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I am not sure why so much of this page seems to be discussing the planets, not the keys. The title of the page seems a misnomer. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:40, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
There's such an AWESOME buried assumption in a section called 'Known Faction Symbols.' This whole idea that there are UNKNOWN faction symbols too. The idea that there is a BODY to this story beyond what's been written, the idea that it has a form BEFORE it's written... is facinating. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 15:40, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 
   
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Discussing the traits and differences of the planets is there to define what makes the keys unique from one another. The Keys essentially are the worlds they inhabit.
I don't feel the Transtech faction symbols belong here. The line never happened. The events after BM have been well established- Transtech was not it. TFU stupidity aside- they are not all Autobots and Decepticons now.
 
   
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: But... they're NOT unique from one another. They all do the exact same fucking damn vague BURNING HEART-O I MUST SUCCEED GIVE ME POWER-UP to whatever clot happens to be nearby at the time. What all this "different planet" hoo-ha boils down to is unrelated stuff or fanon, and either way, has no place on this page. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 05:09, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
And I have to ask- there was an Arachnoid faction-symbol?
 
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::Pretty much. The keys themselves are identical other than design. They have nothing to do with the history of each planet. No unique powers, no nothing. This page needs the irrelevant info gone. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 05:27, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
   
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I'm still wondering about how fanon some of these are, like the Planet X keys being Unicron's power (I mean, that's what I figure it is, but where's the canon that backs it up?). Also... I thought Planet X was IN that other dimension that Gigantion entered. Which is how Sideways and Soundwave can GET to Gigantion, aside from Plot Convenience. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 05:51, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Yea there was a screencap in Lone Maximal's faction symble thread b4 the allspark went down. [[User:X-BoB58|X-BoB58]] 15:27, 4 April 2006 (PDT)
 
   
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::Planet X traveled to this universe and attacked Gigalonia. There is some confusion concerning this. Gigalonia fell into a wormhole afterwards, which is why the Planet X agents don't know where it's at until they scan Jolt's memory. -BC
   
I think it's fine to include them, just with an info note that they're unused.
 
   
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I have a lot of misgivings about the changes Bodycount has made here. I freely admit that I only watched most Cybertron episodes once, so I'm sure I missed some pieces of the story, but like Siph says most this sounds really fanon-ish to me. I think it needs a lot of citations. Otherwise, I'm inclined to recommend reverting most of the changes. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 05:56, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Speaking of rare symbols I really want the 5 Predacon symbols from IDW Beast Wars to be up here too, but should they go under BW PRedacon or be their own thing?
 
   
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:::You guys are just biased against Cybertron. If you actually paid attention to the show, then you'd know this and don't fire back with "I dont pay attention because it sucks" crap, because that means you have no business being IN THIS ENTRY in the first place. The four keys are unique in what traits they granted to the four planets in question. There's a reason the jungle key makes a JUNGLE world and reformats guys into animals. Is this too hard for you to understand?
Also there should be pics of both the regular Con symbol and the three-pointed Cartoon version.
 
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::::Source the episode in which it is stated that the reason the Jungle Planet has animal TFs is because of the key itself, and we'll change it. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:41, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
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:::::That's what the whole planet thing was about! I'm sure its also a coincidence that when the keys were merged back into Cybertron's essense, the planet contained elements from each of the seperate keys and the planets they influenced? Oh, I also want to point out that Leobreaker says "The power to remake a planet, the power to remake a man..." this insists that they keys reformat the planet into the new traits. This is followed up by Leobreaker becoming an ANIMAL based Transformer, on an ANIMAL-based planet containing an ANIMAL-based key... That's evidence enough, but you apparenly want several repeats in the plot before you believe what the story is. Otherwise, why aren't there animal Transformers on Gigalonia? why aren't there giant builder robots on Jungle Planet? The keys containing Primus' influence directly evolved the life on those planets based upon the key's protocol, therefore each key is unique in what it influences. Just because some of you guys don't like the plot device of the key doesn't mean you have the right to discredit it's presense in the story.
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::::::Correlation does not equal causation. Each planet has a theme, and until we have anything to suggest otherwise, there's nothing more to it. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:14, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
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:::::::The Leobreaker qoute confirms exactly what I'm saying. Put your bias somewhere else.
   
