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The Fast One hits the nail spot-on.

Brutal, but he got it right.

Holy crap, you can get suspended for bad grammar?

You can get suspended for anything that makes people have to change all of your edits.

Suspended from editing pages. Not the same thing as being suspended from the forums.

and Ah, okay. But wow...

If your participation makes the site a demonstrably worse place, you can pretty much bet you are not going to be permitted to participate.

I know it's tough on people who don't speak English as their first language (and I am included in that group) but a Wiki should be fun and easy to read, and if an article is written poorly it will fail those goals. We could either follow people who can't write well and change all of their edits as soon as we notice them, or we can suspend them from putting in bad edits.

If someone is banned for bad grammar we want them to participate in the Help with English thread so that they can learn to write better English. The idea is that eventually they'll reach the required standard and start submitting edits that contribute positively to the Wiki.

Or they could work on page translations. We still have those, right?

They don't seem to ask permission to do that very often. Actually, for the current thread, it has never been asked.

I don't think that discussing grammar suspension policy is a suitable topic here, though.

Something like the recent push to catalogue the Funny Or Awesome Moments On Ask The Tropers may be more topical.

You're right. I think it's generally a good idea for a Mod to answer any questions that arise from the community, regardless of where they occur; but we don't want to have that overtake the original discussion in the thread.

So, let's get back on topic.

Right. Sorry about that.

To relate to that, JustForFun.Ask The Tropers was begun, with three "memes" so far.

Nice page.

Back on topic (sorry if it's been posted): Twentington's response to Maxwell Darling's post.

I recall MattStriker typing "Bye Nate, bye." before the rude sock puppet who spammed ATT got suspended without a word's notice and the topic was deleted.

Ars Thaumaturgis is a master of being poetic.

Karajam P wins the ATT award for understatement of the day.

Should have saved a screenshot since deleted posts on ATT are not visible.

Pretty Coco does the windup, and Karalora the pitch in this Fanfiction thread

edited 26th Jun '14 11:30:54 AM by Jinxmenow

Maddy gets the sarcasm award of the year.

Points to Kayeka, because thread necromancy never dies.

Maxwell Darling finds The Call Has Bad Reception

Whenever "new moderators" comes up as a topic in Ask The Tropers, funny stuff happens. Archiving one entry here for posterity (dunno how to format it better, though):

Pistols At Dawn 12:59:49 PM 30th Jul 2014

Just out of curiosity, who is most likely to become a mod next? Anyone in particular?

DracMonster

Septimus Heap is a "junior mod" with some of the powers so probably him if they needed another full one.

You trying to figure out who to kiss up to? :)

Fighteer 07:16:35 AM 30th Jul 2014

If we need mods, we'll discuss it among ourselves first and then decide how to handle the situation — whether to invite people or poll our users or whatever. At the moment there's no demonstrated need.

Jhimmibhob 07:58:09 AM 30th Jul 2014

I think one of the FAQ pages said something about having to defeat a sitting mod in a hotdog-eating contest.

Septimus Heap 08:58:31 AM 30th Jul 2014

You also need to square off with one of the Mythological Enemies of Tropes and defeat them. Otherwise, you are not even on the radar.

Pistols At Dawn 10:19:28 AM 30th Jul 2014

Really? ? ? I thought septimusHeap was already a mod!

My world has been turned upside down by this shocking revelation :-P

Rotpar 10:51:26 AM 30th Jul 2014

^^

I am fascinated by this concept. What the hell is a mythological enemy of a storytelling convention?

Last I heard from a very reliable source was that you became a mod when Fast Eddie PM'd you a Badge of Power. It whispers seductively to you, promising untold power and glory, until you give in and become a Tropewraith.

The One Who Tropes 11:26:09 AM 30th Jul 2014

Septimus Heap isn't a mod, he's the Herald for Frequently Asked Questions, which is why you may get confused, most of what Septimus Heap does, anyone can do, if you know enough about the wiki, wiki markup and how to manipulate URL's (so you can change redirects.) and YKTTW, which I haven't been to in forever, seeing as the Namespace, Hyphen and Trivia migration is taking up my time.

^ I don't think Fast Eddie has a ring with

Ash trope durbatuluk, Ash trope gimpatul,
Ash trope thrakatuluk, Agh burzum-ishi krimpatul

written on it.

ryanasaurus0077 11:46:49 AM 30th Jul 2014

"One Trope to rule them all, One Trope to find them, One Trope to bring them all and in the darkness bind them"

That's my rough Elvish-to-English translation, anyway.

Larkmarn 12:03:37 PM 30th Jul 2014

Pretty sure to become a mod you must defeat the Mythological Enemies of Tropes such as Sockpuppet the Undying or Buttcloud the Filtered in one-on-one combat. Upon victory, you then plunge your hands into their heart, whereupon you gain the ability to channel your chi, and your keyboard becomes like unto a thing of iron. You then become an Immortal Moderator and are forced to partake in a tournament every 10 years.

... why yes, I am rereading Immortal Iron Fist, how did you know?

Bisected8 12:36:53 PM 30th Jul 2014

I thought mods were those who successfully mined 2kg of ultrarare modtanium and smelted it into a banhammer.

Rotpar 12:51:48 PM 30th Jul 2014

I just discovered one of the most insidious Mythological Enemies of Tropes: the dreaded Meme Hydra, with its eight dire heads of Trollface, Grumpy Cat, Trololo, Star Wars Kid, Numa Numa Guy, Doge, Vegita, and Admiral Ackbar.

Cut one off and two more take its place.

Hail Hydra.

Karxrida 12:57:43 PM 30th Jul 2014

Conversations like these are the reason why I love this site.

Larkmarn 12:59:49 PM 30th Jul 2014

Ironically, Meme Hydra only has a maximum of 8999 heads. Who would've thought?