User talk:Bold Clone

Mi gh ty Me 21:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Check the Manual of Style before you edit; you need to write articles in the past tense. Mi gh ty Me 21:18, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Why? BC 21:19, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Because it's the way we do things around here. Mi gh ty Me 21:21, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah. What an excellant reason for that rule. BC 21:23, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

And why do you keep removing information from the mask pages? Mi gh ty Me 21:25, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

It's unneeded or unimportant. BC 21:27, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You are intentionally removing info from this wiki. Continue to do so, and you will be blocked. - Panaka lego  22:02, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

If you want to know why we write our articles in past tense, we had a poll open a while ago about it, and the clear majority supported writing articles in the past tense. - Daiku { Whine Here } { Look what I did! } 22:09, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, well I think it sounds awkward. 'The Kanohi Jutlin was the Great Mask of Corruption. It had the ability to cause inanimate objects to rot and break down.' What, it was the Mask of Corruption, but now it isn't? It could corrode stuff, but now it can't? I know I can't just say, 'This sounds stupid. Use some common sense and change it!', (so I'm just wasting my time and venting anger) but the 'Use Past Tense Only' policy stinks. Just my personal opinion. BC 00:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

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Hey, Kazi22! I'm doing fine. How're you? BC 00:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Bold Clone--the reason we use past tense is from the point of view that the BIONICLE story took place a long time ago. "The Kanohi Jutlin was the Great Mask of Corruption in the ancient days of the BIONICLE" not "The Kanohi Jutlin was the Great Mask of Corruption, but now it isn't." Also, when new story comes out, old stuff has to be rewritten in past tense anyway, and it's easier to have it already in past tense in the first place.


 * Keep in mind this isn't BS01. Read the rules, though, and there won't be a problem. ToaAuserv ? ...BPAdmin 14:15, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, but the problem is when I disagree with the rules. 'The Jutlin was the Mask of Corruption.' What makes you think the story took place a long time ago? Why is it implied 'in the ancient days of the BIONICLE'? Antroz wears the Jutlin now, so the Mask article should be written as if it were it now. BC 14:48, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * BC: If you disagree with the rules, then that's your problem. Like Auserv said, those rules were set by the community over a year ago, it's too late to change them now. - Panaka lego  15:39, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

The rules are unchangeable? BC 15:45, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Can the rules be changed? Sure. Does that mean they will be changed for just one member? No. And besides, most people are already in the groove of past-tense writing; changing it to present-tense so suddenly would be a bit unreasonable.


 * As for your question about what makes us think the story took place a long time ago: the intros to 2001 always stated that this was "in the time before time" (or something). I never got the impression that the story was taking place "now". ToaAuserv ? ...BPAdmin 22:19, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It's not just me. It's all of common sense. And the intros only stated that Mata Nui fell asleep in the before-time. That doesn't apply to all the BIONICLE storyline, just the original legends of Mata Nui slumber. BC 23:17, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * We have told you why we do it, that should be enough for you. We will not change them unless a group of people suddenly want it changed. And even then, we would vote on it.


 * BTW, Blanking a page is vandalism, don't do it again. - Panaka lego  23:34, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

You need to put a rating template on your userpage. Mi gh ty Me 23:58, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Why do you do it in past tense, for the record? And those pages were useless and merely taking up space. BC 01:06, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You have been already told (twice!) why we do this stuff in past tense. And you are a new user, don't tell us what wastes space and what doesn't. - Panaka lego  01:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

I told you once and I'll tell you again: it's a waste. Period. Only one person ever wore most of the masks, and we're likely to never see them again. Why should we have them? It's written in past tense because to original stories about Mata Nui said it happened in the Before-Time, right? BC 02:17, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I understand why you think it's a waste, but we don't think it's a waste, so they stay. And yes and no, that was the original reason, plus, it would simply be too inconvenient to change that now. Do you get it now? - Panaka lego  02:28, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Stop removing information! Mi gh ty Me 02:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Prove that it's not a waste. I would help on changing the tense for the Kanohi articles. BC 02:31, 20 May 2008 (UTC)