Kory: i will need to do some more testing to see if the 500KB should be lowered even more but either way everyone can relax because the database will not crash or implode in anyway due to page size so splitting pages isn't a huge priority and is just more of a suggestion. For pages that actually load slow, splitting the pages will help slower internet users navigate these pages better.
It looks like pages over 500,000 characters (html formatted, that is) are crashing the server when someone tries to edit them. programmer's whine
They need to be fixed, anyway. Way too big for one page. They need to be broken up into subpages of a reasonable size.
I'm trying to get better about communicating before big changes, so we'll let this one run for a while before taking the action. The server crashes do come under the heading of 'urgent', though.
another programmer's thing
Explanation of what triggers the too-long page warning
Edited by kory on Dec 18th 2023 at 2:36:21 AM
It's super effective.
Much as I can't stand the fanbase, I'll try WMG.Doctor Who With Spoilers.
Noticed that Funny.Atop The Fourth Wall went past 400000 characters, so I split it into years, like The Nostalgia Critic's had been done.
I now go by Graf von Tirol.
In uffish thought
Characters.The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim needs splitting ASAP; it's 700553 characters long. I'm not confident to do it myself.
edited 20th Jul '12 11:55:34 PM by Telcontar
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
I will, based on the discussion page. They can switch around the fine details later.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand done.
edited 21st Jul '12 12:55:24 AM by lu127
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
TV Tropes' very wikibot
Eddie-san, it's been a month since the last list. Can we get an update?
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
Eddie-san? What is that? [offtopic]
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
In uffish thought
General politeness; very roughly equivalent to Mr Eddie. Eddie-chan would be rather different and I wouldn't like to see his reaction! 
Archive.Lost And Found ought to be locked or cut. I prefer the former as it keeps some info for reading.
I also notice a lot of Headscratchers and WMG pages are on there. Might be a point to move them to formats that are more suited for their purpose (as is being discussed in Wiki Talk for headscratchers)
edited 14th Aug '12 12:26:17 PM by SeptimusHeap
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Ravenous Sophovore
I'll grab Headscratchers.The Legend Of Korra.
Waiting on a TRS slot? Finishing off one of these cleaning efforts will usually open one up.
In uffish thought
I'll do Star Wars, splitting by trilogy and pro/antagonist within that.
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
It's super effective.
Still haven't given up just yet on the Doctor Who WMGs.
Five-Man Band.Other is a little...what with some categories, but I'll at least split it off for pages for types of media there.
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
Er... I was already working on FiveManBand.Other...
World's Toughest Milkman
Purging misuse on Five-Man Band.Other might be a more appropriate action than splitting it. We have a separate special efforts thread for getting rid of the many, many, many incorrect, shoehorned examples of that trope.
Speaking words of fandom: let it squee, let it squee.
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds is done. I'll do Burn Notice, Celebrity Paradox, Shut Up, Hannibal!, Awesome McCoolname and Artificial Stupidity next.
edited 14th Aug '12 7:02:16 PM by Oreochan
"Learning without thinking is labor lost. Thinking without learning is dangerous."
It's super effective.
Oh, damn. Sorry. Was only looking at the list.
As the two hidden Mass Effect 2 characters have a LOT of tropes to their name, would it be fair to split it into the "main party members" and "hidden party members"? Or would that still leave the first page too large?
edited 14th Aug '12 4:50:59 PM by OldManHoOh
Got Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game. Next up is Bleach 2.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
The Other Troper
I can split Characters.Friendship Is Magic-Background Ponies, but does anyone have some good suggestions on the way to split it?
Also, Characters.Castlevania is over 320K characters. Would it be a good idea to split that now, or wait?
edited 15th Aug '12 1:19:47 PM by DragonQuestZ
I'm on the internet. My arguments are invalid.
This didn't exceed 400000, but I rearranged the Fallout: New Vegas trope lists. IIRC, Tropes A to L had more than 360000 characters.
I now go by Graf von Tirol.Relationship Voice Actor is done.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
I'll do Funny.TV Tropes, if you don't mind. Suggestion: One page for the various "examples" folders, one for the rest.
And another suggestion: Using an editor that counts the bytes of your text helps with this work. For Windows, there's the free program Notepad++.
Get rid of the walled garden