User talk:M Sipher

AMBIGUITY IS THE FLAVOR OR LIFE!

YOU WOULD ROB US OF OUR MYSTERIES!

Dumping everything written was not required, unless Wikipedia automatically saves what I have written somewhere.

Autobot Officer

Uh. Oopsies? Didn't know you were getting pics, too. --Monzo 21:50, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Americanised spelling

Hi there, PacifistPrime the originator of the Scale article here. Thanks for cleaning up some of the typos. However, is it really neccessary to "correct" all my spelling by changing it to Americanised spelling? Is there actually a rule here that one has to use American spelling instead of, well... to be frank: the way the rest of world's users of the English Language spell? No offence intended, just asking. Let me know. PacifistPrime

I would think "yes", since this is an Amerocentric wiki and consistency looks professional. I don't realistically believe we'll ever achieve that because there are too many people from too many regions contributing, and further there are a lot of variations in how people type regardless of what area they're from. I can't stand putting two spaces between sentences, but I wouldn't be offended if someone changed a page I worked on to use them. -LV 16:41, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

What edit are you talking about?

If you're talking about my submission about Blackarachnia's telekinesis, it is NOT baseless speculation; she did use telekinesis in Master Blaster against Rampage, and although they never said where she got it, it is very likely that the psychic link she had with Tarantulas was upgraded during her Transmetalization. Watch the episode; you'll see Blackarachnia's eyes glow green, levitate an I-beam, and fling it at Rampage. The episode was right after Crossing the Rubicon (where Blackarachnia became a TM2), and 18 episodes after Tangled Web, when Blackarachnia forced Tarantulas to terminate their mind link after four episodes (and in case you want to contest it, Other Visits made a mention of the mind link, and how it worked both ways, meaning that BA had some remnants of the link, at the very least some of Tarantulas' memories, if not some other side effects).66.233.183.59 15:40, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm not Sipher, but I agree that it's speculation that doesn't belong here. Her glowing eyes echo the glowing tendrils involved in Cheetor's TM2-ification. It's a Transmetal 2 thing, and I see nothing whatsoever to connect it with the former mental link she shared with Tarantulas. --KilMichaelMcC 16:21, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Beast Wars Video Game

Hey Siph- I finally picked up a copy of the BW Game off e-bay (the original snap I made was from the demo.)

I'm nto very far into it (finding time this summer is tough) but thus far there's been no mention of the Skriix. Were they named in the game booklet or something? ('cuz i lack the booklet.) -Derik 21:13, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm trying to remember WHERE they were named. It might have been promotional materials. It's not in the booklet, I know that... --M Sipher 21:52, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I theeeeeenk it might've been in one of the pre-mission "briefings" that came up before you started each level. Level... three, I want to say? - Chris McFeely 21:53, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay, then I just haven't played it enough to get that info. Thanks!

Was there anything of value at all in the booklet that I'm missing out on? -Derik 22:13, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

ok, but what about those pages that are wanted?

you can't say a whole lot about say the third episode of Five Faces of Darkness can you?

other than that, what do you think of my wording?

and btw, theres a weird random page about weather in london but wasn't deleted, joke I'm not aware of maybe? --DracoJesi 18:42, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Image upload issues

Are you having any problems with image uploads? For some reason the wiki isn't uploading my images onto the server. --FFN 09:28, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Twirl toy image

Can you upload a photo of her robot and vehicle modes? Preferably against a 'neutral' background to fit with the rest of the toy pics. She is too awesome to go without toy photos, methinks. --FFN 10:24, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Megatron's Brazilian Voice Actor

Howdy ho! Hey, you said that the information about Megatron's voice actor in the film was on the wrong place when i put it on his page. Where would be the right place? I was thinking that maybe if i mentioned that José Santacruz plays a REALLY monstrous Megs, much similar to the one Hugo Weaving did, maybe it could go where i originally intended? Thanks for the time.--akumateukuma 11:58, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Rartorata

I don't really appreciate the "fuck you" in your edit summary, Siph. After the last round of discussion in October I thought -- due to lack of voiced disagreement -- that the names were going to be toned down to just ones that sound at least slightly like his real name, which personally I consider quite important. I reverted an anonymous change to the article which went against that "rule", and now you're cursing me out. That is quite uncool. --Steve-o 05:21, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Create-A-Bot's Alt-modes

I'm currently reworking the format and putting it in a more relevant form. It's not that it isn't important, but that the method in which it was added was inappropriate. I believe the original version went something like this.

