Talk:Fullmetal Alchemist/Archive 1

message: Why was the information about Dante taking the Homonculus from Ed and Al's failed Human Transmutation removed? There are already spoiler tags, so I don't see any harm in putting it in there even though it's not discovered until later in the plot. (Darien Shields 03:51, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: There are no degrees of Spoiler Tags, not "spoilers for people who have only seen half the series" or "spoilers for people in America". Spoilers are Spoilers, if you haven't seen the whole thing then you can expect spoilers. If there were "degrees of spoiler tags" or something like that I'd gladly use them. (Darien Shields 12:11, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Story Edits

message: Like it or not, my speelings are on the official Sony website, as seen  in http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/hagaren/chara/nash01.jpg, http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/hagaren/chara/mugear01.jpg, http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/hagaren/chara/dol01.jpg, and http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/hagaren/chara/roa01.jpg . I see no reason to take other spellings as official unless a equally official source is provided. Fan translations don't count. 65.29.167.251 03:09, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That's right — that was my point about Tringum--"Tlingum" is the accidental spelling used on Sony's Aniplex website, but Tringum is the spelling used on Sony's actual Aniplex DVDs. The Japanese pronunciation of Mugwar is "Maguwaaru." It's the "e" that's the mistake, not the original "w." Egan Loo 23:37, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Character names

message: * The characters section of the article looks like it was based originally on this.  Do we have the permission of the owner of that webpage to use that material?
* The character section of this article is so big, it makes the rest of the article hard too navigate.  You should probably make a separate page entitled Characters of Fullmetal Alchemist and only put a short summary of the most important characters on the central article.  This seems to be standard procedure for character sections that get too long.  --Aknorals 09:36, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: The character section

message: It'd be nice if somebody would just talk to the guy to stop using ampersands and spreading false or unconfirmed information. 65.29.167.251 05:18, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 68.200.81.62

message: As things currently stand, Fullmetal Alchemist is a redirect to Full Metal Alchemist rather than the other way around.  Both the article text and the official sources state the English translation as "Fullmetal" (one word).  I'm going to swap them.  - Korpios 02:27, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Full Metal vs. Fullmetal 

message: q: Why is Armstong called "Colonel Clean" when he's a Major?
a: alliteration
Q: According to this wiki article, Armstrong's supposed to look like some mascot for a cleaning company, although I have never seen this in the anime. Can someone verify this? WindWaker68
A: He does kind of look like "Mr. Clean" though...
--Nate3000 05:43, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Armstrong 

message: I've come in in the middle of the series, so I don't know what Ishbal is. From the context it sounds like a location. I think adding a locations section would be helpful. --Tydaj 04:40, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed the chart so it works. — Ambush Commander(Talk) 19:51, August 16, 2005 (UTC)
Mentioned only in the manga, there's also the ruins of Xerxes east of Amestris. --134.129.62.186 18:51, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Ishbal, Locations

message: I wish I knew more about this series - I'd love to see someone make that red linked article Equivalent Exchange into something amazing; things about its relationship to conservation of mass and other conservation laws, how it's used in FMA's alchemy and philosophy, human transmutation, the Philosopher's Stone...but as a matter of course, I don't know nearly enough to start the article. Help? Kawa 02:04, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: From based on what User:Freedman and User:Seishirou Sakurazuka wrote, I expanded Equivalent Exchange out a little further. It is still a stub, but I hope the article can be further critiqued, edited, and expanded upon. Hope that sparks a little bit of thought and ideas for it. --Xavier Valentine 23:49, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Equivalent Exchange redlink? 

message: Okay, here's what we want:
* Three sentences
* Concise and pithy
* No spoilers
We have to have these facts. (!) means definitely, (?) means questionable, and remember, this is all my opinion
* Fullmetal Alchemist (!)
* Automail (!)
** Origins (?)
* State Alchemist
* Do alchemy without Transmutation Circle
* Shortness (!)
* Pocket Watch (?) (I really think we should get rid of this block)
Since it's going to be so short, we should decide on a good version and then keep it stable. I'll give a version and we can critique it.
:Edward Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist's main protagonist: he is the Fullmetal Alchemist. Edward has a prosthetic automail arm and leg and is known for being the youngest State Alchemist. He is sensitive about his height, and flies into a rage when people call him "short" or "chibi".
If no one comments, I will be bold and replace the current description with this short one. In addition, after we finish doing this, I propose cutting down the section to:
Main article: Characters of Fullmetal Alchemist
And add the instructions to not add stuff to this section as "Comments"  for only editors to see. I'll do Al's entry later, lets take this one step at a time. — Ambush Commander(Talk) 20:36, August 13, 2005 (UTC)
:I'd put "shortness" as a (?) myself; it's closer to a running gag than a vital part of his personality. Nifboy 21:07, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Short Bio for Edward Elric. 

message: As much as I hate to admit it (and I can't believe I have to say this about my precious FMA), this page and its connecting pages are in need of some serious clean-up.  Apparently the extremely high traffic this page receives is responsible for several nonsensical, poorly phrased, grammatically inaccurate, or just plain incorrect edits.  Please assist us in trying to improve this page by removing edits that detract from the article and by adding additional edits to make this article one of the best ever.  Thank you. Kakashi-sensei 05:02, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: This is one of things about wikis and anonymous editing: the quality of writing tends to rot, while the amount of information goes up. We'll work on it, but refactoring text is very hard. — Ambush Commander(Talk) 13:08, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Why not. They did it for Harry Potter. We'll have somewhere to direct people. — Ambush Commander(Talk) 19:02, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean-Up