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::::OH, THAT'S why I've been rewatching the Cybertron episodes and making pages for the episodes! I'm obviously biased AGAINST Cybertron and hate it! And Steve-o CLEARLY said he thought Cybertron sucks! Oh wait, you're just spewing untrue shit. Again. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:14, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Oh and we should look through DW/IDW art to see if there are any other unnamed symbols there on buildings or anything. [[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 22:28, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 
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::::::Okay, now you're just being an asshole, Bodycount. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 22:23, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
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::::::You are certainly entitled to your opinions on other users, but the wiki is not the place for airing personal grievances. I'm going to have to ask you to please stick to discussing the article in question, not personally attacking other editors. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 22:28, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
   
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::::Why would you think I'm biased against Cybertron? I thought it was a great series. There's almost nothing about it that I disliked. It seems like maybe the disagreement going on here is that you are speculating a bit more than the rest of us are comfortable with, at least based on the way you've initially written things. You are making inferences based on fragmentary evidence, which is okay, but it needs to be stated that way when you write it up. The stuff you contributed yesterday was written very authoritatively, as if there was no ambiguity, and that's overstepping our bounds. Again, if you can cite specific statements from the series, that's one thing, but you haven't really done that. "The power to remake a planet" does not necessarily mean that the key was predisposed to making whatever planet it ended up on turn into a jungle/beast world. It could easily just mean that the key is really powerful. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 22:21, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Do we want to include pics of the diffrent variations of the faction cymbols that appeared on the toy packageing? I have the symbols from the top of the old Tech Spec archive saved on my PC and found images for the Blendtron and Commando symbols. I don't have the Cybertron symbols though.--[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 23:11, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 
 
I'd like both, frankly. My source for the G2 Autobot is distressingly low-resolution (I consider anythign under 400px wide low reolution) and I'm not entiely sure my blendtron synbol is 100% right. (there 1 or two edges I couldnt' tell if they were suppsoed to be rounded or squared off.)-[[User:Derik|Derik]] 01:09, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 
 
The G2 Decepticon symbol looks nothing whatsoever like Clench besides sharing that diamond-shaped forehead crest, and it's missing arguably the most distinguishing feature of Clench's face - the triangular (point-up) mouthplate. In my opinion, the G2 symbol is clearly a stylized version of the G1 Decepticon symbol. Similarly, there is essentially no similarity between the G2 Autobot symbol and Pyro - the G2 Autobot symbol couldn't much more clearly be Optimus Prime.
 
 
Also, why is the CR Combatron insignia under "Beast Era"? `[[User:LV|LV]] 17:50, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 
 
 
I'd need to go back to my G2 issues to check, but I question the validity of suggesting that the G2 Decepticon and Cybertronian symbols are any different. (The only distinction shown here is color, anyway) I also question the simplified versions of the symbols used in the cartoon as "symbols" in their own right, but it seems that I've already been outvoted on that count. The only thing I ''would'' ask for is some source text, especially for the more obscure symbols. If they're going to be here, we need to know where they come from.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 18:52, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 
 
 
 
Oh, and I totally disagree with the note that the G1 Decepticon symbol is based on Soundwave. This is a myth that has perpetuated for years, but has no basis in fact.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 18:56, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 
: Well, technically, it's based on the Decepticon symbol looking just like Soundwave's toy head. But the note is gone for the moment. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:28, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 
::Walky, I know you've got a good eye. Maybe you're seeing something I don't. But that's just it. To me, Soundwave's toy's head looks NOTHING like the Decepticon symbol. I've seen folks say this for years, but I'm just not seeing it....--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 22:42, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 
:::http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v497/itswalky/soundwavedecepticonsymbol.jpg
 
:::There's some obvious correlation here. But nothing I can say with absolute certainty, so the note is down until further notice. But, damn, the Decepticon symbol does look like it was based on an abstraction of Soundwave's noggin. The crest, the horns, the shape of the face, everything. I think Soundwave's cartoon face is distracting you. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 23:01, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 
::::No, I'm thinking toy-face. (Thanks for the side-by-side, incidentally). Still, I don't think I'd say the Decepticon symbol is "based on" Soundwave, any more than I'd say that there's a generic similarity of shape. But we're mincing minutia at this point. Thanks for indulging me.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 23:55, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 
:::::I believe Floro Dery mentioned in an interview that the faction symbols were based on abstractions of faces done by another artist. I also put it to you that the Autobot insignia is probably an abstraction of Prowl's toy face. Unfortunately we have no CONCRETE evidence for the sources of the insignias -- other than Dery's comments. --[[User:Jhiaxus|Jhiaxus]] 11:24, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
 
 
There is no "Seacon space pirate" sigil. A comical skull-and-crossbones on the sail does not a sigil make. The toy packaging gives them the same purple insect-head Predacon sigil every other badguy in the series gets. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 20:42, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 
 
Hey, someoen put the Blendtron symbol under Unicron in G1. When was the Blendtron symbol used outside of Neo? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:42, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 
 