"Just like his heroic counterpart, Create-A-Bot can adapt into numerous forms that can change his status, but several of his forms cannot be accessed in the game, but can be obtained by WiFi points by visiting the official Activition website. The altmodes are..."

and then listed them in a long and hard to read cluster. This not only is confusing, but also give the impression that ALL of the alt-modes have to be unlocked. So, instead of having a list, I am going to add an easier to read section in each article.

- Update: The sections have been finished and added. Sorry about before, I guess I just forgot to leave a message on the Discussion page about it. -- King Starscream 04:04, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Prowl Redirect

The wiki's lack of warning strikes again. I have made certain to preview every edit I do, looking for a warning that I'm editing an outdated version of the page. While I was making that edit, you redirected the page. When I previewed my edit, it gave no warning that anything had changed, so I submitted it—which undid the move. At least the new redirect included my clean-up...--Apcog 05:33, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Robot Heroes

There are clear packaging pics of all that are on TFW2005 (I think, I went from Seibertron.com). Not sure where from, but it isn't like they've been secretly leaked to me.

Ragingtsunami726 02:30, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

So... stolen. --M Sipher 02:31, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Here's some links, right here

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=161976

http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=album&album=8828&dispsize=800&start=0

http://seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12219

Anyone and their mother can see them. I see nowhere that they've been stolen and find it hard to believe Hasbro wouldn't have seen the pics after a day or two, considering Stealth Bumblebee. We've seen Cheetor, Rattrap, and Megatron before anyway. I'm leaving them there. Ragingtsunami726 02:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

We've seen them because they were stooooooooooooooolen. They have noooot been officially announced by Hasbro or any official sales solicitations anywhere. Therefore, they are not to be put on this wiki until they are. --M Sipher 02:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

We saw the prototypes (Not Blackarachnia) months ago. They've been on this Wiki with the exception of Blackarachnia for months. If I absolutly cannot add her and the confirmed lineups, I will change it back to the way it was before. The protos have been and still are available for the rest and have been for months. I think, THINK they were from Botcon, but I'm unsure. Comic-Con? Ragingtsunami726 02:46, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, several were shown at Botcon 2007; maybe at Comic-Con too, I dunno. But for the ones that weren't, our own policy (specifically Help:Coming_soon ) means we need to leave them alone until there's something official. Without a hard and fast policy, there's no fair way to declare what should and shouldn't be here when gray areas arise. Besides which, we're not trying to be a news site. Chip 02:54, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Is that a good compromise? There is no info there that seems unacceptable to me. I apologize for getting off on the wrong foot. The article on Smash Bros. Brawl on Wikipedia has made me defensive. Ragingtsunami726 03:01, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

You don't get to annoy and rule-break your way back to good graces.

Unless you're me, that is. -hx 18:16, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Weird bootleg minicons

Are you still looking for the various KO minicons? A store by me has the purple/yellow Star Saber team, the constructicon-esque Military team, and the weird combining remolds, if you're still interested. Also, they have inexplicably huge amounts of WCW Nitro cologne. -hx 20:03, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Anchors

Have you noticed that each anchor line inserts a new blank line into the page formatting? --Sntint 08:02, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

I see four choices: 1) accept the extra blank formatting line, 2) put the anchors at the end of the last line of the preceding section, 3) dirty up the code by replacing the blank formatting lines with the anchor template lines, or 4) put the anchor code at the end of the "title" section it anchors to, which may result in the page link manifesting with its section title scrolled off the screen. For OP G1, for the purposes of getting my Stormbringer trivia edit in, I'm going with 2, for now. I'll fix it when we've got a decision. --Sntint 03:15, 14 February 2008 (EST)

Telemocha episodes

Let's see,

TM-01 Primal: 02

TM-02 Megatron: 04

TM-03 Cheetor: 05

TM-04 Waspinator: 06

TM-05 Dinobot: 09

TM-06 Blackarachnia: 10

TM-07 Corada: 11

TM-08 Arcadis: 20

TM-09 Rhinox: 03

TM-10 Wolfang: 08

TM-11 Tigatron: 07

TM-12 Gimlet: 12

TM-13 Motorarm: 21

TM-SP Primal: 01 & 15

TM-SP Megatron: 13 & 14

So far, that's episodes 1-15, 20, and 21 --FortMax 17:03, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

New Mini-Con

Just a heads-up: If you haven't heard yet, there's another Mini-Con/Micron store exclusive due from Japan. Starting March 13, the first 10 customers to buy J-release TF Classics toys at any Toys "R" Us get a free Skyglide, a red recolor of Steelwind from the Clear Skies Team, probably meant to homage Powerglide. (This is from Figure King #121, according to Autobase Aichi. I don't think there are any images in the article.) I'm not sure where this info should be put into the wiki. There doesn't seem to be enough info to set up an article of its own yet. A "coming soon" notice on the main Mini-Con page until we know more, maybe?--Apcog 20:06, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Mech Version

