User talk:ToastUltimatum/Archive 3

The official photos
Where have you been finding these official photos? I'd love to keep adding them to this page: http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/User:Diotoir_the_son_of_nemesis/_Official_photos

Diotoir the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 18:34, January 14, 2016 (UTC)
 * It's not an exciting answer, I'm afraid. When I went on the image of Wolverine in the arena, I scrolled down to the File History section, and it turned out RA2 uploaded it to the wiki ages ago, and then another user overwrote the image with the arena screenshot. There's probably several more examples of this happening in the wiki's past, we just have to look hard enough. Toast  Ultimatum  19:16, January 14, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks I've already found a General Carnage image! Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 19:20, January 14, 2016 (UTC)
 * I've found all that is available and re uploaded them (I think some look better than the main images themselves, what do you think?) Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 19:46, January 14, 2016 (UTC)
 * True in some but not all cases. Ones like Atomic and Rick we could start using as their headline images for Series 5, while ones like The Executioner and Wild Thing can just kinda go somewhere off to the side on their articles. Toast  Ultimatum  19:48, January 14, 2016 (UTC)

We can get some of those S5 ones from the challenge episodes. J im laa  d4   3 (talk) 19:51, January 14, 2016 (UTC)

Yo what happened to you're talk page did you get hacked? 70.212.1.144 23:54, January 14, 2016 (UTC)
 * I've archived the rest of it. It's still accessible via a link at the top, but it can no longer be edited. Toast  Ultimatum  23:57, January 14, 2016 (UTC)

I want to pick up on this. For later series' bots, "official images" look great. However, I keep seeing pages of the earlier series robots' (mainly 1-2) main images showing a reasonable quality depiction of the robots being replaced by User:Diotoir the son of nemesis with poor quality "official images" which, at the end of the day, are caps of a small proportion of the screen, which means that the showcasing images are consequently at the least, lower quality, and at worst, not even demonstrating what the whole robot looks like. E.g., the Parthian Shot's "official image" didn't even show the spinning weapon - the huge defining feature of the robot. How is this improvement? At the end of the day, I believe the point of editing wiki pages is to improve them, not make them worse, which is what I'm seeing, and it pains me to see that happening. We may as well replace Terminal Ferocity's image with a shot of its GBC sprite.  RavenclawDBS  ( MCKA DevilboyScooby) 15:17, March 27, 2016 (UTC)

Promotion
As a result of your successful RfB, I have promoted you to the role of bureaucrat. I am certain that you'll do an exemplary job. Congratulations. Christophee (talk) 20:14, January 18, 2016 (UTC)

Main images
Seeing as you managed to edit the Razer, Chaos 2, Wild Thing and Stinger so they have a blank background, can I suggest maybe you can do the same to some others, for example, Thermidor, to get rid off the distracting and somewhat unneeded background? (I wish i could do it but sadly I don't have any photo editing software :/ ) Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 15:50, January 29, 2016 (UTC)
 * In Thermidor's case, and a few others like S.M.I.D.S.Y., the current main image is just a placeholder until we can get a pic from Series 7. Generally I don't mind having the arena in the background, but there are still images I plan to edit, like Gemini. Toast  Ultimatum  21:08, January 29, 2016 (UTC)

Archive Forum
Hey Toast, could you archive most if not all of the Forum:If a small thing had changed please, as it is getting pretty large now. It is actually almost a year since I asked for it to be archived first xD. J im laa  d4   3 (talk) 00:13, February 6, 2016 (UTC)

Proposal
Do you think we should perhaps delete any robot that hasn't actually competed or tried to compete in Robot Wars, and edit a "certain few" of those who did, if you get my drift? Just to be on the safe side? CrashBash (talk) 19:05, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Considdering the Live events are for all intensive purposes, a part of Robot Wars - why not just allow any robot which competes in Robot Wars Live? - this then solves all problems as it doesnt suggest anything which can break contracts... and the robots will already have pages and a history incase the situation changes.Garfie489 20:15, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Because it's technically not a part of Robot Wars. CrashBash (talk) 20:28, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * How so? - its fully licensed by Robot Wars LLC in exactly the same sense as the TV show. Legally, theres no real difference between the TV show their filming and the Live events Garfie489 20:30, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * There is. And it isn't. As has been explained before, the Robot Wars license was meerly being borrowed. CrashBash (talk) 20:34, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Got a link to that explanation? - considering Robot Wars Live shows have separately been trying to get on TV aswell i highly doubt whoever explained it knew what they was talking about. If your argument that "borrowing" the license means you're not Robot Wars, then you might aswell delete all articles relating to the 2016 series - as that licence is also "borrowed".Garfie489 20:45, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * No, because that is Robot Wars. It's completely different and it's clearly not "borrowed". Besides, this has been proposed before, and declined. CrashBash (talk) 20:50, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Mentorn doesnt own the rights to Robot Wars, neither does the BBC, and neither does anyone directly involved with the series (ie, RoboChallenge). Thus, if you think the Live events arnt Robot Wars - well, neither is the 2016 series (shall we delete the articles then?) Garfie489 20:55, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * No, because it is Robot Wars, the live events are just live events. I've already told you, it's been proposed before and declined before, due to the complex nature and lack of real information we have. CrashBash (talk) 20:58, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Well heres how it works. Robot Wars LLC owns the rights to Robot Wars. Live events license out the brand name to use for their events, their contract also allows them to televise (and thus all Roboteers are reguired to sign contracts). Mentorn license out the brand name to use for their events, their contract also allows them to televise (and thus all Roboteers are reguired to sign contracts). Thus they are exactly the same, Mentorn is not Robot Wars as much as the Live events may be. But if you think Mentorn is Robot Wars, then the Live events by definition are also Robot Wars - only snobbery otherwise differentiates them Garfie489 21:00, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Still doesn't count, still isn't worth counting. This wikia is about the TV show, not the live events, nothing to do with snobbery. And as I've said before, it's been proposed and was shot down because it wasn't practical. CrashBash (talk) 21:09, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * I do believe that there was already a wiki that was supposed to detail these live events. The           Roaming Robots Wiki. It appears no one is active on it however. You might want to consider taking over it. SpaceManiac888 (talk) 21:08, February 6, 2016 (UTC)

