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Paxs ship

Can I ask what splash page you're on about? The one of him exiting the ship doesn't even show his feet? Also, the shadow clearly shows he's below the ship.

The very next page. He's standing on top of the ship. Same reason everyone's having to look straight up in the air instead of, you know, directly in front of them. He's just standing on top of the dang ship. --ItsWalky (talk) 19:01, 6 January 2014 (EST)

Things to say to you

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Just some thing I've been wanting to say to David...

First off, you're a monumental asshole. You have an ego the size of a small planet and it's irritating watching you act like an important SOB when you're basically just a nobody.

Second, your webcomics aren't funny. They're boring tripe that makes Penny Arcade look good(and believe me, Penny Arcade is garbage). Cyanide and Happiness is a funny webcomic, yours is not. Your "jokes" are painful, about like watching Michael Richards yell the n-word as a routine. You don't draw a comic, you draw an opinionated blog. I'm not sure which name suits your crap better, "ShitPacked" or "ShortDicked".

Your liberalism and your love of Indiana get on my nerves. You jab at Mallard Filmore? Yeah, one shitty comic making fun of another shitty comic. Or are you just pissed that his gets in newspapers while you're JUST a webcomic? As to Indiana, I live here, and if it were up to me, the state would be walled off and none of the freaks living there allowed to interact with the rest of the planet. The state is about 3 decades behind the times. But something tells me even you know this otherwise you'd still live here. I sure as hell do not live here by choice and as soon as I can, I'm moving far away from this joke of a state.

And your brand loyalty is typical fandom crap. You have Aaron Archer's rod so far down your throat it's unreal. And Aryan fucktard Michael Bay's rod has apparently joined it. I'd say soemthing abotu Don Murphy but he was born without one. Actually, I can say something- he's Kevin "unfunny asshole" Smith with more body fat. Hasbro didn't give the film to a competent director, just a cheap one. And neither Speilberg or ILM have done anything useful in years. Give WETA, or even Tom Savini a chance and we wouldn't be getting Bionicle bots. You're afraid to not like a Hasbro product. No wonder they don't have to go out of the way to please the "fans"- you'll accept it no matter what. But hey, you personally have been sucking off incompetent British bonehead Simon Furman and his shitty stories for years. There are no gods in Transformers. Unicron was built by a monkey, little man. Furman is dog shit.

And go figure this TF wiki is a joke full of misinformation, insults or outright lies- you're a mod here. You're never right. You're more of an incorrect pompous jerkoff than Defunct is. Right, ban me from editing, as if it would somehow matter, any info you don't agree with is pulled. You only have friends because people feel sorry for you. Me, I have no need. People are a commodity to be used and their wants only get in the way of what I'm out for. Use them and drop them.

Who am I? Go look who added a note about you on Encyclopedia Dramatica's Allspark page if you're not too lazy. As well as past AS, Kalidor, FIRRIB and Hooks entries(the hooks entry especially true). Oh, and just info on white people in general and that idiotic Nintendo Wii. I'm not making it that easy for you.

Is it my birthday? This stuff feeds me. --ItsWalky 02:19, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Duuuuude. Walky may be a dick, but I still like him for some inexplicable reason. You, on the other hand, are just one sore drama queen.--Nevermore 17:14, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

This is some of the most funny stuff I've seen in a while. Comedy PLATINUM. --M Sipher 02:30, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Bwa ha ha ha ha. Priceless. I think someone needs to get off the internets for a few minutes. Chip 02:49, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Wait, you mean I didn't get drunk and write this? -hx 05:47, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I wish lame puns happened to me. Interrobang 20:08, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Why do I get the feeling that guy has been permanently banned?Mr. Florky 15:55, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Wow, an Encyclopedia Dramatica troll. No need to be so harsh on Walky. I, too, like the Baybots, and, I happen to like Bionicle. Also, his Webcomic is one of my favorites. So, if you have nothing nice to say, never ever EVER come back here.--Dynamus Prime 16:22, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

BANNED

What the hell did I do to warrant a ban, exactly? As far as I'm aware, I don't even think I broke any rules, and if I did, an official warning would be appropriate. I received no such warning. I was not here for trolling and you know that - you use that bullshit excuse to get people to ignore arguments you can't handle. But you, personally, who made this decision, know I'm not a troll.

This is fucking low. I had little enough respect for you down to your ranting against the fanbase, Willis, but this is a whole new level of buggery. If you're going to use your comic to rant against and discredit people you don't like, the least you can do is suck it up when people rant at you back, and not act like a control-freak child.

I really don't think you're aware of your own actions anymore.

• Do the words no personal attacks mean anything to you? -- SFH 00:18, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Do the words "warning before ban" mean anything to you? Rulemongering doesn't justify a decision anyway, since Walky is one of the people making the rules. There were plenty of personal attacks leveled at me, but I did not report them officially.

I really find it hard to believe that you think it's completely on a rational level of discourse to claim that the comic strip I draw is about child pornography. If I'm not mistaken about your identity, you've been banned from almost every single Transformers web board you've had an acquaintance with, and I'm only doing this place a favor by getting rid of you. --ItsWalky 00:22, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

That's not an excuse. I will openly admit I HAVE been banned from several forums, but only because I repeatedly opposed the staff on each and every one of them; and with good cause, they all have roughly the same problem. People bully others either into liking the movie or to agree with the kind of views you promote - and since nobody can directly attack or discredit anyone, these people(and you are) are left to their methods.

For your current decision to be validated, the admins of those boards, boards which are influenced in turn by your anti-fan attitude, would have to be near 100% correct in their decisions, and those decisions would have to occur within a context that would map exactly onto here. Any rational moderator does not base their decisions so much off performance on other boards, especially when it's not even a messageboard they're operating. Two different media. I have openly said I despise all active Transformers boards for their level of authoritarianism, yet level of tolerance towards the pushing of certain viewpoints.

Not to mention that you're still operating under the fallacy of Appeal to Majority - that alone means I shouldn't really even have to counter you.

And don't even use the "CHILD PORNOGRAPHY" thing as an excuse. Again, any rational moderator would warn several times before a ban, I personally reversed that edit even though it was obviously intended to be a joke as anyone reading this knows what pile'o'bile already is. You have no justification for what you did, but your ego is too big to realise you can actually do wrong with your power. You'll never admit it, but I wouldn't be surprised if some part of you is pissed that I defeated some of your ramblings, whether they were directly written by you or encouraged by you, it's still the kind of guff you normally blew, and I managed to defeat it. You, and the mods of the big sites will always have your ban buttons - but you will NEVER be able to justify your actions to me. That's how I know that I'm in the right, at least in situations like this - solidly backed justification is almost always absent.

Personal attacks + deleting comments in response to you = banno --ItsWalky 00:36, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

P.S. Sign your posts. --ItsWalky 00:36, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

I have never intentionally deleted comments in response to me. I just moved one recently as it was in the middle of a paragraph of text. Not to mention that happened after you banned my original IP. Personal attacks alone are not grounds enough for a ban, especially when you're doing an awful, awful lot to be mercilessly torn into.

Need I point out that once again, you are unable to defend yourself properly? When does the "You're insane?" come? Ganging up of all your little friends since a majority always means you're right? Do you even realise what a fascist shithead you sound like? Just because you're an admin of a place doesn't give you a free pass to be a dick with it. There's a difference between what you can do and what you should do that you don't seem to have learned yet. 67.159.44.88

YOU BAN PEOPLE BECAUSE ****YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE

TRUTH****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111twelve FUCKING FASCIST PIGCOP NAZI WIKIPEDO ASSHOLE -hx 00:32, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

My gosh, now that I have seen someone mock the notion, it MUST be untrue. Please, where can I learn these 1337 debating skills?

