Talk:Main Page
THE FUNNY STAYS. -The Management
Please use this talk page for discussion about the Main Page.
To discuss site-wide policies, please visit the Community Portal talk page.
If you ignore the first, second, and third things written on this page to complain about the captions, your transient whining will be moved to Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/People who will never contribute here but nevertheless want us to change everything.
Archives
Formatting problems (just me?)
Now that the server has changed, all the formatting seems to have changed! Templates that should be on the right and next to the text (e.g. on episode pages) are on the left and pushing the text down! Is anyone else seeing these problems? --Flicky1991 07:06, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
- It's not just you, I'm seeing it as well. --Boy Blunderous 07:09, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
- We're on a newer version of MediaWiki, and it broke some of the templates. It'll be fixed soon, once we figure out why they're not formatting up right.--RosicrucianTalk 07:22, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
- As I said on the Community Portal just there, various LocalSettings.php variables like $wgAllowUserCss and $wgUseSiteCss appear to have gone from "true" to "false" (or just plain deleted - I think they default false) in the move. - SanityOrMadness 07:39, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
- We're on a newer version of MediaWiki, and it broke some of the templates. It'll be fixed soon, once we figure out why they're not formatting up right.--RosicrucianTalk 07:22, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
Go Box problem?
The GoBox is currently not there, no matter which browser I view this page in. --KilMichaelMcC 07:50, 27 March 2013 (EDT)
- Same for me. Normally when it disappears all I have to do is refresh the page, but even that's not working at the moment. -- spyderUse this! 08:00, 27 March 2013 (EDT)
- The forum signature GoBoxes are knackered too. Those just come up as a white rectangle. Something is indeed amiss. Jalaguy 09:00, 27 March 2013 (EDT)
- So, is anyone on this yet? --KilMichaelMcC 16:02, 27 March 2013 (EDT)
- The forum signature GoBoxes are knackered too. Those just come up as a white rectangle. Something is indeed amiss. Jalaguy 09:00, 27 March 2013 (EDT)
Not On Schedule
Did IDW stop making TF comics? If not can we please update the Schedule? Phantom 13:01, 4 April 2013 (EDT)
- I don't keep track of the comics much, but I've had a bash at updating it with this month's releases. --abates 16:05, 4 April 2013 (EDT)
- That should be fine, I think so long as the next issues's release dates are on there. Phantom 16:19, 4 April 2013 (EDT)
Current Releases Series Addition
Dunno who added the series abbreviation before each entry under the IDW Transformers section under Current Releases (MtMtE, RiD, Spotlight, Monstrosity) but I really like it. Makes it easier to quickly tell which latest item you're looking for. Could the same be done with the other categories (Transformers Prime especially)? Excise 13:10, 12 June 2013 (EDT)
Featured Article - October 2013
It's October 4th - is there a new Featured Article ready to go? - RolonBolon 20:49, 4 October 2013 (EDT)
- We're gonna need a new one soon. Escargon 17:23, 2 November 2013 (EDT)
I think the next featured article should be Bumper G1! - Bumblejumper 23:07, 4 November 2013 (EST)
- It's not impressive enough, since Bumper (G1) has barely appeared in anything. --Sabrblade 23:12, 4 November 2013 (EST)
- Yeah, you got a point there! - Bumblejumper 23:15, 4 November 2013 (EST)
TFP
I noticed that Predacons Rising is still under "current releases", but it's several months old. I just wanted to mention this. - Silverboltmtmte (talk) 15:42, 14 December 2013 (EST)
- Though the TV premiere happened back then, the DVD release isn't that old. Besides, we have even older stuff still on that chart, like those two Rescue Bots episodes that aired over a year ago. --Sabrblade (talk) 17:52, 14 December 2013 (EST)
- Okay.
