Editing User talk:Beetle Bug

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Hi there, I noticed you have been manually typing your signature in your messages, so just dropping this here to help you out :) [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 06:28, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
:Yeah, it's because it keeps putting the wrong time info in. I'll show you. This is what it wants to put: [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 06:30, 12 July 2021 (EDT), however it's not 6:30, it's 5:31, and it's not EDT, it's CST. I did try to change it to the right time via my preferences page, but it keeps undoing it to a degree. I mean, I have it set up, but when it posts it, it's another time completely. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 05:33, 12 July 2021 (CST)
:Oh! Since you are here, I just noticed that you are planning of updating Primus' page. Well, I'd suggest when you get around to updating the picture of his Cybertron toy, point out the stuff here: "In planet mode, he is considerably more detailed than Armada Unicron, with visible cities, including Iacon, based upon its appearance in the DK Publishing book, Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, and Kaon, specifically Kolkular, as seen in The War Within.", because I have the toy, but I can't tell which visible city is which, as I don't have the comics/books that are mentioned, and I think that would help many collectors and researchers down the line to have that info more accessible. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 05:39, 12 July 2021 (CST)
::I believe the timezone preferences only change how you see your watchlist, history pages and the recent changes page at your end. Message signatures are all set to EDT. I live in New Zealand, and my preference is set to my local time, but my message signatures still show up using EDT as well, it's just how the software is set up I guess. As for Primus, it'll be a little while until I get around to adding new toy pics. I have a backlog of Beast Wars and ROTF toy photos that I need to finish editing before I can take any new photos. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 06:57, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
:::Signature timezones all use the same timezone probably so that when you're looking at a talk page, you can tell whether one comment was made relative to another without having to convert between timezones. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 07:08, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
:::: Ah... Ok then. I did not know. Thanks for that info. I honestly thought that there was some error happening. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 07:11, 12 July 2021 (EDT)

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Talk pages are also not the place to make demands for changes to the wiki. If you have something that you would like to add to the wiki, it's best to make that change yourself. The wiki is a collaborative and voluntary effort and it is up to the user to make the changes they see fit, we don't request others to do it for us. Also, if you are worried about having your edits reverted for not being up to snuff, I'd recommend taking another look at the welcome box at the top of this page for our style guide and help sections. Our Discord server linked in the above box is also a good place for getting help when starting out and I would highly recommend you join. Questions tend to get answered at a faster rate than they do on here too. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 00:24, 4 August 2021 (EDT)
: Actually, I was on the Discord at some point, but I got banned over a miscommunication issue regarding me. Apparently I asked for members for my fanfic or something, but when I asked what the staff whom accused me was talking about, they just shut down on me. I recall asking a few questions in the server mentioning that I was using the answers to further enhance said fanfic, such as info on some stuff that I couldn't find here, like bios for minicons, and info about a voice actor, and something else, but nothing like "Hey, join my Discord and help on the fanfic.", which is what I was accused of. I tried to appologize and make amends, but I got banned for not listening, and I still don't know why I'm banned, just something about posting something that I shouldn't. They also said that I was "fighting with staff", which I asked about only to be told more or less "if I don't know what they are talking then they don't have to explain". Now I'd get it if I was faking or something, but I genuinely don't know what I did to get IP banned. I did say some things that I was told not to say/do, and once I was told to stop, I said, more or less, "Ok, I'm sorry.", then stopped and never did it again. I don't know if someone made false claims, or the staff or someone else misread something I typed, or even if I was mistaken for someone else. All I know is I'm IP banned. I only know this as I tried to rejoin on an alternate account to try and repeal the ban, or at least understand what I did, but then I found I was banned on there too, dispite never using that account on the server. Now if I did do something wrong, that's fine, I accept the punishment, but I'm genuinely unsure what I did, as what I was accused of was neither something I did, nor something listed in the rules of things not to do. Well, unless I overlooked something, which is quite likely as I have the bad habit/tendency of doing that. So hey, yeah, sure, I'd gladly use the Discord server, but I can't if I'm banned. So unless you or someone else can help me in that regard, I'm stuck. Also, when I was typing that thing out about demands, I was not thinking. I even think that I was mad at something else and thus blinded by anger, but I don't recall. However, either way, that doesn't make it right. I'm still in the wrong. I honestly didn't even realize that I did that until someone pointed that out, which I am truly sorry about. Normally I don't act that way, and normally I just ask about info, but this time I thought that I was in the right, so I thought that stating it needed an update was the appropriate response. I can see now that I wasn't though. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 00:59, 4 August 2021 (EDT)
:: Oh! Also, just so you know, I wasn't worried about my edits reverted for not being up to snuff, I was more concerned that I would be breaking a rule for deleting the comment/caption on the picture in the most recent case. Plus if it's removed/reverted for not being up to snuff, that's fine. This site is supposed to have proper info, so if I post something that is wrong info, I'd like someone to come along and change it. Besides, given the fact that the entire point of this site is to give proper info, there's not much I can do about that. I mean, since I use this site for all my Transformers info, it wouldn't be of much use to me if it has wrong info or missing info. Honestly, when I mention that I think someone else should change it, it's due to me not having or knowing the right info, and I don't want to post wrong info to begin with and cause someone to be confused or misled, let alone be the reason that someone has to edit and fix my mistakes. So I try to have the right info to begin with, thus when I don't have it, but know (or in this case "think") that info is wrong or misleading, I feel like it's better to speak up and mention that it might be wrong, rather than to change it to something that is wrong when it's right to begin with, or even make it more wrong than it was to begin with. Not only that, but sometimes I can't find the right info, and most places more or less depict this site as the ''only'' one that has the right info. So when this has wrong info, I sometimes can't find the right info due to everything directing me to here for the right info. It's just a paradox at that point. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 14:36, 4 August 2021 (EDT)