E-hobby Overcharge [[User:X-BoB58|X-BoB58]] 02:50, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 
:But didn't we decide to default to the line of origin unless there was a commanding reason to use another? Also, we tend not to link things multiple times in the same article, so I see no reason why the Blendtron symbol should show up twice here. Methinks someone's been more than a tad overzealous....--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 13:43, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 
 
==Article title==
 
 
I recently moved this article to correct the second capitalized word. However, I am unsure as to whether to move it again and remove the plural. Most article names are singular, even for something like [[Constructicon]]. However, one of the points of this article is to describe and show many faction symbols. This sort of implies a plural title to me. So... I'm conflicted. Does anybody have an opinion? --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 22:34, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 
 
I think that if this were an article describing the general signifigance of a faction symbol, that might be appropriate. But this is a list of Faction Symbols. The list is inherenly plural, there's like 30 of 'em. 'Faction Symbol,' describing the role and importance of saction symbols in general might be a seperate article- this is a list. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 00:39, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
 
 
==The 5 Predacon symbols==
 
I want to add the 5 symbols from IDW Beast Wars, but I have a concern. There is no cannonical evidence that they are actually faction symbols. We never see anyone useing them. Right now, the only thing we know about them is that they were used as wall decoration.
 
 
Or do we just assume they ''are'' faction symbols? --[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] 15:42, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
 
 
:Add them. If we decide they go somewhere else (and I think they probably do, likely the Predacon faction page, or maybe the Predacon sub-group, I dunno...) we'll move them.
 
:Reminder, you can find the rest of... uh.... Ramhorn's partially obscurred symbol in the pencil-sketch previews to Beast Wars #1 that appeared in Infiltration. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:11, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
 
::Headstrong. Ramhorn is the Autobot rhino cassette. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 19:59, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
 
 
:::The exception that prooves the rule. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:13, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
 
::::....what? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 01:58, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
 
 
==Miscellaneous issues==
 
===Robots in Diguise Commando===
 
When was that term used? What's the difference between a RiD Commando and a RiD Decepticon?
 
 
::I'm assuing this is a placeholder spot for the Car Robots Destronger symbol, which was a green, upside-down G2 Autobot sigil. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:46, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 
 
===Bot/Con Symbols in RiD/UT sections?===
 
Should the Autobot and Decepticon (and Predacon in RiD) symbols also be listed in the Robots in Disguise amd Unicron Trilogy sections? It might be misleading if only unique symbols are listed in those sections. "Are Minicons and Powerlinx the only factions in the Unicron Trilogy?"
 
===Organization===
 
The G1 section seems to be vaguely organized chronologically, but Beast Wars doesn't make sense to me. Since certain chronological listings might be debatable (Ancient Autobot and Ancient Transformer: who comes first, etc), I propose to make each section alphabetical.<br>
 
Generation 1<br>
 
Autobot<br>
 
Autobot (Ancient)<br>
 
Autobot (The War Within)<br>
 
Decepticon<br>
 
etc.
 
 
Also, why does G2 get a seperate sction, but Beast Machines does not?
 
 
===''Factions''?===
 
There is no basis for calling the five IDW Beast Wars symbols "factions", and the Energon Powerlinx symbols are not factions. But I want to keep a page with all these symbols. Rename article to just "Symbols"? Or maybe that would open it up too much. Just a rambling thought.
 
 
Don't want to make any changes without talking about it. Thanks for listening. --[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] 01:03, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 
--[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] 01:03, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 
 
:I think it's fine titled "faction symbols" but also inlcuding symbols that aren't strictly of "factions," with appropriate notations about whether a symbol is a variant of a faction symbol or just something faction symbol-esque that's close enough for inclusion, etc. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 01:20, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 
 
::They might move if we get enough other signage and symbols. (We have, for instance, two seperate Cybertronian medical symbols, one Autobot and one Decepticon.)
 
::You mgith argue that if we have a page liek thism we maybe should have a much-clearer 'factions' page that, as Crockcrikey suggests, list which factions appear in which series, makign this page just abouth the SYMBOLS. As it's it's kinda dual-purpose, providing quick bio's about the faction in addition to the symbols and variants themselves. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 01:48, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 
::In that case, where should things like, say, Sideways's split-down-the-middle insignia from his packaging and the Maximal/Vehicon blend found on the Beast Changer toy go, if anywhere at all? On the other hand, if it stays here and keeps gathering up symbols that aren't strictly "faction" symbols, somebody ought to add the planet symbols from Cybertron/Galaxy force--[[User:Nemesis Primal|Nemesis Primal]] 22:27, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 
 
== Um, guys, you forgot something... ==
 
 
Not to be a nudge, but the normal G1 Decepticon symbol isn't actually pictured in the article anywhere except in the pic that has it inserted in the cobra insignia. Also, a pic of the "three-pointed" cartoon version might help in showing exactly where the difference lies. --[[User:Nemesis Primal|Nemesis Primal]] 22:21, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
 

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I am not sure why so much of this page seems to be discussing the planets, not the keys. The title of the page seems a misnomer. --ItsWalky 01:40, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Discussing the traits and differences of the planets is there to define what makes the keys unique from one another. The Keys essentially are the worlds they inhabit.