Milestone page linking
What does everyone think about changing the Main Page disambiguation notice so that the actual number of articles links to Transformers Wiki:Milestones while the word "pages" links to the Statistics page? --Khajidha (talk) 09:39, 1 August 2014 (EDT)
Transformers Expo
Just want to ask whether events such as the aforementioned Expo, BotCon or TFCon should be listed on the main page. Optimus Prime (Convoy) (talk) 09:58, 31 October 2014 (EDT)
- TFCon isn't official, so that's out. --Sabrblade (talk) 11:35, 31 October 2014 (EDT)
- BotCon is always listed on the main page. Whether it's worth listing events for Asia which the majority of our readership wouldn't be able to get to, I'm not sure. --abates (talk) 17:12, 31 October 2014 (EDT)
- I don't see BotCon, could you guys tell me where it is? Anyway, the Expos are pretty big in Asia, we've got some commercials on TV and adverts on public transports. Besides, I've been to the Transformers 30th Anniversary Exhibition in Korea, so I have a lot of information on that and I'm going to the one in Singapore soon, so...Optimus Prime (Convoy) (talk) 21:27, 31 October 2014 (EDT)
- BotCon is usually listed in the schedule, though no one's added BotCon 2015 yet. Info on the Asia conventions would be fantastic! --abates (talk) 21:53, 31 October 2014 (EDT)
- I'll do my best. Anyway, I've found four Expos in Asia, including ones from, South Korea, Malaysia, Macau and Singapore. They all share similar names (Transformers: 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Transformers Expo, Transformers 30th Anniversary Expo for the last two. They seem to be the same in a traveling exhibition, but I can't find any concrete evidence...(The one from Korea seems especially independent) Also, where should I put the events on the main page?Optimus Prime (Convoy) (talk) 22:04, 31 October 2014 (EDT)
- Events should only have a page if they're specifically organized by Hasbro and/or Takara, though we have an unofficial conventions page for conventions which aren't. I strongly suspect you're right about that being a traveling expo, and that it started with Transformers China Exhibition. If there's no way to prove it, I guess we need to make separate pages for them though, perhaps with notes linking them. If any of the (official) expos are currently running, we could stick them at the bottom of Main Page/featured-series. --abates (talk) 22:36, 31 October 2014 (EDT)
- Could anyone give me a hand here? I don't quite know how to edit the table... Sorry for the inconvenience.Optimus Prime (Convoy) (talk) 11:21, 1 November 2014 (EDT)
- Events should only have a page if they're specifically organized by Hasbro and/or Takara, though we have an unofficial conventions page for conventions which aren't. I strongly suspect you're right about that being a traveling expo, and that it started with Transformers China Exhibition. If there's no way to prove it, I guess we need to make separate pages for them though, perhaps with notes linking them. If any of the (official) expos are currently running, we could stick them at the bottom of Main Page/featured-series. --abates (talk) 22:36, 31 October 2014 (EDT)
- I'll do my best. Anyway, I've found four Expos in Asia, including ones from, South Korea, Malaysia, Macau and Singapore. They all share similar names (Transformers: 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Transformers Expo, Transformers 30th Anniversary Expo for the last two. They seem to be the same in a traveling exhibition, but I can't find any concrete evidence...(The one from Korea seems especially independent) Also, where should I put the events on the main page?Optimus Prime (Convoy) (talk) 22:04, 31 October 2014 (EDT)
- BotCon is usually listed in the schedule, though no one's added BotCon 2015 yet. Info on the Asia conventions would be fantastic! --abates (talk) 21:53, 31 October 2014 (EDT)
- I don't see BotCon, could you guys tell me where it is? Anyway, the Expos are pretty big in Asia, we've got some commercials on TV and adverts on public transports. Besides, I've been to the Transformers 30th Anniversary Exhibition in Korea, so I have a lot of information on that and I'm going to the one in Singapore soon, so...Optimus Prime (Convoy) (talk) 21:27, 31 October 2014 (EDT)
- BotCon is always listed on the main page. Whether it's worth listing events for Asia which the majority of our readership wouldn't be able to get to, I'm not sure. --abates (talk) 17:12, 31 October 2014 (EDT)
Transformers Universe
I think we can take this off the Schedule.
Comic Schedule
Transformers Vol. 2 Issue is set to release on 25 Feburary according to itunes,Should i change it or not? Hyruk (talk) 10:49, 21 February 2015 (EST)
- It's not on Diamond's shipping lists, so it won't be in stores next week. If iTunes actually release it, that'll be another matter. - Chris McFeely (talk) 14:29, 21 February 2015 (EST)
Featured Article Oct. 2015?
