Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/The Funny

THE FUNNY STAYS. -The Management

A kid's game
Does it seem to you that this wikia seems a bit too...casual? Jokes are littered all over the text and most notably, in picture captions. It's not bad or anything, just seems informal and uncomfortable. And it seems like my username carries over to other wikias, yet not this one. Would that mean this is not an "official side wiki?" Then again, my username only carries on two wikias...but I've only checked five wikias in terms of my username, not counting wikipedia itself...but the other one that doesn't have my username is definitely a strange branch of the .wikia.coms...though it is probably the best wikia I've ever seen.


 * That... has been questioned over and over. The site is written in various required factor with relax style in captions and several articles. informal and uncomfortable? It depend on users' feeling. As for the username, this happens to me in another wikia few months before. That might be related to the system bug. -- TX55   TALK  03:19, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

I kinda enjoy the humor on this site, I say yes to humor, no to spoilers, false information, and using another user's ID, as long as It's not bad I don't have a problem with it.--Razorstrike 03:11, 2 May 2009 (UTC)Razorstrike

Funny

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I think we should remove the funny nes on the page, If it stays, It will sound like a child has being messing up this place and Other people will think it doesn't make sense. Black rhino ranger 09:01, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You're going to find yourself in the minority regarding this opinion.--Suzyprime 13:02, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually, Ranger, people are more likely to think this wiki "doesn't make sense" if it's edited by people who can't spell, conjugate, or use capital letters correctly. JW 18:37, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Who made this again. Black rhino ranger 19:55, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * If that's a question, I don't understand it. JW 20:33, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

But we should Make the images Info not funny, Transformers is ment to be serious, not funny. 82.17.140.55 15:47, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Bullshit. --M Sipher 17:46, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Transformers be serious business yo. --Detour 18:00, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Sir, your erudite argument has at last shown me the light. I have been in error all this time, and you have turned the glare of knowledge against the darkness of my ignorance.  Verily, we must all change our ways, and treat the stories about outer space robots that turn into cars as Serious Business. -- Repowers 18:20, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

But it is unencyclopediac. It looks like a two year old vandalism. 82.17.140.55 11:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for sharing your viewpoint, but, you are very much in the minority. If you object that strongly, start your own Transformers wiki and make it boring.  --Steve-o 21:41, 18 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Or just read the transformers entries on wikipedia. I'm also guessing most people don't like it when you call our writing "like a two year old vandalism". (Undecided) 03:10, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Face it! Not Everyone likes funny wikis. 82.17.140.55 15:25, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Since we're one of the largest, highest-traffic wikis on Wikia, I don't think the people who object to "the funny" are a significant enough constituency to force us to change.--RosicrucianTalk 15:27, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Not everyone likes peanut butter! Therefore they should stop making peanut butter. --M Sipher 19:31, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

In case everyone protesting against the funny has forgotten: THE FUNNY STAYS. The management put that there! Therefore, why all the discussion? Besides, the funny rocks. &quot;MovieMan&quot; 20:30, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Images are ment to be for showing information, besides the funny stinks. We are talking serious here. 82.17.140.55 14:52, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * And you would know serious, wouldn't you?--RosicrucianTalk 15:07, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The Constructobot smoking was fuzzy, why not delete that. 82.17.140.55 15:08, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * You want my advice? Wait out your one month block, or they'll make it permanent.--RosicrucianTalk 15:13, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes yes, Pigbag. Whatever. --M Sipher 15:50, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Since when is being compared to Uncyclopedia bad? It's a lot better than Encyclopedia Dramatica.

Also, As Willis said... THE FUNNY STAYS. --Dynamus Prime 03:42, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

THE FUNNY IS A PIECE OF CRAP.

THE FUNNY IS PLURAL, AND CANNOT BE "A" PIECE OF ANYTHING. -Derik 08:04, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * If the funny is plural then why is it "The funny stays" and not "The funny stay"? Also... doesn't Mr. Serious realize that this is the kind of behavior that'll just get him banned again? --Detour 08:16, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * "The funny" is a collective term, like 'herd of sheep,' so its treatment will actually vary depending on use. "The herd is over there," or "the herd stays here" is correct, but "the herd are ewes" is clearly correct while "the herd is an ewe" is clearly not.  Similarly, The Funny can be crap, but it cannot be a piece of crap, any more than the herd can be an ewe. -Derik 08:23, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

