User talk:Beetle Bug

Hi there, I noticed you have been manually typing your signature in your messages, so just dropping this here to help you out :) Fanofcoolstuff27 (talk) 06:28, 12 July 2021 (EDT)

Yeah, it's because it keeps putting the wrong time info in. I'll show you. This is what it wants to put: Beetle Bug (talk) 06:30, 12 July 2021 (EDT), however it's not 6:30, it's 5:31, and it's not EDT, it's CST. I did try to change it to the right time via my preferences page, but it keeps undoing it to a degree. I mean, I have it set up, but when it posts it, it's another time completely. Beetle Bug (talk) 05:33, 12 July 2021 (CST)

Oh! Since you are here, I just noticed that you are planning of updating Primus' page. Well, I'd suggest when you get around to updating the picture of his Cybertron toy, point out the stuff here: "In planet mode, he is considerably more detailed than Armada Unicron, with visible cities, including Iacon, based upon its appearance in the DK Publishing book, Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, and Kaon, specifically Kolkular, as seen in The War Within.", because I have the toy, but I can't tell which visible city is which, as I don't have the comics/books that are mentioned, and I think that would help many collectors and researchers down the line to have that info more accessible. Beetle Bug (talk) 05:39, 12 July 2021 (CST)

I believe the timezone preferences only change how you see your watchlist, history pages and the recent changes page at your end. Message signatures are all set to EDT. I live in New Zealand, and my preference is set to my local time, but my message signatures still show up using EDT as well, it's just how the software is set up I guess. As for Primus, it'll be a little while until I get around to adding new toy pics. I have a backlog of Beast Wars and ROTF toy photos that I need to finish editing before I can take any new photos. Fanofcoolstuff27 (talk) 06:57, 12 July 2021 (EDT)

Signature timezones all use the same timezone probably so that when you're looking at a talk page, you can tell whether one comment was made relative to another without having to convert between timezones. --abates (talk) 07:08, 12 July 2021 (EDT)

Ah... Ok then. I did not know. Thanks for that info. I honestly thought that there was some error happening. Beetle Bug (talk) 07:11, 12 July 2021 (EDT)

Talk pages are also not the place to make demands for changes to the wiki. If you have something that you would like to add to the wiki, it's best to make that change yourself. The wiki is a collaborative and voluntary effort and it is up to the user to make the changes they see fit, we don't request others to do it for us. Also, if you are worried about having your edits reverted for not being up to snuff, I'd recommend taking another look at the welcome box at the top of this page for our style guide and help sections. Our Discord server linked in the above box is also a good place for getting help when starting out and I would highly recommend you join. Questions tend to get answered at a faster rate than they do on here too. Fanofcoolstuff27 (talk) 00:24, 4 August 2021 (EDT)

Actually, I was on the Discord at some point, but I got banned over a miscommunication issue regarding me. Apparently I asked for members for my fanfic or something, but when I asked what the staff whom accused me was talking about, they just shut down on me. I recall asking a few questions in the server mentioning that I was using the answers to further enhance said fanfic, such as info on some stuff that I couldn't find here, like bios for minicons, and info about a voice actor, and something else, but nothing like "Hey, join my Discord and help on the fanfic.", which is what I was accused of. I tried to appologize and make amends, but I got banned for not listening, and I still don't know why I'm banned, just something about posting something that I shouldn't. They also said that I was "fighting with staff", which I asked about only to be told more or less "if I don't know what they are talking then they don't have to explain". Now I'd get it if I was faking or something, but I genuinely don't know what I did to get IP banned. I did say some things that I was told not to say/do, and once I was told to stop, I said, more or less, "Ok, I'm sorry.", then stopped and never did it again. I don't know if someone made false claims, or the staff or someone else misread something I typed, or even if I was mistaken for someone else. All I know is I'm IP banned. I only know this as I tried to rejoin on an alternate account to try and repeal the ban, or at least understand what I did, but then I found I was banned on there too, dispite never using that account on the server. Now if I did do something wrong, that's fine, I accept the punishment, but I'm genuinely unsure what I did, as what I was accused of was neither something I did, nor something listed in the rules of things not to do. Well, unless I overlooked something, which is quite likely as I have the bad habit/tendency of doing that. So hey, yeah, sure, I'd gladly use the Discord server, but I can't if I'm banned. So unless you or someone else can help me in that regard, I'm stuck. Also, when I was typing that thing out about demands, I was not thinking. I even think that I was mad at something else and thus blinded by anger, but I don't recall. However, either way, that doesn't make it right. I'm still in the wrong. I honestly didn't even realize that I did that until someone pointed that out, which I am truly sorry about. Normally I don't act that way, and normally I just ask about info, but this time I thought that I was in the right, so I thought that stating it needed an update was the appropriate response. I can see now that I wasn't though. Beetle Bug (talk) 00:59, 4 August 2021 (EDT)

