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openUnilateral warning
- CartoonLGBTfanofallTime: has added the Frollo example (2022)
- SpaceProtagonist: Removed with odd edit reason (2024)
- Slmfe0171 (Sayaka sock): Restored with odd edit reason
- Ferot_Dreadnaught: Reverted ban-evader's edit.
- Uenii (Sayaka sock): Restored
- CartoonLGBTfanofallTime: Added very specific warning that reads like invalid mini-modding
- StalkerGamer: Removes citing a discussion (aside technically reverting a ban-evader's edit)
- CartoonLGBTfanofallTime: Makes a false CV report accusing StalkerGamer of edit war, then finds the discussion, showing some misunderstanding regarding Hate Sink.
May not be violations individually, and the Hate Sink thread will likely decline it, I find the focus on this one example concerning, so recording for future reference.
openQuestion
What is it called when dialogue in fiction differs from dialogue in real life, such as how fictional people can talk without having to deliberate on their thoughts or pause etc, whereas in real life people generally don't have such an easy time elucidating their thoughts? I remember coming across a page on this wiki describing the fundamental differences between those things.
openDo Fan Videos and Fan Games count as Fanfic Recs?
I just found FanficRecs.Rhythm Heaven, which contains recommendations for 4 Fan Videos and 1 Fan Game, in addition to the 1 actual Fanfic. Should Fan Videos and Fan Games qualify for Fanfic Recs?
Edited by JHD0919openWhere and when to add?
Under Characters.My Little Pony Generation 5, there are these entries I have questions about:
- Missing Mom: Sunny's mother and why she's absent were just revealed. Should MM go under Sunny's folder or her mothers, or both?
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Despite Comet joining the main characters by the end of Season 1, he's been completely absent/unmentioned in Season 2, but it's just 1/3 a year and 1/5 of the planned content into the Season. How long does it take for WHTTM (or Chuck Cunningham Syndrome) to quality? End of Season?
openInformed Attribute Film
I want to do an Informed Attribute writeup for Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader but I have no idea where to put it. It seems pretty YMMV but also seems very specific to place directly in the franchise-wide YMMV page.
openEdit War on Escape from Vault Disney YMMV page
There appears to be an edit war on YMMV.Escape From Vault Disney. The tropers involved include Babishka and Konacha, as well as at least one other.
While I have no knowledge of the show in question, the edits seem to involve someone involved with the show being suspended from X (Twitter).
Edit history for the page in question.
Edited by fraggleloveropenCorrect formatting on trope pages
On Peer as Teacher, I fixed the formatting of an example from "In the French comic Les Profs," to "Les Profs: In the French comic,". The thing is it was changed back, and before I start an edit war, I want to clarify what is the proper format for adding an example of a trope page?
Edited by GateStarXopenIs this really obvious? Videogame
Potential edit warring.
I deleted this entry because it felt like a presumption on the tropers part, and they've recently added it back saying it's obvious. Can someone else weigh in?
Edited by Avenger09openWhere to go to get help making a work page
So I want to make a page for a fanfic I just finished reading, but I don't want it to just sit in my sandbox collecting dust like previous attempts at work pages have. I could just launch the page now as I've been working on it in Google Docs, but there are some things I'm unsure about, so I'd like some help.
openIs this walkthrough mode
I found this on Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes and I'm unsure if it is walkthrough mode.
- Easy Level Trick: The easiest way to recruit Hogan, who requires you to earn 50,000 Baqua of profit solely by buying/selling items at the Trade Depot, is buying as much trading items as possible before talking to him to initiate his side quest. That way, players can just run towards the nearby trading post and sell everything that can be traded to easily get him.
openHow do I revoke my own cut request?
The cutlist instructions say that there is a "wait" button to challenge a deletion, but I don't see said button.
openEdit war over the terms "performer" and "player"
I think an edit war happened on Characters.The Amazing Digital Circus over the terms "performer" and "player" when refering to the main protagonists:
On 16 October 2023, immblueversion changed the main protagonists' section header from "The Performers" to "Players".
On 18 October 2023, RandomInformation changed it to just "Performers", as "[they] believe they're more often described as this".
On 26 April 2024, immblueversion changed said section header, and every instance of the word "performer" on the page, to "player", with the reasoning that "[t]he "performers" don't actually perform at the circus, so it's an obsolete term".
So, which term should be used for the main protagonists? "Performer" or "player"? "Performer" is the term used more often by the fans, but it's a misnomer, given that they don't perform in the Circus. "Player" would be a more accurate term, but it isn't used as much.
openImpractical Jokers
I created a post from this link shown below and I was told that I need to create a thread. Where do I go?
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1452266899092104700&page=624#comment-15598
openWhen flaws are appealing to someone Live Action TV
While friends are listing someone's flaws to show her that he's completely wrong for her, she actually finds those flaws appealing, making him more attractive.
resolved Questions about sandboxes
Is it considered okay if someone creates a work page by copying the content of a sandbox that a completely different user was working on?
I just saw that Literature.Demian was created by someone else using the contents I had written on Sandbox.Demian. I hadn't worked on the sandbox in a few months because I wanted to reread the book in order to write a good work's description (right now both the sandbox and Literature/ pages have almost no description).
I'm not upset about this, I'm rather kind of confused of what to do in this case.
I get if the user who created the page was tired of waiting for it to be an actual article, so I'm wondering if it's seen negatively if someone takes months on moving a sandbox to the correct namespace.
I'm curious about these things regarding sandbox etiquette.
On YMMV.Dexters Laboratory Walt K removed this entry
they removed it with the edit reason "inappropriate" (presumably meaning "sexualizing characters from a children’s series is inappropriate")
Whether you agree with them or not, YMMV is just troping Audience Reactions, and we’ve had other Self-Fanservice entries from kids shows. Even if it is "inappropriate" we’re just troping what fans believe. Is this ok, or should I add it back?