== Website help. This is for people to teach me how to use the site, since I am misunderstanding some of the rules and code of conduct. ==

Question 1: What kinds of questions are ok to ask on here, and how do I know if my question is that kind of question? For example, is it ok to ask about functions of a toy with the purpose of posting the info about it on the toy's page/section? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 18:59, 9 August 2021 (EDT)
:Hi, the idea of contributing to the wiki is to provide information on areas you know about or can research yourself. If you are asking these sorts of questions instead, you're asking for someone else to do the work in providing information. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 21:36, 9 August 2021 (EDT)
:: Well, then how would I even research the info, when most places I check send me back here to find the info that is not even here? That's where I'm getting stuck on. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 03:15, 10 August 2021 (EDT)
:::The original source. If you're looking to add information which is not currently on the wiki, you need to research it by watching the cartoon, or movie, or reading the comic, or in this case, looking at an example of the toy in question. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 04:47, 10 August 2021 (EDT)
:::: Ok. Well, then what if I can't find an example of the toy in question? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 05:07, 10 August 2021 (EDT)
:::::Then you can't add the information to the wiki? You can't add info you don't have. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 06:06, 10 August 2021 (EDT)
:::::: Ah. I was asking because sometimes two heads are better than one, so my line of thinking was this: "If I can't find it, ask around on the wiki to see if someone else might have the info.", but I'm guessing from what you are telling me, that's not correct. If I am wrong, please just let me know, otherwise, I'm gonna assume that I'm right in saying that you are telling me that my line of thinking is wrong. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 06:09, 10 August 2021 (EDT)
:::::::The problem here is that most of your questions could easily be answered if you watched a review on YouTube or looked at photos of the toy by Googling or looking at the numerous toy galleries that are readily available on websites such as [https://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/galleries/ Seibertron.com,] [https://reflector.tfw2005.com/ TFW2005,] and [http://www.transformers-universe.com/include.php?path=galerie/Bildergalerie.php Transformers-Universe.] [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 07:24, 10 August 2021 (EDT)
:::::::: Well, I have checked [https://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/galleries/ Seibertron.com], but some of the stuff I'm looking for is not on there. I've only found use for it in this regard one time, and that was with [[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)]] and the fact of exactly what weapons he had and where. Other than that, none whatsoever. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 17:46, 10 August 2021 (EDT)