As a note, whys the Dystopia article been deleted? Garfie489 21:20, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Because technically, you wanted us to. CrashBash (talk) 21:24, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Nothing wrong with having an article, provided it doesnt mention anything about applications. This goes for Eruption, ect. I actually asked for the article to be created because it annoyed me that everyone else seemed to have one. The problem is everyone then discussing applications, which i wanted removed from my talk page. Garfie489 21:30, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * "The problem is everyone then discussing applications" That was kinda the point of having them there, though. We only just found out today that "LOLNOPE, everyone who says that is now disqualified! Sux 2BU". From you, no less (obviously not in those words). So until we know who is or isn't, we can't risk any mention of the 2016 show until we know who has or hasn't entered. CrashBash (talk) 21:36, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Well Dystopias the only page i can see to be deleted. Its not the only robot that applies to. Garfie489 21:40, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Which is exactly why I'm proposing the other pages get deleted as well. This has turned into a massive mess and needs sorting out as best we can. CrashBash (talk) 21:42, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * So you think the robot pages we've created since the 2016 series was announced should be deleted, and all mentions of the 2016 series should be deleted from pre-existing robot pages? I think that's probably a good idea, and based on the edit/deletion summaries left earlier by Toast, I imagine he would agree. As he points out, it would be easy to restore them when it becomes safe to do so. Christophee (talk) 22:04, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't know what damage has been caused at this stage, but it's probably for the best. CrashBash (talk) 22:11, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * I obviously don't WANT to see those articles go, but right now, we may not have much of a choice.


 * At the start of this year, my stance on having articles for the live event competitors was beginning to change, as it seemed like the two Robot Warses were starting to merge, though we'd not have articles on specific live tours due to lack of reliable information. However, my opinion recently changed back to "let's just stick to the TV show" for reasons I... don't think it would be smart to say publicly. That's why I, most likely on a temporary basis, deleted Dystopia's article. Ultimately I think that, to best avoid jeapordising the chances of potential qualifiers, we're probably going to have to remove the 2016 details from the respective articles of robots who've been on the show before, while deleting the brand-new ones, and then in a month's time, we should be able to go on a rollback streak and bring them all back. I'm fairly certain there's merit to what Garfie's been saying; have you noticed that while Team Razer's Facebook page has recently kicked into gear, they've made no mention of actually trying to enter Robot Wars? Add to that, when I was on my Robot Wars educational course this week, I accidentally overheard the names of two qualifiers in a phone conversation, and I've been told not to let out any details.


 * Articles such as Ka-Pow!, Bullfrog and Halo can stay, while pages like Gravity and PulverizeR don't need to be edited either. We can't do them any more damage. But it sadly looks as though we'll have to wipe the rest of the details we have for this month. Anything we've publicised has previously been publicised by the roboteers themselves, but to put it bluntly, "that's their problem", while anything on the wiki is ours. Toast  Ultimatum  22:25, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * I certainly can't argue with any of that. Obviously the roboteers shouldn't have publicised what they did, but now we know what the consequences are likely to be, we should try our best not to make things any worse for them. I'll help out with the process if you want, but it's best if we don't step on each other's toes. Christophee (talk) 22:37, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll take the night off, so make a start if you're up for doing some of it now, I'll see what's leftover in the morning. Before I go though, I'll test restoring and then deleting the Dystopia article, just to make sure it works properly. Toast  Ultimatum  22:40, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * I've done all the ones I know about using the deleted forum page as a reference. If there are more, hopefully you know what they are. Christophee (talk) 23:47, February 6, 2016 (UTC)

