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I am editing the article «List of Transformers: Armada episodes». This article is 71 kilobites now. Does it mean that it is too long for a Wiki article? If so, may I divide it into two (for example)? And how can I do this?--Mirabella Star 11:52, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi there. When you mention a link, please put it in double square brackets, ie [[List of Transformers: Armada episodes]], so that it makes a link to the article like this: List of Transformers: Armada episodes
i agree, that article is getting too long. You could convert this one into a main article that just had one paragraph for each season, and create sub-articles for each season. The main article would then have a template in each section, e.g. {{main|List of Transformers: Armada episodes season 1}} - which would look like this;
Can I do this (i.e., create sub-articles) just in the existing article, or is it necessary to make them anew in my test page?--Mirabella Star 13:18, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
I'd probably do it one season at a time, something like this;
Write a summary of season 1 in my own sandbox
Edit the article, add my summary para and the template header, and at the same time cut out the detailed season one, and save that
Click on the red link that the 'main' thing has created
Paste in the thing that I'd cut out, and re-format it as a new article, save that
Tidy it up - add it to categories and that sort of thing
P.S. If it all sounds complicated, please do ask again, and I'll happily change the first season to that format for you, if you want. Chzz ► 13:28, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Excuse me, but I fear I am too stupid to understand all these tricks till I see the example doing by my own eyes…--Mirabella Star 13:54, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Doing... No problem at all; I thought that it might be easier to show you what I mean by example. I'll do it now, and let you know. Chzz ► 13:58, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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I have just moved our previous conversations from my talk page and into my archive; it is now in List of Transformers: Armada episodes - please don't edit that, because it is an archive - instead, to contact me, please start a new thread on my talk page.
You asked me to take a look at the articles; I think that the most important things are what I wrote before;
A few things that you could do;
In List of Transformers: Armada episodes#Season 1 - when I added the 'see main' thing, I wrote a single sentence as an example - The first season began with a 3-part series, "First Encounter", "Metamorphosis" and "Base".. There should actually be a couple of paragraphs that summarize the whole sub-article. That is the idea of 'summary style' - the sub-article contains all the detail, but the main article should say 'see main article', but also needs a summary.
For an example of this, see World War II and the links from it - because it is split into many articles. The points is, the "Main article: List of Transformers: Armada episodes season 1" should be followed by 2 or 3 paragraphs summarizing the season.
Next, to make the new sub-article more encyclopaedic, you could add facts about the article - perhaps at the top, before the plot detail. For example, when did it first air, on what network? Are there viewing figures, did it win any awards, what did critics think of it, who were the voice-actors - that sort of thing. Of course, this information should be referenced to reliable sources, such as newspaper articles.
It would probably be good to make the descriptions of each episode a little shorter, and put them into a table format.
|-
| rowspan="2" | Wreck-Gar
| Motorcycle
| Transformers: The Movie
| The Return of Optimus Prime (Part 1)
| Eric Idle, Tony Pope
|-
| colspan="3" valign="top" | Leader of the Junkions and inhabitant of the planet Junkion. Ally of the Autobots who rebuilds Ultra Magnus after he was destroyed by Galvatron. Speaks exclusively in twentieth century earth television jargon.
|-
| rowspan="2" | The Sharkticons
| Amphibious Monster
| Transformers: The Movie
| The Return of Optimus Prime (Part 2)
| Jim Cummings, Frank Welker
|-
| colspan="3" valign="top" | Unintelligent Transformers who serve as the Quintessons goon squad and executioners. They were deliberately made stupid and fitted with control chips that prevent them from turning on their masters as the Autobots and Decepticons did.
|-
| rowspan="2" | The Quintessons
| None
| Transformers: The Movie
| The Return of Optimus Prime (Part 2)
| Jack Angel, Roger C. Carmel, Regis Cordic
|-
| colspan="3" valign="top" | An alien race who lived on Cybertron and used it as a huge factory to produce several kinds of lifeforms, including robots, which were sold as consumer good and military hardware. These would eventually become the Transformers. Extremely self-serving and devious.
|-
| rowspan="2" | Unicron
| planet
| Transformers: The Movie
| Call of the Primitives
| Orson Welles, Roger C. Carmel
|-
| colspan="3" valign="top" | A planet-sized Transformer whose only goal is to devour planets, despite his incredible intelligence and power. Created Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps from the bodies of Megatron, Skywarp, Thundercracker and the Insecticons. Destroyed by Rodimus Prime and the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, later partially reactivated by Scourge and Starscream's ghost.
|-
| rowspan="2" | Tornedron
| Planet
| Call of the Primitives
| Call of the Primitives
| Neil Ross
|-
| colspan="3" valign="top" | Tornedron was the successor to Unicron, created by Unicron's creator Primacron. Unlike Unicron, Tornedron was an energy-based lifeform, controlled by Primacron's remote control. It consumed other energies, leaving stars dead and planets inert; its final purpose was to leave the entire universe a blank slate for Primacron to do with as he pleased. Unfortunately for Primacron, while Tornedron succeeded in draining most of the universe's energy, it also became just as rebellious as his predecessor. However, Grimlock defeated it before the creature could consume its creator; he threw it into reverse, returning all the energy it stole to its original locations and dispersing the entity.
