Talk:BotCon

message: Repaints vs. Redecos: Not all of the BotCon exclusives are straight repaints, as they often include some minor remolding (starting with BotCon Arcee, at least one toy each year has had at least one new-sculpt piece).  Also, a repaint implies that the paint masks from the original toy have not been changed except for the actual paint colors, whereas in a redeco, the paint masks are altered to create new paint patterns.  The majority of BotCon toys have been redecos, starting with Nightracer, who had different paint applications than Bumblebee, as noted in the article. Hooper_X 21:49, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Noted and appreciated. Thanks. — JIP | Talk 08:49, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Repaints

message: Content seems rather unencyclopedic. I don't see the point in listing all that stuff here. NotARealWord (talk) 17:27, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Why are you !vote-ing? This isn't an AfD. Also, relevant does not equal encyclopedic. Also see Wikipedia:INDISCRIMINATE. NotARealWord (talk) 16:13, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: We are showing out disagreement with the proposal. Mathewignash (talk) 19:54, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Seriously, listing every single BotCon figure would be fancruft. This article was copied wholesale into Wikia's Transfromers site at some point. That show how fancruft-y it was. NotARealWord (talk) 12:13, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: What someone does with this article, which is freely copyable, is not my concern. I could understand a cut to the length of this article though. Perhaps a much smaller section, just saying what the name of the set released each year was and one sentence describing it? Better than just blanking it. If you agree I could start on it Saturday, on my day off. Mathewignash (talk) 20:15, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

text: Actually just one sentence describing every year's set could work, considering they didn't have actual sets until 2005. Also, Ignash there's no reason other people can't carry out your suggestions. The point of a wiki is so other people can edit, se Wikipedia:OWN. NotARealWord (talk) 02:30, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

text: So, BOLD remove and if anybody reverts, report them to the admins? NotARealWord (talk) 16:21, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It seem to be the best COA, since everybody in this work project is holding fools ownership on these articles. Sarujo (talk) 12:47, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I wanted to remove the toy list, not the entire section. I'm pretty sure a section mentioning the toys is okay since Transformers is generally a toy-based brand. NotARealWord (talk) 17:06, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know the honorable mentions is enough for a full section though. All you're saying is that the convention feature exclusive figures for the attendees and patrons every year. Such as recolors and remolds of older toys to make new ones or special editions. Sarujo (talk) 17:11, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I'm pretty sure that somewhere on the article, there should be a mention of the toys. Toys are a core aspect of Transformers. NotARealWord (talk) 17:18, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm guessing you added that information regarding the toys. Are there any sources for all that? Also maybe there should be made mention of whether they are sold or given and who they are limited to. That kind of stuff is important to anybody wanting to learn the perks of attending. Sarujo (talk) 17:26, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toy list should be removed 

message: The article says this:
I'm not sure what "details" this refers to. Convention guest lists , locations and schedules are available at the BotCon website. NotARealWord (talk) 21:18, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreferenced details 

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message: The toy list takes up two thirds of the entire article. It really should be removed, or at least seriously trimmed. JIP | Talk 09:57, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: There had been no replies to this, so I just went and removed the entire toy list. It cut the article length in half. The first proposal to remove the toy list was already nine years ago. No one had even edited the toy list in two years. JIP | Talk 11:08, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toy list really should be removed 

message: Two-thirds of the article consists of lists: locations, special guests and Transformers Hall of Fame. Before the list of exclusive toys was removed, it was even worse: five-sixths of the article was lists. I just tested in a text editor what the article would look like without lists, and it read much better. Should the lists be removed? JIP | Talk 13:21, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: There had been no objections or other comments for almost a year, so I went ahead and removed all the lists. If anyone thinks this was wrong, the lists can simply be brought back. JIP | Talk 15:19, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of lists?