Talk:Microman

message: Origin of some of the Transformers toys, thus included in the WikiProject.  --Geopgeop 13:08, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Transformers Wikiproject

message: , first I actually respect your POV and your recent attention to this article. Perhaps there is a silver lining to the piles of IP address edits that have been seen recently. But that said, I feel I need to directly address a few of the edits and comments you have left in the edits.
* First, this edit whose comment is “no, no "basic overview" of trivia please (basically, a product listing). that's what the internet is for).” as well this edit whose comment is “ditto”. The content removed—which can be seen here—are being described as a “product listing” are actually items from a long defunct toy line. The details can be verified from multiple sources with only translations really being attributed to English language sources. I’m not too sure I understand why this content cannot be on Wikipedia since—at least to me—it’s not too dissimilar from a TV show’s episode listings or even the discography of a band. As presented, the table that contained the data was collapsed on initial load as well to avoid having the content overwhelm the page.
* Next, this edit whose comment is “Lorphanpaibul and his site are linked 27 times on this page already. rm fan site. plugging?).” is understandable, but easily explained: Paul Lorphanpaibul’s “Microman Forever” website is really the best English language guide out there for  the Microman toy line. For all intents and purposes, this site is the English language “Bible” for all things Microman. His site contains utterly no ads or affiliate program nonsense on it; it’s a pure source of content in the old school spirit of the Internet. So I would contend his content is a strong exception to the rule since this toyline is (a) not very well known in the Western world and (b) Paul’s website is one of the only solid English language sites focusing on this line.
At the end of the day, this article was not much of anything—badly written, sourced or researched—until my edits began in 2015. The last edits were in 2014 and the page’s state (as seen here) speaks for itself.
So I would happily work with someone who is a more experienced editor than me to shape, improve and allow this page to shine. But in the case of the IP address edits that brought this page to your attention, I cannot take them as good faith edits nor can I take them seriously. To a positive future for this page and its content! I hope… --SpyMagician (talk) 15:38, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Edits and Cleanup 

message: As a fan of Microman since childhood I took it upon my self to rid the page of some recent vandalism.--Macro The Islander (talk) 15:53, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I really don’t know what to think about your sudden appearance on a page that is now in the midst of some odd edit warring—let alone a page that is far from popular—but want to clearly state your presence is welcome as long as you contributions are positive and do not escalate an edit war. If there is some “game” here and you are a part if it, I cannot back you up nor validate or support your actions. And for the Wiki-paranoid out there, I have no clue who  Macro The Islander and am somewhat baffled by their sudden appearance as well. --SpyMagician (talk) 16:17, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

text: Hey, yes I just was visiting the page and decided to look at the history, totally by chance. I ended up seeing someone had deleted a large amount of content and decided to intervene as this is not constructive to the article.--Macro The Islander (talk) 16:20, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism, false accusation of

message: For the last few months I've been trying to cleanup both Microman and Micronauts and remove several unreliable references that were using self-published sources (several fansites and the Transformers Wiki) and, unfortunately, getting into an edit war with SpyMagician over it and having my edits reverted, even after mentioning on his talk page that fansites and wikis aren't reliable sources. 86.190.193.5 (talk) 18:15, 25 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Self-published sources (fansites and Transformers Wiki)