User talk:FFN

Movie toy information

We should not put information about leaked/stolen/whatever test shots on the wiki. It's been an unspoken rule since, well, forever, but I guess we need to put it in writing somewhere. It's just not cool. --ItsWalky 19:08, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually, we have that "Coming Soon" tag made SPECIFICALLY for this (well, and Fan Club stuff). --M Sipher 19:35, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

What I find amusing is that I merely modified (slightly) the Energon Arcee toy description. Eh. *Shrugs shoulders* Whatever. --FFN 20:03, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

You also wrote the entire toy write-up for Blackout's Voyager toy and also recently wrote a description of Optimus Prime's 3" titanium figurine. You seem to be writing the bulk of the movie toy writeups. --ItsWalky 21:34, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Yep, I wrote/expanded half or more of the toy articles on this wiki. --FFN 04:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

That's cool, and more than appreciated, but in the future, let's wait until we have more than test shots to do so. --ItsWalky 04:53, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Aren't you absolutely amazed at how I was able to deduce the transformation sequence and gimmick of toys I've never seen in person? My engineering schooling did pay off! :-O --FFN 04:56, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

You're kind of missing the point. It's the OFFICIALNESS of the information and the slippery slope of putting in stuff that's not officially announced. We don't want this wiki to become yet another goddamn Internet Rumor Dumping Ground. See: Help:Coming_soon --M Sipher 05:54, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

No, I'm not missing the point. I'm just dancing around it like the salsa. Ole! --FFN 06:06, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Profile pics

I don't think we're adhering to "fair use" if every single page on the wiki uses art scanned from the DW MTMTE books. Try to reel it in some! --ItsWalky 03:13, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Nah, I won't be doing that. --FFN 03:15, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

But you are doing it! It's why I brought it up. --ItsWalky 03:22, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

You might wanna clarify exactly what it is you won't be doing. --M Sipher 03:22, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

It was a joke, as in "Nah, I won't be doing what you just asked me to do." --FFN 03:43, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Just a thought - what is the limit on the usage of pictures ultimately owned by Hasbro? Dreamwave as a company no longer exists. --FFN 07:34, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, IDW plans to publish the MTMTE books, so I think we have to also take that into consideration. --ItsWalky 07:47, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh well, at least I gave pics to articles that didn't originally have pics/wrong models by Dery/crappy G1 box art. I'll stop for... awhile *mysterious* --FFN 07:52, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I like G1 boxart. Especially Omega Supreme's. -LV 16:15, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Underscores

You don't need to put underscores in links. The format is just [[something (whatever)|something]], not [[something_(whatever)|something]]. --Monzo 17:39, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Alright thanks, though I might forget and put them anyway, occasionally. --FFN 17:41, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Miranda II

And there I thought someone would complain about bashing, or something. :) - Chris McFeely 20:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure Energon is fair game. You know, like NAMbLA. --ItsWalky 20:16, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, when you ruin a perfectly good, interesting character by resurrecting him as a gorilla-like dump truck who serves only as slapstick comic relief (and not even good comic relief), you deserve everything you get, stupid Takara Marketing and WE'VE! *shakes fist of fanboy fury* --FFN 20:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Man. Demolishor's article needs, like, made not crap. - Chris McFeely 20:24, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Feel free to do so. I get too fanboyish for this wiki whenever I write about stuff I like (like Armada Starscream). --FFN 20:32, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Formatting

It's not all that messy-looking if the main image juts into fiction section some of the time. I find it's a case-by-case scenario. Miranda II looked fine with the jut, but not so much to make it worth editing it back the other way. It's not a hard and fast rule, is what I guess I'm saying. --ItsWalky 16:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

The problem is by having the main picture jut into the main text body, you have the text bunched up to one side, and it pushes the edit link into the middle of the screen. Frankly that looks chaotic.

Not really. Not on that article, no. It just looked like text wrapped around an image. To me, it looked much cleaner the other way. See how subjective this is? --ItsWalky 16:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

The way I see it, we should use it when the article has relatively few sub-sections (which leads to a smaller Contents menu), or when the main picture is relatively long (like a profile picture of a character). Or when using it doesn't create a huge gap between the introductory text/main pic, the contents menu and the main body of text in the article. --FFN 16:31, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Can't you just... make the image smaller if this is such a problem? I find blank white space to be incredibly hideous, moreso than a misplaced edit link. Interrobang 17:00, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Depends on the picture itself. Some images deserve to be big, because they look great or because the focus would be hard to see. Misplaced links and pics into text reminds me of late 90s fanpages. --FFN 23:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

All those toypics you've uploaded

Toypics don't get a hastak tag unless they are offical images (say stock photos). Photos of objects (except scans or photos containing only printed material) are copyright of whoever took the picture. Hasbro holds just as much right to the copyright for a unoffical toypic as say, Sony owns the rights for a picture of my computer. --FortMax 03:06, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

The problem is some of those toy pics are scans out of some official publication, or some official picture that the fansite edited together. So I give copyright to Hasbro, but credit to the site, especially if I cannot find the original official pictures. Sometimes I forget to use fairuse on specifically fan-shot photographs. If it bothers you that much, feel free fix all the picture pages with fairuse.--FFN 11:06, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

anonymous and minor edits

Just do you know, anonymous editors don't have a minor edit option. Dunno why, though.

Odd - maybe its to spur us into suggesting them to register? :P --FFN 06:55, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Safeword debate

Hi there, PacifistPrime here. I appreciate that you think the link to the definition of "safeword" is a little much (although, frankly, I've seen some pretty risque stuff on this wiki anyway), and although I disagree I'm happy for the link to be removed. However, I think it is definitely an overreaction to change the caption; after all I added that specific image solely for the purpose of that joke. Without the link young kids won't get it and won't be "harmed", and those who do get it are alread in the know. However, rather than just unilaterally reverting it (sans link), I thought I'd give you the opportunity to discuss the matter further if you wish. If I don't hear from you back on my talk page in a few days, then I'll change it back. Cheers, PacifistPrime

Yeah, you're probably right about that; if it goes over their heads, let it. I'll change it back without the link. Cheers, PacifistPrime.

FFN, you mentioned that you changed the caption back to the clean joke because nobody refuted your point... The thing is, I haven't been able to find where you made your argument for its change in the first place. Not on Starscream's talk page, and not here... How can we refute your point if no one knows where it is? That being said, I personally agree with Pacifist Prime. It's no more offensive or risque than some of the other stuff on here (i.e. Transformers Collectors' Club or anything relating to Kiss Players), and without the link it's no longer harmful in the slightest. Besides, the new caption is pretty lame and practically screams, "I couldn't think of anything better than this." - Dark T Zeratul 06:55, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

MP Megs importation to Australia.

Well, what can I say? I got mine (two of them, in fact: one for my buddy) from HobbyLinkJapan (scum) with no troubles. Customs didn't even open it. Maybe I was just lucky, but I suspect that those toyshops only got that response from the fuzz because they asked in the first place. In fact, they may very well have tipped them off and made it harder for everyone else to import them now. Who knows? Cheers, PacifistPrime.

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