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openWebcomic page wiped by creator Webcomic
It seems that we have one of these situations again: Gerbil1 wiped pretty much everything on the The Misadventures Of Gerbil main page and YMMV page. The main page edit had the following edit reason:
As author of this page (and the original comic), this was a mistake. The comic itself has long been wiped from the internet. I'd prefer not to have my name associated with it any longer.
For the record, the link that was on the page does not appear to work any longer, but I haven't done anything past that to see if it still exists in some fashion.
openAlphatater ban evasion?
Not too long ago, Alphatater was suspended after an Edit War, as indicated in this ATT thread. Unfortunately, the troper hasn't appealed the ban as of yet.
Days later, a new account, Raito, was created. They have been making similar edits to Alphatater. Given that, I think we might have a ban evader. Thoughts?
Edited by gjjonesopenPermission to create a Tvtropes page
I would like to create a TV Tropes page for the story Four Walking disaster by Adamant 39, link here, https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13370159/2/Four-Walking-Disasters, I would like advise and permission to do so.
Edited by crazysamaritanopenCan you settle my disputes of MichaelKatsuro's edits on the Ghosts of the Future articles? Webcomic
To complete the plan for my final revisions of the Ghosts of the Future articles and because of the strict Edit War policy and the fact MichaelKatsuro sides with all of his edits, I have to bring up my disputes of MichaelKatsuro's edits here for other tropers to address and suggest ways to settle them. I'd like at least two tropers to address them all.
Webcomic.Ghosts Of The Future / General
- Can the Nipple and Dimed example be reverted back to the previous version? Right now, it's just listing examples of nipple exposure in the comic, which is People Sitting On Chairs. The previous version explored the difference of nipple detail based on gender, which is what the Nipple and Dimed trope is all about.
- What's wrong with the curly brackets? I used to edit [[LikeThis this, when someone one day corrected me to use {{Like|this}}, so I went by that since then (not to mention it saves source code size). Is there a rule against them? Additionally, MichaelKatsuro typo'd Fusion Dance as Fusion Danc.
- Can the adverbs for the Sorceress' nipples can be added back, because they do give a different meaning than without adverbs? Importantly, should we still emphasize the nipples frequently (this is in an American perspective, because I, Evan Stanley, and many tropers are American)? I don't want to traumatize children nor get attacked by angry parents, but I don't want to shame Evan Stanley.
- Can the bit about Evan Stanley Lampshading the Talking Heads trope be added back, since that really adds to the example?
- Revised example for Ghosts of the Future's example on Mohs Scale Of Violence Hardness:
- Ghosts of the Futurenote Would've been a level 6 if it weren't for Sonic dying with large yet crudely-drawn bloody flesh wounds, the sight of Tails' bloody corpse with a large gash in one eye, and a character being impaled in both of his hands which results in thick blood dripping out of his wounds and huge bloodstains
Characters.Ghosts Of The Future
- Why are the "(UNMARKED SPOILERS)" notices removed? Is there a rule against folders with unmarked spoilers now? I think most of the spoilers for characters are Late Arrival Spoilers now, but I'd appreciate if they had spoiler warnings tagged for those wanting to enjoy the comic. I think if there's such a rule, the sheet might as well as Spoilers Off to be fair for all folders.
- Can the Big-Lipped Alligator Moment example be added back? I think the nipples are shocking enough to point Evan Stanley regards them as Old Shame- How about Shocking Moments instead?
- In issue 6, the Sorceress of the Dark Isle transforms into Darkwing and becomes naked. While her other parts are covered up with a Censor Shadow, her nipples are shown, yet lack so much detail they barely count as nipples. Many readers were shocked by this bit of partial nudity showing up in a Sonic fancomic, and Evan Stanley has now sees it as Old Shame.
- (Another Shocking Moments example) In issue 17, readers were shocked by the incident in which Mettalix impales Silver's hands and an abundant amount of red blood draws out.
- Proposed revision of the What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids? example (and its identical counterpart on the trope example), which I think is better and lacks Word Cruft (Word Cruft takes the form of unnecessary words, these words add more detail for people to get a glimpse of the work; also, should the bit about one of the pages' description on DeviantArt having an erection joke be added back because I think that's still part of the work, as Evan Stanley considers her DeviantArt profile to be the comic's main host, or is the comic itself PG-13 enough to overlook that?):
- Even though Ghosts of the Future is a Sonic The Hedgehog fancomic by who is now an official Sonic comic artist and writer, it is not for children. The comic starts off with Sonic and his best friends being bloodily massacred by a mind-controlled Shadow, which results in Sonic and Shadow enduring trauma and guilt. There's shedding of red blood, infrequent and usually mild profanity, some sexual innuendonote such as the Visual Innuendo of the Sorceress holding the long neck of a jug between her breasts, and brief, non-sexual, and partial nudity in the form of rudimentary-looking yet visibly erect nipples. Nevertheless, little kids still read the comic, which encouraged Stanley to add Content Warnings to the issue 17 incident.
- Move Evan Stanley's quote in The Woobie examples to the first bullet point, next the "The Woobie:".
openQuoting slurs
Obviously, we can’t use slurs (the N-word with the hard R, the R-word, the other F-word, etc.) in writing, as they are far beyond the realm of simple swearing. But what if we’re quoting a work that uses them? Would censoring them be an example of Bluenose Bowdlerization?
