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| Given its imminence and "big deal" status, would it make sense to put [[Unicron: The Darkest Hour]] on the sidebar? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 21:36, 18 March 2018 (EDT)
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| :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. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 22:59, 18 March 2018 (EDT)
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| ::How about Rescue Bots Academy? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 11:00, 20 March 2018 (EDT)
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| :::It's probably a bit early yet. That's not out until next year. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 15:46, 20 March 2018 (EDT)
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| ::::Actually, it just got moved up to Fall according to [http://www.cynopsis.com/032018-discovery-family-heads-into-upfront-season-with-legacy-kids-brands-cake-boss-spinoff/ Discovery Family's 2018-2019 upfront]. If we're gonna add Cyberverse, it might be prudent to add RBA as well. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:26, 21 March 2018 (EDT)
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| :::::That's pretty fantastic news! Sounds like adding that is reasonable then. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:53, 21 March 2018 (EDT)
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| Could we please add links to the GoBots and IDW sister wikis? [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 15:29, 7 May 2018 (EDT)
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| :Sure, I've just added links for them to the main page. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:52, 7 May 2018 (EDT)
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| ::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? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 17:28, 7 May 2018 (EDT)
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| :::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. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 17:43, 7 May 2018 (EDT)
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| A not exactly subtle case: [[Special:Contributions/Transformers1001|Transformers1001]] and [[Special:Contributions/TransformersFan1001|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? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 23:38, 20 May 2018 (EDT)
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| == Bumblebee (film) ==
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| 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. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:20, 5 June 2018 (EDT)
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| : Thank you! -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:37, 5 June 2018 (EDT)
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| ::No problem! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:47, 5 June 2018 (EDT)
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| [[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? [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 19:32, 13 July 2018 (EDT)
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| :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. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 21:09, 13 July 2018 (EDT)
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| == Cyberverse ==
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| Could you please unlock the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|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. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:01, 25 July 2018 (EDT)
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| :Yep, I think it's OK to unlock it now. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:28, 25 July 2018 (EDT)
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| == Botched move ==
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| If you have the time, could you fix the "KSI Sentry"/"Trax (AOE)" histories? And move "Trax (G1)" to just "Trax". [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 08:25, 30 July 2018 (EDT)
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| :I apologize for the inconvenience I created. I wasn't aware of the issues that would arise from it. [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 13:06, 30 July 2018 (EDT)
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| == Ruined Forever update (NOT content-related) ==
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| 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 [[User:Cyberlink420/sandbox-ruin|sandbox]] that uses our <nowiki>{{w}} and [[tvtropes]]</nowiki> 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. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 12:50, 24 August 2018 (EDT)
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| :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? --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 18:57, 24 August 2018 (EDT)
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| == Scroll box template ==
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| Hey, I was wondering if it would be possible to integrate the coding for [https://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Scroll_box this template] to here? I want to try out a proposal. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 01:16, 4 November 2018 (EDT)
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| :I've added the scrollbox class styling they're using on it. Let me know if you need anything else. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 01:11, 4 November 2018 (EST)
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| == What everybody lacks but me. ==
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| 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. [[User:StormJet|StormJet]] ([[User talk:StormJet|talk]]) 22:29, 5 November 2018 (EST)
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| :Cool, good work! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 22:52, 5 November 2018 (EST)
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| :You really need to tone down that passive-aggressiveness. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 23:09, 5 November 2018 (EST)
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| ::You're lucky, everything I did was unfairly removed. -[[User:MisterKenneth|MisterKenneth]] ([[User talk:MisterKenneth|talk]]) 22:58, 5 November 2018 (EST)
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| ::: 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. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 23:09, 5 November 2018 (EST)
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| :::: 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. -[[User:MisterKenneth|MisterKenneth]] ([[User talk:MisterKenneth|talk]]) 23:24, 5 November 2018 (EST)
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| ::::: So you came to an entirely different conversation to bring up your, putting it kindly, imagined unfair treatment. Very mature. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 00:04, 6 November 2018 (EST)
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| ::::: @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. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 00:12, 6 November 2018 (EST)
