This Troper is not encouraged anywhere on the wiki. It should be changed to first person on Troper Tales pages.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"This Troper is not first person, though. It's a pretentious way of avoiding using "I" in a sentence, to make yourself sound... I don't know, smart or something? Neutral? Any use of it can safely be changed to the first person without losing any of the content, and the sentence sounds much better. The only reason This Troper is around is because some people thought it would be clever and it became a wiki meme.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Diagonalizing The Matrix
You mean, "The only reason I am around is because some people thought I was clever, and I became a wiki meme".
Now excuse me while I go to the corner and hang my head in shame.
Pretentious quote || In-joke from fandom you've never heard of || Shameless self-promotion || Something weird you'll habituate to...
Nobody, and I mean nobody, would object if I murdered you horribly right now.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"No, I object. You can not kill him, the Torah is clear on the matter. Eye for an eye. He used three "I"'s so blind him and then, like, kick him in the nuts.
Anyway, people could use the third person, maybe, if they used their actual handles.
Now, mush, go change every This Troper on troper tales but no using the word replace feature on your browser. No seriously, you're not allowed to do that. People complained.
To be honest, I am utterly sick of the usage of "This troper" on TV Tropes. May it's just a negative connotation or something, but I think referring to yourself as "this troper" is obnoxious and Attention Whore-ing.
^Agreed.
I just went through all the TT pages on my watchlist and eliminated all the This Troper nonsense.
And after doing that, that thing that annoyed me most was how inconsistent it was. Almost every example that started out with This Troper slipped into first person by the second sentence.
edited 24th May '11 6:04:46 AM by Forzare
Nil, a new sci-fi/horror story that you should read and review! (Updated 4/something) ''The gate opens.I think my first TT I used it, you see it on every TT so you think "okay, that's what this site does." Could we auto change every use in TT to I or is that technologically unfeasible?
Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?it should be stated on the This Troper page.
edited 24th May '11 3:47:29 PM by TheOneWhoTropes
Keeper of The Celestial FlameMany on this site are like the protagonist from Anthem. They really need to be introduced to the word "I."
I'm surprised how This Troper had survived so long. Why hadn't an attempt to whipe all uses of it in the wiki had been made earlier?
You guys have any proposals for getting rid of 'this troper' once and for all?
I think we should stated outright to TV Tropes newcomers when they make an account that we do not tolerate any usage of "this troper" on any pages and articles. Hunt down and delete any examples and entries with that phrase so that people don't get the wrong idea.
Quick question, why do we care if people talk a certain way on Troper Tales? Also, doesn't it make sense to say This Troper on Troper Tales?
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Because it's a pretentious way to avoid writing "I." On main pages, that's still using the first person where you shouldn't, while on Troper Tales pages, it's avoiding using the first person when you should.
edited 25th May '11 6:19:17 AM by INUH
Infinite Tree: an experimental story

Is "This Troper" allowed on Troper Tales pages? I'm asking because someone just replaced every "This Troper" on TroperTales.Even The Guys Want Him with just "I" without bothering to change the accompanying third person to first, and I'm wondering it I should fix the grammar or just revert it all.