So, uh, how much of this article is copied from Wikipedia? I am going to cry. --ItsWalky 06:45, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- A general rule I use for detecting wikipedia-copied info is when the information is deadly serious or rather blandly generic, or merely not nerdly enough :D . --FFN 10:48, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- Oh, and when there are little to no links to existing pages on this wiki. --FFN 10:49, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- So do we carve out the wikipedianess and start over on those parts, or what? I can only imagine G1 Prime is in the same shape... though I haven't looked. --Monzo 12:26, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- It will be alot of work to write up new parts for those pilfiered articles, but does our wiki intend to be the most informative, or the most fun? Also, long article sections (like stuff stolen from wikipedias) tend to be very boring to read. --FFN 14:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- I shall leap in here and point out that the guts of the Wikipedia article (and Prime's, too) was written by me. It's evolved somewhat since then, and I don't remember EXACTLY how much of what was mine is here. I didn't copy it over, but I'm just sayin'. - Chris McFeely 15:53, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Alignment
Is alignment in-continuity ENOUGH to merit mention? (The e-hobby Magnus stuff seems to tell 'some version' of alignment's events, I'd consider it AS in-continuity as the Last Days of Optimus Prime, whichw as later mentioned.) -Derik 05:05, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
I would say neither should be in there. Not endorsed by Hasbro and/or Takara? Not canon. - RolonBolon
I think they can be mentioned as long as they are stated as being pseudo-canonical. I certainly think that both of those stories deserve their own articles, for example. "Fanfic" written by Simon Furman is a little different than regular run of the mill fanfic. --Steve-o 20:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Alignment was mentioned in detail in the Ultimate Guide, so one could say it's retroactively canon. Not that I welcome it all that warmly, but... --ItsWalky 20:51, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
Galvatron
In answer to Sipher's question he posed as a comment to his edit, no, I don't think Galvatron should be here. Whether they're the same character or not, Galvatron shows up plenty enough as his own character from the future (and tends to fight/team up/interact with Megatron) to warrant his own entry. Otherwise, a combined Megatron/Galvatron entry is just going to be way too long and confusing as hell. (And, yeah, I am factoring in that Galvatron II will prolly already get his own entry.) --ItsWalky 01:47, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
- Probably a good idea. While some characters (Smokescreen/Hoise, Bumblebee/Goldbug) get upgraded/renamed and basicalyl continue in a straight line, Galvatron time-jumps and even fights himself. In MANY continuities, Megatron doesnt' even BECOME Galvatron. -Derik 02:26, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
- Right. Galvatron's riding the fence between Hot Rod/Rodimus, Bumblebee/Goldbug and Dead Guy/Cyclonus, Waspinator/Thrust. Often enough he has no real connection to Megatron at all. And he's appeared enough to fight "himself" or on his own Galvatron-specific terms that it pushes it over the edge to Needs Own Page, in my opinion. --ItsWalky 02:30, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
Super Megatron
http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/images~~othergallery~~concept~~generation~~manga-supermegatron.jpg.galleryimage254ba6a.php I wish this immage wasn't watermarked. X-BoB58 19:24, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
Category: Convention exclusives?
Was there really a Megatron toy that was a convention exclusive? This isn't mentioned in the sections for any of the toys. --Andrusi 19:04, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- Yes. The original Megatron reissue was redecoed into the black Microchange colors as a BotCon Japan '01 exclusive. --FortMax 21:07, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- Uh... Not only was there no BotCon Japan 2001, there was no TF-released black Microchange Megatron. There WAS a "black" version gunmetal chrome and red interior bits (where the Microchange was solid black platics with blue interior bits), but it sure as hell wasn't a BCJ exclusive. Moderately sure that was e-hobby or maybe Toys Dream Project or some one-off. --M Sipher 21:48, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Choro Q G2 Megatron? I dunno. Interrobang 00:32, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- Hm. That's more merchandise than anything else, but it IS a convention-exclusive piece. Could go either way. --M Sipher 01:36, 6 December 2006 (UTC)