The users here don't have to add in the funny. Mr. Serious 21:51, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
 * They don't have to add it, but they can't take it away. Besides, you have to make several useful contributions before adding funny. Not to mention that you have to actually be funny. Felancer Prime 21:58, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Image captions

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I don't find them funny and I bet not many people do. I have been on many wikis and I have never seen one like this. It has good content but what is with the captions?  Chester  Talk  15:14, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Welcome to the minority group. The rules say that "the funny stays", so there's no changing that. Be sure to check out pages like the Blasty Zone and the Liar Starscream to see just how 'funny' we can be. --Sabrblade 21:46, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I love the funny. And on a different note I have only ever been on TFWiki.net once in my life, as opposed to being here EVERY DAY. And Transformers IS serious business yo. This reply to several topics brought to you by The Kaotikons, led by KaotikusNemesis 01:34, 19 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I laughed more at the end of Titanic.  Chester  Talk  17:24, 21 May 2009 (UTC)


 * So did I, but I'm a sadistic evil entity bent on the persecution and destruction of all sentient beings. Anyway, to quote 'The Management': "THE FUNNY STAYS.", and besides, if it hurts you so bad, just remember, "We only gain wisdom through suffering, and tonight Teletraan-1, The Transformers Wiki, intends to make you very wise.--KaotikusNemesis 00:49, 22 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Oh, that sounds very comforting[/sarcasm] --Sabrblade 01:21, 22 May 2009 (UTC)


 * You do realise that "The Management" has all left and gone to TFWiki.net, don't you? That pretty much means that "THE FUNNY STAYS" is up to the community. --Tetrap 09:58, 23 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Heehee.--KaotikusNemesis 21:46, 22 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Whatever.  Chester  Talk  16:23, 22 May 2009 (UTC)


 * ....Why'd you have to go and bring up a good point?....And put it above the previous statements? --KaotikusNemesis 10:24, 23 May 2009 (UTC)


 * If I'd put it at the bottom, it might have looked like I was replying to ChesterB or something. Wiki talk page threading can be so unclear at times. --Tetrap 12:19, 23 May 2009 (UTC)


 * By the way who is the managment, If you want to put stupid captions in you do that. Chester  Talk  12:23, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Well....I can't think of a good reason to keep it, but I still like the funny....Oh my god, Starscream, and Prowl just died. Downer. Sorry to change the subject, anyway, do whatever, it's all good. What?! What kind of lame ending was that?!--KaotikusNemesis 12:32, 23 May 2009 (UTC)


 * It's up to you how you want your wiki to look, even though you buthered a great topic.  Chester  Talk  13:18, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

The funny is staying, of course, in any way at any measure. It's always one of the unique style of the site. I know some people will say this is immature, stupid, juvenile, making the site informal, self-disrespecting (to the site) ...blah blah blah. BUT, the site is already formal since the Dinosaurs lived. Remove the funny? When the pig flies... and I'd consider, ya, only consider. -- TX55   TALK  14:04, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, the style would be unique if TFWiki.net wasn't also doing it. Thus meaning you have two wikis doing the exact same thing, which is completely pointless and useless.
 * It would be in the better interest of this wiki here to do things differently in order to, well, differentiate itself from TFWiki.net. It would also help attract more editors, as those folks who like the funny have almost all left to TFWiki.net. Meanwhile, there are a number of knowledgeable folks who didn't contribute to the original wiki because they disliked the funny, who would be willing to come back here and contribute if this wiki now took a more serious bent.
 * Keeping the funny does you no favors whatsoever. --96.240.213.187 15:01, 23 May 2009 (UTC)


 * As it is, a lot of the time "the Funny" just seems to encourage random site vistors to try to add their own attempts at "humor" to the captions, earning themselves a "caption bastard" template. --Tetrap 01:59, 24 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Caption bastard isn't quite a problem. The real problems which the site is facing are those who don't know how to edit on Wiki system, those who were gave, new page bastard, upload bastard/  , or layout bastard. And last but not least, who don't know the rules/standards, such as scoop bastard, out-universe writting in the fiction section, non-official products, and those who post comments in the articles. These are the real problem what the site is facing. In short: Editors' quality. And I can't imagine what disasters will happen after the movie's premiere. -- TX55   TALK  03:21, 24 May 2009 (UTC)