Dude, I've been banned from twice as many forums as you, guaranfuckingteed, but they still let me post here because I'm not as goddamn retarded as you are. -hx 00:34, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

And can you demonstrate exactly how I'm more retarded than you? Or are you just, Walky style, dropping weighted terms to discredit someone's point of view without even trying?

1. Hoop doesn't delete other people's comments on talk pages. 2. He actually signs his posts, which you've been asked to do many times, but haven't caught on. --FortMax 00:40, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

I didn't delete anything. If I did, it was an accident because someone posted right in the middle of text it wasn't meant to be in the middle of. Not signing my posts doesn't make me retarded since it's blatant when I'm saying something. --User:67.159.44.88

Actually - come to think of it, you make fun of the idea that anyone running a site can be Nazi, yet you still mention you got banned from many forums. Does that perhaps mean that you genuinely got banned for being an asshole and not opposing the staff/local clique like I did?

any rational moderator would warn several times before a ban

Not true, some things are auto-ban. I don't think you did any of them, but I'm just saying.

Dude- you got an expedited ban because you showed no signs of contrition, argued every point, used personal insults, refused to sign your posts even when repeatedly asked to (I had to go back into history and dig out which incoherent chunks of text where yours, because the posts weren't hierarchied properly so the debate was really hard to follow. This is why signin posts is important dumbfuck.)

And ultimately you got banned because you were making a major nuisance of yourself in without any correlating contribution to justify keeping you around. You're a negative. You edited 3 articles- Fandom, Shortpacking and Ruined Forever- and all' of those edits got reverted because they either flames or crappy jokes that make the articles worse. Even if I were to (generously) believe you didn't intend to start a fight, you picked the 3 flamebaitiest articles you could find and masturbated across them. Allah forfend you should write an episode summary or something.

Unrelated- Walky can Talk:Fandom be semi-protected instead of full? Loserbot isn't registered. -Derik01:06, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

On an unrelated note: Thank you.

I know this is an odd place to say it, but I figured if I only said it once, it wouldn't be a bother so here goes: Thank You. Shortpacked is hilarious, and when not laughing, I'm agreeing with alot of the statements the main character makes. (and feeling like I was the only one who noticed some of them, like the one about General Discussions.) I also noticed your a Hot Shot fan, which is also awesome. I also noticed its due to the efforts of you and other people here that the move was made from Wikia to Tfwiki, which was a good idea so I also want to say a long overdue thank you for doing that as well, and finally: thanks for doing what you can for this site, because without this site, I'd be out of the loops on Club Exclusive things, and other Misc. Transformers related content. I go here frequently for information (or lolz) and I'm quite sure not only me but many others are grateful to you and all others who help contribute to this place.--Chipmonk328

Thanks, and we do our best! --ItsWalky 14:08, 4 January 2010 (EST)

I love it too. Ive been going through the archives and im up to the part where amber gets a bit of a makeover and ive loved every second of it --Mrgalvaprime 17:25, 14 January 2012 (EST) only webcomic I read daily.-- Mojotron

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Sorry to bother you (I tried to avoid saying something again sense I already did the 'Thank you' earlier, but I HAD to ask about this). Had nothing better to do so I've been reading shortpacked's full archive beginning to end today. (Well I'm currently on July 6 2009 to be fair) and I noticed something that I just HAD to ask about. I've noticed once you mentioned Oklahoma. I ignored it the first time but then later you said "Tulsa". Now you got me curious, because I live in Tulsa and thus wondered what made you decide to choose to mention here of all places, sense basically nothing ever happens here. (Aside from the occasional Convention and the recent BOK center. Granted I may be moving to Florida in a few years..I really hope so. Been here my whole life and its boring) Just thought I'd ask, before curiosity drove me nuts. Keep up the good work on the comic, peace.--Chipmonk328

EDIT: haha on second thought..maybe I should've said this at Walkypedia..or do you even go there? (I'd assume you do.) Oh well, my mistake I guess. Hope you'll still answer my question regardless. lol--Chipmonk328

WfC Starscream

You said: "We revert that back to Starscream every time you change it for a reason."

Well that's just great since that is my first contribution to that page. And the picture itself says Skywarp so I was just making both consistent. I'll change the pic to Starscream as well.--MistaTee 11:22, 14 January 2010 (EST)

Ah, sorry. Got you confused with Blackout, who was also changing it to Skywarp. --ItsWalky 11:28, 14 January 2010 (EST)

No prob. Just re-uploaded the image with starscream in the name rather than skywarp. The old one now has the delete tag. Thanks. --MistaTee 11:33, 14 January 2010 (EST)

Quick Report

More vandalism, on Nekomimi A/B, section animated..I think? caption didn't seem right.. I heard you're supposed to report to an Admin, right? -Danny LeFox 23:37, 20 January 2010 (EST)

The caption is okay. --ItsWalky 00:10, 21 January 2010 (EST)

Independent Wikis

Hello Walky. This is Archaic, webmaster of Pokémon fansite Bulbagarden, and its associated wiki Bulbapedia. I sent you an email about 2 weeks ago (to the address linked on both your webcomics) regarding an idea I've recently been playing around with of a co-operative of independent wikis. I understand that you've been rather busy recently, so I just wanted to check if you had received that email or not, and if you might be interested in contributing your thoughts to the matter? --Archaic 20:24, 25 January 2010 (EST)

I did receive it! I'm sorry for not answering swiftly. Our answer depends on how much interaction you are looking for. Part of the appeal of leaving Wikia was breaking free of the mandatory link chain to "related wikis" that they put at the bottom of our frontpage. Our frontpage is now our own. That's not something I think we're interested in. We are, though, all in favor of people starting up their own wikis instead of depending on those lying Wikia assmongers. (to coin a phrase) But, I can't speak for the people here who help maintain this wiki and how much they would be willing to lend a hand. So, uh, the answer to your question at the moment is: "I don't know?" Um. --ItsWalky 20:47, 25 January 2010 (EST)

Heh, no worries. We're all fairly busy at this time of year. For now, we're going full steam ahead with a limited version of this idea, focusing specifically on wikis linked to Nintendo franchises, which we're likely to launch within a couple of weeks. Perhaps it might be easiest if I'm able to show you what we're doing there? While we're doing quite a bit of integration between the partner wikis for this limited network, I'd imagine that any more general grouping of independent wikis would have to be a lot less so, if only for logistical reasons. As I mentioned in the email, it's all fairly up in the air right now. A lot of brainstorming, but not a lot of actual action at this point. --Archaic 15:15, 26 January 2010 (EST)

If I may weigh in... basically, while I wager most (if not all) of us are individually supportive of any wikis that break free of Wikia, when it comes to linking on this wiki we generally only stick to links that add information to our articles, such as TFU.info, Marvel Universe TF profiles, Wookieepedia and GI Joe sites for Star Wars and GI Joe crossovers, etc. So unless there's some crossover connection between Pokemon and TF that we missed, I don't see that we can help, because we don't have anything that would need a link to your wiki. --Jeysie 15:35, 26 January 2010 (EST)

What, not even with that page you have on Pokéformers? ;) Seriously though, I think you might have misunderstood what I was suggesting. I'm not looking at a 2-way affiliation or link here. Instead, what I've been investigating is much closer to what Walky has in Blank Label Comics for his webcomics. An alliance of wikis united by a common purpose. Exactly how far one would take that is the real question. I certainly wouldn't expect a link to every wiki in such a network on the front page of any wiki in it. As you've rightly pointed out, you value the independence you've regained after breaking from Wikia, and any such network would have to be very careful to maintain that for all sites while still offering something meaningful. *shrugs* Like I said, all very much pie-in-the-sky kind of vague ideas right now, just exploring possibilities. --Archaic 20:47, 26 January 2010 (EST)

I don't know if you've heard, but wikia has decided to make a change (mandatorily!) that is 100 times worse than what drove you guys to a new server. I am interested in finding info on how you guys actually performed your move, and what would need to be done before, during, and after to make it work. If you could give me even a link (so that I can show others), that would be hugely helpful.