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| :::::: @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. -[[User:MisterKenneth|MisterKenneth]] ([[User talk:MisterKenneth|talk]]) 00:54, 6 November 2018 (EST)
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| :::::::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 displayed 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. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 01:05, 6 November 2018 (EST)
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| :::::::: I most likely got that image and the info from here https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-movie-masterpiece-mpm7-volkswagen-bumblebee/41919/ this article proves the toys existence by going as far as to mention pre-order and release dates. They said that it may not have anything to do with the final toy, but after looking at images of the final toy, I can safely say it had everything to do with it. Would a "leak" as you call it have the kind information seen here? -[[User:MisterKenneth|MisterKenneth]] ([[User talk:MisterKenneth|talk]]) 01:17, 6 November 2018 (EST)
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| ::::::::: "It exists" is ''not'' the concern here. The issue is: has it been officially announced? If ''no'', then it's a leak, no matter how "real" it is. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 01:25, 6 November 2018 (EST)
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| :::::::::: Well, I guess there's not really much else I can say. With that said, I don't want to continue this discussion, so good day, or night depending on where you're at. @StormJet I apologize if what I said got your thing here derailed. -[[User:MisterKenneth|MisterKenneth]] ([[User talk:MisterKenneth|talk]]) 01:37, 6 November 2018 (EST)
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| Re the above conversation, if people are removing your edits repeatedly, then the proper course of action is to talk it out on the talk page in question. I didn't remove the edits in question, so I can't give any more insight into their removal than anyone other than the person who did so. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 15:09, 11 November 2018 (EST)
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| == Possible use of multiple accounts? ==
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| Hey, would you be so kind as to run an IP check on [[User:Kampungpisangadrian]] and make sure they aren’t the same IP as [[User:Memeuser17]]? I know it’s a weird request and I’m probably just being paranoid, but something about the whole thing feels off. Like, Kampung doesn’t make any edits for 8 months, then Memeuser suddenly tries to start something on their talk page unprovoked, and that just HAPPENS to be when Kampung comes back? Like I said, I’m probably just being paranoid and I'll gladly admit it if I'm wrong, but there’s something weird about the whole thing and I just wanna make sure. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 13:57, 29 November 2018 (EST)
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| :Those users both edited from the same IP address and with the exact same user agent, so I'm going to go out on a limb here and say they are most likely one and the same person. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:07, 29 November 2018 (EST)
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| Stop assuming they are the same person, please[[User:Puppetroblox|Puppetroblox]] ([[User talk:Puppetroblox|talk]]) 17:26, 26 January 2019 (EST)
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| :Except that there's evidence to say they were. Also, [https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Knockoff&oldid=1318959 vandalizing] [https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Knockoff&oldid=1318960 articles] to make fun of other users (one of whom is an admin) is a real bad look. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 18:12, 26 January 2019 (EST)
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| == Titan page move ==
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| Thanks for moving the Titan page. Could you get the talk page as well? I moved the messages from it onto the Titan (IDW) talk page, so it should be safe to relocate. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 21:53, 7 January 2019 (EST)
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| :Thanks, done! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 23:53, 7 January 2019 (EST)
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| == Another possible multi-account vandal ==
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| Hey, if you get the chance, could you run an IP check on [[Special:Contributions/Tritusk]] and [[Special:Contributions/Firetrack]]? Both are relatively new, and both are attempting to erase instances of characters dying or inserting claims of "but they were fine", not unlike the already-banned [[Special:Contributions/StarPlat]]. Would rather nip this in the bud early before they start messing up more pages. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 18:56, 15 January 2019 (EST)
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| :Tritusk appears to be the same person as [[Special:Contributions/Hipfiree]], which is kinda bizarre because Hipfiree is not banned, (they were banned briefly when we thought they were StarPlat) and in fact edited a few days before they created the Tritusk account. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 20:32, 15 January 2019 (EST)
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| ::Weird. So I guess Firetrack is clean then? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:35, 15 January 2019 (EST)
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| :::Firetrack I'm not sure on. It's possible that they could be Hipfiree but the evidence there isn't conclusive enough for my liking. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 20:46, 15 January 2019 (EST)
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| ::::Fair enough, then. I'll keep an eye on things just to be safe. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:48, 15 January 2019 (EST)
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| :::::[[User:NovaStorm]] also seems to have a bee up their bonnet about changing statements of character deaths. Possible alternate account of one of these guys? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 16:15, 16 January 2019 (EST)
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| ::::::Yep. I'm also more confident about Firetrack than I was yesterday, so I've banned that account too. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:21, 16 January 2019 (EST)
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| == Wikia to Fandom changeover ==
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| Based on my cursory research, it seems the migration from Wikia to Fandom is complete, as every Wikia link I've tested so far has redirected to the .fandom URL. When you get the chance, could you update the interwiki linking system to point directly to the Fandom URL instead? Also, do we have a full list of wikia sites with their own domains that we support interwiki linking to? I know Memory-Alpha is one of them, but that redirects to a .fandom URL now as well instead of memory-alpha.org, so it wouldn't hurt to make sure those are up to date too. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:23, 24 January 2019 (EST)
