Talk:Power Core Combination
Merge with Power Core Combiners
Don't think this page should exist.
It should be covered under the normal Power Core Combiners page. In fact it should BE most of the basic Power Core Combiner page, rather than the out-of-universe stuff there now. As I said there on that talk page, we don't segregate Powermaster fiction under "Powermaster Binary-bonding Combination" or something dumb like that, we have it on the Powermaster page where it belongs. Same here. This page should be deleted and the regular Power Core Combiner page should be revised to be in propper wiki format with In universe fiction first and toy stuff under toys/trivia. --ZacWilliam 08:52, 7 June 2010 (EDT)
- There is a page on binary bonding. But I think that only exists because it deals with more than one type of *masters. This page should definitely exist, but I think you are probably right, it should move to "Power Core Combiner". The Power Core Combiners page is a franchise page. - Starfield 10:19, 7 June 2010 (EDT)
- I agree with Starfield that the reason the out-of-universe "Power Core Combiners" page exists is because we're treating it as a toyline unto itself (possibly a franchise, depending on your definition). I'm not personally married to that - I could also see it being folded into Transformers (2010 toyline) - but the current treatment calls for a separate page.
- As for what to call THIS page, certainly "Power Core Combiner" would be valid, but I don't see why it would be better. Instinctively, I'd rather have the two page-names be more different than more similar. On the other hand, I can't at a glance find an official use of the term "Power Core Combination," so maybe it has less legitimacy. Shrug.
- - Jackpot 15:26, 7 June 2010 (EDT)
- "Power Core Combination" is used in the packaging blurb. "Stolen by DECEPTICON spies, Power Core Combination gives the evil robots a powerful edge. Those who have the power of combination are a dangerous threat to the AUTOBOTS on Earth!"
- That makes it sound like "Power Core Combination" is a good name for the technology. - Starfield 15:48, 7 June 2010 (EDT)
- Ah, there we go then. Thank you. So it sounds like either choice is equally legitimate; it's just a question of which one is more user-friendly and subject-appropriate. Like I said, my instinct is to use "Combination" because it's more distinct from the toyline name. Also I agree with what you seem to be suggesting, that "Combination" is slightly more appropriate because this article is more about the technology than the individuals. - Jackpot 15:58, 7 June 2010 (EDT)
- Ah, there we go then. Thank you. So it sounds like either choice is equally legitimate; it's just a question of which one is more user-friendly and subject-appropriate. Like I said, my instinct is to use "Combination" because it's more distinct from the toyline name. Also I agree with what you seem to be suggesting, that "Combination" is slightly more appropriate because this article is more about the technology than the individuals. - Jackpot 15:58, 7 June 2010 (EDT)
Thing is "Power Core Combination" doesn't strike me as something anyone is ever gonna naturally search for or link to when they want to know about these guys. They're gonna look for "Power Core Combiners" because that's what the characters ARE CALLED both in-fiction and as a toyline. Back to my Powermaster example. No one is gonna look for them under (I know it's a silly name but I'm making a point) "Powermaster Binary-bonding Combination." They're gonna type "Powermasters." And fiction is supposed to have priority here on the wiki, so why should a franchise page (for something that's not even a franchise) get the good name over the in-fiction usage? I don't deny "Power Core Combination" is a correct and official verb for what these guys do, but we have a noun thats a name for them as a group that's much more natural to use because the noun is what we use in every other case. PCCs are NOT a franchise, just a toyline segment, is their any reason the toy info and the fiction info (which is not that much) can't just share a page under the more appropriate name? That's just me. --ZacWilliam 18:10, 7 June 2010 (EDT)
Multi-component Transformers
It sounds like, from the club fiction, that the guys with drones are Multi-component Transformers, with their personality engrams uploaded to the drones which allows them to effectively be in multiple places at once. Sound about right? - Starfield 10:38, 7 June 2010 (EDT)
- That's true as far as it goes, but "multi component transformers" are a term the wiki coined to describe a phenomenon.--RosicrucianTalk 12:20, 7 June 2010 (EDT)
- Yeah, Starfield, they seem to qualify as much as any of these guys. - Jackpot 15:26, 7 June 2010 (EDT)