If you could message me on my wikia talk page (yes, I know), that would be most appreciated. Thanks!KrytenKoro 10:18, 28 September 2010 (EDT)

Yeaaaaaaaah

Hey, were you the guy who called a dude a schmuck for no real reason, and so then he quit this wiki because he was treated like shit? You don't get a vote. Especially since you think Florida and Cuba are separated by a friggin' river. (Anyway, I vote against rhyming in the Headmasters section.) --ItsWalky 14:07, 8 February 2010 (EST)

Yes because he was considering the entry was as bare and snarky as possible (You're hardly the soul of discretion all the time yourself sir) . And remarkably, being from a good distance across the planet, I don't know where everything is situated on that side of the world so the assumption of he ran into a river instead of the atlantic ocean, while my own fault I'll admit, is fairly understandable. But if I'm not aloud to voice my opinion cause a guy you don't know told you something about another guy you don't know, then tell me now please, save me trying to vote on something again. (I'm being completely serious by the way, if that's the case, I want to know). All the best. User:Eire 01.33 Feb 09 2010 (UTC)

When your opinion is "the guy who created this page is a schmuck," then you're probably going to get some flak for said opinion. It's not like the page was horribly put together. It was just abbreviated and snarky. It wasn't called for. --ItsWalky 21:52, 8 February 2010 (EST)

Guess who's back.....

User:Masterman666 ---Blackout- 12:45, 11 February 2010 (EST)

Remind me who he is, again? --ItsWalky 12:54, 11 February 2010 (EST)

User:Masterman555. Banned for flaming and using a sockpuppet. ---Blackout- 13:01, 11 February 2010 (EST)

Then bye-bye, then! --ItsWalky 13:15, 11 February 2010 (EST)

Breakaway image caption

Isn't Topspin the one with no personality? (Or was it a ref to Breakaway being Mister Likes-Everyone-Nice-Guy?) --Jeysie 13:13, 11 February 2010 (EST)

Topspin doesn't like being used, and ripped Kickback's spark out of him in angry fury. That's more than Breakaway ever emoted. --ItsWalky 13:16, 11 February 2010 (EST)

Plus, his utter devotion to Alpha Trion was also more characterization than Breakaway got. --Detour 13:19, 11 February 2010 (EST)

Fair enough... it's just that since Topspin was always the one with the "No personality" cracks in his page (and the one who's profile specifically says he's had his personality and will crushed out) it seemed potentially out of place, so I figured I'd ask.

(Personally I admit I wouldn't claim Breakaway (who did a fair bit of pep-talking everyone) has no personality any more than Heatwave, who's equally easy-going, friendly, and optimistic, can be said to not have one, but I was more checking for possible mistakes than taste...) --Jeysie 13:47, 11 February 2010 (EST)

RE: Divebomb

Hup, my bad. Thanks for catching that! Ayellowbirds 11:06, 22 February 2010 (EST)

Red Alert image

Thanks for color correcting it, looks much better. My desktop bit the dust last week, and my netbook chokes on photoshop. Kookaburra 01:22, 30 March 2010 (EDT)

Mainpage logos

I'm shocked you haven't put up BC Breakdown yet. --M Sipher 16:34, 8 April 2010 (EDT)

I just put up *a* Breakdown. Really, I'd prefer to stick to art rather than toy images. Spark was an adrenaline rush exception. --ItsWalky 16:34, 8 April 2010 (EDT)

I can't think of a suitable title to put here right now.....

This seems rather uncalled for.

Thank you for your attention. ---Blackout- 13:38, 9 April 2010 (EDT)

Maybe you should have brought it up during the twenty-four hours in which she was banned, and not like a few minutes before it expired. And it was certainly called for, considering the disrespect she was showing other users. --ItsWalky 14:15, 9 April 2010 (EDT)

You called her a bitch. Was that not disrespectful as well? - Semysane 16:43, 9 April 2010 (EDT)

I think that was just me making an obvious point about her having talk page conversations entirely about other posters. As usual, I make my points through sarcasm. Jeysie wasn't being sarcastic or trying to illustrate a greater point when she told me to stop "mouthing off." --ItsWalky 17:21, 9 April 2010 (EDT)

I'm not upset about being banned. What I am upset about is that the reason it's so irritating trying to have a conversation with you is that you are constantly responding to people trying to make reasonable points with mocking rude responses, often ones that illustrate that the point was missed. So, I don't like your disrespectful attitude any more than you like mine.

Considering you actually make good points on the few occasions you turn off the mocking attitude and take the time to understand the points being made, it'd make dealing with you a whole lot less frustrating if you'd keep the attitude turned off all the time. --Jeysie 16:57, 9 April 2010 (EDT)

Ahahaha Jeysie is telling me to stop having a mocking attitude! I will mark that on my Jeysie-is-condescending calendar OH WAIT THERE IS NO ROOM --ItsWalky 17:21, 9 April 2010 (EDT)

Can we stop this? Both of you? You're both highly devoted editors to this wiki and we don't need a long lasting feud. Pretty Please? --Bluestreak7 17:28, 9 April 2010 (EDT)

The kids don't like it when mommy and daddy fight.... --Khajidha 17:36, 9 April 2010 (EDT)

Seconded. This is time and energy better spent on working on articles, and I've seen enough from both of you to know that it would benefit the wiki greatly if you did that. -- Ayellowbirds 17:40, 9 April 2010 (EDT)

If Walky drops the attitude problem, there won't be a feud, because I'll have nothing to comment on to him, which will make me very happy.

The only reason I say anything at all is because I'm tired of his attitude always making trying to discuss something on the wiki a stressful chore instead of something productive. --Jeysie 17:44, 9 April 2010 (EDT)

This is silly. --NCZ 17:48, 9 April 2010 (EDT)

Response to Walky: Maybe you're not aware, but I am on a different continent than you are. Different continent = different time zone = inability to respond at the same time as you Americans. And don't even TRY to shift the blame. ---Blackout- 05:07, 10 April 2010 (EDT)

New bot

Can I get a bot tag for User:DNAVI please? abates said you were the man for the job. - Magnus Maximus 02:25, 15 April 2010 (EDT)

Regarding TG Studios and the guy you banned

You may want to check this out. --FFN 14:33, 29 April 2010 (EDT)

Can you make Timelines sharkticon on wirte and put on a image ?

Squiggles!

If by "squiggles", you mean "Japanese", toss me a copy of that translation, eh, my fine fellow? For the annotations, don'tcha know! :) - Chris McFeely 10:30, 5 July 2010 (EDT)

In the filecard for Primal Major and Alpha Supreme, Maggie translated the two non-English characters at the end of it, which mean "Shanghai." That's all she's done (per my specific request), so I don't have anything else to tell you. :) --ItsWalky 10:35, 5 July 2010 (EDT)

Ahh, that's still cool! I wouldn't have figured it out on my own! I have spotted at least one or two other bits of Japanese in there and was going to pester Spengler about them anyway. - Chris McFeely 10:40, 5 July 2010 (EDT)

King Starscream's bounty

So, do I get it if I turn myself in? - King Starscream 12:55, 2 August 2010 (EDT)

Look!

You suck! Along with most of the other administartors on this wiki. I can't believe you treat people the way you do. I've been watching for a while, and I will tell you, that you're just an asshole! Why don't you grow up, and quit being a dick to everyone! Banning people for ridiculous reasons! Telling people their work is shit! In fact, I created this account just to confront you! GROW UP AND QUIT BEING A DICK! YOU"RE AN ASSHOLE! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Generations123 (talk • contribs) 17:32, 11 August 2010 (EDT).