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| :It looks like there are some which haven't yet been migrated - e.g. community.wikia.com is still non-migrated. They will probably make an announcement on the staff blog when the migration is finished so once they do that, it should be safer. Our Interwiki for Memory-Alpha points to the .org domain, so so long as that's still redirecting, we should be all right. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 14:38, 24 January 2019 (EST)
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| ::Based on [[wikia:community:Help:Fandom domain migration#What are the next steps?|this help entry]], it sounds like the changeover to Fandom will be finished by February 4th, so we should be safe to update things after that date. (Side note, do we want to change the prefix to "fandom:" instead of "wikia:"? I don't mind going in and editing any articles accordingly to update them if we do.). -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 01:10, 26 January 2019 (EST)
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| :::We can easily just make two prefixes so people can use either wikia: or fandom: depending. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 04:21, 26 January 2019 (EST)
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| :::This may be a stupid question, but why do you want wikia interwiki links? Even if you want to link out to wikia/"fandom", interwiki links aren't nofollow'd (unlike standard external links), so they help wikia's SEO. (Similar but lesser point about changing existing links from wikia to fandom - or memory-alpha.org to the fandom link - since they redirect anyway) - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 12:00, 26 January 2019 (EST)
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| ::::I mean, if you're asking why we'd want to point directly to a page instead of a redirect, that's just good policy from a web accessibility perspective. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 12:54, 26 January 2019 (EST)
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| ::::I don't believe the SEO impact of us linking to, say, Memory Alpha would be significant. In most cases there's going to be one or two links on a page with hundreds of links to other TFWiki pages, and any pagerank juice is shared evenly between all of those links so we're talking about 1/100 of the total from that page. That said, admittedly my knowledge of how Google's SEO system works may be a little out of date of if anyone has more recent knowledge, feel free to join in this thread! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 14:09, 26 January 2019 (EST)
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| ::::Sounds like you want to actively hurt Wikia/Fandom. Why should we want to do that? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 14:14, 26 January 2019 (EST)
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| :::::Well, they '''''are''''' absolutely shitty. There's multiple reasons we left them so long ago, and they've only gotten worse since then. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 21:10, 26 January 2019 (EST)
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| ::::::^ What this guy said. Other wikis have quit Wikia too when they hit their breaking points. (And then Wikia bought Gamepedia, where a bunch of wikis went to specifically to *escape* Wikia) - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 11:32, 27 January 2019 (EST)
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| :::::::Oh, I know all about that. My point probably should have been made clearer. If we really don't want to help Wikia/Fandom, why link to their sites at all? If, on the other hand, we want to utilize the wikis they host as a resource to help our readers, we should do so with the best formatted links we can use (and not rely on outdated links to continue to redirect). I look at it as us helping the communities hosted there more than the hosting company. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 13:31, 27 January 2019 (EST)
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| ::::::::Yeah, I'm not a fan of Wikia/Fandom either, but I'm looking at it solely from the perspective of good web design practices, i.e. links should point to actual pages instead of redirects. Whether we should have interwiki linking to Wikia/Fandom at all is an entirely separate discussion. (And one that I'm surprised has taken over a decade to have.) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 21:32, 27 January 2019 (EST)
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| Not to restart this whole discussion, but the changeover is long since complete, and our existing interwiki links don't seem to work anymore on desktop browsers. I really think it's time we update things on the back end. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 19:28, 1 May 2019 (EDT)
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| :Thanks, I have updated the interwiki link based on a [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Interwiki_map#Wikia,_again discussion on here]. Wikia are really shooting themselves in the foot by not maintaining the original redirects though. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 19:50, 1 May 2019 (EDT)
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| ::You ain't kidding. Regardless, thanks for the help! -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:48, 1 May 2019 (EDT)
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| [[User:Ethereum Code]] is plainly not here to build an encyclopedia. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 02:49, 4 March 2019 (EST)
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| :Hopefully once they realize their spam isn't going to stick, they'll get lost. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 03:26, 4 March 2019 (EST)
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| ::I am clearly still not up to speed after lungpocalypse now and am missing SOMETHING so could you please make it so the usernames are hidden too? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 05:36, 4 March 2019 (EST)
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| :::I've hidden them on the user creation and block logs. So long as we've removed the links they added to their sites, we should be OK anyway. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 05:56, 4 March 2019 (EST)
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| I was trying to move Powa Pro-kun back to [[Power Pro-kun]], but wasn't able to because Power Pro still has leftover edit history from before it was moved to Powa Pro, as it wasn't moved properly due to the move taking place in the middle of the bookworm crash. If it's not too much trouble, could you please delete the Power Pro page so that I can properly move the Powa Pro content back there? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 09:41, 5 April 2019 (EDT)
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| :All moved. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 18:50, 5 April 2019 (EDT)
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| ::Much appreciated! -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 19:08, 5 April 2019 (EDT)
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| Could you please run a check to see if [[User:PZAD457]] and [[User:KS7564]] are one and the same? Their recent edits would certainly suggest so, but I wanted to be sure. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 09:16, 18 August 2019 (EDT)