Oh! Also, just so you know, I wasn't worried about my edits reverted for not being up to snuff, I was more concerned that I would be breaking a rule for deleting the comment/caption on the picture in the most recent case. Plus if it's removed/reverted for not being up to snuff, that's fine. This site is supposed to have proper info, so if I post something that is wrong info, I'd like someone to come along and change it. Besides, given the fact that the entire point of this site is to give proper info, there's not much I can do about that. I mean, since I use this site for all my Transformers info, it wouldn't be of much use to me if it has wrong info or missing info. Honestly, when I mention that I think someone else should change it, it's due to me not having or knowing the right info, and I don't want to post wrong info to begin with and cause someone to be confused or mislead, let alone be the reason that someone has to edit and fix my mistakes. So I try to have the right info to begin with, thus when I don't have it, but know (or in this case "think") that info is wrong or misleading, I feel like it's better to speak up and mention that it might be wrong, rather than to change it to something that is wrong when it's right to begin with, or even make it more wrong than it was to begin with. Not only that, but sometimes I can't find the right info, and most places more or less depict this site as the only one that has the right info. So when this has wrong info, I sometimes can't find the right info due to everything directing me to here for the right info. It's just a paradox at that point. Beetle Bug (talk) 14:36, 4 August 2021 (EDT)

Website help. This is for people to teach me how to use the site, since I am misunderstanding some of the rules and code of conduct.

Question 1: What kinds of questions are ok to ask on here, and how do I know if my question is that kind of question? For example, is it ok to ask about functions of a toy with the purpose of posting the info about it on the toy's page/section? Beetle Bug (talk) 18:59, 9 August 2021 (EDT)

Hi, the idea of contributing to the wiki is to provide information on areas you know about or can research yourself. If you are asking these sorts of questions instead, you're asking for someone else to do the work in providing information. --abates (talk) 21:36, 9 August 2021 (EDT)

Well, then how would I even research the info, when most places I check send me back here to find the info that is not even here? That's where I'm getting stuck on. Beetle Bug (talk) 03:15, 10 August 2021 (EDT)

The original source. If you're looking to add information which is not currently on the wiki, you need to research it by watching the cartoon, or movie, or reading the comic, or in this case, looking at an example of the toy in question. --abates (talk) 04:47, 10 August 2021 (EDT)

Ok. Well, then what if I can't find an example of the toy in question? Beetle Bug (talk) 05:07, 10 August 2021 (EDT)

Then you can't add the information to the wiki? You can't add info you don't have. --abates (talk) 06:06, 10 August 2021 (EDT)

Ah. I was asking because sometimes two heads are better than one, so my line of thinking was this: "If I can't find it, ask around on the wiki to see if someone else might have the info.", but I'm guessing from what you are telling me, that's not correct. If I am wrong, please just let me know, otherwise, I'm gonna assume that I'm right in saying that you are telling me that my line of thinking is wrong. Beetle Bug (talk) 06:09, 10 August 2021 (EDT)

Question 2: What do I do if I notice that an external link is obsolete? Is there a template to point that out? Beetle Bug (talk) 05:15, 10 August 2021 (EDT)