(I mainly ask this because a lot of works from the mid-to-late-2000s use the R-word, and sometimes the other F-word. And, well, a good portion of this wiki is from the mid-to-late 2000s.)
Edited by PurpleEyedGumaopenAdding to an existing video.
Is there is a way to add a source and/or an example link to an already downloaded video?
I am thinking specifically about the current video example on Shake Someone, Objects Fall, which is both...
- Missing its Media source entry — SpongeBob SquarePants.
- Although a fitting example of Shake Someone, Objects Fall, it counts also as an example of Minion Maracas, and could be added to this page.
openPoor grammar
Jovonnie has poor grammar and uses Zero Context Examples, as you can see here.
openNo title
Chiropteru just removed the context for a lot of the examples on Funny.Calvin And Hobbes.
open Troper potentially spreading conspiracy theories on space-themed Useful Notes pages.
Joey Pknowsalotaboutthat is showing a lot of red flags of spreading conspiracy theories on Useful Notes pages talking about space topics. On UsefulNotes.The Solar System, they added this line about a mythical tenth planet, linking to an article which looks like it has no scientific basis whatsoever. It has since been removed by Florien. Courtesy link here.
- Other theories on planetary-mass bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune include a moderately-sized tenth planet and a dead star.
I found something similar on UsefulNotes.Local Stars, linking to a similar article on the same unverified website. Courtesy link here.
Although Proxima Centauri is the nearest known star to the Sun, it is possible that an unknown brown dwarf or neutron star might lie closer.
openMarket-Based Title - Which one should I use? Videogame
I am currently thinking of making a trope page on a childhood video game that I (an European) knew as Yoshi's Universal Gravitation. This is the title that was used in the game's native Japan as well. In the USA, however, it fell victim to the Market-Based Title effect and was released as Yoshi Topsy-Turvy.
Under what title should I create the page? As you can see above, the other wiki uses Universal Gravitation. However, this being a US-based wiki, I'm not sure if it's policy or it would be more appropriate to use Topsy-Turvy.
In any case, I will probably add the title I don't use as a redirect.
openMore custom titling kerfuffles
Colon Cancer was recently custom titled to be self demonstrating. While this is somewhat amusing, it also renders the title nonsensical and isn't even an actual example of the trope since there's only one colon, not at least two (and there can't be more colons without breaking the words up, of course). We discussed this a bit here already. I personally think it should be changed back; do I have permission to do that?
Edited by mightymewtronopenQuoting on Character pages with lots of different characters
So, a trend I've noticed on a lot of character pages with lots of characters is that people forgo the typical formatting entirely to instead italicize quotes with no attribution. For instance from the League of Legends: Sa-Sh page:
- Badass Boast: His dialogue is littered with them.
"A wise master once said, "'Be like water.' Guess I'm kind of a tsunami."
This is presumably because the quoter should be obvious given the context of the Character page, but I still find it odd since I can't find anything on the Text Formatting Rules that dictates using this format.
Should this be changed to the proper formatting like this?
- Badass Boast: His dialogue is littered with them.
Sett: A wise master once said, "Be like water." Guess I'm kind of a tsunami.
openRecreating the Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures Page Western Animation
I'd like to see if it's safe/okay to recreate the Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures page, as it was deleted due to being classified as a stub.
openReprimand required? Videogame
An editor called True Troper has been making edits to the Maneater page and its associated offshoots (Character and YMMV) that violate TV Tropes' editing rules despite having been informed they were doing so, but they seem to be new and unfamiliar with those rules. Should something be done about this?
I'm not suggesting they get suspended or anything, since their edits are well-intentioned and an honest effort to contribute to TV Tropes, but it's getting a bit annoying having to go in to clean up formatting mistakes and try to fix ZCEs.
Edited by Arawn999openPotential Spam FG Thread
So this thread just appeared with a massive wall of text. I suspect whoever did this is either a bot or a troll given the nonsensical tone of it
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16215745670A49339700&page=1#comment-1
opensamicible
So you know a while back when samicable changed one of the headers on Brianna Knickerbocker's page?
Well, it looks like they're doing something similar again with quotes on various creator pages, specifically to mention Genshin Impact as if their roles in that game matter more than their other roles. See here and here.
I don't know about you, but it seems like they're trying to shoehorn their Genshin bias fuelled by Fan Myopia.
openremove from index without breaking link
How do I un-index COVID-19 Pandemic from Long-Runners and B-Movie?
openediting recap pages
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero
i've recently started updating the recap pages for this series, but i've run into a few snags
seems my first few attempts accidentally copied the same light novel pages into the link for vol 20-22 and i can't undo those yet
also, i'm trying to figure out how to add links between the pages, as well as a general index link for each light novel page
finally, on this page
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheRisingOfTheShieldHeroVolume1
the recap link actually goes to the anime pages, so i'm looking to edit those slightly so the anime is separate from the light novel pages
openNew image for Kid with the Golden Arm Film
So I've been doing alot of work for The Kid with the Golden Arm, and I noticed that the image is basically just that of Hai Tao fighting Golden Arm.
I propose replacing that page image, with this one shown on the left side of the page: https://cityonfire.com/kid-with-the-golden-arm-1979/
I already have a PNG version of this ready to go; I just need to know where to go to find a consensus to be able to do this replacement.
Edited by Stardust5099
Question: if I want to make a page talking about a fanfiction, what do I have to do?