I tried a Google search and didn't find anything right off. I DID find Yahoo Japan auction listings which listed it in kana as メッキ, which is definitely "chromed" and not "mech". Point me to the site, please?--Apcog 21:14, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

That's the kana on TakaraTomy's page for the set http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/other/index.html ... but isn't that kana "Meh-(shorten next)-ki"? "Mech"? Wouldn't "chromed" be an entirely different set of kana? The ones used for "Chromebite"? --M Sipher 21:21, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

No. Check it out by copy-pasting the katakana into the translation box at Jim Breen's. While クローム isn't unknown in Japan (Heck, it's what they call Stylor), the general term for chrome-plated parts is メッキ. (Technically, it's 鍍金 or 滅金, but perhaps because those can also be pronounced "tokin" and mean "pretense", it's usually rendered in katakana.) I first figured that by seeing it used in instructions for snap-together model kits which included such pieces. "Mech" is usually rendered メカ, as in short for "mechanism".--Apcog 00:18, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Heroes of Cybertron Cat?

Hey, are you going to populate a Heroes of Cybertron category? Dirge currently is all alone there, and I was about to delete the cat from his page to help clean up the Wanted Cats page. JW 17:44, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Why the fuck would you delete it? --M Sipher 17:52, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

First of all, I'm here to discuss the matter before I do anything rash, so I don't think I deserve the swearing. Chill.

Second of all, I considered deleting the link to the cat because the cat doesn't exist, and there's no demonstrable desire for it to exist, as shown by the fact that there's only one article in it.

But, third, if you were intending to fill out the category, so that it reaches the minimum number of entries we require to justify a category, I fully support you in that. I'm just asking if that's your plan, or if you expect other people to take care of it. JW 18:24, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

this may sound awkward...

r u a guy or a girl? if it says anywhere on ur talk page, i just kinda skimmed thru it.i always assumed u were a girl, but decided not 2 call u 1. if u know what happened last time someone's gender was mistaken. American Girl 20:09, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, he is a girl. -hx 20:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

You can tell by Sipher's pink armor plating.--Rosicrucian ^Talk 20:29, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

If he's a girl, then he's in serious need of electrolysis. --Detour 21:08, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

"lay odds?"

what odds? ShinkisRule 15:25, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

y'know, ya still haven't answered the question..ShinkisRule 15:23, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

And yet by pestering him, you have.--Rosicrucian ^Talk 15:25, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

huh? ShinkisRule 19:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Soundwave edits by 143.239.7.2

Okay, the whole Gurren Lagan/gattai history business is drawing parallels that are either speculative or outside the intended scope of the wiki. (A note might be made somewhere of Soundwave's combining method, though. Is it unique within TF lore?) However, why excise the directly TF-related material—i.e., noting the homages to the original Soundwave?--Apcog 23:18, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

I think that's the section Sipher removed due to (as I believe he put it) being "blatantly obvious."--Rosicrucian ^Talk 23:21, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Scourge Edit

That's the second time that my trivia post for RiD Scourge was deleted. It's a valid point, and I dunno why you guys are refusing to allow it, especially since there seems to be no qualms on here with making tranny jokes about Override or Airazor. Kind of hypocritical, ne? 64.13.101.210 23:01, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

No, not at all. Because Airazor and Override did legitimately, officially change genders in translation. Scourge... drumroll... has always been male, and has never ever ever been officially hinted as having the remotest female whatever ever. --M Sipher 02:13, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm spamming

Canvassing a few talkpages here so we can get folks to weigh in and finalize the potential Wiki image policy. Your input would be appreciated at Transformers Wiki talk:Images.--Rosicrucian ^Talk 18:32, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

blocking help

 Lets just say a acount has been blocked, and I cant even edit my talk page. Could you 
 tell me whats up. F1 fan 04:29, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Please Provide More Details

...as to why you removed the army building reference in the Starscream clone article. A simple rephrasing could have eliminated any problems you have with the word "Clearly". I dont mean to seem bitchy/pushy, but I really think that it was a good contribution to the article. Talk:Starscream clone (Animated) --Skyglide 04:30, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Ironhide

I read your thing about Botcon, very interesting. But the chances that Ironhide's southern accent doesn't originate from Cullen's are very low indeed. If you listen to the two voices, Ironhide's voice in Animated has a slightly different style. The most likely explanation is that the idea of the accent was taken from Cullen's 'Hide, while the sound of the accent was modelled on the other guys. And both should be noted in page. Something like "The idea of a southern accent is most likely based on G1 Ironhide, however the particular variant/vernacular(whatever) is based on such and such". User:GWolfv2 19.20 May 31st