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| :I couldn't tell conclusively if they are the same person, sorry. I agree that their recent edits suggest as much though. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 17:49, 18 August 2019 (EDT)
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| Hey. So, I've been editing on this site for like a good couple years, and recently I've started having issues with moving images again, as seen to the right. I dealt with this before but I honest to god forgot how to fix this. Can you help me understand what to do? Thanks. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:38, 26 August 2019 (EDT)
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| :That image is a PNG which someone has uploaded as a JPG, so you either need to move it to a png extension or reupload as a jpg. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 23:52, 26 August 2019 (EDT)
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| Hey, why have you asked me if I am [[User:RoboWarriorPrime]]? Have I done something wrong? [[User:Grievous Prime|--Grievous Prime]] ([[User talk:Grievous Prime|talk]]) 08:30, 30 August 2019 (EDT)
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| == Possible use of multiple accounts ==
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| I think that [[User:Grievous Prime]] and [[User:Thetransformersmorethanmeetstheeye]] may be the same person. Both have edited [[User talk:Cyberlink420/Archive1]] to ask questions. This is a strange behavior that seems unlikely to happen with multiple people.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 05:38, 18 September 2019 (EDT)
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| :Not so far as I can tell! I'm reasonably confident they're not the same person. Maybe they followed the link from Cyberlink420's talk page. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 06:44, 18 September 2019 (EDT)
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| ::Okay. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 06:46, 18 September 2019 (EDT)
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| :::Did anything come of the check regarding whether one of them was RoboWarriorPrime? I remember you suspected that for a bit. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 08:38, 18 September 2019 (EDT)
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| ::::The check was inconclusive, so I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 19:06, 18 September 2019 (EDT)
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| ::::Cyberlink420, I hope you didn't mind my editing your talk page to attempt to prevent this problem from recurring. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 08:22, 19 September 2019 (EDT)
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| :::::Nah, It's cool. I had assumed the presence of another message on the talk page would have given the hint, but apparently not, so I appreciate you making it explicit. (Side note, I'm still not totally convinced that GP isn't RWP since they've been popping up on the same articles as of late like Battle at Half Dome, Prime Predaking, and Battlechargers, but if abates is willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, I guess I can too.) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 08:33, 19 September 2019 (EDT)
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| == Caching errors ==
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| So looking through those pages I marked for speedy deletion a few days ago due to being empty files improperly migrated when the site moved from Wikia, they're still showing up in the list of files (and as large ones at that) despite you having deleted them. I'm going to try uploading a simple image to see if deleting those will get rid of them for good; if you get the chance, I'd appreciate if you'd try deleting them one more time to see if it fixes the issue. Thanks much. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:06, 22 October 2019 (EDT)
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| :I'm not seeing them in any file lists now, so I guess it worked? --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 15:46, 22 October 2019 (EDT)
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| ::Cool. There's a lot of other files like that, so I'll do an audit of our file list and see how many I can find and mark for removal. Hopefully it shouldn't take too long to get things cleaned up, but it's not a high priority, so don't worry too much about deleting the ones I've marked afterwards; just get to them when you can. Thanks for your help! -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:54, 22 October 2019 (EDT)
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| == A question ==
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| How do you add image captions? {{unsigned|Gadgetprime12}}
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| :Hi! In the article where the image is being displayed, you'll see something like <nowiki>[[File:image.jpg|300px|thumb]]</nowiki>. That's the code that displays the image, so adding a caption is a matter of adding it to this code like <nowiki>[[File:image.jpg|300px|thumb|Caption goes here]]</nowiki>, though I should warn you in advance that adding captions on this wiki is regarded as a reward for making a significant contribution, so you should concentrate on editing in other areas before you start adding them.
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| :You can read more about the syntax this wiki uses in [[Help:Editing]]. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 15:34, 31 October 2019 (EDT)
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| == Changing visibility of the really old bad junk ==
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| Think I'm going a little too crazy? Most of the ones I've been working on are NOT kid friendly. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 02:35, 22 January 2020 (EST)
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| :Sounds like a good plan. Excellent work! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 05:42, 22 January 2020 (EST)
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| :Seems like a totally worthwhile endeavor to me. Why let that fester in the baseboards? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 09:10, 22 January 2020 (EST)
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| == I'd like to rename my account. ==
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| I'd like it changed to Tyranno. --[[User:Razorsaw|Tyranno]] ([[User talk:Razorsaw|talk]]) 18:53, 1 May 2020 (EDT)
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| :All done! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 19:01, 1 May 2020 (EDT)
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| I'm curious if it's possible to port over the necessary css here for a template like {{w|Template:Ruby-ja|this}}? It'd come in handy for a couple of stuff. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 20:10, 18 May 2020 (EDT)
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| :I've just had a brief look at it, but it should be possible to do. Seems reasonable simple! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 20:27, 18 May 2020 (EDT)
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| == Change username ==
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| Hi! I'm posting as you asked on Discord :)
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| Could you change my username to "Aristiana" please?
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| == Username change, take 2: Flawlessvoid -> Prime Radiant ==
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| Thank you! [[User:Flawlessvoid|Prime Radiant]] ([[User talk:Flawlessvoid|talk]]) 21:05, 5 August 2020 (EDT)
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| == World of Warships: Transformers template? ==
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| I mean, I could follow the other video game templates to create one for ''[[World of Warships: Transformers]]'' and go from there, but I don't think my markup language is up to snuff. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 20:18, 12 September 2020 (EDT)
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| :Sure, I can put together an image template for World of Warships. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 23:40, 12 September 2020 (EDT)
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| ::Much thanks! --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 23:53, 12 September 2020 (EDT)
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| == Could you please change my username? ==
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| Hello. Could you please change my username to ChangingFate? Thank you. [[User:ZodiacLegacy911|ChangingFate]] ([[User talk:ZodiacLegacy911|talk]]) 18:25, 17 September 2020 (EDT)
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| :Done! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 18:32, 17 September 2020 (EDT)
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| == Tweaking the video game template? ==
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| Maybe add a "End of service: *date*" to the video game template, so that it can be used for the mobile games? A few other Wikis have it on theirs, like ''[https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Before_Crisis_-Final_Fantasy_VII- Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII]'' and ''[https://aselia.fandom.com/wiki/Tales_of_the_Rays Tales of the Rays]''. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 03:21, 21 September 2020 (EDT)
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| :That seems like a good idea, especially since it's becoming more common these days! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 04:19, 21 September 2020 (EDT)
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| Can the ROTF viral sites be documented in a source page?
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| Realeffingdeal and Gianteffingrobots.com. Though they will be incomplete since not all of it is saved (especially the second site). I want to archive the surviving images and the posts regardless.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 10:37, 2 November 2020 (EST)
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| == Heyo back with another name change ==
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| Fast forward 3 years! I feel bad that I think I started the tidal wave of people coming to you to change names but you do offer the best service in town! Alright, I'll stop playin' around, I would like my name changed to Notsoalex. Thank you! [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 00:24, 14 November 2020 (EST)
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| How do I go about creating a wiki website?
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| [[User:CarverSindile|CarverSindile]] ([[User talk:CarverSindile|talk]]) 22:53, 28 November 2020 (EST)
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| :Hi, the MediaWiki website has a [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Installation_guide very detailed guide] on installing MediaWiki. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 03:41, 29 November 2020 (EST)
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| ::Yes, I saw that and I still couldn't figure it out that's why I've decided to ask people.[[User:CarverSindile|CarverSindile]] ([[User talk:CarverSindile|talk]]) 06:21, 29 November 2020 (EST)
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| :::Briefly: it's a case of signing up with a web host and paying for some web space. How you go from there will depend on the web host you've chosen - some have a control panel interface that will let you install MediaWiki by selecting an option, or otherwise you'd need to download MediaWiki and install it yourself. The web host may have help documents that tell you how to install MediaWiki (e.g. [https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/217292577-MediaWiki-overview here are dreamhost's instructions]).
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| :::Alternately you can use a wiki farm, which takes care of all the hosting and so on for you. Our sister wiki use ShoutWiki and I've also heard good things about Miraheze, though you may want to talk to someone who's actually used it. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 14:49, 29 November 2020 (EST)
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| ::::I was going to talk with the person who created this site but that user hasn't been active in what, two years? [[User:CarverSindile|CarverSindile]] ([[User talk:CarverSindile|talk]]) 15:03, 29 November 2020 (EST)
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| ::::I spent more time looking up info and was wondering what WebHost this site uses and how much it costs a month.[[User:CarverSindile|CarverSindile]] ([[User talk:CarverSindile|talk]]) 07:36, 12 February 2021 (EST)
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| :::::We use Linode for hosting. You can see their [https://www.linode.com/pricing/ pricing here]. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:46, 12 February 2021 (EST)
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| Well if you don't think "maid" is a great name for the elderly lady who work for [[Dylan Gould]] that appears when [[Sam Witwicky]] visited [[Carly Spencer]] in her job at [[Hotchkiss Gould Investments]] and when Dylan revealed he work for Decepticons in [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|DOTM]]. Then how should we call her? Also do you know her "In universe real name" and the actress who played her in the movie? Because i want to create an article about her, but i need to know who played her in the film to create an article about her in-film role. And fast because the image that i uploaded is about to be deleted. --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 17:14, 13 December 2020 (EST)
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| :A maid is generally someone who does cleaning, whereas the elderly lady in question appears to be an assistant of some sort. The information you're looking for is likely to be in the movie's internal documentation which, AFAIK, has never been made public, so you're looking for information which I don't believe is available to us. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 18:22, 13 December 2020 (EST)
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| ::I discovered that her Brazilian voice actor is [[Marly Ribeiro]], but of course that piece of information is not enough, since the article about [[Dylan Gould's watchdogs|Dylan's dogs]] was created only because they both have "in-universe" names (or in this case nicknames) and the identity of the [[Shooter and Hottie|dog actors who played them]] confirmed. I was originally going to call her "Dylan Gould's aide", due to the fact that she helps him the same way [[Charlotte Mearing|Charlotte]] [[Mearing's aide]] does, but i called her maid because the word "aide" was used for the [[Trump Tower]]'s female workers in his dogs' article. So i'll call her Dylan Gould's assistant okay? As for how i'm going to save the image i uploaded from being deleted is by creating an article about her, but first, i need to find more information about her. And trust me, it's not gonna be easy racing against time, since i'll have to find something that is most likely impossible to find before time runs out. --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 11:35, 14 December 2020 (EST)
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| :::I'd be interested to know where you found Marly Ribeiro was her voice actor! Unfortunately the IMDB page lists a lot of uncredited people, but no one, apparently, for that role. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:17, 14 December 2020 (EST)
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| ::::it's much easier than you could expect Abates, recently my husband Renato and i were re-watching DOTM to have that amazing nostalgia feeling of the day when we went to the theaters and watched the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|then-apparent]] final chapter of the [[Live-action film series]] together, suddendly we both noticed that her voice in our language was the same of a character from a kid cartoon that our son Gabriel was watching at the time. We then correctly deduced that it was the same voice actor, so after watching the movie and put Gabriel to sleep, Renato then searched for who voiced her in the movie, but nothing was found, until i decided to search for the voice actor of the kid cartoon character instead, and then i found the answer, that's how we both killed the riddle of who's her Brazilian voice actor which is Marly Ribeiro. As for her actress, Fanofcoolstuff27 told me he discovered who played her in the film, so go and check his talk page to find out who is her actress and how he found out. Sorry for not telling this before, but in December my family is passing through so many difficulties and i just didn't had enough time to be active here, i managed to a few contributions this month but still very hard to keep the pace. Anyways Marry Christmas! --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 21:30, 25 December 2020 (EST)
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| :::::Thanks for the response, very interesting! Sorry to hear about your family difficulties, and I hope you're having a merry Christmas regardless. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 23:36, 25 December 2020 (EST)
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| ::::::I just thought to update you, yesterday i've created the page for [[Jennifer Williams|her actress]], and now i created the page for the [[Dylan Gould's assistant|in-film role]]. Guess i'm returning be able to be active here much sooner than expected now that there's 2 days left to end this cursed year then. --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 11:24, 29 December 2020 (EST)
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| Do you and/or [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] know something about Project: Black Knife from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''? Because i'm also planning in creating its page. --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 18:36, 29 December 2020 (EST)
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| :Sorry, it's been a long time since I saw Revenge of the Fallen and I don't remember what Project: Black Knife even was. One tip I can give you though is to leave the colon out of the name, as the MediaWiki software automatically redirects any title starting with "Project:" to "Transformers Wiki:". --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 18:53, 29 December 2020 (EST)
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| ::Is there any way to remove that? "Project:" as a namespace isn't really a thing here. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 19:02, 29 December 2020 (EST)
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| :::Unfortunately the Project namespace redirect is a system thing and I don't believe there's any way to remove it. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 21:02, 29 December 2020 (EST)
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| :::I just created the page for the [[Project Black Knife|Project: Black Knife]]. Go and check it out! Thanks for the information that you've provided. --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 19:50, 29 December 2020 (EST)
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| I am going to create a page about all the humans who work for the Decepticons in [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]. Should "Human Collaborators" be considered an organization or a group? If you know what should i consider about them, then i'll make it happen. Spoiler: all the members who were not in [[Chicago]] were killed by the Decepticons, all the members who were in Chicago, except for [[Dylan Gould|their leader]] were killed by [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] when he destroyed the apartment in [[Trump Tower]], and finally, Dylan is killed by [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]]. everything i'll insert on the page is based on what i learned when i watched the film, so this claim of mine about all them being dead at the end of the film is true so don't change-it please. Hope you have a Happy New Year. --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 23:46, 29 December 2020 (EST)
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| :I am not sure at all that that was intended as a proper noun. Megatron was just saying that they should kill the humans who collaborated with them. It's entirely possible that the collaborators were not aware of each other, and I think it would be a stretch to call it an organization or group. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:16, 30 December 2020 (EST)
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| ::I talked about this to [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) but he said that i was just speculating things, after that i said that i would keep it to myself and i wouldn't do any change nor create the page because of what he told me, now i regret doing that since i'm afraid he won't believe me about what i'm telling you right now.
