Talk:Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)

"(WFC)" instead of "(Prime)" for characters that originated in this franchise?

If people are cool with the notion of WfC being its own franchise (and certainly I think with three forms of media, a logo/brand, a small line of toys, and arguably even multiple continuities, it counts), then our franchise-of-origin policy would dictate that we move pages like Optimus Prime (Prime) to "Optimus Prime (WFC)". It's been suggested that we should stick with "(Prime)" for all Aligned continuity family characters for the same reason that we favor "(SG)" over "(Timelines)": uniformity can be less confusing. But I think the SG situation was different, since the number of oddball articles was small and the franchise of origin wasn't obvious or intuitive. "(WFC)" would apply to a huge swath of articles, and it's crystal-clear which ones those are. So... any objections to the move? - Jackpot 12:37, 28 February 2011 (EST)

I think a better argument in favor of this would be for the fact that we use "G1" and "G2" for characters from the G1 Continuity Family depending on which portion of the franchise they debuted in, or "Armada", "Energon" and "Cybertron" for those characters from the Unicron Trilogy. That being said, though, I can't help but feel that having characters from the Prime show, where 99.999999% of their actions and personalities are established, as using (WFC) as a disambiguator, would be rather silly. --Detour 12:42, 28 February 2011 (EST)

Cryotek (RID) and Sideways (RID) are our precedents there. Choosing parantheticals based on which franchise "matters most to the character" is a slippery slope we've stayed away from in the past. - Jackpot 12:56, 28 February 2011 (EST)