Do a roboteer a favour by creating a page for their robot and it gets deleted! Garfie489 asked me to make it on FB, Dystopia fights in the Robot Wars Live events, so deserves a page! Feck this place! Sam (BAZINGA) 22:44, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Sam, do you actually know the circumstances of why it has been deleted? That's what this whole discussion is about. We'll be deleting a lot more shortly for the same reasons. Christophee (talk) 22:48, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, who hacked your account? You don't normally behave like this, and besides, you know this only covers the TV show, not the live events. CrashBash (talk) 23:00, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * Nobody hacked my account, just pissed that a page I was asked to make was deleted cause "the live shows are borrowing the brand", what is Mentorn doing then? The exact same thing so the deleted pages all deserve pages as they are compete at proper events. Mentorn isn't Robot Wars, just like the Subway in Cannock isn't the central one. Robot Wars is a brand that allows people to use the name, like Subway does! The logic that the shows are borrowing the brand whilst the tv series is completely wrong. Rant over! Sam (BAZINGA) 01:25, February 7, 2016 (UTC)
 * There is a difference, and that was the reason given as to why Major Damage can't be in the new series. It's a TV show, the live events are...well, live events. The TV show is what we talk about. Besides, the creating of the Dystopia article is what caused all this ruckus that could potentially disqualify all the good RW competitors or even cause the reboot to be cancelled in the first place. You have no reason to complain. Dystopia can be added if it appears in the reboot (if it even goes ahead now). CrashBash (talk) 06:53, February 7, 2016 (UTC)
 * Terribly misinformed, as creating the article didnt "potentially disqualify all the good RW competitors" - that had already happened. No, what caused it is people demanding a public announcement (which results in rejection) when if they was smart enough to put 2+2 together would see theres no need. The Dystopia article was perfect in that it broke no rules, whilst also deserving a place Garfie489 11:00, February 7, 2016 (UTC)
 * No, Dystopia never competed in Robot Wars itself, so it not "perfect", it was unneeded. It should never have had an article in the first place unless it was competing or planned to compete. Also, if that was the case, you should have warned us beforehand. 176.35.168.91 11:46, February 7, 2016 (UTC)
 * I honestly just give up. Only Toast and Sam appear to have any common sense. Lets use Razer as an example, he cant publicly confirm that its participating - so it decided to warn you (well now Razers out). Now when you talk to the Razer team, about competing - they dont give you an answer... Think for 2 minutes why that might be. Maybe theres some reason they cant give you an answer?? Maybe if they wernt competing they would just say no, but if they said yes they would be rejected... considdering this, if for some reason Razer was applying - what answer you think they will give? now consider that answer, and if they was not applying then maybe they would just say no? - thus yes, the article was perfect. Because if you apply yourself the evidence is there. Unfortunately alot of people here seem unable to apply themselves. Theres nothing wrong with detailing the history of robots unconfirmed, the problem comes when its public knowledge they are applying. Garfie489 12:20, February 7, 2016 (UTC)
 * No, I mean you could have warned US not to ask any other people if they were applying or not. And no, we can't have an article about a robot unless we know it has competed in Robot Wars or at least attempted to compete. Since we don't know whether or not Dystopia has even tried to apply, and we won't know until the reboot has aired, then it can't have its own article. Really, though, you should stop being so rude, or at least try to come across as being nicer. 176.35.168.91 12:52, February 7, 2016 (UTC)
 * Gareth, could you accept my friend request on Facebook? There's a few things I'd like to tell you privately, off the wiki. Toast  Ultimatum  12:27, February 7, 2016 (UTC)
 * Hmmn, so are roboteers rejected from the show if found to have publicised their attempt at qualifying? I've been out of touch the past couple of days, if so, how ridiculous. I get trying to keep things secretive but surely they want the best and most entertaining robots on the show, right? Not just the ones who kept quiet about entering. RelicRaider (talk) 12:33, February 7, 2016 (UTC)

The specifics of what counts as 'Robot Wars' is largely irrelevant here. We only deal with the TV show, so robots which only complete in live events are irrelevant to us. It's a decision we've made and will remain the case unless we decide to broaden what the wiki is about. It even says on the main page that the wiki is about the game show, but maybe it needs more clarification. Christophee (talk) 12:59, February 7, 2016 (UTC)

Bored little kid
http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/Robotwarsislegit It's clearly past his bedtime. Wanna ban him? CrashBash (talk) 23:01, February 6, 2016 (UTC)
 * I just did it myself as Toast has gone for the night. Christophee (talk) 23:11, February 6, 2016 (UTC)

User:73.203.14.95 is back and still ignoring all our advice. J im laa  d4   3 (talk) 08:26, February 13, 2016 (UTC)
 * It was just one comment on a forum, by you and CrashBash offering responses, the thread was 3x "spammier" than it needed to be. Just leave him be. Toast  Ultimatum  18:08, February 13, 2016 (UTC)


