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MediaWiki talk:Community Portal/Archive
Minor internet fame
I don't know if everyone saw this, but we made Us Vs Th3m's favourite wiki definition of "human". It's nice to get a bit of recognition :) --Emvee (talk) 03:23, 15 July 2014 (EDT)
Transformers: Human Alliance
I noticed the wiki has no article on the recent(ish) arcade shooter, "Transformers: Human Alliance". It's based on the live-action films. I played through the game while I was on vacation a few weeks back. Besides a few strange occurrences(There are a LOT of Ravage and Scorponok, as they're both common enemies in some levels, though a "King Scorponok" appears as a boss. Brawl is misnamed, this time as "Decepticon Brawler"...), it was alright. I was wondering if there should be an article for it? RazorSlash (talk) 22:05, 21 July 2014 (EDT)
- Absolutely! --abates (talk) 01:52, 22 July 2014 (EDT)
- Alright. Went ahead and created a page for it. First page I've created on this wiki, so feel free to correct any errors I may have made. RazorSlash (talk) 16:48, 22 July 2014 (EDT)
Toys vs. Merchandise
Okay, where the hell is the line meant to fall for these? Some stuff, like Heroes of Cybertron or Kabaya toys, I would definitely put under "Toys" is under "Merchandise". Merchandise is surely stuff like knitting patterns, M&Ms, tents, etc.
By the standards of what often goes under "merchandise", this should be merch, not toy... - SanityOrMadness (talk) 12:02, 18 August 2014 (EDT)
- We had a discussion some time ago (Talk:Toy#What specifically is a "Transformers toy"?) but did not come up with any hard guidelines. My personal categorization would put Heroes of Cybertron, Kabaya kits and Dino Sparkers all into merchandise. --Khajidha (talk) 12:30, 18 August 2014 (EDT)
- Yeah, this has always been nebulously defined. IMO, 'merchandise' should be reserved for stuff that's not actually a representation of the character (i.e. their face on a lunchbox or something) or where 'playing with it' is clearly not the intended purpose (i.e. a statue). It seems absurd to me that, say, the SDCC Shockwave HISS Tank is listed as 'merchandise' when it's clearly a thing that is a toy, and intended to represent Shockwave in-fiction. Jalaguy (talk) 13:14, 18 August 2014 (EDT)
- I'm with Jalaguy on this. There could possibly be a sub-division of "toy" into transforming and non-transforming, or something like that, but the division as it is is (a) inconsistent and (b) insomuch as it is consistent, frequently irrational (HISS Shockwave being a good example of the latter) - SanityOrMadness (talk) 13:50, 18 August 2014 (EDT)
- Yeah, this has always been nebulously defined. IMO, 'merchandise' should be reserved for stuff that's not actually a representation of the character (i.e. their face on a lunchbox or something) or where 'playing with it' is clearly not the intended purpose (i.e. a statue). It seems absurd to me that, say, the SDCC Shockwave HISS Tank is listed as 'merchandise' when it's clearly a thing that is a toy, and intended to represent Shockwave in-fiction. Jalaguy (talk) 13:14, 18 August 2014 (EDT)
Maintenance
I'm going to take the server down briefly for maintenance in about half an hour. --abates (talk) 04:17, 7 October 2014 (EDT)
- Maintenance is done. Please feel free to go about your business. --abates (talk) 04:52, 7 October 2014 (EDT)
Wikia links still in history pages
Here's a blast from the past: http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Lord_Imperious_Delirious&diff=126966&oldid=126965
I know this had been discussed in the past, and people had mentioned some sort of program that was automatically stripping them out. But if there's one left, there are probably more. Anything quick & simple that can be done to scan and purge? --Thylacine 2000 (talk) 21:23, 24 October 2014 (EDT)
- I thought I had a solution, but the import thingy is being annoyingly uncooperative. --abates (talk) 22:16, 24 October 2014 (EDT)
Third Party Unlicensed
This will probably never be allowed, right? I mean, some of them have pretty accurate depictions of in-fiction characters and machines, shouldn't they at least have a little info about their products on this wiki? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Optimus Prime (Convoy) (talk • contribs).
- The existence of unlicensed third party stuff is acknowledged on articles like Knockoff and Customizing, and that's all there needs to be. This is a wiki about official Transformers products and fiction, and unofficial toys are no more within our purview than, say, people's fan-art. Jalaguy (talk) 10:35, 31 October 2014 (EDT)
Order of appearance
Is there any reason why we do this? It doesn't really seem to convey any important information and is just tedious work for editors, especially on pages with many character appearances. Furthermore, I think Wookieepedia's "appearances" format is a lot better for our uses, since it includes mentioned characters and other stuff like locations and technology. As is, we don't really have a way to collect all of the concepts that appear in a piece of fiction and provide red links for pages that need to be created. Mimi (talk) 15:21, 4 November 2014 (EST)
