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PDown It's easy, mmkay? Since: Jan, 2012
It's easy, mmkay?
#1: May 7th 2011 at 6:49:37 PM

I think that, for Just for Fun pages or a Self-Demonstrating Article or two, it'd be neat to have a [You] tag that prints the reader's username, a la that thing Uncyclopedia has.

What do you think?

At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff...
deuxhero Micromastophile from FL-24 Since: Jan, 2001
Micromastophile
#2: May 9th 2011 at 4:49:56 PM

We've been cutting all the fun markup tags for the past few month. Why do you think we would add something now?tongue

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#3: May 9th 2011 at 4:50:26 PM

[up] That is a strawman. However, I can see enormous potential for that tag to be abused, so I don't see it happening.

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deuxhero Micromastophile from FL-24 Since: Jan, 2001
Micromastophile
#4: May 9th 2011 at 4:53:19 PM

It was a joke, hence the smiley.

edited 9th May '11 4:53:57 PM by deuxhero

nuclearneo577 from My computer. Since: Dec, 2009
#5: May 9th 2011 at 4:53:47 PM

What point would it have anyway?

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#6: May 9th 2011 at 4:57:18 PM

The only purpose I can think for it is making it harder to clean up people talking about themselves in the main page.

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SilentReverence adopting kitteh from 3 tiles right 1 tile up Since: Jan, 2010
adopting kitteh
#7: May 9th 2011 at 11:28:39 PM

I don't see any practical use in trope or work pages that wouldn't simply be redundant over use of second person (you...). As for markup, shh.... don't remind them that, we still have all-caps waii

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chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#8: May 11th 2011 at 4:29:41 PM

[up] Why so afraid? All Caps is one of the more used tags (it's commonly used in trope pages without folders but still have categories). Plus, eliminating it will destroy all the Death jokes.

edited 11th May '11 4:30:46 PM by chihuahua0

deuxhero Micromastophile from FL-24 Since: Jan, 2001
Micromastophile
#9: May 11th 2011 at 8:42:55 PM

All caps is a tag?

Matrix Since: Jan, 2001
SilentReverence adopting kitteh from 3 tiles right 1 tile up Since: Jan, 2010
FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#12: May 11th 2011 at 9:19:15 PM

Because people who type in all-caps are usually assholes, obviously.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#13: May 12th 2011 at 3:59:56 AM

[up][up] Because "buttplugs" was already used for something else.

Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#14: May 22nd 2011 at 8:03:18 PM

The whole point of Uncyclopedia's You tag is to (jokingly) insult the reader. For instance, "[You] is a douchbag". That's not TV Tropes' style.

edited 22nd May '11 8:03:56 PM by Yinyang107

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