 * We've "left him be" about ten times now, and he's still not taken the hints. I hate to be the guy who has to tell people how to do their job, but other wikia admins (and yes, this includes past admins on this wikia) has would have banned him once for a few days after, perhaps, the third attempt, maybe for a week or two for the fourth attempt and then permanently for the fifth attempt. He's gone way past that. CrashBash (talk) 21:07, February 13, 2016 (UTC)

Adding 2016 to each robot
I was going to wait until we've actually seen the series on TV before editing the 2016 series in to the robot articles. Mainly because it stops us having to then go back and re-edit out the ones that did enter, and also because we still don't know what it will be called. If it ends up being called Series 8, then we have to go back and change 2016 to 8 for all robots again. J im laa  d4   3 (talk) 08:11, February 17, 2016 (UTC)
 * Changing a few Did Not Enters at a later date is a lot easier than doing this entire process when we have bigger priorities, and not clogging up Recent Changes is more important. I understand your point about the name of the show, but what's done is done, no point reverting now. Toast  Ultimatum  15:17, February 17, 2016 (UTC)

yay another troll
Ahem -> User:94.2.9.68. J im laa  d4   3 (talk) 15:58, February 20, 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm guessing you're able to delete comments on blogs too. J  im laa  d4   3 (talk) 16:49, February 20, 2016 (UTC)

ragnabot?
Im a relatively new and stupid member to the wiki but before I made my profile I seen this thing called ragnabot which as far as I know is a fictional tournament of fantasy fights and stuff. You seem to know lots about it (If you don't then you can call me stupid) but could you give me a quick explanation of what it is.--Botomatic1000 (talk) 19:54, February 24, 2016 (UTC)
 * Ragnabot was a celebration of the wiki's 5th anniversary, a tournament held in our arena format like the ongoing Old vs New tournament. It contained every single heavyweight robot to ever participate in an episode of the show, including the American/Dutch/German wars, meaning there were nearly 600 participants! You can flick through the original project with this link if you want to read everyone's votes, or with this link if you want a summary. We all enjoyed it so much, people such as myself and Jimlaad re-randomised the list of competing robots, and held the tournament again in our own time, based on who we thought would win, and posted our results onto our userpages. At this point, I've done it six times, with five different champions! We're considering running a second version of Ragnabot for the whole wiki this year, featuring competitors from the 2016 series, so if you want to participate, you'll either need to make 300 edits or receive permission from an admin as a reward for special contribution. Toast  Ultimatum  20:03, February 24, 2016 (UTC)

cheers I would love to participate but I don't tend to edit much but hey im about halfway to 300 and in terms of special contributions maybe my discoveries of rolling thunder the apocalyptic lawnmower and I pointed out a few things on the robots that need info on them. I know I didn't create any pages but I helped discover some robots that where created into pages but I really have not done anything too special other then that and I added a few images to some pages. yeah if for some bizarre reason I do reach 300 edits then I would love to join in but in the meantime I need to do a fair bit more :).--Botomatic1000 (talk) 20:13, February 24, 2016 (UTC)
 * Sadly, the 300 edit count only includes edits to main articles, and uploads of images, so you're officially sitting at about 36, though your forum comments have been very useful to us, so I might be willing to count some of them should you get closer to 300. Still, we're thankful for the discoveries of Rolling Thunder II and Apocalyptic Lawnmower, so we'll see what happens if you stumble across some more ;) Toast  Ultimatum  20:17, February 24, 2016 (UTC)

I am not certain I could participate I haven't done too much good in fact I think I have made more mysteries than anything plus my grammatical skills are the worst on the wiki plus the fact of I really don't think I could reach 300 edits most of the stuff I could think of has already been added. on another note I shouldn't be praised too much for my findings I didn't make there pages and didn't look to much on there websites heck I didn't even link more than half of them but I enjoyed doing my fact digging even if I didn't find much. so my overall chances of being able to enter are slim and I think I wouldn't be that helpful at it (if that makes sense). but anyways im always up for it if I do get in for an unknown reason.--Botomatic1000 (talk) 20:48, February 24, 2016 (UTC)

The Arena
May I resume participation in the Arena fantasy tournaments? --Hogwild94 (talk) 20:32, February 24, 2016 (UTC)
 * Of course, once you've gained permission, you always have permission. Toast  Ultimatum  20:37, February 24, 2016 (UTC)

Scary Gadget
I saw that you told Diotoir Son of Nemesis to make a page for Scary Gadget. However, given that it did not enter Robot Wars (confirmed by Jonathan Reason), I don't think it deserves a page. True, it's nice to know, but there are many other robots that we have seen at live events for which we don't know if they entered Robot Wars, despite having pictures and names for them. Are they now going to get their own articles? I was pretty sure the rule was that we don't write articles if we don't know if they entered the show or if we can prove they didn't enter. Sorry, but I think the page should be deleted, and the information left in some forum or blog post. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 09:49, February 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * He didn't necessarily tell me to make the article he just gave the go ahead. Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 10:28, February 25, 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, when I asked for an article, I assumed that picture with Toe Cutter was from the qualifiers. If it never entered Robot Wars, it'll have to go. Thanks for writing it anyway, Diotoir.  Toast  Ultimatum  18:55, February 25, 2016 (UTC)

