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 551 Fighteer, Thu, 2nd Jun '11 8:37:15 AM from the Time Vortex Relationship Status: Dancing with Captain Jack Harkness
Geronimo!
[up][up] It could be part of the banner on every Troper Tales page. Oh, wait, it is... Yeah, well, if people can't RTFM when it's shoved in their faces, too bad. They can go cry into the puddles of despair from their broken dreams.

edited 2nd Jun '11 8:37:40 AM by Fighteer

 552 32 Footsteps, Thu, 2nd Jun '11 8:50:12 AM from Just north of Arkham Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
[up]If it was merely a problem of the uninformed whining when they didn't RTFM, I'd have a similar lack of sympathy.

But I doubt that we'd be having this conversation in the first place if all we were dealing with were a few bruised egos from people posting inappropriate stuff.

Maybe a redirect, similar to trying to edit if you haven't gone through the Get Known process, that always shows the rules before someone tries to add an entry to Troper Tales, could work. The upside is that we would literally be shoving the rules in their face, and they couldn't help but actually read them. Moreover, the extra step required may discourage some of the less-appropriate posters.

Of course, the downside is that there will inevitably be complaining about the extra step, and there's no proof that it'll actually work.

Hmm... do I always have to defeat my own arguments, or am I just trying to be fair to all sides? Trying to help the wiki - lot harder than it sounds.
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Troper Tales always seemed to me like more of a compromise or "extra" than a necessity. If discouraging measures are taken and people complain, well... there are probably more effective methods of discussion, like on the forum! It might be annoying and it might deter people from posting to TT, but on a whole, what's the loss?

 554 Wulf, Thu, 2nd Jun '11 12:06:08 PM from Louisiana
Gotta trope, dood!
Just had a thought. It's too late for Troper Tales, since it's changing over to a new system, but what if we had different sets of tips for the different subpages. Like have one for Crowning Moment of Awesome that says "Remember, it's Crowning MOMENT of Awesome. 'Everything Bob does' is not a moment."
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 555 Fighteer, Thu, 2nd Jun '11 12:07:35 PM from the Time Vortex Relationship Status: Dancing with Captain Jack Harkness
Geronimo!
Give each subpage namespace a banner enumerating the rules for that particular page type? Not a bad idea at all.

 556 Wulf, Thu, 2nd Jun '11 1:32:47 PM from Louisiana
Gotta trope, dood!
Not necessarily a banner, just tips on the edit page, like with Main/. Unless that's what you meant too, in which case, disregard.
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 557 Madrugada, Thu, 2nd Jun '11 1:35:05 PM Relationship Status: In season
Zzzzzzzzzz
Ah, you mean that the edit page would look at the namespace or type of page and pull the tip it displays from a list tailored to that type of page? That could work, if it's not too complicated to implement.

edited 2nd Jun '11 1:35:35 PM by Madrugada

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Not that tough. I'm not too excited about it, though. I get a real strong sense people just filter those out of view.
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 559 32 Footsteps, Thu, 2nd Jun '11 1:58:57 PM from Just north of Arkham Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Think of the mooks!
If it matters, they do remind me at times to cut back on spoiler tag usage and overuse of adverbs.
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 560 Kill-o-matic, Thu, 2nd Jun '11 2:00:30 PM from Loli Funtime Playhouse
TURN OFF THAT LIGHT!
[up][up]Well, they didn't back when they were new, but now I'd doubt anyone would notice the difference. Banners are better.

edited 2nd Jun '11 2:00:48 PM by Killomatic

Regulated fun - the best kind!
I don't make the rules, just enforce them with an iron fist.
 561 Hershele Ostropoler, Thu, 2nd Jun '11 6:20:33 PM from BK.NY.US Relationship Status: Less than three
You gotta get yourself some marble columns
500:
Does that mean we should also remove any mention of any TT about warez or "one time I shoplifted a candy bar and got away with it?" Or were those nuked just because they fit a subjective definition of creepy?
At one point the guidelines barred stories about drug use. Because Drugs Are Bad.

And good thing, too, because I was going to take some crystal meth, but changed my mind when I found out I wouldn't be able to post about it in Troper Tales.

539:
"I'm habitual jaywalker." is a hell of a lot different from "I like to set cats on fire." The second one is creepy, the first one isn't. Both are illegal.
And conversely, "I have naughty thoughts about prepubescents" is really fucking creepy but, as long as it's only thoughts, not illegal.

541:
I think a reasonable rule of thumb for a contributor would be: if you have to make a judgement call about whether it is too creepy, it's too creepy. There is some guidance in the non-existence of pages: if we don't have a page we don't want that material.
I think it would improve Troper Tales tremendously if people stuck to this.

