Talk:Cyclonus

Serious editing

OK guys, a lrage proportion of this article needs to be binned; specifically the bits that need to go concern the Original Research concerning fan debate over the so-called 'Identity Crisis' and associated speculation. I'm going to try and do some work on this tomorrow, so if people have an issue, speak now... in 24 hours I'm going to deleate anything I feel to be unsourced or OR, in line with Wikipedia guidelines. There is also an issue of notability, and as such this article can probably do with being about half the length it is. Anyhow, let me know what you think. Blackmetalbaz (talk) 18:56, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

OK, nobody got back to me so I have done two things: firstly, entirely deleted the 'confused dialogue' section. I can't see any way in which this conforms to Wikipedia notability... it's simply not encyclopedic, so let's move on. Regarding the 'identity crisis ' section, I have substantially cut it down. Despite a lack of citations, despite me commenting before, nothing had been done. The vast majority of the section constituted Original research as I'm sure the author(s) are/were aware, and as such has been binned. The rest of the article still needs work, but those were the two biggest flaws that i culd see, and have now been (virtually) dealt with. I'd still like a citation at the point indicated though ;-). Blackmetalbaz (talk) 22:30, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Someone has reverted some of the changes I made without citation. This may as well be vandalism in this case. However, I'm going to largely revert it all back but my justifications are as follows...

1/ In the opening profile section it needs to state that Cyclonus is made by Unicron from the bodies of either Skywarp and Bombshell. This is the least controversial way of putting this, as the actual animation is unambiguous with regard to this statement. The revert implied that Cyclonus was definitely Cyclonus (and what it said about Bombshell made no sense in English anyway). This is POV and as such has gone.

2/ Under identity crisis a paragraph has been reinserted consistenting of fan speculation. This constitutes original research and as such has to go. I'm sure how I can make this any clearer. It may be worth mentioned the appearing of Insecticons post-conversion in the animated series, so if someone could state, neutrally, which episodes they appear in that would be helpful (much like I did with the multiple Cyclonuses later in the series). The fact that Bombshell toys were on sale when Skywarp weren't may be a fascinating point of debate on a fan forum, but has no relevance on an encyclopedia. The speculation about personality traits, body colour and the rest is shockingly OR. If it's reverted again it will be treated as vandalism without a citation from a reliable source. Just to spell this out for the last time, this excludes Internet forums, fan-run sites, your blog and your mates in the pub.

3/ Similarly dialogue in the film is fan speculation and thus OR, and even if it wasn't is not notable.

The rest of the article still needs a bit of a rewrite to make it sound less 'in-universe' but these are the major problems. Blackmetalbaz (talk) 12:40, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Someone has readded material based on fan speculation concerning "dialogue confusion". Doesn't qualify as notable, and does qualify as fan speculation. I'm reporting this as vandalism. Blackmetalbaz (talk) 10:22, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Identity Crisis

I agree with whoever put that the Identity Crisis bit needs to be shortened. Trouble is, how do we get rid of the unnecessary stuff without losing the various arguments. Anyone else think a new article might do it? SMegatron 19:20, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

The arguments all constitute Original Research so losing them is exactly what needed to happen. It's been flagged for some time; problem now dealt with. Blackmetalbaz (talk) 22:32, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm fairly sure that deleting the whole section is a better option than creating a separate article. It simply isn't relevant to an encyclopedia... at best, it is worth mentioning that there is some confusion. However, the section as it stands makes the issue look vastly more important than it actually is (come on, they started talking about shade differences on his knees!). Most importantly, the section constitutes original research if it's not referenced to legitimate sources, which would qualify it for deletion.

SKYWARP IS CYCLONUS

I'm not sure where this fits- but Cyclonus is SKYWARP. I have seen the movie countless times and there is no doubt in my mind that Cyclonus is Skywarp. Thundercracker became Scourge and Bombshell and the other Insecticons- became the sweeps. I hope this puts an end to the issue- but SKYWARP IS CYCLONUS.

Trust me, there is much debate about this, and always will be. The arguements are all stated on the Cyclonus main page. user:mathewignash

I have seen Tranformers: The Movie countless times and there is no doubt in my mind that Cyclonus is Skywarp and that Bombshell became one of the sweeps. I have been a fan of the Tranformers for more than 20 years and I have seen the movie enough to know that Skywarp was transformed into Cyclonus. There is no debate.

JCH

Henkei Cyclonus, Updated.

I updated the status of Universe Cyclonus, and added in an entry for Henkei Cyclonus. Feel free to add any information. Cheers! Optimus91 (talk) 06:18, 13 December 2008 (UTC)