The irony is staggering. --NCZ 17:40, 11 August 2010 (EDT)

I think this guy deserves a Shortpacked! comic in his honor.--65.11.250.113 19:26, 29 August 2010 (EDT)

My sandboxes

Hiya David, I was wondering if you will take a look at my improved Primes sandbox (not that I'm suggesting to retitle the article or anything, it's just the whim of my user space). I hadn't realized Marvel never uses the number 13, as it's been years since I read "Legacy of Unicron" or "Primal Scream", one takes these things for granted now. Also, regarding Alpha Trion, I finally have a response again to yesterday's chat, I feel we can compromise on this: the only thing bugging people about him being a multiversal singularity is SG. As you suggested, we should wait: we should wait to see if Forest or Hasbro explain his actions in that continuity or if multiversal singularities don't apply to mirrorverses like SG and that Alpha is truely unique from the original Prime who's more likely than not the one from G1/RID/UT/TA/ROTF/WFC. Alientraveller 14:08, 12 August 2010 (EDT)

Scan request

Since I can't find my copy of it at the minute, and since I know you had it out recent to scan that image of Rodimus Prime that's on the main page at the moment, might I trouble you to scan the panel from the third issue of the Marvel movie adaptation that features Hot Rod with a handful of energon sticks? On Junkion, when he's trying the universal greeting. Thanks! - Chris McFeely 04:59, 30 September 2010 (EDT)

Ultra Magnus

I think we need to rewrite the Dreamwave section. It's kind of old TFwiki there with the super-condensed summary and lack of links to individual issues. --FFN 16:04, 30 September 2010 (EDT)

Daleks

Listen, if you want behind the scenes proof, When the Daleks first appeared in Doctor Who, they were called Daleks, Davros calling the casing Mark 3 Travel Machine never happed until the time of the Forth Doctor. The information on the page is WRONG. LordDalek 16:19, 16 October 2010 (EDT)

Oh, and by the way, Davros if a Doctor Who character. Detour is giving us information from fiction too. The comment is wrong.LordDalek 16:22, 16 October 2010 (EDT)

Something that might be of interest to the TFWiki...

I think you'll find this to be rather interesting, as it may contain certain materials that would be decent additions to this Wiki. --Sabrblade 19:39, 8 November 2010 (EST)

Thanks. I took some screencaps where I could. We should tell Jim Sorenson these exist and maybe he has a million dollars. (Or maybe just a hundred. Not many bids on these, and who the hell even knows this auction site exists?) --ItsWalky 22:33, 8 November 2010 (EST)

That site had some of the live-action movie props being auctioned either last year or earlier this year, IIRC. --Lonegamer78 22:45, 8 November 2010 (EST)

Should I/we let him know in his User Talk page about this? --Sabrblade 14:09, 9 November 2010 (EST)

Question & request

How come we should keep "Junkion trader"? I wouldn't know of a source that makes it a canon designation and before the article even had the noname-nickname template. So, why keep a made-up name that's no longer needed?

Also, if you have The Complet Ark, could you add an image of adult Chip Chase to his article? Geewunling 13:15, 14 November 2010 (EST)

Isn't "Junkion trader" from a magazine or something? I don't think we made it up. --ItsWalky 13:43, 14 November 2010 (EST)

I can't say anything about magazines (though I'd wonder which magazine would bother to mention such an obscure "character"), but mostly, Derik, who made the article, had it marked as "nickname" from the start and left a reason for naming Junkion 1 "Junkion trader" on the Omniverse talk page. Altogether, I think it's not canon in any capacity. Geewunling 13:49, 14 November 2010 (EST)

• clenches fist* Derik!! --ItsWalky 13:50, 14 November 2010 (EST)

Another request (Junkion related)

I figure that before I completely lose my sight looking for Junkion models in a sea of red & random, I should ensure someone will move the Junkion articles (currently 3) I've been writing to their proper location. Would you be so kind? If the articles aren't clear enough on which model/character is described, there's a small extra description in the mainpic temapltes (that I just figured out don't show up on the actual page). Pretty please? Geewunling 12:40, 17 November 2010 (EST)

I don't own the Complete Ark, so it will have to wait for someone to divulge that information. --ItsWalky 15:49, 17 November 2010 (EST)

:( Well, I guess I could try pestering Sorenson about it. Sorry for bothering you. Geewunling 15:55, 17 November 2010 (EST)

I have the Complete Ark, but I'm finding your descriptions a little vague. I think I'd need screen shots or comic panels or whatever to work out who you're talking about. - Cattleprod 17:06, 17 November 2010 (EST)

As I said, the mainpic template contains a "screenshot description" that should make it possible to track who is who. Otherwise, the three most in front in order are: kisser, double-eye and mouthplate. Geewunling 17:09, 17 November 2010 (EST)

Talk:Bulkhead (Prime)

But every other kind of comment is allowed including swearing. The whole point of discussion pages is to discuss despite whether you think it's a waste. If it was in the wrong place then you should have said. -- Anythingspossibleforapossible 09:46, 29 November 2010 (EST)

"He looks kind of purple when he's under certain lighting" is not something that's worth discussing. --ItsWalky 11:43, 29 November 2010 (EST)

This might silence those who question the WFC/Exodus/Prime continuity

We finally have official word straight from the mouth of Hasbro itself that War for Cybertron, Exodus, and Prime are indeed in the same aligned continuity. --Sabrblade 16:16, 8 December 2010 (EST)

So... exactly what we had BEFORE. --M Sipher 16:24, 8 December 2010 (EST)

Yeah, but, now we can point nonbelievers to the words directly, instead of them having to just take our word for it. --Sabrblade 16:33, 8 December 2010 (EST)

So... exactly what we had BEFORE. --M Sipher 16:39, 8 December 2010 (EST)

On this very wiki: Hasbro_Q&A/September_2010:_Answers --ItsWalky 18:06, 8 December 2010 (EST)

I Am Sorry

Hey look, I am here to apologize for the crap I have been saying. I was acting like a jerk for a while to you and It has really been haunting me recently. I know I need to work on my grammer, and I actually shouldn't posting anything since I am only in my second year in High School, and to be honest, I have only been a fan of TF for 9 years. I have really been a jerk recently and I just want to have a clean start now. I hope you understand. I am sorry, in other words, for all the crap I put you and this sight through.LordDalek 14:02, 22 December 2010 (EST)

Walky.....

Care to tell me why you have blocked my IP? ---Blackout- 06:11, 23 January 2011 (EST)

ItsWalky blocked your IP because of that Goldbug (IDW) toy deal of a few days ago. He may not have realized you were a regular contributor, but regardless, you should've started a third/fourth debate rather than declare the first two void because their results don't strike with your view on "reality". Geewunling 06:20, 23 January 2011 (EST)

I blocked the anonymous IP who got into the edit war over removing Goldbug's toy info, which was just fucking obnoxious. If that was you, then whoops. Don't be a dickwad. --ItsWalky 09:16, 23 January 2011 (EST)

You have Lugnut?

I've heard about you reviewing him, did you obtain him at a Brick & Mortar store like Walmart or Target? If so, which one (so the hunt may go on). Or was it through eBay/"specialty" store, or overseas? Moreso I'm wondering if the "not yet released" tag should still be applied to the Hasbro version on his page. Karhukjnsi 23:28, 11 February 2011 (EST)

I got him from Big Bad Toy Store. He has been seen in stores, but like many other toys these days, he's having trouble hitting saturation. --ItsWalky 07:45, 12 February 2011 (EST)

Aw look

Your Wikipedia page is up for deletion.

