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Some tropers (myself included) have been moving works from the Main/ namespace to the appropriate namespace. Unfortunately, some of these moves were done without the wicks being corrected to reflect the new namespaces.

There are more wicks than any one person could handle, so I'm posting here in hopes of getting help. Here is a list of pages that have been moved and need their wicks corrected. (Let me know if you spot any others, and I'll add them to the list.)

EDIT: The list has been moved to Administrivia.Wick Namespace Migration.

Add completed moves in Completed Namespace Migrations.

edited 17th Jul '12 6:56:08 AM by lu127

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1151: Dec 24th 2013 at 3:42:37 AM

So, how do we disambiguate Webcomic.Jack?

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#1152: Dec 24th 2013 at 5:58:31 AM

^ Off the top of my head, the main Webcomic/Jack page a disambiguation pointing to Webcomic/JackDavidHopkins (custom titled to "Jack (David Hopkins)") for the current Webcomic/Jack content and Webcomic/JackJackAntonucci (custom titled to "Jack (Jack Antonucci)") for the other one.

All your safe space are belong to Trump
LongLiveHumour Since: Feb, 2010
#1153: Dec 24th 2013 at 7:58:25 AM

I need help moving the Administrivia.Conversation In The Main Page wicks. There's 550 atm, all at the top of Fanfic Recs pages: the template for each new page is simply copied from another, which means Main.Conversation In The Main Page namespace is breeding. I'm chipping away at them at 10/day but it's gonna take a bit.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1154: Dec 29th 2013 at 3:00:13 AM

^^I agree with that course of action. I have to say that I don't have the time to disambiguate every wick, though.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#1155: Dec 29th 2013 at 9:39:10 PM

I'll take a swing at that tomorrow, a bit busy for it right now.

All your safe space are belong to Trump
Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#1156: Dec 30th 2013 at 8:10:25 AM

Ok, I created Webcomic.Jack David Hopkins and Webcomic.Jack Jack Antonucci (requested the custom titles mentioned above, waiting for mods to do their thing), and turned Webcomic.Jack into a disambiguation. Working on the webcomic wicks as soon as I post this message, starting with the Hopkins one.

[edit] Is there anything like Wick Namespace Migration for disambiguating work pages? I didn't realize there were 200+ wicks for Webcomic.Jack. tongue

edited 30th Dec '13 8:16:03 AM by Nohbody

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TheOneWhoTropes Dread Sorcerer of Auchtermuchty from Newton-le-willows, quaint town Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Dread Sorcerer of Auchtermuchty
#1157: Dec 30th 2013 at 11:45:11 AM

I think it goes on wick namespace migration as a complex page. That's where some of the others like that are.

Keeper of The Celestial Flame
Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#1158: Dec 31st 2013 at 4:24:21 PM

Ok, finished moving the Hopkins Jack wicks, minus two requested edits, the disambiguation index wick, and the Completed Migrations index.

The Jack Antonucci Jack is in need of crosswicking, though, as there are no references to Web Original/Jack mentioned on its "Related to..." page. That, however, is another thread.

edited 31st Dec '13 4:26:19 PM by Nohbody

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TheOneWhoTropes Dread Sorcerer of Auchtermuchty from Newton-le-willows, quaint town Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#1161: Feb 4th 2014 at 12:22:29 PM

This post just to bring attention to a sibling effort to this one, the Hyphen Migration project. We now have a page, Administrivia.Hyphenated Titles, for articles that don't just need a namespacing but also a title correction. Feel free to consult it.

edited 4th Feb '14 12:22:54 PM by StFan

TheOneWhoTropes Dread Sorcerer of Auchtermuchty from Newton-le-willows, quaint town Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Dread Sorcerer of Auchtermuchty
#1162: Feb 5th 2014 at 5:00:17 PM

I've done a couple of the hyphen migrations myself while working on the Wick Migration.

Keeper of The Celestial Flame
StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#1163: Feb 10th 2014 at 10:01:01 AM

I invite you guys to take a look at the Suggesting new namespaces thread; we're pondering if an OCT/ namespace would be a good thing.

EarlOfSandvich Since: Jun, 2011
#1164: Feb 16th 2014 at 12:20:53 PM

Well, the Wick Namespace Migration page has been locked because the same Vandal going under various (often random and garbled) aliases persistently vandalized it and other related pages for the past couple of days.

edited 16th Feb '14 12:21:14 PM by EarlOfSandvich

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StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#1165: Feb 16th 2014 at 3:09:45 PM

I could state my thoughts about the whole situation, but there's no way that'll stay polite enough for this forum, so I'll practice self-censoring. I just do hope it won't last.