Forum link in navigation
Hey Toast, one thing that's really annoyed me is that there isn't an easy link to the Forums, which I feel are underused. Could you put a link to Forum:Index on the "On the Wiki" tab please. J im laa  d4   3 (talk) 07:57, February 26, 2016 (UTC)
 * Sadly, On The Wiki is the only one I can't touch, see for yourself. Toast  Ultimatum  15:50, February 26, 2016 (UTC)
 * Looking at some other wikis, there are some with a Forums link in that section (e.g. Disney), but there doesn't seem to be a way for us to edit it, so I don't know how that was achieved. Christophee (talk) 16:25, February 26, 2016 (UTC)
 * Email Wikia and see what they say. J  im laa  d4   3 (talk) 16:33, February 26, 2016 (UTC)

Look whose back...
This vandal, 208.107.73.12, has returned and has already started vandalizing a few things -_- Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 17:09, March 9, 2016 (UTC)

Was just going to say about it too.--Botomatic1000 (talk) 17:11, March 9, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up, I was too busy redoing the Series 5 images to notice. Toast  Ultimatum  17:11, March 9, 2016 (UTC)
 * Last time, you blocked him for two weeks. Don't you think three days is a bit too short? CrashBash (talk) 17:15, March 9, 2016 (UTC)

Lookie here
Another troll...http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/86.171.63.11 --Botomatic1000 (talk) 20:27, March 23, 2016 (UTC)


 * I will have to agree with Botomatic1000, you need to ban this sad little boy. Look at his most recent edits on the Razer page. CrashBash (talk) 13:27, March 31, 2016 (UTC)

Internet problems.
Hey. Can you let people in the Arena know I'm having internet problems, and I may not be able to vote in upcoming matches? Thank you. CrashBash (talk) 17:23, April 4, 2016 (UTC)
 * When the next round goes up, sure. Toast  Ultimatum  05:10, April 5, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but ATM, it looks like it might have been sorted. CrashBash (talk) 13:11, April 5, 2016 (UTC)

Series 5 images.
Well done for uploading Challenge quality versions of all those images of Series 5. However, the screenshots of the battles in Heat F and Heat G still need to be replaced. Sorry to tell you this, but it isn't quite a full set yet. I would have done it myself, but my computer is an old one, running out of space, and I don't have space to download the files of Challenge quality episodes Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 21:33, April 4, 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah that's right, I skipped to Heat H because it was the one I watched on the day of the reboot announcement. Welp, and Series 6 had a more desperate need too >_> Toast  Ultimatum  03:58, April 5, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for uploading Heat F and G, but I'm afraid there are some more to upload. There are in-arena shots of Rick, Axe-C-Dent, and possibly others, Heat A still has some screenshots not in Challenge quality, and there are also various team images from Series 5 that still need to be uploaded in Challenge quality. Sorry to ask about this, as I know you have started Series 6 now, but if you get the chance, can you replace them? Thanks. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 10:02, April 10, 2016 (UTC)
 * I might give some of them a go at some point too. Did you ever download the episodes DZ? J  im laa  d4   3 (talk) 10:08, April 10, 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm more than happy to have these cases pointed out, although I can't seem to find any instances of your examples being used on the wiki, the Rick, Axe-C-Dent and Heat K articles are bone-dry. Could you help me out here, especially with teams? Also Jimlaad, Drop Zone told me earlier in this section that he didn't have space on his computer for your downloads. Toast  Ultimatum  10:11, April 10, 2016 (UTC)
 * The in-arena photos of Rick and Axe-C-Dent were overwritten with the official images (http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Rick.jpg and http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Axe-c-dent.JPG), so you could upload them seperately, rather than overwriting them again. You can look through these categories (http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_Series_5_Competitors and http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Fifth_Wars_Battles) to find in-arena screenshots images that need Challenge quality replacements, and using this category (http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Team_Images) for the Team Images. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 10:30, April 10, 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't really think there's much point in reshooting Rick, as its in-arena shot should come from the Seventh Wars, but I'll grab Axe-C-Dent, Team KaterKiller, and SMIDSY vs 8645T for now - that's all I could find from the Fifth Wars specifically, but don't hesitate to find more. Maybe the Team Mace image was from Series 5, or maybe it was from Extreme, either way it's a lower priority than the Series 6 articles while Team Mace still lacks its own article (there's a job for somebody, perhaps) Toast  Ultimatum  10:47, April 10, 2016 (UTC)

User: 73.203.14.95
Hi I was User 73.203.14.95 I just wanted to tell you something I found out Admins can color their names you could change you're name sorry if I am bugging you I am leaving anyway but ya I just wanted to tell that to young you didn't know and everyone EXEPT for Toast do not reply to this I am leaving so stop please I just want to talk with toast alone -- Darkashadow 03:11, April 6, 2016 (UTC)

