Talk:Tom Thumb (comics)

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Contents 1 Editing needed 2 Can the Current Tom Thumb character change size? Or fly? 3 question 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Tom thumb scale.jpg 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Tom thumb sqsup001.jpg

[edit] Editing needed

Quoting the article: "The retro virus made Tom shrink to the height of less than a inch(.007 of a foot), an effect which is apparently permanent. At first Thomas Thompson was going to be in the covert team and started thinking it would James Bond. On the Squadron Supreme team Doctor Emil Burbank made a tiny, self-contained capsule with enough air to last the mission and was inserted into Shape as a backup plan. After the mission in Africa Tom Thumb is now in counseling to help him with the self-contained capsule."

OK, first sentence. Do we really need to explain what an inch is, especially with a conversion that's wrong? Second sentence: "It would James Bond"? What exactly does this mean? The end of the last quoted sentence poses a similar conundrum.

I'm not sure if I can fix these things without knowing the original author's intent. I will, however, delete "(.007 of a foot)." RobertAustin 14:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can the Current Tom Thumb character change size? Or fly?

If you look at the two-page "to be continued" picture at the end of Ultimate Power #1, Tom Thumb appears to be at least as tall as Zarda's calf and foot. He also appears to be flying. We probably should wait until issue #2 before altering the article too much on the basis of this one shot, however. RobertAustin 14:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Pretty much everyone - Blur, Inertia, Nighthawk(?!) etc - appears to be flying in that picture. I'd been blaming the art... --Mrph 16:46, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Tom's been shown at a variety of sizes in the various Supreme Power series. At times, he appears to be an inch, at others he looks about six inches. For example, in Ultimate Power and the Hyperion mini, he's around doll-size. My guess is that he can alter his size but is unable to return to normal human dimensions. Anyone object to me changing the article to reflect that?--Rajah1 22:27, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

why is the picture used the current tomb thumb and not the classic? i have realy gone of the new squadron supremee but isnt classic tom thumb alot more important then the current one been published. with greater achivements that are more note worthy then that of the current. after all tom thumbs inventions where the corner stone of the utopia project:

[edit] question

list of toms achivements: creation of B-mod device his technical expertised was used to recreate the institructre of the food industary tom thumb provided a non lethal self defence weapon for the armed forces and the police, he also provided the technology for the force belts that was the solution to the sqaudrons

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Tom thumb scale.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 08:28, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Tom thumb sqsup001.jpg

Image:Tom thumb sqsup001.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 08:29, 21 January 2008 (UTC)