Question 2: What do I do if I notice that an external link is obsolete? Is there a template to point that out? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 05:15, 10 August 2021 (EDT)
:Generally, we go looking for a Wayback Machine link to replace it, so long as Wayback Machine was able to preserve any of the information that the link was originally there for, otherwise the link gets nuked. However, if you don't know what information the link is referring to, it's best to leave it for someone else to clean up. Simply put: stick to what you know you can help with and the leave what you don't know to someone else, someone will get to it eventually, there is no rush for things to be finished. As I have stated before, the wiki is a voluntary effort.
:However, I'm going to be brutally honest here because I'm starting to notice a pattern occurring. The whole point on joining a wiki is to help fill in gaps and build a more solid structure around the things that you are familiar with. If you have to keep asking other people questions about things that you are not familiar with, you'd be better off leaving it because it is becoming counterproductive. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 07:24, 10 August 2021 (EDT)
:: Was that first part by you too? I ask as whoever posted it, didn't sign it. Also, what do you mean by "nuked"? By the way, this is the very first wiki that I have signed up for, so to speak, and more than likely the only one that I will, so my question is this, when you (the person that said this thing) say "asking other people questions about things that you are not familiar with", what exactly do you mean? Are you talking about how this wiki works in general, or like the sources and general info of articles? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 17:52, 10 August 2021 (EDT)
:::Yes, they were both me. Asking for directions on coding or correct places to put information is fine. Asking others for information that you don't know about is not, otherwise it becomes a chatroom, which is not what we are here for. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 20:59, 10 August 2021 (EDT)
:::: Ah, ok. I honestly didn't realize that stuff, especially the chatroom stuff. I'm sorry about that. No wonder people were getting upset and/or mad at me. Thanks for helping to explain that and clarify it. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 00:05, 11 August 2021 (EDT)

Question 3: What do I do if I notice that a link to a certain section of the wiki sends you to the wrong area and can't figure out the right link format to fix it? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 07:05, 10 August 2021 (EDT)
:If you don't know the right formatting to fix it, you can just point it out on the article's Talk page and someone else can correct it. -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul|talk]]) 16:21, 10 August 2021 (EDT)
:: Ok, thanks. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 17:52, 10 August 2021 (EDT)

Question 4: What do I do I find that a toy list thing (as I have no clue what to call it) is missing a toy (I'm meaning this type of toy list thing: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod_(G1)/toys , but not this one as in the since of "the question is due to the issue in question occuring on this page", but rather just as an example of the type of page), but I have some info for it, like at bare minimum, just the fact it exists? Like how do I go about placing it in the right place, like in regards to proper release date order? Also, what if it is posted elsewhere in the wiki on another toy's page, but not as a mess up, but rather as due to the fact it's in a multi-pack of sorts, could I just copy and paste the info that is identical for it and the other toys in the pack, and then hope that someone else knows the remaining info and can input it in? Mind you, this is mainly for like two packs, but not ''only'' them. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 06:01, 11 August 2021 (EDT)

Question 5: I'm just curious, why is it on Unicron in toylines it shows the Decepticon insignia, but elsewhere he's given his own insignia? Is that due to an error, or just due to the toyline labeling him as such? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 20:04, 11 August 2021 (EDT)

Question 6: How do I do that whole "state the reason for the change" thing that I've been seeing people do sometimes when they change stuff? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 08:09, 14 August 2021 (EDT)

Question 7: If I notice that something seems out of place, like in the sense of "this should not be grouped with this thing" or "this should be grouped with this thing", and kinda like the whole "these things should be two separate pages" or "these things should be on one single page", how do I go about that? Do I fix it myself, or do that "voting" thing that I see on here from time to time, and if so, how do I do that? I ask as I don't know which template to use. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 09:09, 15 August 2021 (EDT)
:: The reason for this right off hand is [[Primus#Cybertron|Primus toys in G1 and Cybertron]]. Like why is the first Cybertron toy listed under G1 rather than Cybertron, given it's packaging says "Cybertron" on it? Is it officially called G1 somewhere, is it one of those "this toy doubles as this character" things, or is it an error? I don't know. Nor even where to look. Let alone where to start looking. I mean I get the "gold Rodimus Prime" "lucky draw" toy, but not that. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 09:17, 15 August 2021 (EDT)
:::The Japanese release in 2006 was in G1 style packaging. The Cybertron release is right below it in a Cybertron section.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 12:37, 15 August 2021 (EDT) 
:::: Oh. I didn't know about the G1 style packaging part. I did know about the other part, but I thought it was a duplicate thing, not a whole separate product. Well, thanks nontheless. That really helps. However, even so, do you what to do about the "Question 7" above? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 02:47, 16 August 2021 (EDT)

