User talk:Abates/Archive 7

Caption

Hi there I just wanted to see if would be ok to change a caption on the Brawl page?Sharpshot45 (talk) 19:51, 7 November 2017 (EST)

Without knowing which caption you want to change and what you want to change it to, that's a difficult question to answer. Generally we frown on changing captions unless they're bad or objectionable in some way. Transformers Wiki:Captions has more on our captions policy. --abates (talk) 20:18, 7 November 2017 (EST)

While we're on the subject i'm trying to add a caption for the Transformers Online Jazz image (No spoilers) but it's just not showing up why? Sharpshot45 (talk) 22:12, 7 November 2017 (EST)

You overwrote the size parameter and left a trailing | after the caption. --abates (talk) 22:21, 7 November 2017 (EST)

Pages to delete for moves

Since, obviously, it's hard to pick those out from all of my automated edits, the following pages need to be deleted so that articles can be moved: BuggyMan, Big Convoy, Legion. I'll let you know if there's any other ones. Saix (talk) 07:46, 12 March 2016 (EST)

Red Wing still needs to be deleted so Red Wing (MW) can be moved. Saix (talk) 12:52, 1 April 2016 (EDT)

Oh! My apologies. I was flying through them and didn't notice that one had a different deletion reason. I'll try to take better care to check the deletion reason in future. --abates (talk) 15:23, 1 April 2016 (EDT)

It's alright! Thanks for getting to that. Saix (talk) 15:27, 1 April 2016 (EDT)

If you get the time, could you delete the following: Airachnid (Prime), Dalton, Kicker, Headlock (RID)? All of the Hot Rod (G1) redirects probably need to be deleted too, since we have TLK Hot Rod now. Saix (talk) 06:26, 3 January 2017 (EST)

Thanks for the above. Could you also take care of Blitz? Saix (talk) 10:26, 5 January 2017 (EST)

And Thunder, now I've noticed it. Saix (talk) 10:15, 6 January 2017 (EST)

No problem! --abates (talk) 21:18, 6 January 2017 (EST)

Can you move "Sparky (Robotix)" to "Sparky"? S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 15:49, 8 January 2017 (EST)

As well as "Beamer (Autobot)", "Ace (G.I. Joe)", "Bolt (G1)", "Twister (Armada)", "Boomer (G1)", "Loco (RID)", "Pincher (G1)", and "Gong (Go-Bots)"? S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 16:17, 8 January 2017 (EST)

Some of those didn't actually need an admin to move them (it's only if the target redirect has been edited that you need to have admin privileges) but they're all done now anyway. --abates (talk) 16:40, 8 January 2017 (EST)

Thanks, abates! S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 16:49, 8 January 2017 (EST)

Can you move "Obsidian (Kre-O combiner)" to "Obsidian (Kre-O)"? And "Hot Rod" to "Hot Rod (G1)"? S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 17:39, 21 January 2017 (EST)

Can you move "Slash (AOE)" to "Slash"? S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 03:46, 23 February 2017 (EST)

Done! --abates (talk) 03:50, 23 February 2017 (EST)

Thanks! S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 03:51, 23 February 2017 (EST)

Image upload preview

Hey abates, are you aware of how the summary box Preview button when uploading an image works? Looking to get it on the IDW Hasbro Wiki, but I can't find anything relating to it in either of the TFWiki CSS files, and have no idea how else it could be triggered. Thanks. Jalaguy (talk) 07:10, 3 January 2017 (EST)

It's in MediaWiki:Common.js, should be easy to spot! --abates (talk) 15:07, 3 January 2017 (EST)

Ah, excellent, forgot that was a thing! Thanks! Jalaguy (talk) 18:05, 3 January 2017 (EST)

I keep meaning to get around to changing it to filter out the error message that comes back with the preview, but if you want to have a try, feel free! --abates (talk) 21:37, 3 January 2017 (EST)

Oh, pfft, I'm not sure my meager JS knowledge would stretch to that... On a related note, though, I've yet to actually get this working on the IDW wiki. Don't think it's cache related since it's been a couple of days now. D'you know if there are any other chunks of code the preview function needs to work, or is it more likely to be some random incompatibility with ShoutWiki's MediaWiki installation? Jalaguy (talk) 11:57, 5 January 2017 (EST)

ShoutWiki is using Mediawiki 1.28 versus our 1.19, so I think it's likely to be something's changed between versions that broke the Javascript. I tried Googling to see if there was an update to the preview code (not sure where Derik got it from), but it looks like preview is now built in possibly. --abates (talk) 14:34, 5 January 2017 (EST)

And another thing...

Sorry for more queries, but d'you know if there's a potential tweak to Template:Nav on GBWiki that would put the logo above the text box, on the right, instead over in the middle? I've figured the right alignment but don't know enough markup to get it up above the box... Thanks. Jalaguy (talk) 14:37, 9 January 2017 (EST)

The whole thing's already in a table, so you should be able to just change style="width: 100%;" at the top to style="float: right" and add a |- to start a new row right after the imagemap. --abates (talk) 15:22, 9 January 2017 (EST)

Fistfight (SG)

Thanks for letting me know why you reverted my Fistfight (SG) edit. Transhuman explicitly states his colors, and since This character has no official visual representation whatsoever... yet, at least... i thought the article should mention his deco. And, since so many SG characters take their color schemes from their G1 namesakes' rivals, Tyrannitron (partnered with one of the Dinobots, known for squaring off against Shockwave) seemed like a good guess at authorial intent--but it is just a guess. (Catgut is orange and black, too.) Hopefully this is cleared up in a more concise, humorous fashion in my new edit. --Rhymus (talk) 21:02, 22 January 2017 (EST)

Wait, when did Tyrannitron square off against Shockwave? His only fiction seems to be Games of Deception, and the summary for that seems to suggest Shockwave was reduced to a head at the time. --abates (talk) 06:09, 23 January 2017 (EST)

Sorry. What I meant was, the G1 Dinobots are known for squaring off against G1 Shockwave, G1 Tyrannitron is a G1 Dinobot's partner and G1 Fistfight is G1 Shockwave's partner, so it makes sense to me that G1 Tyrannitron likely inspired SG Fistfight's deco. --Rhymus (talk) 00:31, 20 February 2017 (EST)

That sounds like a bit of a leap to me! --abates (talk) 03:32, 20 February 2017 (EST)

Captions

Dude I think I might have screwed up the CW Powerglide section I tried to do a caption but I made the pic too big can you fix it and tell me how to caption pics proper i'm new here Sharpshot45 (talk) 20:39, 15 March 2017 (EDT)

Hi, as I mentioned on your talk page, we prefer that new users make significant contributions to the wiki before they start adding captions to images, as adding images is regarded as a perk of contributing to the wiki. Otherwise tons of people would sign up just to add captions to pictures and nothing important would get done. --abates (talk) 21:35, 15 March 2017 (EDT)

dude can you teach me how to properly caption Sharpshot45 (talk) 18:04, 8 April 2017 (EDT)

The caption is included in the coding for the image like [[File:Wiki.png|frame|left|The logo for this Wiki]] - you can read more about formatting on Help:Editing. --abates (talk) 02:16, 9 April 2017 (EDT)

Transformers The Last Knight's Characters

You add Quintessa, Bulldog and the Infernocons to the Transformers The Last Knight page. Lockhqu (talk) 16:15, 12 April 2017 (EDT)

Pal, I don't know if English is your primary language or not, but most people consider it customary to talk with more humility, especially to a site admin. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 16:45, 12 April 2017 (EDT)

Additionally, of those names only Quintessa has a primary, non-leaked source, and there's nothing not-leaked to link it to the space lady in the trailer. Jalaguy (talk) 18:10, 12 April 2017 (EDT)

Lockhqu, please post requests for character additions on Talk:Transformers: The Last Knight (film), though you will need to include a link to where those characters have been officially revealed. --abates (talk) 18:21, 12 April 2017 (EDT)

Optimus Primal

Can you move "Optimus Primal" to "Optimus Primal (BW)"? I'm not entirely sure how to deal with the suite. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 22:04, 2 June 2017 (EDT)

All done! --abates (talk) 01:29, 3 June 2017 (EDT)

Thanks, abates. Can you also restore "Sureshock (disambiguation)" and "Hard Head"? I know it's easy to recreate those pages, but I like history. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 03:13, 3 June 2017 (EDT)

Hard Head was just a redirect, so there's not really anything to restore. --abates (talk) 03:20, 3 June 2017 (EDT)

Can you move "LGC-8803" to "Metascan Omega" and restore "Nightbird (disambiguation)"? S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 23:41, 9 June 2017 (EDT)

Done! --abates (talk) 02:13, 10 June 2017 (EDT)

Can you restore Template:TRNightbeatMold? S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 17:19, 11 July 2017 (EDT)

Yep! --abates (talk) 19:04, 11 July 2017 (EDT)

Thanks! S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 19:13, 11 July 2017 (EDT)

And "Salvo (G.I. Joe)" and "Ginrai (disambiguation)"? S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 22:51, 11 July 2017 (EDT)

Barring any objections, can you move "Adventure Team (G.I. Joe)" to "Adveture Team"? S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 00:51, 16 July 2017 (EDT)

Something's glitching about File:RIDart-Bludgeon.jpg. Can you delete the whole thing so that I can re-upload a good version? S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 13:21, 17 July 2017 (EDT)