Just remember, everybody, you can still go to the Edit Requests for Locked Pages thread for any modification needed. I suggest taking note of them and doing the requests by batch from time to time in order to avoid swarming the thread.

harryhenry It's either real or it's a dream Since: Jan, 2012
It's either real or it's a dream
#1166: Feb 19th 2014 at 1:53:25 AM

Just completed (after a LONG while) redirecting all mentions of Main.Cartoon History Of The Universe and Main.The Cartoon History Of The Universe to ComicBook.Cartoon History Of The Universe. All pages have been done (Aside from The Prophet Muhammad and Sandbox.The Prophet Muhammad, the former for being locked, and the latter for being blank.) and now one of the only things left to be done is to add it to the list.

edited 19th Feb '14 1:55:49 AM by harryhenry

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1167: Feb 22nd 2014 at 3:07:20 AM

Crossposting from the YKTTW Crash Rescue topic: I've noticed that a fair amount of newly-namespaced work pages would qualify as stubs and as cut-worthy under wiki standards. I see that some people have been cutlisting the articles rather than namespacing them, but others are namespacing them as well.

edited 22nd Feb '14 3:07:29 AM by SeptimusHeap

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1168: Mar 1st 2014 at 2:54:59 AM

A question/proposal for Wick Namespace Migration - should the page note that Main/ redirects with fewer than 10 inbounds can be cutlisted?

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#1169: Mar 1st 2014 at 1:36:11 PM

I don't think it's too much a necessity on the page itself... most tropers involved in the project know it, but we don't want too many pages cutlisted at the same time (it is bad for the Google rank of the site), and newbies may not be aware of that fact. On the other hand, we may want to mention the latter anyway....

Plus, I don't consider cutting a Main/ redirect something you're just done with... I keep watching those that attract wicks fast to PM those tropers mistakenly linking to a dead redirect, to increase the awareness of namespacing. Again, no obligation for everybody to do this, but it's something that can be considered.

Aiguille Since: Jan, 2001
#1170: Mar 3rd 2014 at 10:00:34 PM

Actually, I'm back after a long break and the narrower standards for works in main were codified in my absence, so I'd like some marching orders, as the Ambiguity Index seems to attract them as wicks.: Less than ten inbounds is grounds for cutlisting...but what's the lower limit on tropes or wicks. As in, if a workpage in main has less than ten inbounds, but a listing of five or six tropes, is it spared the cutlist, or are we going for a more zero tolerance approach?

edited 3rd Mar '14 10:04:44 PM by Aiguille

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1171: Mar 3rd 2014 at 11:44:07 PM

Workpages get only cut if a) they are stubs with less than 3 good trope examples or b) duplicates (including of already-namespaced work pages) or c) for some less common reasons that don't have much practical importance. As for Main/ redirects, one consideration is not to cutlist too many at once.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
EarlOfSandvich Since: Jun, 2011
#1172: Mar 4th 2014 at 10:29:37 AM

Good news: the Wick Namespace Migration page is open for everyone again. Let's hope it lasts! grin

I now go by Graf von Tirol.
Antigone3 Since: Aug, 2010
#1173: Mar 5th 2014 at 10:22:41 AM

I've been chipping away at MythBusters redirects when I have spare time, and I've hit two pages on the "Related to" list that are puzzling me.

Just for reference, here's the list: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/relatedsearch.php?term=Main/Mythbusters . There's an entry for "Slow Motion" — it redirects to Overcrank, which does not have any reference to Mythbusters that control-F can find. Another entry is for "Fan Works: Star Trek Continues", which leads to a "we don't have that page" page (and again, no reference to Mythbusters). Is there any way to clean those off the list?

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#1174: Mar 5th 2014 at 10:29:06 AM

The latter wick is because there was a page there which I moved off with a tool that can leave ghost wicks behind.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
LadyMomus Since: Apr, 2009
#1175: Mar 5th 2014 at 10:29:51 AM

[up][up] I fixed the one for Slow Motion. The page had the redirect mark-up at the top, but had addition content below the redirect.

I've run into that problem a couple times before. People create redirects without deleting the text that was there, which gets extremely confusing when cleaning up wicks.

(If you want to see what it looked like before, here's the page history.)

Star Trek Continues looks like a ghost wick. I'm not sure if there's any way to fix it.

edited 5th Mar '14 10:30:00 AM by LadyMomus


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