Question 8: What do I do if someone changes my edits without stating why? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 18:14, 18 August 2021 (EDT)

Question 9: Could someone explain the confusion in my to-do list number 9? I'd like to know how the format of foreign names works. Like what's the source? Why are there sometimes many names under the same Transformers under the same language? Like why are there sometimes several Japanese names for the same Transformer/group/thing/things? Also, why are there sometimes like five languages of foreign names on somethings, but like only two on others, and still others have it in like every language? Like what's up with that? Is it an error, or an official thing? Both as I'd like to add to it, and for personal reasons. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 20:45, 20 August 2021 (EDT)

== To-do list unless someone beats me to it. ==

1. Figure out the canon name for the "Power-up and Energize"/"Energizer" weapon things used by the Rescue Bots, what episode they were first shown on, what types there are, which episodes they were in, and a short, accurate description about them, and then make a page for that. Unless there is a page for that already, which if there is, I ask that if someone sees this, they inform me so as to help me avoid making a huge mistake. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 00:18, 12 August 2021 (EDT)

2. Figure out the canon names of the Cyber Key Powers of the Transformers in the Transformers Cybertron/Galaxy Force series, and make a page for that which clarifies the names, users, and which show. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 00:20, 12 August 2021 (EDT)

3. Figure out if any Transformers that have the same chassis as [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)#Universe .282003.29| Ultra Magnus (Universe)]] have a matrix thing molded under a flip-out grill hood thing. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 12:25, 13 August 2021 (EDT)

4. Figure out how to ask questions about where to put stuff, but not in the sense of things covered by: [[Help:Editing]], but rather more in the sense of, "should this be a new page, or part of the one already made, and if so, where does it fit", as well as "how should I put this in without messing up someone else's hardwork". [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 04:17, 14 August 2021 (EDT)
 
5. Figure out which seeker molds have hidden missile racks, where, and how many are in them. The main ones to look into though are the G1 and masterpiece ones. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 04:17, 14 August 2021 (EDT)

6. Find an image that showcases this fact about [[Tidal Wave (Armada)#Armada| Tidal Wave (Armada)]]: "The connectors for his arms are compatible with the sockets on Cybertron Megatron and Optimus Prime toys used to attach Leobreaker, which allows for some rather funky combinations.". Both for use of posting on here, and personal use. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 06:08, 14 August 2021 (EDT)

7. Make pages for all the characters mentioned on Spacewarp's response to the question: "Those long gaps between the Armada and Powerlink conflicts, and the Powerlink War and the Unicron Singularity - what did you get up to in the downtime?", that don't have pages already. Info found here: [[Source:Ask Vector Prime/Guest column#Spacewarp.27s Log| Spacewarp's Log]]. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 17:59, 18 August 2021 (EDT)
:: With a link to one being on: [[Rigel 6]]. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 18:10, 18 August 2021 (EDT)

8. Figure out what to do with Minicons that have the bios on [http://www.transformersclub.com/ Official Transformers Collectors' Club site] members' section, Micro-Sized Online! Mini-Con Profiles, such as [[Rock Krusher]]. As in, like how to find the bios, for personal use. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 18:55, 18 August 2021 (EDT)