551:
It could be part of the banner on every Troper Tales page. Oh, wait, it is... Yeah, well, if people can't RTFM when it's shoved in their faces, too bad. They can go cry into the puddles of despair from their broken dreams.
I fully agree with this. If people are still adding inappropriate stuff they really have no excuse.
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Just in case you were wondering, Hershel. When I see a post having a bunch of quoteblocks with individual responses, I just skip it.

edited 3rd Jun '11 7:48:53 AM by FastEddie

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 563 Jeysie, Sat, 4th Jun '11 7:55:10 AM from Western Massachusetts
Diva of Virtual Death
[up] Um? Why? That's the universally correct way to quote multiple people according to standard Net etiquette.
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[up]I think what Eddie is saying is that you should refrain from addressing a bunch of people in one post like that.
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 565 Kill-o-matic, Sat, 4th Jun '11 8:04:49 AM from Loli Funtime Playhouse
TURN OFF THAT LIGHT!
It's also a universal way to invoke Too Long Didn't Read on yourself. wink

edited 4th Jun '11 8:05:12 AM by Killomatic

Regulated fun - the best kind!
I don't make the rules, just enforce them with an iron fist.
 566 Jeysie, Sat, 4th Jun '11 8:06:03 AM from Western Massachusetts
Diva of Virtual Death
[up][up] Except there's nothing wrong with that. Unless you're saying it's more standard here to make double/triple/etc. posts, each responding to a different person. (That's usually frowned upon, though, on the general net, which is why people are trained to quote multiple posts instead.)

edited 4th Jun '11 8:06:36 AM by Jeysie

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 567 blackcat, Sat, 4th Jun '11 8:09:44 AM Relationship Status: A cockroach, nothing can kill it.
What is wrong with:

@ Troper A:

@ Troper B:

@ Troper C:

?
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 568 Jeysie, Sat, 4th Jun '11 8:16:26 AM from Western Massachusetts
Diva of Virtual Death
[up] Because then anyone reading has no context at all for the replies without having to go and look up all the posts.

Depending on where the posts are in the thread, this can go from "Not an issue" to "really confusing". Especially when you have a post like Hershele's where the posts they were responding to are on multiple previous pages.

Sorry to make a big fuss, but it's kind of, I'm a little put off at possibly having my posts ignored just for doing what's standard rules on almost every other forum elsewhere.

edited 4th Jun '11 8:17:22 AM by Jeysie

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That format is the universally recognized format for troll-at-work, you mean.

Just say what you have to say. No need to tell people what they said.
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 570 Jeysie, Sat, 4th Jun '11 8:26:43 AM from Western Massachusetts
Diva of Virtual Death
That format is the universally recognized format for troll-at-work, you mean.
What.

Um... that's the universally recognized format for normal, everyday posters. Seriously, every single forum I've ever been on that's not Slashdot/LiveJournal-style formatted, that's standard procedure.

Just say what you have to say. No need to tell people what they said.
You need to tell other people reading the thread what was said, so they can follow the conversation. How am I, trying to follow the conversation, supposed to know what Hershele was responding to without either memorizing the thread or having to manually search for every previous post?

edited 4th Jun '11 8:27:19 AM by Jeysie

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Nope. It is the most annoying thing you can do on any forum board in the world. It is just that no one told you before.

Here, read this post.

edited 4th Jun '11 8:30:33 AM by FastEddie

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 572 Totemic Hero, Sat, 4th Jun '11 8:32:30 AM from the next level Relationship Status: Abstaining
Holiday surprise
I'd agree it's certainly not the most efficient way to go about addressing multiple posts.

I wouldn't say it's a certified mark of a troll, however. As this wiki shows, lots of people tend to follow precedent when it comes to figuring out how to do stuff online, so it's easy to see why someone would view it as standard.

I certainly wouldn't skip a post because it has a format I dislike or find annoying. No offense, but that's a bit on the rude side.

This is a minor issue, though. Can we get back to stuff that takes higher priority?
"These days they have a stat for how many times a guy goes for a cup of coffee." -Mark McGwire
 573 Jeysie, Sat, 4th Jun '11 8:34:47 AM from Western Massachusetts
Diva of Virtual Death
Um. Again:

Um... that's the universally recognized format for normal, everyday posters. Seriously, every single forum I've ever been on that's not Slashdot/LiveJournal-style formatted, that's standard procedure.
As in, yeah, nobody ever told me because that's what every single poster on the forums I'm used to does. It's not just me doing it and everyone being too nice to say anything, that's literally standard procedure.

I agree that quoting the post just above you can get silly, but otherwise, that's normal forum flow elsewhere.

But, if you don't like that being done here, then you're going to have to tell me the correct way to respond to multiple people here.

edited 4th Jun '11 8:35:05 AM by Jeysie

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 574 chihuahua 0, Sat, 4th Jun '11 8:35:03 AM from Standoff, USA Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Writer's Welcome Wagon
[up] Could you give an example or two with the quote button used in a non-troll context. Maybe links?

The only non-troll context I had seen the quote been used several times was at Mafia Scum. Because of the nature of the game Mafia, a lot of analysis is needed.

But anywhere else, it implies that the poster is either Serious Business about the topic, or a troll.

edited 4th Jun '11 8:35:23 AM by chihuahua0

 575 Jeysie, Sat, 4th Jun '11 8:43:06 AM from Western Massachusetts
Diva of Virtual Death
[up] http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=63115&view=findpost&p=1841783 http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=61828&view=findpost&p=1758377 http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=79307&view=findpost&p=1841975

And heck, in at least one of those posts, it's even a forum mod doing it.

(Picked more or less at random, since it's literally universal. And that's just one forum.)

edited 4th Jun '11 8:45:46 AM by Jeysie

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