No. I'm goddamn sick of over-reaching desperate "THIS MUST BE GEEWUN REFERENCE". Especially when we're talking about an analogue to a G1 character... at BEST, it's "no shit, Sherlock" (you mean a guy based on G1 Ironhide has slightly-G1-Ironhide-like traits?! NOOO!), at worst, it's a desperate grab for a non-reference. --M Sipher 18:50, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Ugh...well, I said my piece...nice to know you're keeping your head and not getting worked up over nothing btw User:GWolfv2 22.01 May 31st

Nice to know you're supporting the spread of idiotic misinformation. --M Sipher 21:09, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey

As the only staff member online at the moment as far as I know, can you make a decision about the latest Animated episode's title? We have two separate groups of editors working on two different articles for this episode. --FFN 10:31, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

Original photo watermark

Hey, I'm working on finishing cleaning up the Magmatron photos I took before the crash. Do you still have that TFWiki watermark template handy?--Rosicrucian ^Talk 18:07, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

Thanks

for fixing up the Stormbringer description I did. I think my original edit summary was lost, but I had basically only done that because I thought it was important in explaining why Optimus got over feeling unworthy - and you summed it up a lot better than I ever could.KrytenKoro 14:38, 16 May 2009 (EDT)

Yo

Image_talk:Alt-toy_AiKuruma.jpg --ItsWalky 14:48, 20 June 2009 (EDT)

Vandalism warning

Guess who's back. -- SFH 18:42, 20 June 2009 (EDT)

Awesome job, man.

You are presented with this Gigantion Award

In recognition of users who help in ways both big and small.

Really love the style you're doing the Micromaster Combiner toy photos in. Nicely done.--Rosicrucian ^Talk 20:22, 23 June 2009 (EDT)

I concur. I think you deserve one of those prizes for services to the wiki. Excellent, excellent work. Keep it up! 08:10, 27 June 2009 (EDT)

Well, I proposed the TFWiki Funbux as our official monetary reward. I too concur on a great you did. I especially like how you indication which half is which character in the combined vehicle pics. --FFN 08:35, 27 June 2009 (EDT)

I actually made what amounts to a TFWiki "barnstar" once. And yep, Siph deserves it.--Rosicrucian ^Talk 09:13, 27 June 2009 (EDT)

Showdown translations

Hey, Sipher. Just to save you time and a headache, I already translated the Showdown names, they're at Japanese ID number list#Beast Wars. —Interrobang 03:01, 23 July 2009 (EDT)

Linkage

I just wanted to thank you for going in and adding the megadata (like pub data) to the Linkage articles... I was trying to figure out when it was published yesterday, and I had to go back to some of your original usenet posts to confirm it spanned 2003 and 2004. (I suspected it did... but you know... that's not the same as being sure.) -Derik 19:26, 8 August 2009 (EDT)

BTW, I'm curious as to why you have them as [[Micron Legend 3]], [[Micron Legend 6]], and such, because that makes me think we'll be directing to the DVDs themselves... --Lonegamer78 20:33, 8 August 2009 (EDT)

Because we will be, like I said when I reverted them? The individual DVDs totally should have their own articles. I think it's stupid to NOT have articles on the individual home releases of whatever. If we have articles on trade paperbacks, we should have articles on the home videos. --M Sipher 04:30, 9 August 2009 (EDT)

Ah. My bad. --Lonegamer78 05:33, 9 August 2009 (EDT)

Hey,

Is "Image:PsychoOrb-toy.jpg" one of yours? --FFN 08:46, 20 October 2009 (EDT)

Yes. I actually have a shadowless, watermarked version of that... and several others... that I just haven't gotten around to uploading. --M Sipher 02:35, 21 October 2009 (EDT)

IDW Dates

To answer your question... while the solicitations of course give an idea of what will come out at some point during a month, usually we only get one month's worth of specific dates around the end of the previous month/beginning of that month via Tipton's blog and IDW's newsletter.