-Blackout-

Yeah, a nomination you started. Big effing whup. --Detour 04:04, 9 March 2011 (EST)

Which is why it got a SpeedyKeep and the deletion tag is already gone. Nice try. --ItsWalky 11:52, 9 March 2011 (EST)

Generations Scourge

Ohhh, yes, I see now. I didn't realise that his head could extend so far up. I thought it was just the normal extension for his robot mode. Bit of a pain to push back down, though...

Anyway, I apologise.

24.143.42.51 16:40, 26 March 2011 (EDT)

Thanks!

Thank you for backing me up on the bolded-comma issue. I knew all those things people said about you couldn't be true! JW 16:24, 21 April 2011 (EDT)

A week?

Don't you think that's a bit long for a regular editor to be banned? Far as I can tell, he didn't even get a warning. Geewunling 12:58, 29 April 2011 (EDT)

It's not his first week-long ban. And he's been warned (and banned) about this behavior before. --ItsWalky 13:07, 29 April 2011 (EDT)

Don't you think that's a bit short since that's about the only thing he does? --FortMax 13:11, 29 April 2011 (EDT)

Iacon Archives

Looking through the history of "Laserbeak (Cybertron)" and "Revelations Part 3", I see you were the one who called the archives the 'Iacon Archives'. Where did you get this name from, as it is not in the comics? Geewunling 17:45, 20 May 2011 (EDT)

The archives appeared to be in Iacon. --ItsWalky 18:17, 20 May 2011 (EDT)

Could you elaborate on "appeared"? Geewunling 03:02, 21 May 2011 (EDT)

Everything in the story happened in Iacon. Or under Iacon. --ItsWalky 10:43, 21 May 2011 (EDT)

Not really, since Vector Prime and co. first hang out at Kalis and Kaon also gets namedropped at some point. So... I guess that means the Archives' location can't be pinpointend any better than "somewhere on Cybertron". Thanks for helping me! Geewunling 16:14, 21 May 2011 (EDT)

New User

There I did everything you said also I don't know how to use user pages so I hope i'm doing this right.Chubzhac 23:35, 20 May 2011 (EDT)

External Links

Is it ok to use external links for titles such as Star Trek: Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor? -- Anythingspossibleforapossible 00:15, 31 May 2011 (EDT)

In what context? I'd really rather prefer most external links remain in the External links section. I kinda hate when I click on a link in the body of an article, thinking there'll be something relevant on this site, only to be taken elsewhere. --ItsWalky 00:16, 31 May 2011 (EDT)

That's a little contradictory since there are external links all over this site that isn't in the External Links section. So what specifically don't you like about it? Being misled into thinking you're going onto Lindsey Lohan's Wikipedia article, but instead go to Mandy Moore's? (or something like that) What I meant exactly was that in almost every issue's page there's an Advertisment section showing what else is from the same publisher (that's why I used Star Trek as an example). So could some of those advertisments have an external link to another wiki site that would specialise (or have more insight) in that particular title. I hope that was a little more straight foward and maybe a little easier to understand. -- Anythingspossibleforapossible 13:16, 1 July 2011 (EDT)

Probation appeal

So, the incident that led to my probation was proposing that Dead End (Animated) move to "Dead End (Timelines)" on the basis that that was his franchise-of-origin. I brought the issue up on the Allspark's "Major Wiki work" thread because I had no idea why it was reverted and I couldn't talk about it here (because of the probation thing). The conclusion seemed to be that I was technically correct, but the Wiki just didn't want to do it that way.

The idea of moving the BotCon-exclusive Animated characters to a "Timelines" disambig is just one of those occasional instances where the instruction to "ignore all standards" comes into play. Sometimes, it's just easier, more aesthetically pleasing, or just feels RIGHT to do things a certain way that may not be the way everything else is done.Chris McFeely

I went about everything the right way, as far as I know. I put one move proposal tag on one page so it could be talked about. I gave a technically correct reason, "Franchise of origin. Like Cop-Tur (Timelines)". I do my best to remember to not do what I have been hollered at for doing in the past, but seriously, I had no way of knowing I was stepping into an instance of "ignore all standards". All you really had to do was revert my one move proposal with a big "We are ignoring all standards you moron!" in the change log. You would have felt better for hollering at me and I would have been clued in on what was going on and that would have been the end of it. So, can I please have my probation lifted? - Starfield 18:59, 12 June 2011 (EDT)

When the past comes to haunt you

Vector Sigma Chamber - I have no clue how it could be written so that it's significantly different from the Vector Sigma page. You've stated you believe it could be an article with its own worth. If you have time, would you please give the page its long needed update?
Meanwhile, I have never been able to track down the source that the Nemesis is Shockwave's underwater base in the Marvel comics. You and Derik talked about the source being one of the letters pages, but would you have any idea which issue's letters page?
As an aside, this page is locked, which would be all fine and stuff if not for the handful of article links that can not be fixed anymore. Could you please remove all of them? Geewunling 02:32, 15 June 2011 (EDT)

New and ticked off

I'm new here. I have taken your suggestions into account, but there is one thing that still bothers me: no one else wants to help me. Can you lend a hand? --The Breaker 19:24, 15 June 2011 (EDT)

Nope - Random IP number

What do you need help with? --FFN 12:54, 20 June 2011 (EDT)

Let me tell you, I am SUPER excited to help the guy who starts off by telling me he's ticked off. --ItsWalky 13:03, 20 June 2011 (EDT)

Oh man, sorry

I don't see any comments, only some guy asking about how the info and description of Cybertron should be. Sorry about the confusion. I actually don't think that I ever reverted it back O.o I don't remember that, I must have clicked on some wrong place or something. Again, sorry fellow Transformer-fan :) Luka1184 11:15, 29 June 2011 (EDT)

Dark of the Moon: Ship?

What exactly did they use to explore the moon then? Just wondering, thanks. Autow1ngz 02:22, 5 July 2011 (EDT)

The novelization calls the ship Ratchet and Optimus Prime take to the moon the "Atlax X," a human-built craft. --ItsWalky 02:45, 5 July 2011 (EDT)

Whoops, what I meant to say was what did Optimus and Ratchet use to recover the comatose (boy I love that word after seeing it on Tfwiki) body of Sentinel? Autow1ngz 03:00, 5 July 2011 (EDT)

No, in the finished film, they do use the Xantium to go to the moon. Prime announces in a voiceover at the beginning of the scene, "Xantium approaching Tranquility base". - Chris McFeely 05:42, 5 July 2011 (EDT)

It feels weird, then, that they only really introduce the ship much later in the movie.--ItsWalky 10:34, 5 July 2011 (EDT)

Quite agreed. Seems fairly obvious that it was originally going to be a human-built endeavour (it's the "Ares V" in the comic), but then someone said "Why do they need a human rocket if our script already features a pre-existing Autobot spaceship as a plot point?", and it got shoved in earlier without any real reworking of the later intro scene. - Chris McFeely 11:38, 5 July 2011 (EDT)

Evac (Prime)

At SDCC announced two new figures for a character called Evac, from the Prime franchise, should we wait until he makes an appearance in the show to create his own article? --Metroplex 20:58, 23 July 2011 (EDT)

Remember, one doesn't have to appear in the show to get a toy. -- SFH 21:03, 23 July 2011 (EDT)

I could have sworn that Evac was supposed to be a character for the new Transformers ride...98.209.73.178 21:28, 23 July 2011 (EDT)

He's not from Prime, correct. He's a new character created for the movie-based Transformers ride at Universal. --ItsWalky 22:23, 23 July 2011 (EDT)

I need to tell you something.

