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News Credits: 3 · Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:20 am

so which do people use/like more tfwiki.net or transformers.wikia.com?

I liked wikia, but then it was down for a while, and now i like wiki, but now hella html is borked.

decisions decisions, decisions...

News Credits: 129 · Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:23 am

Ive wondered the same thing actually.

News Credits: 23 · Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:07 am

Neither, never visited either one.

News Credits: 4 · Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:17 am

Actually, more often than not I just use straight-up Wikipedia...But if it's not giving me what I need or I'm finding the information to be a bit questionable, I go to the other two and see what they have to say...Given that wiki's are user-updated and prone to misinformation (and even DISinformation), I never limit myself to just one...

News Credits: 9 · Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:53 am

Well wikia was started longer ago but was abandoned by almost everyone who staffed it because th Wikia people were constantly messing things up changing ads and such to the degree they decided to drop everything start TFwiki and start over.

Wikia was asked to delete the old information but Wikia has refused as they still get traffic. Sadly this means that that it is active and entries are being altered with (at last count) one person trying to keep it cleaned up.

TFWiki had a major issue last week when their service provider update their systems and ended up totally borking everything as a proper back-up had not been created. People have been working overtime to recapture, re-edit, and get the site back under control.

The best example is to look at/for entrys for Animated and AHM, to see where wikia is failing. All said and done, TFwiki has more information, is being kept updated, and is a better resource (current troubles outstanding) while wikia is a damaged product that as time goes on will just develope more problems, more vandals and be less useful.

News Credits: 767 · Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:05 am

TFwiki is the place to go. There might be complication now to what Editor said but the edits on it are actually made by people that (mostly) oblige to the rules and only use information that has been proven. Te TFwiki has a strict policy regarding information and edits and mis and disinformation edits are reverted quite fast.

News Credits: 129 · Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:36 am

Wiki it is then.

Anyone ever get to hear the awesome story of how we beat those guys at arm-wrestling last BotCon?

News Credits: 9 · Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:00 pm

Counterpunch wrote:Wiki it is then.

Anyone ever get to hear the awesome story of how we beat those guys at arm-wrestling last BotCon?

No but:
a) Can you tell us about it?
b) Was Walky involved?
---b1) If so, was he a threat to everyone around him?

News Credits: 129 · Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:34 pm

Editor wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:Wiki it is then.

Anyone ever get to hear the awesome story of how we beat those guys at arm-wrestling last BotCon?

No but:
a) Can you tell us about it?
b) Was Walky involved?
---b1) If so, was he a threat to everyone around him?

a) Yes.

See, they were having technical troubles getting the game up and running. I was up first against a Wiki member (name withheld, this isn't meant to be personally embarrassing to anyone). Rik Alveraz is like, "well, we're going to arm wrestle because the game is busted". My opponent and I laugh, but play along. We begin the contest (I'm just a bigger guy mind you) and I stall him, making it look like a contest.

So, Geekee1 in the crowd calls me on my cell phone. :grin:

I answer the phone during our arm-wrestling match, have a brief conversation before topping the guy.

It was hilarious.

Fender Bender and then First Gen proceed to soundly beat their opponets before the game is up and running.

Then Wiki stomped the crap out of us at Trivia.

Much, much fun. They were good sports about it all.

Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:31 am

I like the "Go" feature at TFWiki; lots of fun!

News Credits: 97 · Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:36 am

Counterpunch wrote:
Editor wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:Wiki it is then.

Anyone ever get to hear the awesome story of how we beat those guys at arm-wrestling last BotCon?

No but:
a) Can you tell us about it?
b) Was Walky involved?
---b1) If so, was he a threat to everyone around him?

a) Yes.

See, they were having technical troubles getting the game up and running. I was up first against a Wiki member (name withheld, this isn't meant to be personally embarrassing to anyone). Rik Alveraz is like, "well, we're going to arm wrestle because the game is busted". My opponent and I laugh, but play along. We begin the contest (I'm just a bigger guy mind you) and I stall him, making it look like a contest.

So, Geekee1 in the crowd calls me on my cell phone. I answer the phone during our arm-wrestling match, have a brief conversation before topping the guy.

It was hilarious.

Fender Bender and then First Gen proceed to soundly beat their opponets before the game is up and running.

Then Wiki stomped the crap out of us at Trivia.

Much, much fun. They were good sports about it all.

That was a blast. We're doing it again this year, right? Arm wrestling and all!

News Credits: 2 · Wed Apr 01, 2009 2:10 pm

Counterpunch wrote:So, Geekee1 in the crowd calls me on my cell phone. I answer the phone during our arm-wrestling match, have a brief conversation before topping the guy.

It was hilarious.

That is fantastic. :APPLAUSE: