User talk:8492nd

But why are you removing captions from images? --abates (talk) 00:12, 17 July 2014 (EDT)

Stop it. Now. Escargon (talk) 17:26, 18 July 2014 (EDT)

Also no we're not getting rid of the humor in the articles just cause you think it gets in the way of information. Escargon (talk) 17:29, 18 July 2014 (EDT)

Regarding your response here, this wiki has an established style and mood decided on by the existing community here. We don't strive to give a dry retelling of events as Wikipedia would do, and if anything I've seen more people expressing approval of the site's nature than disapproval. I've also noticed that other smaller Transformers wikis that pop up, and even some non-Transformers wikis, have also adopted the humorous captions by default. So, basically I don't think there's likely to be any change here, as the community prefers it that way. --abates (talk) 17:43, 18 July 2014 (EDT)

Hi, there's a (currently incomplete) list of admins on Transformers Wiki:Community Portal. --abates (talk) 18:05, 18 July 2014 (EDT)

Said list is now fully up to date. Jalaguy (talk) 18:14, 18 July 2014 (EDT)

I should point out that it's not me you have to convince on the humour issue, it's the community at large. As Escargon says, the image description page, which the user can see by clicking on the picture, will give an accurate description of what's happening in an image. Please keep in mind that most of the community here has built up the site over a number of years, and are for the most part pretty happy with the tone. --abates (talk) 21:09, 18 July 2014 (EDT)

Also, when you talk about the largest and most succesful of wiki's: We ARE the largest and most successful wiki on Transformers. And most of the captions you take issue with have been there for years. Escargon (talk) 21:22, 18 July 2014 (EDT)

And the humour's been here since the earliest of days on the wiki. The admins even contribute captions, often. Escargon (talk) 21:26, 18 July 2014 (EDT)

Also, proper, "professional" captions are complemented by the article text, with captions used to explain crucial info that can only be understood visually like "note the 82nd Highland division coming in from the left" -- the trend of banally copying the text to explain what a decorative image obviously displays is a trend started by amateur-to-the-point-of-incompetence writers. Find an image on this wiki which depicts vitally important information not covered by the main text or caption, and then you might be able to complain that information is being omitted.KrytenKoro (talk) 14:16, 19 July 2014 (EDT)

Intro sections

Putting aside the issue of humour, article intros should describe the subject in-universe; i.e. it shouldn't be talking about how they're from this-and-that Transformers series. Jalaguy (talk) 16:34, 18 July 2014 (EDT)