Hi. There's something that I've been feeling a bit guilty about for a long time. You see, on a different account (which I will reveal the name of after you respond to make sure there are no hard feelings) I was quite rude. I was irrational, confused and upset. Afterwards, I left this site in guilt, and ashamed because I wasn't thinking rationally a few times while on my account. Do you think you can maybe accept my apology for my actions, because I feel like a horrible person for the silly things I brought up and got into. Would you please accept my apology? If you can't, well, that's okay too. If you don't get this, well, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for being such a horrible person on such a good website. :( 74.82.64.16 15:27, 28 July 2011 (EDT)

Guilt

Sorry, I was thinking about my previous heading "I need to tell you something" and I reliezed that although I ment it in a kind way, I thought it's possible that you could believe that to mean that I had some cruel things to say, which I did not. The message is still the same though! If it means anything, I would like to say you can be sure nothing like that could happen again with me. 74.82.64.17 16:05, 28 July 2011 (EDT)

I don't know who you are, but I guess we're all right. It's hard to refuse an apology from an anonymous dude. --ItsWalky 14:12, 29 July 2011 (EDT)

Harrison Ford

Was it rude? Horrifying even? Why did you undo my edit? An external reference isn't to much to ask for. Is it? -- Anythingspossibleforapossible 19:39, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

I addressed this on the talk page. --ItsWalky 19:55, 13 October 2011 (EDT)

Files on user pages

I removed the images from my user page because of fair use, but nobody had removed them in the meantime because of this. So did I do right by taking them off or can I put them back? -- Anythingspossibleforapossible 19:46, 23 October 2011 (EDT)

I don't really understand what you're asking. --ItsWalky 23:35, 23 October 2011 (EDT)

Let's try this again. On another wiki I added a pic to my user page and it was removed. files on your own user page This is the reply I got when I inquired further. If you still don't understand I'll just put them back. -- Anythingspossibleforapossible 18:11, 24 October 2011 (EDT)

Over here, you're allowed to upload one pic specifically for your userpage. On top of that, from what I gather, you can add other pics that already exist for article, but obviously don't go overboard. Hope that helps! --Detour 18:10, 24 October 2011 (EDT)

Thank you. -- Anythingspossibleforapossible 18:11, 24 October 2011 (EDT)

I noticed the BotCon Europe 2002 talk page

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Just being helpful. :) --K-K-Krafty! 10:22, 11 November 2011 (EST)

About the caption bastard template...

I do not understand why you added that (mean-spirited) template. It's only two captions, and if you looked at my contributions, you would have noticed that I added a lot of information. I thought captions were supposed to be a reward for all that work. Adding a twist on an overused joke is at least an attempt to make it fresh, rather than stating some variation of "this joke sucks now", which is just as overused as plainly using an overused joke. Inkblot 19:41, 6 January 2012 (EST)

I apologize for using the template. I was going to write a more personal note, but remembered we had the template, forgetting how sharply worded it was. You have not been a bad editor. --ItsWalky 20:42, 6 January 2012 (EST)

A massive favour to ask

Ive just started getting into your webcomics (im up to date on shortpacked and it wasnt until this morning i realised about you're earlier ones) but i have a huge favour to ask of you. I am currntly stuck with this stupid school laptop for a home computer which includes a school blocking system. While Shortpacked and Joyce and Walky sites are unaffected when i try to open dumbing of age it comes up with

Is there anyway you could perhaps email me copies of the files for each update + all the ones so far. I can understand if you say no but i though there was no harm in asking--Mrgalvaprime 06:15, 17 January 2012 (EST)

I'm sorry, but I cannot email you all my comics. --ItsWalky 22:12, 1 March 2012 (EST)

Oh well, it was a long shot anyway--Mrgalvaprime 03:47, 30 May 2012 (EDT)

Prime toys

You wouldn't happen to know when exactly the Transformers: Prime toys are scheduled to be released, would you?71.255.172.244 19:59, 1 March 2012 (EST)

Transformers toys that aren't the first wave of product for a blockbuster movie don't tend to have release dates. Stores will receive them and put them out at some point after that. So I have no date for you. However, I've seen them out at some stores here for weeks, so the answer is "some time in the past, perhaps now, perhaps not until the future." --ItsWalky 20:10, 1 March 2012 (EST)

I haven't seen any toys in the stores, but thanks anyway.71.255.172.244 21:44, 1 March 2012 (EST)

The other convention-exclusive pink Arcee figure, they are availible on the web. How would I be able to get it without getting lead into a scam. I was hoping you or someone on this wiki would know how I would be able to get that toy. I didn't go to the convention.71.162.106.122 19:24, 4 March 2012 (EST)

http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/transformers-prime-bumblebee-and-arcee-set?BR=496&ID=29273 --ItsWalky 11:58, 5 March 2012 (EST)

Wow! Only $29.99. Thanks.

On Ebay, it costs $80.00.

what you said to me

i will make sure i learn more english when i go to school today

Mostly I hope they teach you about capital letters and punctuation. --ItsWalky 02:02, 19 March 2012 (EDT)

It's kind of hard to do that all when you're using a wii like I am Jacktransformerdude 02:08, 19 March 2012 (EDT)

If you're editing the wiki with something that makes it nigh-impossible to edit the wiki, you probably shouldn't edit the wiki. I've tried it on my cellphone before, and it's extremely difficult to get all of the various coding right, but if I can't edit the wiki correctly, I just don't edit the wiki. Leaving a bunch of stuff that has to be deleted or completely overhauled is worse than not contributing at all. --ItsWalky 13:54, 19 March 2012 (EDT)

The Fallen/Megatronus Prime artwork

I wanted to have someone verify this before I uploaded it, but is this the concept art for the Aligned pre-Fallen version of Megatronus Prime, and if so is is usable? --King Starscream 15:23, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

That's not exactly what we saw at Hasbro's panels. It's not in the same style. (It'd look more like the Aligned Prima art, which is way more painterly.) This looks like an artist's recreation from memory to me. --ItsWalky 17:07, 10 April 2012 (EDT)

Thanks, just what I needed to know. Off to search again. --King Starscream 16:53, 11 April 2012 (EDT)

Pictures were not allowed of those guys. If you somehow manage to find one, we wouldn't be able to use it. --ItsWalky 21:15, 11 April 2012 (EDT)

Gotcha. Thanks anyway. --King Starscream 21:37, 17 April 2012 (EDT)

Prime Hot Shot toy image

Not really sure why you replaced the photos that I already took for the toy with your own, (which are kind of faded, especially with the red) but whatever. Just kind of wondering why, though. Well, there go my efforts... :/ Inkblot 23:19, 7 May 2012 (EDT)

M Sipher overwrote my Kick-Over photos. It happens. --ItsWalky 23:33, 7 May 2012 (EDT)

Reno Wilson

If I sound impatient, I'm sorry, but I've explained the reasoning behind my edit to the Mudflap controversy several times over, and nobody has disagreed with me. A couple users explained what it's supposed to mean, but it turns out that it's based on an incorrect assumption to begin with. Both times that I've I changed it, though, the edit has been reverted without an explanation. If this is about my spate of edits to my own comments, then I'm sorry, but I'm just editing a minor note to be more factually accurate and less obtusely "snarky". How can I get it to stick? - Caswin 17:00, 13 May 2012 (EDT)

"Nobody has disagreed with me" is a pretty bold complaint, considering everyone on that talk page disagrees with you. --ItsWalky 18:08, 13 May 2012 (EDT)

In my defense, that's a recent development. Nobody had disagreed with me when I wrote that. If anyone can prove me wrong or show that this is a special case, I'll shut up right now. However, while I understand if it became personal at some point, I have to admit I don't see the point in defending the wording of one note so closely to begin with, at least not unless it's funnier than I thought. - Caswin 18:12, 13 May 2012 (EDT)

"Prove me wrong" is a red herring. The entire discussion is a "Yeah-huh"/"Nuh-uh" dynamic. You didn't understand the joke. Everyone else did. There's nothing left to prove or discuss. Please, please, please move on to something else. --ItsWalky 20:31, 13 May 2012 (EDT)