 * But some is just so good....Like the Lebowski reference on G1 Beachcomber's page. Made me laugh to beat the band. Parts, anyway. I also just realized that I have never edited a caption.--KaotikusNemesis 02:19, 24 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I have started a farely large conversation here, go me!  Chester  Talk  17:50, 24 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Wait I have changed my mind I like some of the funny. "He has more guns than a smaller third-world country"  Chester  Talk  17:02, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Tips on fixing this DREADFUL site
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Ok this site is really fucked up! Everytime I try to type something in on the search bar it refreshes the page. Also, I'm really pissed off about the funny things writen on thumb pictures. I want to see facts on them saying what the picture is about! The site despritely needs pages for toys. When I go to the toyline page and click on "Leader Class Optimus Prime", it brings me to Optimus Prime's profile page. I recommend you fix this. Another thing that must be fixed is the lack of information given to certain pages. I hope this has helped to fix the site, and I hope to see some changes soon.

NOTE: Do not reply to this comment as it is posted as advise, not a conversation!


 * Heh. First off, nothing refreshes when I use the search bar, so your computer is messed up, second, THE FUNNY STAYS, and third, you have poor spelling.--KaotikusNemesis 22:55, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Dear sir or madam. This is a wiki. You may be unfamiliar with the concept, but everyone is able to make changes to a wiki simply by clicking on the "edit" link. This means that if you see something is wrong, you can simply fix it rather than spending five minutes complaining about it on a talk page. --Tetrap 23:14, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, you've got a point about the toy thing. I think the toy names should link to the character's toy article, not the actual character model. Teh lolz! BPL  23:33, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Whenever you have to type a lowercase T into the search bar, replace it with an uppercase T. The funny captions aren't going anywhere; you'd know that if you would actually read the top of this page, where it says THE FUNNY STAYS. There aren't pages for any of the toys, only small sections on the page, and that's how it's going to stay. There's nothing to fix, because nothing's wrong with that. If you want pages to be expanded, you have to take the reins and actually do it by yourself. You can't expect to be able to just sit around and tell everyone what to add to pages, you have to do it on your own. And honestly, this is a well-run site. Don't go calling a site DREADFUL unless it actually is. Thanks, Felancer Prime 00:08, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Wtf?
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Is this a joke wiki made to make fun of Transformers or did you just get attacked by 4chan or something?
 * Neither. You're just not used to hearing a wiki sound like a real person, I guess. Felancer Prime 01:41, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

Not only this page.but the entire transformers wikiapedia is messed up.
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The reason everybody editing this wikia with bad jokes and punch-lines because they hate and don't care about transformers.We got the wikia spotlight because of the new movie Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen.It needs more infomation and data to be in the spotlight forever. Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen was the #1 movie of the world and this will also become the greatest wikipedia in the world.--70.149.86.201 10:44, 4 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. You must be new. We're meant to have bad jokes. There's a definite humourous tone to this entire wiki, and it's deliberate. As for the "#1 movie of the world" (sic), well, we'll see. Jeep! 16:50, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Aaaah, but you see, therein lies the problem. Previously, there were enough rabid TF nuts to fill the wiki out with actual content on top of caption jokes. But now, as this trivia section clearly shows, the users that remain here are just dedicated to dogpiling unfunny "jokes" while not taking much care of ACTUAL content.
 * I assure you, your claims are greatly exaggerated. Xeno the Hedgehog 06:07, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

Funny
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We want info, not crappy jokes trying too hard to be funny!


 * Sign your posts from now on, and refer to the Community Portal for more information on the jokes that are an integral part of this wiki. Xeno the Hedgehog 07:39, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

you guys make this sound like uncyclopedia cut out all the jokes and put that on uncyclopedia T_T --99.34.232.125 00:44, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm sick of you people. If you don't like the jokes, suck it up and accept it. We're the ones doing the work on this wiki, and we like the humour, and every Tom, Dick and Harry who hasn't even bothered to register an account who thinks they can tell us to change it is getting on my nerves. THE FUNNY STAYS. Jeep! 00:53, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Cry me a slagging river! If you don't like the humor, nobody's forcing you to read it. Either shut up and accept it, or look for your TF info somewhere else, because if it's been said once, it's been said a thousand times, THE FUNNY STAYS!!! And don't you EVER compare us to that mockery of a database; Uncyclopedia is to wikia as The Asylum is to the film industry! Xeno the Hedgehog 01:30, 11 July 2009 (UTC)


 * But see, the jokes and captions are the tone set by the previous staff and editors, their sense of humour, their style, which they took with them to tfwiki.net. Given this wiki currently has none of the original staff or the regular contributors who wrote 95% of the content here, I would suggest this wiki find its own path and its own tone. It does neither wiki good if people regularly confuse one with the other. Hell, Wikia itself is already pushing you in this direction in the hopes this place will clean itself up to become the next Memory Alpha or Wookieepedia. --FFN 15:00, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

The Un-Funny Wiki
For all you haters who complain about the bad jokes, try making your own TF wiki and see how it fairs. Teh lolz! BPL  06:24, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Transformers-challenged Mom needs help...