Pinser in Series 7
I saw you uploaded Challenge quality versions of the competitors in Heat J of Series 7. Thanks for that, but could you also upload a Challenge quality version of this picture of Pinser? It was replaced by DiotoirSonofNemesis with a version with no background, but I think that if you uploaded a Challenge quality version of the in-arena shot, that should be used as the main image. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 12:04, April 10, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for uploading the Challenge quality version. Oh and about the picture of Sabretooth, thanks for changing what I wrote, I didn't notice it was sporting the tyre in that image, because of the angle, it looked pretty flat, so I thought it was the disc. Looking at it again, it definately is the tyre. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 14:03, April 10, 2016 (UTC)

Updating Audited Series 4
I'm busy this weekend, and won't likely have the time to update the Arena tournament on Saturday. Could you please do so for me at some point then. J im laa  d4   3 (talk) 11:02, April 14, 2016 (UTC)
 * Provided I don't forget, alright. Toast  Ultimatum  12:16, April 14, 2016 (UTC)

I have exams this week, would you mind updating the Arena tournament for the next week please. I'll send you the draws for heats O and P elsewhere if you're fine to do it. J im laa  d4   3 (talk) 08:05, May 8, 2016 (UTC)
 * I should manage, PM the draw over Facebook, plus your votes on each battle if you want to. You'll be gone for the full seven days then? Toast  Ultimatum  08:22, May 8, 2016 (UTC)
 * Pretty much from tomorrow morning to next Tuesday. I'll be around to add my votes, but I don't want to spend the time updating the rounds. J  im laa  d4   3 (talk) 08:26, May 8, 2016 (UTC)

Would you mind doing the update on Sunday too please Toast, I don't want to even attempt updating the TTT on mobile. J im laa  d4   3 (talk) 14:16, May 27, 2016 (UTC)

Bored kid, please ban
http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/86.171.61.149 Thank you. CrashBash (talk) 18:45, April 20, 2016 (UTC)

Can I do this?
I know I cant vote for tournaments at the moment (or at least I don't think I can) but I have had a weird tournament of my own in the works called the old and the awful that contains not very good robots and ones from series 1 and 2. I don't mind if I cant I can wait its fine but I would love to plus I know there's a lot of them going on already but I had this in mind for a while now.--Botomatic1000 (talk) 16:06, April 21, 2016 (UTC)
 * If you do it in the form of a User blog, I don't see why not. Toast  Ultimatum  16:08, April 21, 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! I don't think it will be that well made though just a little fun thing to keep me occupied I have to start making a tournament tree now.--Botomatic1000 (talk) 16:21, April 21, 2016 (UTC)

Series 7 images
Great to see all the Challenge quality images of competitors. There are some in arena images of robots, some of which were replaced on the pages with images without backgrounds. I still think they should recieve Challenge quality upgrades, so they can be used as the main images for the pages.

13 Black - http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:13blacks7.png

Spin Doctor - http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:SpinDoctor7.png

The Steel Avenger - http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Steel_Avenger_Series_7.png

Topbot - http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Topbot.png

There are some other images that are used in the mainspace, which you can find on here http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_Series_7_Competitors

Sorry to ask youthis, but thanks for uploading all the great quality images. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 09:52, April 29, 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, and the Team Death page (http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Team_Death) needs a Challenge quality upgrade for its main image. There are many other pictures, but I don't want you to feel like I'm pressuring you. I just thought I'd list the pictures most needing of quality upgrades. Thanks. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 09:56, April 29, 2016 (UTC)
 * I kinda disagree about replacing 13 Black's main image but I do agree with adding 13 Black in the arena in the article somewhere. Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 10:39, April 29, 2016 (UTC)
 * The images are replaced, but I don't feel any of them should become the main images on their articles. Toast  Ultimatum  19:13, April 29, 2016 (UTC)

Killertron
Could you get a higher quality image of Killertron from Extreme to replace the one we have of him in the arena, also if there's a chance you could somehow get a clear shot of the team's Killertron logo that's on their shirt. Diotoir the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 09:09, May 4, 2016 (UTC)
 * Extreme has several robots that need new shots like Shear Khan, 101 and Mousetrap, Extreme will probably be my next job after Series 6. Toast  Ultimatum  13:18, May 4, 2016 (UTC)

This guy
This guy (http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/208.107.73.12) has quite the track record and seems to have returned for some more vandalism as noted in the Robot Wars (2016 Series) article. Diotoir the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 19:02, May 5, 2016 (UTC)

Colours
Hey Toast, sorry about changing the colours on the weapon pages. I noticed you edited one back, so I'll change the others back too. The R A Z 3R (talk) 17:48, May 15, 2016 (UTC)
 * No worries, subtle colours just work better than super-bright ones in a table, if you ask me. At least reverting it boosts your edit count ;) Toast  Ultimatum  18:31, May 15, 2016 (UTC)

