target, because they keep increasing the minimum number of articles needed, but I think we'll catch up eventually. I'll keep an eye on it. --abates 18:26, 10 September 2011 (EDT)

pickup decepticon

Yeah, right after i made that page i saw Carrion post a link to that other page :P - SoundwaveAndMegatron 21:44, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Combaticons Text

There appears to be a chunk or two of sentence missing from your summary of the "Wings of Honor" story, resulting in this:

• "However as they tried to merge into Bruticus, they were blasted by, Battle Lines, Part 3 it turned out, even more survivors of the massacre."

If I knew the story enough to figure out what you'd meant to write, I'd fix it myself.Apcog 11:44, 1 November 2011 (EDT)

I've added in a bit to hopefully make it read better. --abates 15:32, 1 November 2011 (EDT)

Obama-nutter`

Can you please rangeban this guy, and possibly semi-protect the affected pages?KrytenKoro 10:18, 8 November 2011 (EST)

Also, once he's dead, please remove the commented junk on those two pages. Apparently he's leaving them alone now.KrytenKoro 10:43, 8 November 2011 (EST)

Yeah, I'm sorry if I got a bit too snarky there with him. But he's an idiot- drop the banhammer on him. Tom Servo the Great 10:46, 8 November 2011 (EST)

...I guess I'll see about working out a range ban for that guy! --abates 13:48, 8 November 2011 (EST)

Dunno if that's gonna work. His IPs are not similar in number. Rats. --ItsWalky 19:32, 8 November 2011 (EST)

Yeah, we'd have to ban all of British Telecom's IP addresses. --abates 19:40, 8 November 2011 (EST)

If this morning is anything to go by, he's stubborn. Hopefully he'll run out of computers eventually. Tom Servo the Great 19:35, 8 November 2011 (EST)

Er... sorry to bother you again, but guess who's back? Tom Servo the Great 19:14, 8 November 2011 (EST)

Banned! --abates 19:17, 8 November 2011 (EST)

Rangeban 2

I tracked down 142.1.52.96 this IP address, and it's coming from a public place. I think this guy's responsible for a rash of vandalism attacks on the wiki; is it possible to rangeban all the IPs from this location? Tom Servo the Great 10:07, 9 November 2011 (EST)

The University of Toronto? That rings a bell. Didn't we block that before? --abates 14:45, 9 November 2011 (EST)

Maybe. But there could be several networks there or something. Tom Servo the Great 15:07, 9 November 2011 (EST)

More assholes to ban

This guy is probably the same Obama guy from before, and he's crazier than ever. Thanks Tom Servo the Great 14:38, 15 November 2011 (EST)

Banning those addresses now won't do any good because he'll have a different IP address next time anyway. I've protected your talk page for the time being. --abates 14:52, 15 November 2011 (EST)

That works too. Thanks, though. Tom Servo the Great 16:14, 15 November 2011 (EST)

A Gift For Megatron

I'm.. guessing that "dressing gown" is a regionalism? We'd call what he's wearing a "bathrobe" in the US. Dressing gown puts me in the mind of something a woman would go ballroom dancing in. --Monzo 04:52, 15 December 2011 (EST)

Wikipedia's bathrobe article doesn't mention if that term's a regionalism or not, so I'm not sure. I've changed it anyway, to be on the safe side. --abates 05:04, 15 December 2011 (EST)