IDW

Ok. Fine but can you edit Ratchet then if I do my edits too long because I've been on it for quite awhile. Ed

=IDW Whirl

Hi there, I'm not sure how else to get in touch with you. Please don't include speculative conclusions to the Wiki. All that was written in MTMTE #6 regarding Whirl is that he was at one point an instructor, and that he changed his names a few times. Until it has been confirmed that Whirl IS or is not Jetstream, please don't state as such. (apple pie)

I don't think you grasp the difference between speculative conclusions and the Whirl/Jetstream deal. Don't mess with those pages again. --ItsWalky 16:03, 27 June 2012 (EDT)

Nightracer Changes

I got a note from you and am not sure the proper method for messaging or response to you, so I'll just say it here? You needn't have so drastically changed both entries for Nightracer. I deliberately created a new page for the cloned Nightracer so once more was known about both, they could both be altered accordingly. You seemed to edit both pages until they were to YOUR liking, rather than letting them evolve as needs be. Really, you created a lot of work for yourself, so please don't get upset and send me condescending messages when you could have simply fixed the new entry, and let me know how they work. It's not exactly easy to find instructions on how to "discuss" things, so assuming you know EXACTLY how everything should work and then talking down to a newer user doesn't really make you look very good.

YOU needn't have so drastically changed Nightracer's entries. That is my problem. I am trying to revert. As a new user, when you make many many changes to a page, to the point of moving the page itself, without asking about it first, I don't think you have a lot of room to get mad at someone else changing it a whole bunch to put it mostly back the way it was. Next time, ask. Certainly, at least, until you have a better grasp of how the wiki organizes information. --ItsWalky 10:08, 7 September 2012 (EDT)

=Reverting All My Edits

Okay, so maybe I should quit adding captions. But why do you keep undoing my major edits to character bio pages too? Okay, it shouldn't be an essay. But this is a Wikipedia, and it's the Transformers Wikipedia to boot; people come here for specific information. On Transformers. Harley Quinn hyenaholic 10:49, 21 September 2012 (EDT)

You are not adding specific information. You are saying in fifteen paragraphs what the page is already saying in three paragraphs. It is not only unnecessary, but makes the page worse. --ItsWalky 10:52, 21 September 2012 (EDT)

Secretary joke

I have no problem with acknowledging Arcee's less intense role in HM (note: I have yet to see about half of HM, so as for HM context I hardly have anything to say), but I question what is the joke's target: The Headmasters's writing... or secretaries and Japanese people? It's not just that joke, it's that this wiki has a small web of jokes and remarks relating to Arcee's job change that go beyond fair critique and into, well, bigotry. I'm trying to imagine how the way the wiki trashes on Arcee's job change must read to someone who is a secretary. As the child of a (once) secretary, I do see it as an attack on the job itself. You can't really deny that - just look at the image description I've changed that felt the need to specify the job warrior with "brave" as if being a secretary means you can't be brave (if this is HM context, it fails to specify that). Airazor's page used to have the same problem in her writeup about her gender in Japan. This also makes the joke gendered, given the usual associations of who does which job contrasted with the idea which job deserves more appreciation. For the other element of the joke that bugs me, I invite a look at BW Blackarachnia's note section. There's one at best humorous, at worst neutral treatment of an absolutely disgusting post on Blackarachnia's design process. The next note about Blackarachnia in Japan is written with much more condemnation while failing to convince me I'm reading about something worse than the previous note. And then there's that eternal remark about Arcee in HM again that again fails to offer a proper and coherent story rather than inside-crowd cover-aggression. I could also talk about the 'joke' showing up on TFA Arcee's page, which is kinda bull considering TFA had a bad-to-horrendous treatment of most of its female cast, Arcee included, but that's not commented on. No, what is commented on is a lesser worse treatment of G1 Arcee decennia ago in that awful country known as Japan.

That's why I want the joke changed. Not because the wiki shouldn't talk about the job change and sexist/gender stereotypical script motivations, but because I don't think a small cover-aggressive caption will be enough to do that without being sexist itself. And in the context of the entire wiki, because I feel critique on Japanese writing is handled considerably bolder than critique on American writing.

All that said, I'm taking a step aside from the above to thank you for the Arcee captions you've added. They're a great addition to her article. Geewunling 07:09, 26 September 2012 (EDT)

I've yet to be convinced that you can tell the difference between making fun of bigotry and bigotry itself. You seem to constantly believe one is the other, and suggest that just dealing with the subject directly is embracing it. To that I say bullshit, and that's stupid. You're not going to win that argument. Making fun of stupid Transformers crap is what this wiki does, and "historically bad treatment of female characters" is not magically exempt from that.

The way to fix this is not to dial back on the criticism of stupid crap. If there are things you think we should lampshade but we are not, by all means, fix that. Animated Arcee already has a caption on her page talking about how she's just a prop. I added one to G1 Arcee's page last night about her less-than-stellar introduction into IDW continuity. (Both those are English fictions, btw.)

The "In Japan, I'm a secretary!" is a caption that is as old as her page, and originally belonged to a screencap from her then-only appearance in which her leg had gotten blown off in the line of duty. I don't think it's appropriate for the stock image for which it has substituted and could stand to be changed to match the image better. But if you're going to level the pretty incendiary charge of "bigotry," I think you could at least meet that serious charge with the footwork to determine the source and context of the content you're leveling the claim at. Again, this is part of my concern that you assume the worst of others' intentions without first attempting to understand them. Is a caption "bigotry" when it merely survived an earlier version of the page from a time when Animated Arcee didn't have the history she does now? Or do you just like throwing that damn word around because it's easy? --ItsWalky 11:34, 26 September 2012 (EDT)

You know what I don't get? That I can't simply say "this caption makes me uncomfortable" and that that is enough reason to change it (I could also add to that "these captions have always made me uncomfortable but I've been too scared and confused to do something about most of them earlier"). Also I don't get why you keep making this as if I am attacking individuals. The only reason I contacted you and M Sipher is because you both returned something that makes me uncomfortable and rather than start an edit war with an admin or two because I'd like to get a few things done before ever getting banned, I'm trying to talk this over. Yes, I'm using words as "bigotry" and "sexism", because I don't think they're big words that should be reserved for the most extreme, clearly visible of cases. The moment it plays into a system (that makes the extreme cases possible), it qualifies. But I don't call anyone any of those words, because I don't believe these jokes/critiques are bad on their own, but bad in a system, and I don't hold anyone of this wiki responsible for that system. Why I don't look up histories of page jokes/remarks - I'm not interested in who put it there and the reasons for it aren't really important either. All I'm concerned about is what is there now and how it connects with other such comments all over the wiki. Individual excuses are just going to cloud the systematic problem's presence.

And believe me, it's not easy using those words, because they're words that are likely to cause unwarranted defensiveness that blocks out the entire function of those words of pointing out systematic problems. If I'd go for easy, I'd be ass-kissing my way into your good graces right now.

I hope you'll excuse me that I'll give a specific reply to "I've yet to be convinced that you can tell the difference between making fun of bigotry and bigotry itself. You seem to constantly believe one is the other, and suggest that just dealing with the subject directly is embracing it." (only). There's two things I know of that are important in this, and those are all needed: that ironic sexism ís a form of sexism and that femmephobia is a terrible way of 'battling' sexism. That indeed puts a number of jokes and remarks around here in the same vein of bad as what they try to criticize. Call it a 'belief' if you want to, I'll keep calling it 'What is Sexism 101'. And lastly, it's nonsense that a caption can 'deal with a subject directly'. Nearly all captions rely on background knowledge, but do not provide it themselves. That's why a number of them criticizing content fail. Notes and elaborate sections tend to provide better 'deal with a subject directly'-stuff, but they're rare.

