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==Related characters?==
==Related characters?==
Is there REALLY a good reason not to give the Bumper and Fastback of this universe their own articles? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:12, 12 July 2010 (EDT)
Is there REALLY a good reason not to give the Bumper and Fastback of this universe their own articles? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:12, 12 July 2010 (EDT)
:I figured they pass the Koji's Mother test for "Related"-dom because they only exist for like one sentence, and interchangeably.  SP says "You killed Bumper and Fastback after I sent them to spy on you!" and Megs is all "Did I?  Oh well."  A page for either or both of them would say they were sent to spy on Megatron and he killed them.  Any link on any other character's page to to "Bumper [and/or] Fastback (Prime)" would pretty much have to have already said the exact same thing, since there is no other reason to mention them, and never will be.  It would be a one-sentence, completely redundant page(s). 
:I don't have super-strong feelings in this particular case and could understand people wanting to split them off; I guess I'm just trying to prime the pump for what I see as the inevitable creation of either a lot of "Related"s or a big "Minor Character" page for Exodus.  (I think we'll need a HUGE "Minor Characters" page for Almanac 2--what with all the no-art name-dropped types--but I digress).   
:However we sort them, I strongly think they should stay united, like [[Martin and Roland]] or [[Chak and Una]], as they have no individual history, identity, or agency whatsoever.  --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 16:46, 12 July 2010 (EDT)

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I think the Exodus section of this article could do with some more expansion and possible a total rewrite, especially as it was originally written by an anonymous editor who doesn't know how to write an article. --FFN 14:59, 3 July 2010 (EDT)

Is there REALLY a good reason not to give the Bumper and Fastback of this universe their own articles? --M Sipher 16:12, 12 July 2010 (EDT)

I figured they pass the Koji's Mother test for "Related"-dom because they only exist for like one sentence, and interchangeably. SP says "You killed Bumper and Fastback after I sent them to spy on you!" and Megs is all "Did I? Oh well." A page for either or both of them would say they were sent to spy on Megatron and he killed them. Any link on any other character's page to to "Bumper [and/or] Fastback (Prime)" would pretty much have to have already said the exact same thing, since there is no other reason to mention them, and never will be. It would be a one-sentence, completely redundant page(s).
I don't have super-strong feelings in this particular case and could understand people wanting to split them off; I guess I'm just trying to prime the pump for what I see as the inevitable creation of either a lot of "Related"s or a big "Minor Character" page for Exodus. (I think we'll need a HUGE "Minor Characters" page for Almanac 2--what with all the no-art name-dropped types--but I digress).
However we sort them, I strongly think they should stay united, like Martin and Roland or Chak and Una, as they have no individual history, identity, or agency whatsoever. --Thylacine 2000 16:46, 12 July 2010 (EDT)