User talk:Abates

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Given its imminence and "big deal" status, would it make sense to put Unicron: The Darkest Hour on the sidebar? --Riptide (talk) 21:36, 18 March 2018 (EDT)

Maybe - we don't usually put miniseries up, but it is likely to be pretty important for the IDW continuity. Now I think of it, we should probably have Cyberverse up there too. --abates (talk) 22:59, 18 March 2018 (EDT)

How about Rescue Bots Academy? --Riptide (talk) 11:00, 20 March 2018 (EDT)

It's probably a bit early yet. That's not out until next year. --abates (talk) 15:46, 20 March 2018 (EDT)

Actually, it just got moved up to Fall according to Discovery Family's 2018-2019 upfront. If we're gonna add Cyberverse, it might be prudent to add RBA as well. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 16:26, 21 March 2018 (EDT)

That's pretty fantastic news! Sounds like adding that is reasonable then. --abates (talk) 16:53, 21 March 2018 (EDT)

Could we please add links to the GoBots and IDW sister wikis? Escargon (talk) 15:29, 7 May 2018 (EDT)

Sure, I've just added links for them to the main page. --abates (talk) 16:52, 7 May 2018 (EDT)

I think it'd be a good idea to have links to them in the sidebar too - their own subsection under the "current media" section? --Riptide (talk) 17:28, 7 May 2018 (EDT)

Having links in the "Navigation" section that go to entire other websites would not be good, IMHO, as users are not going to expect it. Adding links to other sites in the sidebar is something that needs more of a discussion than it has been given, and also should be run by Walky. --abates (talk) 17:43, 7 May 2018 (EDT)

Multiple account abuser

A not exactly subtle case: Transformers1001 and TransformersFan1001. The two accounts were created the exact same day, make very similar edits (i.e. the kind that have to keep getting reverted), and are never active at the same time. Note that when one account stops making edits, the other starts. Would you please take care of them? -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 23:38, 20 May 2018 (EDT)

Bumblebee (film)

Would you please be so kind as to update the links from Bumblebee: The Movie to Bumblebee (film) on the main nav and the Live-action film series page? Thanks much. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 14:20, 5 June 2018 (EDT)

Thank you! -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 16:37, 5 June 2018 (EDT)

No problem! --abates (talk) 16:47, 5 June 2018 (EDT)

Vandalist?

User:Polar Prime 12 keeps copy and pasting a poor fiction section for Bumblebee (Cyberverse) based on his bio. They have been told many times to stop, and their edits are reverted, yet they insist on having their summary on the page. Can you give them a penalty? notirishman (talk) 19:32, 13 July 2018 (EDT)

For now, I have dropped an explanation on their talk page as it's more obvious for them to see than the page edit history. I'd prefer to err on the side of being friendly and making sure they know why they're being reverted before getting out the ban stick. --abates (talk) 21:09, 13 July 2018 (EDT)

Cyberverse

Could you please unlock the Cyberverse cartoon article? Locking it made sense months ago when we didn't know anything and wanted to prevent vandalism, but now that we're only a few months from launch and details are actually starting to emerge, it makes more sense to re-open it for editing so we can keep up with any new information. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 15:01, 25 July 2018 (EDT)

Yep, I think it's OK to unlock it now. --abates (talk) 16:28, 25 July 2018 (EDT)

Botched move

If you have the time, could you fix the "KSI Sentry"/"Trax (AOE)" histories? And move "Trax (G1)" to just "Trax". Saix (talk) 08:25, 30 July 2018 (EDT)

I apologize for the inconvenience I created. I wasn't aware of the issues that would arise from it. notirishman (talk) 13:06, 30 July 2018 (EDT)

Ruined Forever update (NOT content-related)

I've been working on updating instances of inter-wiki linking to remove bare URLs and use the current preferred templates, and I realized there's a few spots on Ruined FOREVER that need to be brought up to date. I'm not changing any of the content, but I have put together a new draft in my sandbox that uses our {{w}} and [[tvtropes]] templates, as well as fixing one of the links to redirect properly. Unfortunately I can't implement the changes myself since the page is locked; could you please copy-paste the draft onto the article when you get the chance? Thanks much. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 12:50, 24 August 2018 (EDT)