But... they're NOT unique from one another. They all do the exact same fucking damn vague BURNING HEART-O I MUST SUCCEED GIVE ME POWER-UP to whatever clot happens to be nearby at the time. What all this "different planet" hoo-ha boils down to is unrelated stuff or fanon, and either way, has no place on this page. --M Sipher 05:09, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Pretty much. The keys themselves are identical other than design. They have nothing to do with the history of each planet. No unique powers, no nothing. This page needs the irrelevant info gone. --ItsWalky 05:27, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm still wondering about how fanon some of these are, like the Planet X keys being Unicron's power (I mean, that's what I figure it is, but where's the canon that backs it up?). Also... I thought Planet X was IN that other dimension that Gigantion entered. Which is how Sideways and Soundwave can GET to Gigantion, aside from Plot Convenience. --M Sipher 05:51, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Planet X traveled to this universe and attacked Gigalonia. There is some confusion concerning this. Gigalonia fell into a wormhole afterwards, which is why the Planet X agents don't know where it's at until they scan Jolt's memory. -BC


I have a lot of misgivings about the changes Bodycount has made here. I freely admit that I only watched most Cybertron episodes once, so I'm sure I missed some pieces of the story, but like Siph says most this sounds really fanon-ish to me. I think it needs a lot of citations. Otherwise, I'm inclined to recommend reverting most of the changes. --Steve-o 05:56, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

You guys are just biased against Cybertron. If you actually paid attention to the show, then you'd know this and don't fire back with "I dont pay attention because it sucks" crap, because that means you have no business being IN THIS ENTRY in the first place. The four keys are unique in what traits they granted to the four planets in question. There's a reason the jungle key makes a JUNGLE world and reformats guys into animals. Is this too hard for you to understand?
Source the episode in which it is stated that the reason the Jungle Planet has animal TFs is because of the key itself, and we'll change it. --ItsWalky 20:41, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
That's what the whole planet thing was about! I'm sure its also a coincidence that when the keys were merged back into Cybertron's essense, the planet contained elements from each of the seperate keys and the planets they influenced? Oh, I also want to point out that Leobreaker says "The power to remake a planet, the power to remake a man..." this insists that they keys reformat the planet into the new traits. This is followed up by Leobreaker becoming an ANIMAL based Transformer, on an ANIMAL-based planet containing an ANIMAL-based key... That's evidence enough, but you apparenly want several repeats in the plot before you believe what the story is. Otherwise, why aren't there animal Transformers on Gigalonia? why aren't there giant builder robots on Jungle Planet? The keys containing Primus' influence directly evolved the life on those planets based upon the key's protocol, therefore each key is unique in what it influences. Just because some of you guys don't like the plot device of the key doesn't mean you have the right to discredit it's presense in the story.
Correlation does not equal causation. Each planet has a theme, and until we have anything to suggest otherwise, there's nothing more to it. --ItsWalky 22:14, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
The Leobreaker qoute confirms exactly what I'm saying. Put your bias somewhere else.
OH, THAT'S why I've been rewatching the Cybertron episodes and making pages for the episodes! I'm obviously biased AGAINST Cybertron and hate it! And Steve-o CLEARLY said he thought Cybertron sucks! Oh wait, you're just spewing untrue shit. Again. --M Sipher 21:14, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Please stop talking.
Okay, now you're just being an asshole, Bodycount. --Steve-o 22:23, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
You are certainly entitled to your opinions on other users, but the wiki is not the place for airing personal grievances. I'm going to have to ask you to please stick to discussing the article in question, not personally attacking other editors. --Suki Brits 22:28, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Why would you think I'm biased against Cybertron? I thought it was a great series. There's almost nothing about it that I disliked. It seems like maybe the disagreement going on here is that you are speculating a bit more than the rest of us are comfortable with, at least based on the way you've initially written things. You are making inferences based on fragmentary evidence, which is okay, but it needs to be stated that way when you write it up. The stuff you contributed yesterday was written very authoritatively, as if there was no ambiguity, and that's overstepping our bounds. Again, if you can cite specific statements from the series, that's one thing, but you haven't really done that. "The power to remake a planet" does not necessarily mean that the key was predisposed to making whatever planet it ended up on turn into a jungle/beast world. It could easily just mean that the key is really powerful. --Steve-o 22:21, 18 December 2006 (UTC)