Has there been a decision or nomination for the slot already? Because if it's not already set, I'd like to nominate Scourge (RID). --Thylacine 2000 (talk) 22:26, 24 September 2015 (EDT)
- ? --Thylacine 2000 (talk) 21:46, 30 September 2015 (EDT)
January
How about Star Wars? --Thylacine 2000 (talk) 08:02, 23 December 2015 (EST)
- I like the idea of it being a Rescue Bots article - I Have Heard, or Blades if we don't want to use an episode page - in honour of IHHTRS being nominated for an Annie award. (The awards are on February 6.) Star Wars is a good option too, though. --Riptide (talk) 09:34, 23 December 2015 (EST)
- What about Optimus Prime (WFC) or Bumblebee (WFC)? -Foffy the Sheep (talk) 10:27, 23 December 2015 (EST)
GoBox Issues
Is the GoBox just not showing up at all for anybody else? I've been browsing the wiki and the GoBox is just...gone. It's not like the image just broke, the entire thing is gone. Did the staff get rid of it or is it just bugged out? (I'm using the latest version of Google Chrome, for the record, just in case it's a browser thing). MaximalBroadjaw (talk) 13:04, 28 December 2015 (EST)
- I'm having the same problem browsing the wiki on my iPad, which uses Safari, so I don't think it's a browser issue. I'm gonna hop on my computer and see if it happens with Firefox. -Foffy the Sheep (talk) 13:08, 28 December 2015 (EST)
- Firefox is doing the same thing. The strange thing is, I don't even see the place where the GoBox should be. Everything below has been moved up to compensate for the loss of the GoBox. I noticed this last night, but figured I should probably wait until more people were awake to bring it up. -Foffy the Sheep (talk) 13:13, 28 December 2015 (EST)
- So this isn't a client issue, then. Good, that means that it's not on my end that the error's happening. I've sent a tweet to the Twitter account about it, and maybe that could get a head's up going on the matter. MaximalBroadjaw (talk) 13:22, 28 December 2015 (EST)
- It's a conspiracy, I tell you! -Foffy the Sheep (talk) 13:55, 28 December 2015 (EST)
- Yep. I see them too. Thank goodness. I don't have the numbers, but I suspect the GoBoxes get us a large amount of our site traffic, not to mention being part of the site's charm. Glad to have them back!
- Just out of curiousity, does anyone know why they originally stopped working? -Foffy the Sheep (talk) 18:14, 28 December 2015 (EST)
- There's an automated process that saves a copy of Template:Goicons which is what is actually used as the gobox list. Once in a blue moon it messes up and saves a blank copy and the goboxes break. --abates (talk) 22:44, 28 December 2015 (EST)
- Good to know. -Foffy the Sheep (talk) 22:49, 28 December 2015 (EST)
- There's an automated process that saves a copy of Template:Goicons which is what is actually used as the gobox list. Once in a blue moon it messes up and saves a blank copy and the goboxes break. --abates (talk) 22:44, 28 December 2015 (EST)
Linking to Category:Images to be replaced
I was thinking it would be nice if there was a link to Category:Images to be replaced somewhere on the main page, perhaps in Main Page/editing-tips, so that new editors can find the category easier and maybe help us replace some of the sub-par images on the site. Thoughts? -Foffy the Sheep (talk) 17:26, 2 February 2016 (EST)
Current Releases RID linking?
It might be helpful for the terms Cartoon, IDW Comic, Signature Publishing and Book to link to their respective articles, instead of requiring users to click on the series title then navigate to the specific pages from there. RevTibe (talk) 23:09, 14 February 2016 (EST)
A Nitpick
Hey, very minor nitpick here, but there's no comma in the "Speak, Memory! (Part 2)" link in the main page. I get that it's not gonna matter in 20 days, but still... (please don't stab me) Genitus (Talk) 08:54, 18 February 2016 (EST)
GoBoxes gone AWOL
I'm not seeing the GoBoxes at all. Is this just a problem on my end, or is it happening for everyone else? -Foffy the Sheep (talk) 17:05, 2 April 2016 (EDT)
- There was a missing close tag in the XML. --abates (talk) 17:58, 2 April 2016 (EDT)
- Yeah, they're back now. Thanks! -Foffy the Sheep (talk) 18:39, 2 April 2016 (EDT)
Other wiki plagiarizing
So I was trying to find online stores for transformers and I found this other transformers wiki (http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Bombshell) pretty much all the articles are just direct copies of pages on this wiki