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| ::Sorry for not talking to you at the very beginning of the year but just like December i'm not having free time to be here due to us being packing our stuff to move out, i was able to make some contributions right at the beginning of the 2021 but not to talk to someone about anything on their User talk pages. Still Happy 2021 and hope that this year is better than the fraggin' crap that was [[2020]]! --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 13:50, 15 January 2021 (EST)
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| :::That is quite a lot of text and I am not sure I am following the gist of your argument. The fate of these people doesn't have any relevance to whether they can be considered a coherent organization. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 00:05, 16 January 2021 (EST)
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| ::::Sorry if my last reply was too extensive but its because there was so many things that i found out about the collaborators and that happened in the meantime and i wanted to explain everything to you. I know the fact that my son (who is 2 years old) managed to find the box where my husband and i guarded the pictures we took from the website where we found the movie's script in its final version when we were kids at that time seems like an impossible case scenario, but what happened was that one day after we were done making our preparations to move out for that day to continue in the following day, we forgot that we left the ladder to attic opened, Gabriel was playing inside the house and sometime while none of us where paying attention he went upstairs and entered the attic. When we found him there he was opening all the boxes he found, after preventing him from opening more i saw that one of the boxes he opened contained things from our childhood that we forgot, including the pictures i took when i was 11 years old, that how he found it.
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| ::::That's all what happened that brought me here and allow me to have an evidence that all the collaborators are as good as dead. You may not follow the gist of my last argument but its true, since if wasn't i wouldn't come up with the idea to create a page about them. In fact i never wanted to write any speculation of mine on this wiki since i always go for concrete facts about the brand.
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| ::::Speaking of which you shouldn't have said that "their fates are irrelevant to whether they can be considered a coherent organization" because after what Fanofcoolstuff27 told me, i realized that human collaborators is not a group nor an organization, and so when i create the page it'll read like ''"the human collaborators are Decepticon-allied humans from the Dark of the Moon portion of the Live-action continuity family"'' and of course reveal what happened to them and include the fact that its revealed in the script on the notes section of the page, so that fans will know what happened to all of them at the end of the film and so prevent it from being changed to look ambiguous, since that's what everyone thinks when about them when (as i'm saying a lot of times above) the script reveals what happened to all of them, besides i think that creating a page about the collaborators is a good way to celebrate Transformers: Dark of the Moon 10th year anniversary. I'll wait for your reply thanks! --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 20:25, 16 January 2021 (EST)
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| :::::Human collaborators are not unique to Dark of the Moon. E.G. [[Shawn Berger]] can be regarded a human collaborator because he worked with the Decepticons. Then you have the question over whether, say, [[Marissa Faireborn]] would be covereed since she was part of the EDC in the IDW comics when they were working with the Decepticons.
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| :::::All that aside, I am not sure why you are trying to persuade me in particular that the wiki needs this page. A wiki is a group effort. If you are determined to create this, I would suggest creating it as a sandbox page and asking the community at large. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 00:30, 17 January 2021 (EST)
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| ::::::Abates, i'm not persuading you, i'm just saying everything to let you know about this subject and what i plan to do with it. I now understand that the human collaborators are something that exists from the beginning of the brand, and so i'm going to do what you've said and i'll create it as a sandbox and ask everyone if this wiki should really have it. Thanks! --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 11:22, 17 January 2021 (EST)
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| As for the body guards dying in the apartment, it is still just built on speculation. Yes, the Decepticon ship weapons turn humans to dust, but there is no dust or bones shown in the apartment. Again, we can't record anything on the wiki if it hasn't been confirmed or shown visibly. Their fates are simply left ambiguous. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 17:51, 17 January 2021 (EST)
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| :Fanofcollstuff27, i know that the final version of the script that i found is an transcript made by someone, after all its obvious that no movie company would do something like that, but the version i'm talking specifically about is accurate to how it happened in the film.
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| :As for the collaborators in DOTM most of what i'm saying is true, after all if Megatron ordered them to execute all of them to avoid any danger of his plans being exposed, then they really did killed them all, except for Dylan since he sold humanity as slaves for them so that their plan could finally be set into motion. But the bodyguards is the only part that's causing a lotta headache here, i know there was no dust or bones shown in the apartment during the slaughter after rescuing Carly, but their deaths could have happened while the drone sent by the government was descending to see what was going on, and so it wasn't shown to us. Also as i said on your talk page and this one, his body guards are so loyal to him they follow him anywhere he goes, so that means they should have followed Dylan when he approached 35 East Wacker to warn them about the situation, but as we saw in the film none of his body guards came with him. And last but not least the reason why there weren't dust or bones is because the slaughter was caused by the [[Orbital Assault Carrier]]'s guns, not by the [[Disintegrator ray]]. Since the Disintegrator ray is the Carrier's weapons that causes the Humans to be reduced to dust with only remaining of their corpses being their skeletons, while the guns kills the human in a way that leaves absolutely nothing of their corpses, no body, no blood, no organs, no bones, no clothes, no dust, nothing, like if the victim didn't even existed. So why did i said that the guns causes to be reduced to dust with bones instead of being reduced to absolutely nothing? Because i decided that i would say only what fans want to hear, since one day while i was talking about what each of the Orbital Assault Carrier's guns do to the human body and when i said that the guns causes to be reduced to nothing and the disintegrator rays causes to be reduced to dust and bones, all the members of our transformers' fan club on my school shouted at me '''''"IF YOU CLAIM THAT THE ORBITAL ASSAULT CARRIERS' GUNS REDUCE US TO NOTHING AND THE ORBITAL ASSAULT CARRIERS' DISINTEGRATOR RAYS REDUCE US TO DUST WITH BONES, YOU'RE NOT A TRUE TRANSFORMERS' FAN!"'''''. So that's why i did that. I'm sorry.
