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'''{{SITENAME}}''' is a repository of knowledge documenting the stories that served as back-up material in the Marvel UK comic ''The Transformers'', but it is not exhaustive when it comes to the Transformers in particular, serving only as an appendix to {{TF|Main_Page|TFWiki.net}} – hence the name. That's not to say we don't cover ''Transformers'' characters and concepts, but we only do so in a limited capacity.
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==General guideline==
As an example, let's take a look at four different characters from [[The Transformers issue 5|issue 5]] and [[The Transformers issue 6|issue 6]], and the story {{TF|Prisoner_of_War!|"Prisoner of War!"}}
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*'''Optimus Prime''' was only a small part of Spider-Man's story. However, he does appear in two instalments of ''[[Robo-Capers]]''. Since those are within this wiki's purview, Optimus Prime receives a page, but the only parts of his ''The Transformers'' appearances we document are those where he interacts with Marvel elements.
*'''Nicholas Fury''' is a Marvel character who makes a crossover cameo in ''The Transformers''. He does not appear in any other TFUK fiction. A theoretical page on this wiki would merely repeat his coverage on TFWiki.net, so he does not receive an article.
That last part raises an important point: we're a TFWiki.net supplement, not a rival, and we don't need to host hundreds of pages of essentially duplicated information. Case in point: we don't even ''have'' a page for "Prisoner of War!", even though we document its events for Spider-Man and other characters!
==But if we don't do it, who will?==
===Primary scope===
The initial scope of {{SITENAME}} is complete coverage of all non-''Transformers'' content printed in ''[[The Transformers]]''. At the TFUK Appendix's outset, the administration also decided to cover the crossover arc concerning the [[Gwanzulum]]s, a species that first appeared in ''[[Combat Colin (comic)|Combat Colin]]'' before invading a handful of other Marvel UK titles. At time of writing, only the ''[https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor_Who_Wiki Doctor Who]'' and ''[https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/Ghostbusters_Wiki Ghostbusters]'' wikis cover their portions of the storyline in any depth, with information lacking on ''ThunderCats'' wikis and no extant ''Combat Colin'' wiki whatsoever. Covering the entire crossover on one wiki is hitherto unheard of.
As such, the complete primary scope is:
*''[[The Transformers]]'' issues 1-332
*''ThunderCats'' issues 66 and 67: "[[Double Jeopardy!]]"
*''The Real Ghostbusters'' issue 9: "[[Too Many Ghostbusters!]]"
*''Doctor Who Magazine'' issues 141 and 142: "[[Planet of the Dead]]"
The decision to cover the Gwanzulum stories essentially codifies the inclusion policy, which is based on two questions: '''Will anyone else document this?''' And, '''will anyone cover it the way we do?'''
===Expansion===
Once the primary scope is fulfilled, these two questions will be used to hold discussions on expanding the scope to provide further information on this roster of characters and their stories.
Potential avenues of expansion include:
*''Combat Colin'' as he appeared in the pages of ''[[Action Force (comic)|Action Force]]'', to provide a complete view of his entire Marvel UK run
*''Action Force'' itself, as we already cover a chunk of stories related to the franchise
*Stories featuring [[Death's Head]], beginning with the ''Doctor Who'' crossover "The Crossroads of Time" and continuing into ''Dragon's Claws'' and so forth
*The rest of ''[[Planet Terry (comic)|Planet Terry]]'' and/or ''[[Spitfire and the Troubleshooters]]''
*[[Machine Man]]'s appearances between "[[Jolted by Jack O'Lantern!]]" and "[[He Lives Again!]]"
*The ''[[Matt and the Cat]]'' sequel stories focussed on [[Humph]]
*The remaining issues of ''[[Visionaries]]''
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