|-
| rowspan="2" | Scuxxoid
| None
| Five Faces of Darkness (Part 1)
| Grimlock's New Brain
| Hal Rayle
|-
| colspan="3" valign="top" |A pig like alien who's been hire by both the Decepticons and the Quintessons to sabotage the Autobots. He once work with Sleezardo. He also claims that he has a family with kids and an uncle.
|-
| rowspan="2" | Nightbird
| None
| Enter the Nightbird
| Enter the Nightbird, only appearance
| No Voice
|-
| colspan="3" valign="top" | Nightbird is a human construct with a single form and thus not actually a Transformer herself. Created by Dr. Fujiyama, she was a non-transforming ninja robot. She was stolen by the Decepticons and reprogrammed to infiltrate the Ark and steal the World Energy Source from Teletran I.
|-
| rowspan="2" | Nergil
| None
|Atlantis,Arise!
|Atlantis,Arise!,
|Wally Burr
|-
| colspan="3" valign="top" |King Nergill rules Sub-Atlantica, a hidden kingdom of water-breathing fishmen. Their relationship to humanity proper is uncertain. Like most people Megatron makes deals with, he's devious and pretty much out for his own gain.
|-
| rowspan="2" | Guardian robots
| Rocket/tank/Rocket base
|Forever Is a Long Time Coming
|Flaskback in Transformers Animated,
|
|-
| colspan="3" valign="top" |The Guardian robots were once the peacekeepers of Cybertron, powerful giants that guarded cities and quelled uprisings. The Guardians gave the Decepticons much trouble at the outbreak of the Third Cybertronian War, but by the modern era they were no longer so prevalent,The most notable surviving Guardian is Omega Supreme, who is the only one seen to have his own name, distinct color scheme, and personality; it is unknown how unique these qualities actually are.
|-
| rowspan="2" | Dion
| Cybertronian car
|War Dawn
|Flashback in Transformers Animated
|Corey Burton
|-
| colspan="3" valign="top" |Dion is an earnest dock worker and best friend to Orion Pax. His is a simple life of manual labor, and he does not give a second thought to the stories that a war may be brewing around him. What does interest him are those new-fangled flying robots. Maybe someday he'll get to meet them...?
|-
| rowspan="2" | Junkion
| Motorcycles
|Transformers:The Movie
|The Big Brodcast of 2006
|Micheal Bell,Frank Welker
|-
| colspan="3" valign="top" |Junkions are a tribe (or possibly race) of Transformers that inhabit the planetoid also known as Junkion. Their historical origin is unclear, although some sources imply that they may indeed be descended from Cybertronians.
|-
| rowspan="2" | Allicons
|Crocodilian creatures
|Transformers:The Movie
|The Quintesseon Journal
|Aron Kincaid
|-
| colspan="3" valign="top" |Allicons are another breed of the Quintessons' enforcer-units, often used as guards for more important members of the race. They are slightly smarter than the Sharkticons, even capable of speech, but free will has been pretty thoroughly removed from their programming, to the point where they will malfunction if resisting a direct order,they transform into bipedal, vaguely crocodilian creatures.
|-
| rowspan="2" | Nancy
|Motorcycle
|The Big Brodcast of 2006
|The Big Brodcast of 2006
|Linda Gary
|-
| colspan="3" valign="top" |Nancy is a Junkion who appears to be the consort of the Junkion leader, Wreck-Gar. Like all Junkions, she can be blasted to pieces without taking any noticeable permanent damage, and is capable of repairing herself within seconds.
|-
|}
tv.com sometimes has that information. If it doesn't, just try a searching on Google. Articles are only split if the size is too large and the information is properly managed. The article is very large, but cutting down the summaries will drastically reduce the size of it. For that reason, it doesn't need to be split. TTN (talk) 18:07, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Just as an example, take the Bleach episode lists as noted above. The summaries are an appropriate length, but combining all of them into a single list would make for an extremely long article, so the separate seasons are appropriate. This list, on the other hand, will be fine once the episodes summaries are trimmed. TTN (talk) 18:11, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You can start off by simply adding the tables as seen in the other episode lists. I suggest asking Mathewignash to help you clean up the information and find the other details. He is the only other person I've seen who has a real interest in Transformers. TTN (talk) 18:25, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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How can I mark the article I'm editing now (it isn't perfectly ready in that very moment)? --Mirabella Star 17:29, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
You can put {{inuse}} which asks other people not to edit it, but you shouldn't leave that on for more than an hour or two: or you can use {{underconstruction}} which indicates that you plan to do more on the article and discourages others from marking it for deletion - that will get removed if you do not edit the article for several days. Click on the links to read more about them before using them. If you are starting a new article but expect to take some time developing it, the best way is to make a userspace draft - se Help:Userspace draft. JohnCD (talk) 17:38, 23 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Doing... No problem at all; I thought that it might be easier to show you what I mean by example. I'll do it now, and let you know. Chzz ► 13:58, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
Done Have a look what I've done; I hope it will make more sense now. I only put a very brief note in List of Transformers: Armada episodes, about the first 3 episodes, and it should really contain one or two paragraphs describing the whole season. I hope this illustrates the idea. Also note the template I've added to the talk page on both the main article Talk:List of Transformers: Armada episodes, and the new article Talk:List of Transformers: Armada episodes season 1. Chzz ► 14:14, 15 August 2009 (UTC)