Might I ask you to restore "Flak (disambiguation)" and "Deadlock (disambiguation)"? S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 16:55, 21 July 2017 (EDT)

Can you move "Excavator Autobot" to "Trench"? S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 23:16, 28 July 2017 (EDT)

Yep, done! --abates (talk) 00:36, 29 July 2017 (EDT)

Seed

In AOE, Optimus said he was going to hide it somewhere. I think this should be adressed in the Last Knight notes section.--Primestar3 (talk) 12:43, 30 June 2017 (EDT)

Sure, that's fine. It's speculating what actually happened to it that's out. --abates (talk) 17:46, 30 June 2017 (EDT)

Robots in Disguise episode summaries

Hi, I was just wondering, where exactly do you get the episode titles and summaries for Robots in Disguise? Panagiotis Zois (talk) 10:31, 1 July 2017 (EDT)

Online listing sites like tvguide and zap2it, mainly! --abates (talk) 18:15, 1 July 2017 (EDT)

comics placement

You said: "(I am not sure why the comic that doesn't have any Transformers in is prominently listed before the comic that is actually about Transformers)"

I agree, but when I'm updating the list of months worth of comics, it's easier for me to keep them in the same order as the publishing site so I don't make an error or leave something out. --MistaTee (talk) 20:12, 10 July 2017 (EDT)

I figured it was something along those lines, since they were in alphabetical order by title. --abates (talk) 20:59, 10 July 2017 (EDT)

Deletion needed...

Apologies for the bother, but could I request that the first revision of File:RiD2015 - Guilty As Charged - The Verdict Is Passed.jpg be deleted? I got distracted midway through preparing to upload (going to check the credits to see if they were presenting him as Dropforge, and being dissapointed when he was just "Proctor #1") and forgot I hadn't hit 'save' before completing the initial upload. - TBR (talk) 14:56, 16 July 2017 (EDT)

Sorted! --abates (talk) 16:11, 16 July 2017 (EDT)

Thanks! - TBR (talk) 16:33, 16 July 2017 (EDT)

Jolt in the Last Knight

Hi I only want to say that adding Jolt to the characters is necessary. He died in the Canon comics, so this has sense, that´s why is a cameo. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Crosshairs (talk • contribs){{#if:| {{{2}}}|}}.

The problem is that the head in the video you linked to does not look like Jolt. They even display Jolt's head right next to it, and the two heads don't look the same. --abates (talk) 20:03, 19 September 2017 (EDT)

There is in the movie he is a cameo and also there is a Fire Brothers video about this.--Crosshairs 20:03, 19 September 2017 (EDT)

That is not Jolt's head. That is a fusion of Ironhide and Starscream's heads. Just cause some Youtuber said it is doesn't mean it's Jolt. What is so hard to understand about that. Escargon (talk) 21:13, 19 September 2017 (EDT)

That a random video exists does not change the fact that the head does not look like Jolt's. Item42 (talk) 21:14, 19 September 2017 (EDT)

The Fire Brothers video is talking about the bit you added to the page saying Jolt was in the movie. They do not confirm it's true. --abates (talk) 21:17, 19 September 2017 (EDT)

Bumblebee Lawsuit

Hey dude I hope you dont mind, but this Article needs to be added. [1]

I think this is just too silly. Energizer (talk) 05:30, 23 September 2017 (EDT)

I guess that would be an item for the Trademark page, hmm? --abates (talk) 16:54, 23 September 2017 (EDT)

Pretty much. I mean I can understand what's the fuss is all about, but this is pretty much the Straw that broke the camel's back. Energizer (talk) 17:29, 23 September 2017 (EDT)

Constant editings of the same sentence.

I hope my behaviour is not an annoyance. I just can't decide on how to word a sentence sometimes.--Primestar3 (talk) 09:44, 19 October 2017 (EDT)

Checkuser request

Hey abates, can you take a look at User:Genesis497, their behaviour makes it seem like it might be User:DannyMan98 ban evading. Cheers. Jalaguy (talk) 10:29, 31 October 2017 (EDT)

Yeeeeeah, it was him. --abates (talk) 15:38, 31 October 2017 (EDT)

Name Change

Is it possible for you to change my name to notirishman without creating a new account? I would greatly appreciate it! -west james/notirishman (talk) 21:32, 2 December 2017 (EST)

Looking into this, it looks like the best way is to activate the rename user extension. I don't see any reason why we can't do that, but I'll give a shout out on the Community Portal first to see if anyone has any objections. --abates (talk) 23:50, 2 December 2017 (EST)

Where is the rename user extension? Or has it not yet been activated? -west james/notirishman (talk) 20:28, 4 December 2017 (EST)

It has not been activated yet. --abates (talk) 22:18, 4 December 2017 (EST)

Ah thanks. -west james/notirishman (talk) 13:53, 5 December 2017 (EST)