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Funny Stays?

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The funny makes the wiki look unprofessional in my eyes, but now who would change all of the funny to serious things? Cause im sure as HELL not gonna do it!!! Seriously,you need to be serious, I especially expected serious stuff from a wiki like this, TRANSFORMERS, come on, this must be visited a lot, don't load the place with crap!-General Q-Nek


 * Why the heck most of the people don't understand? The Funny-related discussion should be post on THIS PAGE. -- TX55   TALK  01:40, November 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I'd have moved this here myself, but I don't know how. Xeno the Hedgehog 06:48, November 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * Need is a very strong word...Hida Atarasi 08:11, December 17, 2009 (UTC)


 * You want serious? find another wiki. The funny has been here since this wiki was first created, and it's not leaving anytime soon. Xeno the Hedgehog 21:36, November 29, 2009 (UTC)


 * Serious articles? On a wiki about giant robots from outer space that turn into tape decks? Get out.

The Funny
I like the funny. So like loads of other people have said:THE FUNNY STAYS.

Two things
There are two things I want to say or ask about ideas.

First, the "God" thing. There has been some users delete any contents with "God" in it, such as "(Oh) my God", "For God's sake", "Oh lord", "Jesus!", since I take over the administrator. Some of them really need to go because they are not so "effective" (not funny nor annoying [I'm not saying we need annoying words]), while others are preserved.

And, I also removed most of the " God " which is not related to the story.

Second, about the "Funny". Some people might notice that I've doing something about it for months, such as:
 * I add normal captions for the newly-uploaded images as possible as I can.
 * Removing those not-so-funny

In my opinion, old funny can stay as long as it is really funny (on the other hand, I've add for some pages, hoping some users can help clean them up); while the newly created page (most of them are from the Exodus), it should be as normal as we can.

-- TX55   TALK  04:50, June 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi there.


 * About the first part, I was taking "God" out of certain articles because 1) the places where He is mentioned are ussually taking His Name in vain, and 2) those little quips that I removed seemed to add nothing. This of course, doesn't mean I'm going to try to remove every instance of this; I might call a certain TF "god Ginrai" (not capitalized) but hey, that is the official name. Chopping his name down to Ginrai for some articles won't help anything, nor would removing "dark god of chaos" from Unicron or "god of thunder" from Thor. I'm just removing non-official parts that take The Lord's name in vain. That is why I asked about changing Help:Contents to "Primus' sake".


 * About the second part, there was one article were all the captions were a horrible mash of grammar and typoes. Some captions are misspelled (or blank). Some seem to skirt the PG-13 policy (like the picture for Beast Wars Metals manga Blackarachnia (BW). Going back to to the first point, some captions (like Tigerhawk's and Octopunch's first captions both take The Lord's name in vain). I've refrained from altering those captions per the wiki's rules, however.
 * Perhaps there should be a policy that every article with 2 or more images must have at least one "serious" caption.