I have updated the TVTropes link and the anchor on the Wikipedia like, but I don't see the point in changing perfectly good Wikipedia links to use a template instead. What's the advantage there? --abates (talk) 18:57, 24 August 2018 (EDT)

Scroll box template

Hey, I was wondering if it would be possible to integrate the coding for this template to here? I want to try out a proposal. Saix (talk) 01:16, 4 November 2018 (EDT)

I've added the scrollbox class styling they're using on it. Let me know if you need anything else. --abates (talk) 01:11, 4 November 2018 (EST)

What everybody lacks but me.

I was able to add in more information to the Transformers video games, more specifically, the NDS games for the 2007 & ROTF movies, the ROTF PSP game, and the Wii/PS2 version of the ROTF game. I even added in character pages for the Krome-exclusive NPCs, and the playable ROTF DS Transformers. Something that nobody, not even you, were never able to do, because I have the time & energy to do so, all because I did some heavy researching, and thorough analysis. StormJet (talk) 22:29, 5 November 2018 (EST)

Cool, good work! --abates (talk) 22:52, 5 November 2018 (EST)

You really need to tone down that passive-aggressiveness. Escargon (talk) 23:09, 5 November 2018 (EST)

You're lucky, everything I did was unfairly removed. -MisterKenneth (talk) 22:58, 5 November 2018 (EST)

From what I can see, you added a toy listing for something that was leaked, and the other one was an addition to the "many deaths of Optimus" page that wasn't really a death. Hardly unfair. Escargon (talk) 23:09, 5 November 2018 (EST)

It wasn't fair. If the toy wasn't real, I wouldn't have posted anything about it, but it was clearly real and a planned product. It wasn't like it was secret North Korean nuke codes or something, it was a prototype on display, clearly it was being revealed and confirmed. Later on, the same user who called me out later took the credit for himself, when I deserve the credit. I do not understand how that on "the many deaths of Optimus Prime" was wrong when 1. There's a couple of near death mentions on the page 2. The film really built it up like he was going to die and 3. It was the truth. It honestly doesn't end there, but I don't feel like digging it all up, but to make it short, I've been insulted, called a liar, etc. It really makes me think this place is highly elitist, hypocritical, and unwelcoming of newer users, which is why I'm leaving, but want to put my case to rest before I do. -MisterKenneth (talk) 23:24, 5 November 2018 (EST)

So you came to an entirely different conversation to bring up your, putting it kindly, imagined unfair treatment. Very mature. Escargon (talk) 00:04, 6 November 2018 (EST)

@MisterKenneth: I hope you'll understand that there are very good reasons why we don't list leaked toys here. It's because if we acknowledge the leaked toy, it will encourage further leaks in future, which is essentially encouraging people to break the law. --abates (talk) 00:12, 6 November 2018 (EST)

@Escargon You started by saying that what people did to me was fair. I simply joined in here to tell @Stormjet that he's lucky he was able to get that cool info in without somebody going after him, which wasn't the case for me. I didn't intend on saying anything else. @Abates I don't understand. How is it a leak if its a confirmed product? I saw people confirm that MPM-7 was a real product going to hit the shelves and online stores, so I have no idea how that's a leak and illegal. It's not like I collected that information from some shady spy in a dark alleyway, the image I uploaded of MPM-7 was from I believe either Seibertron or TFW2005, and I saw sources confirming MPM-7's existence. I was telling the truth. I didn't come here to spread lies, I'm not that kind of person. -MisterKenneth (talk) 00:54, 6 November 2018 (EST)

That particular image that was uploaded was a leak, as you can see here: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/bumblebee-the-movie-masterpiece-movie-vw-beetle-bumblebee-prototype-figure-leaked/40982/ If someone has it listed somewhere without making it clear that it's from a leak, then that's an error on their part, but we still can't have it on the Wiki. --abates (talk) 01:05, 6 November 2018 (EST)