Rename done, so you probably need to log in again with your new username. --abates (talk) 03:51, 8 December 2017 (EST)

Thanks! Quite appreciate it!-west james/notirishman (talk) 07:10, 8 December 2017 (EST)

Move page

Can you transfer "Burn Out (Diaclone)" to "Burn Out"? As we are not making individual pages for the Cobra Dreadnoks. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 21:17, 9 January 2018 (EST)

Yep, sure! --abates (talk) 23:54, 9 January 2018 (EST)

Thanks! S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 (talk) 00:00, 10 January 2018 (EST)

Kickstart Productions

Thanks for the update. i can only post what i know (in Rescue Bots' case based on 10 episodes on 2 borrowed DVDs, and not always watching the credits). Even then some things aren't "wiki-worthy" (we don't have articles for everyone in the credits), and with me not knowing what Kickstart contributed, i didn't know if Jay Surridge should get an article, or even a redlink. i only mentioned him for the sake of citing my sources (4 out of 5 episodes on the "Rescue Family" DVD). --Rhymus (talk) 05:33, 14 January 2018 (EST)

i knew i forgot something. Would you recommend [Kickstart Entertainment] redirecting to [Kickstart Productions], and should we disambiguate [Kickstart Productions] from Kickstart and the Disappeared Kickstart? --Rhymus (talk) 05:38, 14 January 2018 (EST)

I don't think it's a lot to ask that if you're going to create a page for a company that worked on Rescue Bots, that you at least watch past the first few screens of credits to see if there's any more information about what they did on the production. Creating a page that says vaguely that they did "something" because you couldn't be bothered researching at least a minimum regarding what they did just makes the Wiki look bad, and in this case the information was right there in the credits. --abates (talk) 14:42, 14 January 2018 (EST)

Protected pages

Maybe a good idea to look over the list of protected pages and remove some outdated or redundant protections? Semiprotection is pretty useless now that anonymous users can't edit at all. Saix (talk) 15:07, 22 February 2018 (EST)

New users aren't autoconfirmed right away, so it can still be useful under some circumstances, but yeah, a lot of those protections are outdated and no longer relevant. --abates (talk) 15:21, 22 February 2018 (EST)

New actor pictures

Hey I was wondering how you post new Actor pictures by replacing the current ones that's under the same file. It's been pegging for me around for like a long time. Energizer (talk) 02:01, 28 February 2018 (EST)

There's a link under the file history that says "Upload a new version of this file", which will let you replace an image. If you do so, you will need to manually update the description, as any description you give while uploading will just be used as the edit summary. --abates (talk) 04:08, 28 February 2018 (EST)

Yeah, I actually did it once on the following pages, James Remar, Dee Bradley Baker & Jim Cummings but when it was uploaded the results were just, well less. So I reverted back. Pretty sensitive you know. Energizer (talk) 12:33, 28 February 2018 (EST)

I'm not sure what you mean by "less". Sometimes your browser can cache the old picture or make it look odd because the thumbnails display at the wrong size, but you should be able to fix that by reloading the page. --abates (talk) 14:39, 28 February 2018 (EST)

Less than Expectations is what I mean. Energizer (talk) 17:02, 28 February 2018 (EST)

Please un-ban my IP address - I'm sorry for my actions

Hello, this is a message from a user who's IP address you have previously banned, along with some of my accounts, such as "iiVexitory" and "CynicalOblivion". I just wanted to let you know that I'd like to sincerely apologize for my foolish and careless actions, such as adding useless notes to some of the articles. I've also done ignorant and offensive things such as deleting everything off of ItzWalky's talk page. I'd like you to know that I, myself, am I very big Transformers Fan and I want to help out and contribute to the wiki. From now on, I promise to not fill the "note" section up and only edit to fix typos and grammatical errors, not adding useless observations. So, can you please unban my IP address? I solemnly swear not to do stupid and arrogant stuff on this Wiki and help to expand it not destroy it. Also, I'm actually not a troll, I actually enjoy Transformers a lot and help editing articles on Teletraan 1: The Transformers Wiki and Transformers: Prime Wiki. I hope you will consider letting me back in to edit on this wiki, and, if it convinces you guys any more, I will ask one of you for permission before editing anything. By the way, this is an IP adress from a library, please don't ban this one either. I'm sorry for my stupidity. - Sharz

(I forgot my IP address because I'm an idiot, but if you just unban the user iiVexitory, that would be great.) --—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sharz (talk • contribs){{#if:| {{{2}}}|}}. 16:07, 8 March 2018 (EST)

Hi, just so you know, as a general rule homophobic insults thrown at other users are unacceptable in most places, so maybe don't use them on other websites if you want to avoid being banned on them. --abates (talk) 19:50, 8 March 2018 (EST)