9. Figure out how this site gets the foreign names. Like is it just people go and translate it and "boom", there is the answer, or if it from official content? Also, like why is it some have more foreign names, both in the sense of more language options and the sense of many translations in one language? Like what's shown here: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aerialbot_(G1)#Foreign_names . Like why and how? Is this an error, is it official and just applies to different versions of the same Transformer/group/thing, or something else completely? What's the reason for it? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 20:36, 20 August 2021 (EDT)
: Foreign names are provided by international fans where the names might've been changed from either their American/British or Japanese versions due to whatever laws and reasons other countries operate under, and the translations are provided by fans who know  the languages. There's no need to figure out how the site "gets the foreign names" - it's provided on their packaging and other supplemental materials. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 03:47, 21 August 2021 (EDT)

== I'm going to be frank ==

You've been here a month and in that time you've made less than 20 mainspace edits, with the rest all being talk page edits. If you are spending all of your time asking for help on talk pages, you are not actively contributing to the wiki, and you are preventing other editors from contributing because they're instead having to answer your question. I strongly suggest you find an area of the wiki where you can contribute without needing to ask for help and stop posting to talk pages constantly. Please consider this an official warning and change your editing habits. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 19:45, 13 August 2021 (EDT)
: Ok, fair enough. I do have a question though, what exactly is a "mainspace edit"? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 03:47, 14 August 2021 (EDT)
:: Edits to actual articles, not talk pages. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 03:57, 14 August 2021 (EDT)
::: Also, I just thought that I'd ask, is there any way to try and repeal a Discord server ban? I ask as I would like to try and repeal the ban if I could, so that I could use that to ask questions about stuff on here without, well, y'know, asking on the talk pages. Which to be clear, I'm not saying by any means that I plan on continuing this as a form of retaliation. But rather I'm trying to say that I'm asking for the purpose of being able to ask questions in a more proper way, and still be able to get answers on the questions that I ask in an accurate manner. Because I do have info to add, but with how this wiki is set up, I am quite unsure of how to do that sometimes, and I'm actually unsure what the protocol is for this. Plus, if I'm being honest, I didn't realize that I was doing anything wrong. Given all the information I have gotten over the years, I thought that asking on talk pages "if putting certain info on other things was ok", was ok. Though given this, I guess not. Which if I cannot repeal a Discord server ban, what would a better option be to ask what can be posted, and where? Because I would like to contribute to this wiki, but I honestly don't know how to a lot of times, as it's been proven to be quite obvious given this whole conversation, and most if not all that I've had on here since I got on. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 04:00, 14 August 2021 (EDT)
:::: Oh. So the term "mainspace edit", just means, "actual articles"? Ah, ok. I understand now. Thanks. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 04:01, 14 August 2021 (EDT)
::::: Also, I thought I was contributing to the wiki due to this line of thinking: "If there is someone else who is confused by this, they can check the talk pages and figure out from there what to do.". However, I see that I'm wrong in that. Although, I must ask, is there an "F.A.Q." like thing on here, and if not, would I have permission to make one so as to help me and others who have this issue? Like some page just filled with questions on it, like "Does this go here?", and whatnot, while still not being a chat room or in other sense breaking this wiki's rules? That way it can be a place for new users to go to see how things are done here and be able to contribute without clogging up talk pages and whatnot. In fact, would it be possible for me to e-mail any of the admins on here to ask questions like this so I can get info straight from the best source? Or would it just be better to ask the questions on my own page and whatnot? Like ask on here the questions that I'm asking elsewhere, and when I get the answer, do it, whatever it is? Or is there a better option that I'm just overlooking, as I don't want to, as the saying goes, "dig myself into a deeper hole due to my ignorance"? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 04:31, 14 August 2021 (EDT)
:::::: Just curious, for future reference, what should I use the talk pages for, and when? Like what exactly is their purpose, and when is it appropriate to use them? Just so I can avoid any form of continuation of this problem. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 09:51, 14 August 2021 (EDT)