...so I guess the short answer is "no, we don't have specific dates for December or January stuff yet". Although we should get November's dates soon. I guess we could put in question-marked placeholders based on the solicitations... --Jeysie 16:27, 25 October 2009 (EDT)

Beast Wars Returns airdates

The site Jon T referred me to had all the listings and from what I could tell going by the months I know the show premiered in Japan, plus the consistency between the airdates, it all looks legit to me. So I scrolled through each month, matched up the Japanese titles with the ones on this site to make sure the Japanese and Western episode orders were the same, and here are all the original Japanese airdates for the series:

The Reformatting 2004/11/ 6
Master of the House 2004/11/ 7
Fires of the Past 2004/11/13
Mercenary Pursuits 2004/11/14
Forbidden Fruit 2004/11/20
The Weak Component 2004/11/21
Revelations Part I: Discovery 2004/11/27
Revelations Part II: Descent 2004/11/28
Revelations Part III: Apocalypse 2004/12/ 4
Survivor 2004/12/ 5
The Key 2004/12/11
The Catalyst 2004/12/12
End of the Line 2004/12/18
Fallout 2004/12/19
Savage Noble 2004/12/25
Prometheus Unbound 2004/12/26
In Darkest Knight 2005/ 1/ 1
A Wolf in the Fold 2005/ 1/ 2
Home Soil 2005/ 1/ 8
Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike 2005/ 1/ 9
Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search 2005/ 1/15
Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege 2005/ 1/16
Spark of Darkness 2005/ 1/22
Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral 2005/ 1/23
Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall 2005/ 1/29
Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future 2005/ 1/30

Have at them. --DrSpengler 09:19, 19 December 2009 (EST)

Kiss Purge

Good show on the Kiss Player == HORRIBLE purge. Some people (read: most people) don't seem to understand restraint.--Jimsorenson 15:54, 2 March 2010 (EST)

FemTF article

Ehrm, sorry if I am being pushy, but some time ago you said you wanted to take a look at what you could improve on my draft XXL for a new femTF page. I'll have finished up education duties in about a week and would like to continue and finally be done with the damn thing, so if it's possible you can take a look at it by then/around that time, I'd be really grateful. Geewunling 01:41, 22 June 2010 (EDT)

Pst

There's a link to "Mass delete" at the bottom of the list of Special:Specialpages. --abates 01:32, 30 June 2010 (EDT)

Edits

So overall, I saw several minor adjustments to the pages I made today, and I've noted them for any pages I make in the future. I didn't see any major revisions, though. Are the pages I did mostly okay, as long as I keep an eye out for the things you had to come behind me and fix? Skyshock Thunderblast 23:01, 9 July 2010 (EDT)

Crankstart and suffering...

http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Crankstart&diff=prev&oldid=461445

retires to a safe distance* :p - Mammalian Verisimilitude 22:51, 1 November 2010 (EDT)

Transformers_Wiki:Caption#Captions_and_jokes_we.27re_sick_of --ItsWalky 23:04, 1 November 2010 (EDT)

Silas and meltdown

The MECH agent piloting the helicopter outright said that the D.N.G.S. didn't meltdown after Prime's trailer was destroyed by the Vehicons. So Silas does know about the meltdown thing. -- SFH 13:22, 5 March 2011 (EST)

There's a world of difference between knowing a radioactive thing will meltdown and knowing that it would be a five-state meltdown. --M Sipher 13:28, 5 March 2011 (EST)

Congrats

You nabbed my obvious sock.

And only my obvious sock. The not-so-obvious one is still out there, waiting to be found.....

-Blackout-

Divebomb

Naw, that's Space Case again. You can juuust see the blue snakeskin grid deco alongside his cockpit. - Chris McFeely 15:13, 12 April 2011 (EDT)

Khon

In "Dungeons & Dinobots", would Khon be a new location or a typo of Kaon? (P.S., please say the former) Geewunling 10:05, 9 July 2011 (EDT)

...

What constant steam of negativity? ~~And a death ray is really negative!!~~ Diamondmatter 12:05, 27 July 2011 (EDT)

Spam

Does THIS count as Spam?--Metroplex 13:18, 29 July 2011 (EDT)

Albitron

You wouldn't happen to know what magazines MiB advertised Albitron and Swoop in, would you? Tracking those down to get scans of them seems like something to do. --Monzo 19:15, 13 August 2011 (EDT)

Power Core Combiners

Just a shout out, I love your PCC fig pics, they look awesome! Hida Atarasi 11:05, 4 November 2011 (EDT)

Quizno's Talking Oven...

I totally agree with your opinion on that commercial. 50.36.116.49 14:51, 12 December 2011 (EST)

Woah woah woah, why revert my "Minicon" edits?

In the Aligned universe the spelling for the word is "Minicon" rather than "Mini-Con" why would you undo all that since we have EVIDENCE presented in the novels of the spelling? It's the same thing as "Dino" vs "Mirage" for the specific forms of fiction. It's changed as it is presented, and in this case "Minicon" is the correct one. --Karhukjnsi 20:44, 1 February 2012 (EST)