The thing is that I'd love to rewrite/write about some of the problematic content and 'deal with the subject directly' but I sincerely doubt that it would be appreciated. There was, for example, the matter of Override Prime's Primehood about a year ago that did not go down well. Geewunling 17:36, 26 September 2012 (EDT)

The problem is that you have a definition of "femmephobia" that others do not share, and so your claims of it aren't getting any traction. I still can't comprehend how pointing out that Arcee's function in America is "Warrior" but her function in Japan is "Go-fer" is in any way being hateful of ladies. Hear me out: I in no way want to diminish your feelings on a topic that you have a inside take on. As a female, you will always have a better understanding of the experience, and as dudes the best we can do is listen and understand. However, the problem is you are just one female. You don't represent all of them. I've been doing webcomics about ladies and gay folks for forever, and if there's anything I've learned over and over again it's that nobody agrees on what's offensive or sexist or bigoted. I've gotten yelled for jokes being construed as insensitive by a minority, while simultaneously a bunch of other folks from that same minority saying that other guy or gal is wrong and it was fine. If commentary could be vetoed by one person who didn't like it, there wouldn't be any commentary ever. And so while your word carries more weight on this topic due to circumstance of birth, your word will not always be Final. It can't work that way.

You can make a plea for why that caption is dumb, and if others agree we can certainly yank it out, but other people can outvote you. This wiki is a collaborative project and no one person can veto the decisions of the community, lest I remind you that we don't have an all-encompassing Sideways page. Your best course of action is to find others who agree with you and get them involved here. I bet you that on this topic the wiki would be willing to listen to a vocal minority (that is, consisting of more than one person). --ItsWalky 19:37, 26 September 2012 (EDT)

At any rate, I've asked around: http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/32361010306/a-question-to-the-ladies-who-follow-me-so (I want to emphasize through this exercise that while I may not agree with your take, I do take it seriously.) --ItsWalky 20:17, 26 September 2012 (EDT)

Oh, I am familiar with your work and the controversies it causes. If I recall correctly, it was one of your comics that introduced me to the term "ableism". Came in handy when the D-drama in the MLP: Friendship is Magic fandom started.

I am also well-aware I am not the chosen representative of all of womanhood, nor did I present myself as such. I very much appreciate you asking others for their opinions, even though I didn't have to look to know what the general attitude would be. It's commendable you took the time to do this for me. Thank you.

That said, you unintentionally brought up another possible 'both be happy'-solution for this matter that doesn't require too much change I think. I don't know much about Arcee's role in HM, as said already, but if her role is so small that her job can be described as "gofer", then all I request is that word to be used on the wiki instead of "secretary" for me to be, well, a lot more okay with the situation, and definitely the caption. Would that be possible (I accept 'no')? Geewunling 14:05, 27 September 2012 (EDT)

"Go-fer" is fine. --ItsWalky 14:43, 27 September 2012 (EDT)

Question

Alright, I probably seem like a little kid for asking this, but how do you think I did on the Prime - The Game page? -- spyder^{Use this!} 08:19, 31 October 2012 (EDT)

"Home in"

I don't understand how the merriam link disagrees with jalaguy; it specifically gives "a missile honing in on its target — Bob Greene" as an example.KrytenKoro 16:01, 27 November 2012 (EST)

Yes, it gives examples of usage, but then spends a whole paragraph belaboring how it shouldn't be used. The page defines it, but then tells you not to use it. --ItsWalky 22:34, 27 November 2012 (EST)

I hadn't expected to start a mini-edit war with that note. Thanks for the support! JW 10:35, 28 November 2012 (EST)

Predacon bird

I Looked it up and can't find anything on the Predacon bird from Car Robots. Can you please tell me where I can find the picture of the Predacon bird?Transfan 1992 19:50, 9 December 2012 (EST)

I seriously have no idea what the hell you are talking about. --ItsWalky 20:25, 10 December 2012 (EST)

He seems to be talking about some random shot cut from an RID episode... Jalaguy 20:29, 10 December 2012 (EST)

Then I am of no help. --ItsWalky 01:21, 11 December 2012 (EST)

NOOOOO.jpg

SanityOrMadness has had [tfwiki.net/wiki/File:NOOOOO.jpg this] marked to be moved since May. No one's done so, so I'd like to see if I you'd approve of the move?--Spin-Out 18:29, 27 July 2013 (EDT)

Question.

EDIT-Thank you.Escargon 17:06, 19 August 2013 (EDT)

Apologies

Hey ItsWalky,

Just saw your message. Just got rid of the link. Sorry about that.

I didn't mean to break any rules, I just wanted to know what to do with the info.

--Dean3 01:00, 17 September 2013 (EDT)

Wait until it airs? Which is why the Predacons Rising page is LOCKED? --ItsWalky 01:02, 17 September 2013 (EDT)

Will do. Thanks again for the info. Also, as a side note, that's an awesome profile image you've got on your page. Plus your art is awesome too; just checked your blog page. --Dean3 02:48, 17 September 2013 (EDT)

Possible Second Alt Mode....

Does perceptor in fall of cybertron transform into a microscope? User:Hyruk

I dunno, maybe read Perceptor's page to find out. --ItsWalky 17:40, 1 November 2013 (EDT)

Recordicons 16

Are the guys in the background besides Injector meant to be anybody? Escargon (talk) 16:23, 26 February 2014 (EST)

The only other real background guy is Ravage. --ItsWalky (talk) 16:50, 26 February 2014 (EST)

Though the robot in the extreme foreground is this person --ItsWalky (talk) 16:52, 26 February 2014 (EST)

Dark Cybertron

Hi Walky, Can I ask why exactly my edits to DC #11 are just NO? They're perfectly valid points; 1) Prowl did remove the head from Powlistator in RID, and seeing though he hated it, had no reason to fix it back onto himself. So the combined mode SHOULD have no head in that issue. 2) Brainstorm HAS been dead all this time, and as it was established all the way back in the -Ations, anybody who has can't die again. He should not have been affected by the kill switch. Looking forward to finding out just WHY I am incorrect, -Drift

The Brainstorm thing will OBVIOUSLY be explained later. Like, super-obviously. It is not an error. It's what Roberts DOES. It's been planned for YEARS. And if the Prowl head actually belongs to Prowl, he sure doesn't seem to be missing any mass. I mean, that head must be made out of some parts of him, right? So it either belongs to one of the other Constructicons or the creation of the altmode kibble is magical -- in either case, it's not an error. --ItsWalky (talk) 15:12, 24 March 2014 (EDT)

I tweeted Roberts about it as soon as it came out. Normally when it's going to be explained in a few issues he sort of gives a sly wink nod tweet back, and he didn't say anything, making me think that for once he didn't think about that. Also, if you look, Prowl HAS lost mass between the first time Griffith drew him and the times he has in DC. Even if he hasn't that would be an artist error, which doesn't change to fact it HAS happened. Even if it did come from a Constructicon, they too haven't had the time to fix that either as they left Iacon, meaning they wouldn't have had time to have it re-attached and I doubt it would have been high up their priorities. I'd possibly give you Brainstorm, but I think you're wrong about Devastator.

If the Devastator head thing must be mentioned, I would put it in notes. I don't think it's an outright error in the way we classify errors. There's too many ways to explain it. And, yes, Prowl is drawn smaller now... by other artists, particularly Rojo, who draws EVERYONE kind of tiny and skinny. That isn't really what I meant by missing mass -- I meant missing parts of himself. I didn't mean he, y'know, lost weight.

And there's way too many conspicuous things going on with Brainstorm to call that an error. He's the only one who's shot before the Killswitch is flipped, and this same shot (again) conspicuously unlinks his briefcase from his arm. There is stuff afoot here. If it is mentioned on the page, it should not be as an error, but as... speculation? But we don't really do that, so no. --ItsWalky (talk) 16:06, 24 March 2014 (EDT)