Ban please
This annoying user (http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/31.125.139.124) is purposefully spoiling what happens in the new series, quite frankly he should be banned. Diotoir the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 12:59, May 19, 2016 (UTC)
 * ASAP. Craaig (talk) 13:04, May 19, 2016 (UTC)
 * Is it also possible to block edits from being viewed? I've been it be done on other wikis. CrashBash (talk) 13:32, May 19, 2016 (UTC)
 * I looked into that thought, because I've definitely seen a bureaucrat delete a user's edit summary before on the independent F-Zero Wiki, but from what I've found on Wikia forums, I'm unable to do that, with possibly only members of Wikia staff having such an option. Toast  Ultimatum  15:17, May 19, 2016 (UTC)

Clip
You mentioned a clip of the pilot, where did you find it? Personally I'm quite curious. Diotoir the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 17:59, May 19, 2016 (UTC)
 * I found it through a link on Craaig's userpage, this vlogger uploaded it. Don't bother watching any of the vlog beyond the clip from the pilot, it was dreadful - and do remember that this'll be nothing more than a shot of the arena and Angela Scanlon interviewing Team Immersion. Don't spread this to Facebook, too much attention could bring the guy some legal troubles. Toast  Ultimatum  17:58, May 19, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 17:59, May 19, 2016 (UTC)

Could you delete this?
Hi Toast please could you delete all of my blogs. If you are wondering why its because there not up to wiki standards and are all just a waste of edits. If you think they should be kept for "archival" purposes then ok but they are all useless and awful.--Botomatic1000 (talk) 20:04, June 2, 2016 (UTC)
 * Not only do I think they should stay for the sakes of archiving, I generally think they should stay because they're fine, and you might want to continue it one day. I mean, Guzunderbot won a heat, what's not to like? Toast  Ultimatum  20:18, June 2, 2016 (UTC)

I have no intentions of continuing them though and they just get in the way of the other tournaments that are far superior and there just a waste of space and edits for me.--Botomatic1000 (talk) 13:26, June 3, 2016 (UTC)

Robot Wars and Lost Media
Hello ToastUltimatum. I was wondering if you could help me with a project I plan to do on the Lost Media wiki. You see, like many television shows throughout the years, Robot Wars has had its share of recorded media that was either unfit for broadcast or have gone missing somehow. As you and I both know, the MTV Pilot and the Hypno-Disc vs TX-108 battle are some of the examples that were never broadcast to the public. But may I ask, are there any other Robot Wars media that still needs to be found? After all, it might be helpful to create Lost Media articles on them in case someone not only decides to help, but also actually finds the media we are looking for. SpaceManiac888 (talk) 14:37, June 8, 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm sure there probably were more pilot episodes, but I have no evidence to support it. There's nothing I could add. Toast  Ultimatum  15:43, June 8, 2016 (UTC)

Can you block this kid?
http://robotwars.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/81.155.91.94 He doesn't seem to be capable of understanding he's on the wrong wikia, and what he's doing is clearly spamming. CrashBash (talk) 17:47, June 20, 2016 (UTC)

Challenge Images
I was looking at the Minor Meltdown page today, and I noticed that one of the images hadn't been updated to Challenge quality -. Also, could you upload a Challenge quality picture of Kat 3, as most of the Series 7 competitors have high quality images, apart from Kat 3, which deserves a Challenge quality photo as its main image. I know you have lots of images to update to Challenge quality, but I'd just thought I'd let you know. There are others I'd like you to update, but I'll let you update those in your own time. Thanks so much for uploading these improved quality images. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 10:09, June 28, 2016 (UTC)
 * Not sure how that happened. I won't be doing a whole lot of editing over the next few days as Zero Time Dilemma just came out, but that'll be my first task. Toast  Ultimatum  20:21, June 28, 2016 (UTC)

Hello from Vanguard
Hello! I'm TwoTailedFox, and I'm representing Wikia's Vanguard team. We're users who volunteer to help communities adopt to new technologies and features, like content portability. We've identified your community as a high priority for introducing the Portable Infobox tool, which has a lot of benefits for your community. Rather than get into all of the metrics and numbers (though I can present some of those if you're interested), I'll keep it simple; I'd like upgrade the Infobox templates themselves so that they can be accessible on any current and future platform. Maintaining them if you want to make changes should be very simple.

I'm going to add some Drafts of Infoboxes in Special:Insights/nonportableinfoboxes, which you can modify or approve early if you'd like. There are guides and resources on the Portability Hub for the structure and styles that can help you modify them. The CSS can be found at MediaWiki:Themes.css, and will aim to replicate the existing look of your Infoboxes in CSS. Everything should work properly as set up, so if we don't hear back from you, we'll assume there were no problems and will come back and approve the work as-is on or after July 8.