I've unblocked access to your talk page in case you wish to make a case for being unblocked. As I mentioned above, you should be finding an area where you can contribute to the wiki without needing to ask a lot of questions on talk pages. Your adding of an item to your todo list to clean up foreign names on the wiki despite admitting you don't know where the foreign names come from suggests that you have not taken this advice on board. Rather than attempt to work on areas you have no knowledge of, you should be looking at areas you already know. I want to also note that as per site rules, you can only have one account. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 19:01, 22 August 2021 (EDT)
: Yes, I do. I was not trying to make another account, I was trying to change my email as I have it set up on my gmail, which I neither use nor know how to, and I want to set up my outlook email as the one linked with my account, which is what I was attempting to do. But both this time, and when I first tried to set it up, it was not sending me the confirmation e-mail like it should, despite accepting the e-mail. I saw that I was blocked for a week, which I accepted, as I had done that which I was accused for, and I was trying to see if I could fix that in the meantime. I'm sorry about the confusion there. I'm also sorry about all the stuff before that I was doing that was wrong. If I may, is there a way that me and you, or any staff could swap e-mails so I could have a way to discuss confusions about the wikis rules, formats, and anything that I don't understand without using talk pages? I ask as I do want to help make this wiki better, as I have for the past few years seen close to 100 or more fixes that would help, and I'd like to do them, but I don't want to mess up the flow and then someone else have to come by and use their precious time fixing my mistakes. I understand if info gets updated, as that's what the server is for, but that's not really the issue. I even, in some cases, have the needed info, but I don't know where to put it sometimes. I'm really having trouble figuring out the whole "this is ok", "this is not ok" stuff. Sometimes it seems ok to do stuff, but then when I do it, I get in trouble, such as the questions that I asked on the talk pages, excluding the one or ones about "does this toy have this function", and things such as that. I thought that I was obeying the rules, I thought that questions like that were ok. If I had known beforehand that that was not the case, I would not have done so. Honestly, the whole rule thing is formatted in a very confusing way. It took me like twenty minutes or so just to understand the basics such as certain editing stuff. I have even seen others on here that seem to have the same issue. At the end of the day, I am merely just wanting to be someone that can help improve this wiki, but I don't understand all the rules, they aren't clear, and it takes awhile just to even find them. Personally, I'd suggest making a rule page that summarizes the rules, and gives links to the more detailed pages. I'd even be willing to do that for you, or at least help if you'd like and let me. But I digress, the fact is, I'm sorry, I did not realize that I was in the wrong, and that's due to me not understanding the rules, and I want to know if there is a way to ask about the rules without breaking them in the same process, as well as request a second chance. I'm more than willing to follow the rules, but I need to know ''fully'', 100% what that means, otherwise I can't obey what I don't understand. If it helps, I'm even willing to remain blocked until I can confirm that I understand and know all the rules. Whatever it takes to show that I truly am sorry and confused, and that all that I have typed here is the truth, I am willing to do. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 20:08, 22 August 2021 (EDT)
::I have been waiting several years to have this reviewed, may I ask what is going on with that? And is there a way I could show you I'm sorry? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 08:33, 12 March 2024 (EDT)

== Things that I'd like to update, but need a bit of help understanding how to do properly, and if I even can. ==

1. On toy lists, put an insignia on Minicons that are aligned with any faction to show which one they are aligned with. Example: On [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)#Basics]] Perceptor is an Autobot aligned Minicon, but it only allows one insignia or the other. I don't know how to do both, nor if there is a way to, as there are ways to show two faction symbols with certain combinations, mostly being the basic and common Good/Evil ones, or Normal Autobot/Maximal versions, or their 'cons versions, as shown here: [[Template:Bp-a1]]. But I'd love to fix that if I have permission to, and know how to. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 10:50, 14 August 2021 (EDT)

2. On the Bumblebee and Jazz on the [[Legends (G1)]] page/ the [[Legends (G1)]] toyline (as I don't know if it's a toyline or not), their weapons are, on the wiki, said to have been swapped in packaging, which I'd like to change their accessory names to incorporate that fact, but that's only if their packages don't have it named the right name. Otherwise I'm not sure if that even goes against this wiki format or not. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 08:42, 15 August 2021 (EDT)

3. Fix the problem mentioned in the second part of question 7 from above. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 09:18, 15 August 2021 (EDT)

4. Every foreign name on this whole website. Like add or remove them and just general clean up of them. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 20:48, 20 August 2021 (EDT)