Locked Pages: Lock, UnLock and Edit requests

and : Done.

I have no idea what you are asking for there.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

The Five-Man Band page has examples using an actual (generic) band. Currently The Hero is listed as the lead singer and The Lancer is listed as lead guitar. If I'm correct, Random Chaos wants this changed so that The Hero is listed as lead guitar and The Lancer is listed as bass guitar. Not sure if I agree, that's just my interpretation.

Umm... okay, but no thanks. I don't see the need to replace one dubious metaphor with another.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

I might be totally wrong - let's see if he comes back to explain.

Can someone add the following to The Lonely Island page, as they were mistakenly removed during the move back to the main page (and also new songs hurr):

Was Jack Mackerel. | i rite gud

I don't think that would count at all under Parental Incest, considering no actual incest (i.e. sexual relations between two people with genetic relation) is taking place. Nor would it count as My Own Grampa, since that involves Time Travel and becoming one's genetic grandfather (as opposed to legal stepfather, as discussed at the end of "Motherlover").

The other examples look good, though.

Reminder: Offscreen Villainy does not count towards Complete Monster.

Excuse Plot is only for games. You might be thinking about Money, Dear Boy. Parental Incest is not a valid example, as noted. Similarly, that is not an example of But Not Too Gay, either, unless one or both male characters is canonically gay. It might be Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

Wikipedia: Please move "Stop Having Fun" Guys to the YMMV tab.

Also, is there any chance it can be unlocked? Fast Eddie locked it for "starting to attract nonsense again" but I don't see anything too bad added in the last few edits before that — just a SINGLE [citation needed] joke which is hardly "nonsense". Locking it for one joke edit is overkill don't you think?

And third, The Lonely Island has a link to {{300}} that looks like this —> {{300}} <— instead of properly linking. Can someone fix it so it's actually a link?

edited 1st Jun '11 5:54:28 PM by Twentington

That is not even an example of "Stop Having Fun" Guys.

Also, why were the requests for Zerg Rush ignored?

edited 1st Jun '11 8:44:29 PM by nuclearneo577

Deleted SHFG from Wikipedia. Fixed the 300 reference on The Lonely Island. Updated Zerg Rush as requested (sorry, I lost track of it).

Did I miss anything?

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

I was kinda worried that it was being deliberately ignored, but having Aspergers Syndrome makes me think weird stuff like that, so yeah. And you got everything else.

edited 1st Jun '11 9:16:20 PM by nuclearneo577

Can the old version of This Troper be restored? I found it on the way back archive. Also, does anyone have any idea how to find the image now that the history is wiped?

"This Troper", "this editor", "I", "me" — or any other form of referring to yourself in an article is bad wiki writing. The article you are writing is for the reader. It is not about you or for you. It's for the reader. Leave yourself out of it. TV Tropes isn't a forum or blog.

By the way, in Troper Tales and the few other places where the story is about you, you should never really need to use This Troper, you could just use "I", or your handle.

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Abuses of This Troper, This Editor, I, and Me:

Adding commentary to examples

For instance:

• In Firefly, Earth has become inhabitable and is now called "Earth That Was".
  • This Troper thinks the word you're looking for is "uninhabitable".

This is a wiki, and you are allowed and expected to edit other people's general examples. Examples that are full of corrections or that contradict themselves will lead to confusion. The proper thing in this case would've been to quietly add the "un", rather than gloat over a simple mistake.

Telling about your own shenanigans

• This Troper and his best bud in middle school also came up with a Zany Scheme or two.

If you want to tell personal stories, we're interested. Just use Troper Tales, where it is okay to use your handle.

Equivocating

• If this Troper recalls correctly [...]

Be bold. Just put in the recollection.

Soapboxing

• In this Troper's opinion [...]

The articles aren't really about your opinion. Discussions pages are there for that sort of thing.

Validation

• Many people (this Troper included) [...]

Your personal stamp of approval is unnecessary.

Just let the article and its examples be about the trope. It isn't about you, it's about the trope. We're interested in your opinion, but keep it to the discussion page, or a Review page.

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edited 2nd Jun '11 8:38:54 PM by nuclearneo577

Not my call to make. If Eddie wants it short, it stays that way.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

Fighteer - any chance Wikipedia could be unlocked? As I said, Fast Eddie locked it for silliness creeping in, after ONE joke edit. ONE FREAKING JOKE EDIT. If that's not overkill, I don't know what is.

Curiosity demands to know what, exactly, needs to be said about Wikipedia that isn't already in the article. I think the problem is that many of our articles about other sites are automatic troll targets. Easier to lock the barn door than retrieve the cows after they escape.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

This post was thumped by the Eldritch Flyswatter of Horror

Wikipedia has a Red Link to Citation Needed.

edited 3rd Jun '11 11:24:25 AM by nuclearneo577

This example needs to be added in the Comic Books folder in This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!:

• Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness had the vegan police announce Todd Ingram had eaten "Gelato, bitch!" The movie puts its own spin on it.

—>Todd: "Gelato isn't vegan?"
Vegan policeman: "It's milk and eggs, bitch."

edit: Markup doesn't work similarly on the forum, but the quotes are supposed to be indented

edited 4th Jun '11 7:59:02 AM by Kerrah

I gots it. Mod powahz - I just edit your post, copy the markup, and cancel. That's why I prefer it when you present finished markup.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

I actually tried to put the whole entry in [=these brackets=], but it messed up some of the symbols for some reason.

Like this:

* ''ScottPilgrim and the Infinite Sadness'' had the vegan police announce Todd Ingram had eaten "Gelato, bitch!" The [[ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld movie]] puts its own spin on it.
--&gt;'''Todd''': "Gelato isn't vegan?"
--&gt;'''Vegan policeman''': "It's milk and eggs, bitch."

edited 4th Jun '11 8:38:13 AM by Kerrah

The redlink to Citation Needed on Wikipedia is still there. Please remove it.

Done. (I see it's in the Permanent Red Link Club.)

I'd like to start the page for Anime Arcadia, but it's been locked. I believe it's because I tried to start it before and only wrote "Describe Anime Arcadia here" as a placeholder until I could find time to write a summary and begin the article. I realize now that that was probably a mistake, so could it be unlocked, please?

You were probably looking for this thread, although the right people will probably still see your post here.

You can start editing Sandbox.Anime Arcadia in the meantime.

edited 5th Jun '11 7:37:54 PM by troacctid

Rhymes with "Protracted."

Something Awful has a minor typo. The second bullet under Single Tear should be: ** There's a whole set of SingleTear emoticons for different countries. Crying eagle became crying [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} bulldog]], crying [[UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} Lenin]], crying [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} kangaroo]], crying [[UsefulNotes/{{TheNetherlands}} Windmill]], crying [[UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} LEGO brick]]...