Also, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. Thanks!--TwoTailedFox (talk) 21:59, July 1, 2016 (UTC)
 * No complaints here, it can only be an improvement. Toast  Ultimatum  23:40, July 1, 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Migration is now complete. If you spot any bugs from the new mark-up, or need/want minor fixes being carried out to how they look, please let me know!--TwoTailedFox (talk) 22:08, July 3, 2016 (UTC)
 * Fixed. I forgot that captions arn't set by default when a page is converted via the tool.--TwoTailedFox (talk) 21:27, July 4, 2016 (UTC)

Probably just me being picky, but is anyone else not so keen on the robot name in the infobox now being in the Times New Roman font? It wasn't before was it? Prodworthy (talk) 15:28, July 7, 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm not keen on it either. If TwoTailedFox doesn't see this, I'll message him. It can be changed to Pirulen, if possible. Toast  Ultimatum  15:34, July 7, 2016 (UTC)
 * Ooh now that would be good! Don't think he will see it in amongst all of the recent edits aha! Speaking of Pirulen, I made a potential new Wiki logo using Pirulen which you may or may not have seen, depending on whether people like it and whether admins want to upload it. Prodworthy  (Talk)  14:56, July 8, 2016 (UTC)
 * For future reference, I would advise any queries (no matter how small they may be) be made on my talk page, that way I can see them :). I've made the relevant change in MediaWiki:Themes.css, please let me know if this works for you.--TwoTailedFox (talk) 10:19, July 9, 2016 (UTC)

Lewis05
Can you please have a word with him? He needs to know that comments such as this are completel unacceptable. CrashBash (talk) 13:34, July 12, 2016 (UTC)

Episode 5
Hey pal,

I'll do Episode 5 for you - just so one of us doesn't start and find the other has already done it.  Helloher    Talk  17:17, July 12, 2016 (UTC)
 * Grand, ta for that. I hope you'll be around on launch day of the series, it's looking increasingly likely that I might be in Lincoln when it airs. Toast  Ultimatum  17:20, July 12, 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm still more out of the loop than I'd like - do we have a rough idea of when this'll be?  Helloher    Talk  17:27, July 12, 2016 (UTC)
 * Likely revealed tomorrow. Toast  Ultimatum  17:46, July 12, 2016 (UTC)

Now only episode 4 is needed :D Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 17:46, July 12, 2016 (UTC)
 * I'll do it unless anyone has started?  Helloher    Talk  18:57, July 12, 2016 (UTC)
 * Go ahead. Diotoir the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 19:10, July 12, 2016 (UTC)

Live Event champions
Seeing as we've got an article for all the Live Event champions I was wondering if there could be a category for them, i.e. "Live Event Champions" Just to shine a spot light on them so they aren't forgotten completely seeing as the 2016 Series has completely dismissed the live events as actual championships. Just an idea. Diotoir the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 19:33, July 13, 2016 (UTC)
 * Still, if we're just including the Robot Wars ones, there's only two. I guess an all-encompassing one could be OK. Toast  Ultimatum  21:37, July 13, 2016 (UTC)
 * Alright. Diotoir the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 16:40, July 14, 2016 (UTC)

Killertron's abscence from Series 3
Well done for finally finding why Killertron was absent from Series 3. Do you have the link to where Craig Danby said the reason for their abscence? I was just curious as to how they knew, and wanted to read it first hand for myself. Not that I'm doubting you. Drop Zone mk2 (talk) 09:30, July 18, 2016 (UTC)
 * Here:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=267112726999878&set=gm.10153926287379022&type=3&theater Diotoir  the  son  of  nemesis  (talk) 10:23, July 18, 2016 (UTC)

You like it. If no, that's OK.
I thought I put this link on your talk page.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uJaFvEV63qs

It's a review of Robot Wars Extreme. The first one.

William Humes.

TeamShakey
That is not acceptable. CrashBash (talk) 21:29, July 25, 2016 (UTC)

BBC 5 Live
I didn't get to see all of your interview, but I did catch the end part of it. I have to say, I did agree on the idea of better music (intro and outro), with the exception of the battles. After all, I actually find the pure noise from the robots to be far more enticing, at least in my opinion. Still, I am kind of glad that you gave an honest review of the show rather than overly praise or overly criticise the reboot. I look forward to hearing the full interview later. SpaceManiac888 (talk) 14:59, July 26, 2016 (UTC)
 * I think BattleBots is good without battle music, but I think it's something that should belong to BattleBots alone. Thanks for listening, there'll only be another minute for you to listen to at best, but I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for it! Toast  Ultimatum  15:04, July 26, 2016 (UTC)

I listened to your interview on the link, nicely done! It sounded like a good interview to me. TeamShakey (talk) 17:21, July 26, 2016 (UTC)
 * In the practice call, the interviewer actually talked about how much she loved Nuts, but didn't ask the same question on air. Never mind, eh? :P Toast  Ultimatum  17:25, July 26, 2016 (UTC)

How do I add / change an image in the team block? I want to update the Cold Fusion team photo but would like to keep the existing picture somewhere else on the page. If anyone wants to do this for me that would be great as I am new to this Wikia and I can supply the new picture. --Robinherrick (talk) 22:33, July 26, 2016 (UTC)