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| :If you and/or Abates want to reply me again, please don't do it here, do it on [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal|the wiki's community portal]] because this is the last time i'll talk about this here, since i'll bring this conversation there so that more people can discuss about it. --[[User:Cybertron Forever|Cybertron Forever]] ([[User talk:Cybertron Forever|talk]]) 16:13, 18 January 2021 (EST)
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| == Backing up the wiki with rsync ==
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| I've been wondering about an older outstanding item from the tech wiki article:
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| ::Long term, we should find someone to host an rsync backup of the entire /var/lib/mediawiki directory, along with an offsite replica of the MySQL database. While it would take a while to reupload the data, this would effectively preserve the wiki in the event of a complete catastrophic datacenter failure.
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| Synching MySQL and InnoDB can be tricky (especially with InnoDB), but even just backing up /var/lib/mediawiki to a separate Linode and using `mysqldump` every so often would be a good start? Would love to work out the details. Also, plesae let me know if there's a better place to work this out too. Thanks! [[User:Prime Radiant|Prime Radiant]] ([[User talk:Prime Radiant|talk]]) 09:44, 24 January 2021 (EST)
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| :Linode does provide regular backups, for what it's worth. Discord might be an easier place to discuss stuff. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:35, 24 January 2021 (EST)
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| == Yet another Username Change ==
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| I'd like it changed to just "Some Dweeb". [[User:Some Disney dweeb|Some Disney dweeb]] ([[User talk:Some Disney dweeb|talk]]) 16:39, 3 February 2021 (EST)
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| :Done! You may need to relog in. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:51, 3 February 2021 (EST)
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| ==Comic Panels==
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| Greetings, apologize for writing here but trying to get some assistance with a wiki I am working on and was wondering where you got the code of the comic panel info for the wiki? How did you set this up?
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| [[User:ironhide1975| ironhide1975]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]])
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| :Hi, [[User:Interrobang]] is the one who originally created [[Template:Comicstory]], but I am not sure where he originally got it from or if he wrote it himself, and he hasn't edited here in many years. If you want to use the same code on your wiki, you will need to also copy the .infobox styling from [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:42, 5 February 2021 (EST)
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| == RBA screencaps ==
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| Thanks again for your hard work as usual filling out the RBA articles! Just a hot tip, but if you use the Discovery Family app, you can watch the show with no network bug in the corner, with no HDCP preventing screencaps either. They stay available to stream until 30 days after their US airdate, so while it's not super helpful for replacing images from old episodes, it's a great way to get clean images as new episodes air. If you don't have access to it, though, feel free to ping me in the Discord when you're uploading a new pic so I can get you a clean version! -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 19:22, 19 March 2021 (EDT)
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| :Unfortunately that app's restricted to the US, but thanks! I'll give you a ping in Discord next time. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 19:33, 19 March 2021 (EDT)
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| == Belts ==
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| Can you delete these pages please? They were created due to a mistake I made.
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| [[Earth belt]], [[Cybertron belt]], [[Galactic belt]]
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| In order to move back the pages below, the above ones need to be deleted.
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| [[Earth Belt]], [[Cybertron Belt]], [[Galactic Belt]] --[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 17:37, 7 May 2021 (EDT)
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| :As proper nouns, wouldn't the "Belt" in "Cybertron Belt" be capitalized? --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 18:27, 7 May 2021 (EDT)
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| ::That is what I thought, but seeing [[Unicron virus|this]] page made me question it, but perhaps I was mistaken. So, you think they should be capitalized?--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 18:31, 7 May 2021 (EDT)
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| :::It would help to know how it's capitalized in the source material, I think? I'm not familiar with it. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 21:14, 7 May 2021 (EDT)
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| ::::In the game, every letter is capitalized. But I don't think it matters, they are most likely as you say, proper nouns.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 21:19, 7 May 2021 (EDT)
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| Would it be possible to change my username to MadameVixen? [[User:Chaosomega|Chaosomega]] ([[User talk:Chaosomega|talk]]) 00:53, 13 May 2021 (EDT)
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| :All done! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 02:43, 13 May 2021 (EDT)
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