 * ThanksYzz, Master of DOOM 14:39, June 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Using "His" name in vain? I don't mean to offend, but people do that all the time. If "He" truly had a problem with it, I think he would have done something about it himself. Besides, do you honestly believe that "He" is vain enough to take offense when people use his name like that? and for that matter, there are some who believe "He" is actually a "She", and would take offense at your statement to the contrary. regardless, including the word "god" in our articles does little, if anything, to help or hinder their informative quality, so tell me, is it really worth it to make such a fuss over this matter? Xeno the Hedgehog 23:15, June 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Xeno, just because someone does something "all the time" doesn't make it right. Adults drop the f-bomb in front of kids "all the time". By the "people do it all the time" logic, there should be guidelines to this wiki, for vandalism, plagiarizism, and R-rated profanity are all used "all the time". And what does my removal of "God" do to hinder or debase the wiki? I'm the one spending the time editing the articles. Instead of reverting my edits for no apparent reason more effort should be made to improve articles that are in need of fixing. Also, I didn't "make a fuss"; I just edited pages and placed one request on TX55's talk page. Every name, be it God's or any person's, represents the person it identifies. To disrespect a name is to disrespect the person who bears that name. And ,yes, it really is worth it.Yzz, Master of DOOM 23:43, June 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Frankly, I don't see any problem to use "God" for some purposes such as exclamation, surprise, emphasizing. (So, it is not in vain.) In fact, I have many friends who are so religious that they even don't watch or read some fictions/films/television show due to the involvement of God, Jesus, or Angels and Demons. However, they do often use "(Oh) my God", "For God's sake", "Oh lord" a lot, no matter in conversations, writing, blogs, or other occasions.
 * Of course I know you won't removed contents like God Ginrai, that's why I only mentioned those such as "(Oh) my God", "For God's sake", "Oh lord". By the way, it is written "God Ginrai" and "Dark God" (capitalized because they are official name).
 * As for the blank caption, let's just fill it with a normal caption for now. -- TX55   TALK  08:03, June 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay, you've got a point. I'll carefully consider before I hit the "save" page. Profanity with The Name, though, is gone as soon as I see it.
 * On another note, are there page that require the funny? And when/how can stubs like Slaarg or Tutonium cease being stubs?Yzz, Master of DOOM 15:22, June 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your understand. :) As for the second note, I remember there are some pages require funny (such as Ruined FOREVER), but such pages are not many. Also, some pages like Ramjet (Animated), Broadside (G1), and Bonecrusher (Movie) are no longer required the funny and have been marked for cleanup. As for how to make a page destub, just expanding it and remove the tag. :D -- TX55   TALK  03:35, June 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hey. I'd just like to point out that some pages, like Chin, Nose, Jesus, and Frijole are pretty much useless joke pages. Also, perhaps pages like Tutonium and Slaarg should be folded into a single page.Yzz, Master of DOOM 23:43, June 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * You may find them useless, but the rest of us find them entertaining, similar to such pages as Scale, Kiss, Playskool, Neon, Trukk not munky, Pokeformers, Partformer, Shellformer, Bayformer, Dull surprise, Anatomic euphemism, and Ruined FOREVER. I've said it before and I'll say it again; we can't remove one such page without removing all of them, and we're not removing numerous articles just because one person has a problem with them. If you don't like them, don't read them. THE FUNNY STAYS. Xeno the Hedgehog 01:07, June 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * The problem is that Scale, Kiss, Playskool, Neon, Trukk not munky, Pokeformers, Partformer, Shellformer, Bayformer, Dull surprise, Anatomic euphemism, and Ruined FOREVER are all terms used by fandom or easily recognizable. Nose is already tagged for deletion. Frijole's page name is misspelled (it's either frijol or frijoles), and the chronology only details one episode in Energon. "THE FUNNY STAYS." Yes, I know. At what point did I suggest it all had to go? And hey, there's stuff that I find hilarious (like Dirge (Animated)) that have to be rewritten in a more "serious" manner in regards to the fiction/toy sections (because not everyone may get the liar Starscream joke). I love Death's Head, but I still think the Freelance Peacekeeping Agent should be deleted. The funny has its place, but still. Do we need an eyes article to detail the humanoid, visored, multi-eyed & compound varieties? Not really. But it would be neat. If the only reason an article is made is as a joke, it should be a blog post instead. Except for Blasty Zone. That page is awesome.Yzz, Master of DOOM 02:49, June 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * For eyes, we do have Sensors, which was originally Optic but later got merged. As for the nose, I don't have particular opinion whether go or not. (So if someone want it go, just tag it with delete again; if not, anyone who want it stay should expand it with more formal standard and contents.) I tagged it with delete because it was originally much more horrible than what we see now. -- TX55   TALK  04:03, June 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * Perhaps nose and chin should be merged? Much like Bayformer is about the Movie designs, maybe a merged page for quirks in Animated's designs?
 * Another thing about joke pages is that they encourage overeager contributors to earn a "newpagenotice/1".Yzz, Master of DOOM 15:02, June 26, 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't really think the joke page is 100% related to those who get newpagenotice/1. Most of those users created normal page in horrible way, such as copy-past, plagiarism, incorrect English, nonsense words. In short, vandalizers or lack-of-experience users. -- TX55   TALK </SUP> 15:39, June 26, 2010 (UTC)