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openTroper unilaterally taking down images
I have reason to believe Wilben unilaterally and prematurely took down several images as per the current Moments Images cleanup crowner. Should they be restored for at least the next few days? And what, if anything, should we do with Wilben?
Edited by JHD0919openDeleting excess character pages Web Original
How do you deal with character pages that are bare bones apart from an image or Zero-Context Examples? Is it okay to get rid of them if they aren't fleshed out, or do you have to get approval?
I’ve brought the page I want to deal with (the overloaded Planet Dolan page) to the Character Page Cleanup thread, but I don’t know where else to go from there.
openSuspicious user
I received a PM from the user Master Waldon which mischaracterizes the contents of a post I made on the Complete Monster Cleanup thread. It doesn't seem to just be a good faith misunderstanding as the choice of words in their post match a previously suspended troper who had a history of twisting tropers' words in regards to CM and getting extremely rude in their bad faith interpretation of folks' post. I just wanted to flag this for mod attention in case we could have a ban evader situation.
openTroper M00ny4rzu needs a tap on the shoulder. Western Animation
Troper M00ny4rzu keeps on adding back An Aesop for this recap page for the Bluey show, despite there being a cleanup for the wick. I had added the reason it was removed and the troper put the example back. The second time, I added much more details.
openAre Just For Fun pages free launch?
The description of Tom Swifty is kinda clogged by the amount of items in its 'catalogue of Tom Swifties' folder, so I was thinking of moving that folder to a Just for Fun/ page but (1) idk whether JFF pages are free launch and (2) I want to discuss whether it's appropriate to move them there.
I woulda brought the latter to the Description Improvement thread but seemed more practical to lump my two questions here.
openLily Orchard rename
Should Creator.Lily Orchard be renamed Creator.Lily And Mikaila, due to the channel being renamed?
Edited by randomtroper89openSpecific forum complaining policy?
What is the policy for complaining about a show or film on the forum? I need to know so I know when hollering the mods is appropriate.
If there is a link to the rules, that would also be helpful. Thanks.
opentv tropes missing buttons????/ Webcomic
Ive been trying to rehaul the homestuck beyond canon page and when i tried to create a shoutout page it was just blatantly missing from the create new tab
openI am confused by this edit reason.
So, on Dry Docking Sabot Tori edited a bunch of entries to remove mentions of fans finding the actors attractive saying ""Played by the beautiful X" appears five times on this page with little variation, and four times in a row in one section. I've retained one example of this that mentions something more descriptive, but there needs to be more about why these actors are appealing to the fans, or it's just a subjective example without any sort of clarifying context or explanation." Which I find odd, as isn't saying that fans find the performers attractive mentioning why fans find them appealing? Is it necessary to describe in detail why they are attractive when the trope doesn't require it? I am not even trying to get them added back (I don't think the performers needed to be mentioned) but am just confused what the edit reason is going for.
Edited by Bullmanopen Holding Out for a Hero
Hello.
This time I am looking for something that is exactly like the trope name indicates, that is, a person that feels trapped and desperately wants someone to be their knight in shining armor to come and save them from their situation. It is not necessarily that they are a Damsel in Distress but they still feel trapped and they hate their situation. The actual Holding Out for a Hero does not appear to cover this instance.
Anything that might fit?
EDIT: Brainfart, put it in the wrong section.
Edited by mattesteopenHow to add images to forums
Hello. I have been here for awhile now, but I had never added in images in forum boards before. How do you add an image to a forum post?
openWhat should I do with an underbaked draft?
I tried my hand at putting a trope draft out in the world way before it was ready. I would like to make a more polished version once I actually know what I'm doing, but for now I'm not sure what I should do it's it. Should I nuke it and start it fresh later down the line? Should I put it up for adoption? Or should I just try to improve the original launch?
openPossible Troll
So a user by the name of bradyreino recently added some blatantly untrue things to the Total Drama main page (edits found here) and while myself and another user removed them, is this something we should keep an eye on?
openEdit war over SRO
On this page, captaintrainor added an entry for Surprisingly Realistic Outcome that I later removed for being not really surprising and, though I forgot to mention it the first time, it's also a character reaction (which are not examples of SRO by definition). captaintrainor has since added it back without an edit reason.
openThe page "Where Was My Hero?" Needs a Cleanup Webcomic
So, I have been looking over the page for Where Was My Hero...? and it seems like the page is a bit messy in regards to having too many tropes on the page and most of the tropes are not in alphabetical order. I tried to edit some of the page, but there's too much to go through on this page. Does this page need a bit of a cleanup?
openWeirdly hostile edit over a word?
An entry on Horrible.Animated Films for the film Bands on the Run was changed by bs2007 to replace the word "soulless" with "worthless", the edit reason being a threatening "Don't call a movie soulless ever again." What?
Edited by supernintendo128openCharacter page cleanup?
The character page for Tangled lists Tangled: The Series-exclusive characters on their own pages (Cassandra and Varian), but combines the original Tangled characters onto one page. I distinctly remember Rapunzel and Eugene having their own pages.
Was this a recent cleanup?
Edited by PbskidsfanopenUnsure How to Categorize a Trope
I can't decide if this trope should be considered downplayed, zig-zagged, or something else.
The trope in question is Now Allowed to Hug and the example I want to add involves a character who is obsessed with cleanliness to the point of being repulsed by human contact finally hugging her friend as a show of appreciation. Shortly after this moment she disinfects her entire body in a moment that's played for comedy.
openDuel Links huge folder question Videogame
Somewhere along the line Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links got two huge folders detailing every playable character and their signature card, putting strain on an already pretty big page. Should it stay or should they go, do you think?
(Disney Dreamlight Valley and Disney Speedstorm have similar folders for villagers/playable characters and signature songs too even though they have a Character page. Since this is kind of a similar situation I'm curious about those too.)
Just making sure the exact policy on this one. Since plenty of trope pages allow Real Life examples, but you're not supposed to trope a creator's personal life, does that mean you're not allowed to cross-wick the RL examples from the trope page when it pertains to people who have Creator/ pages?