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This thread is for people asking for assistance with crosswicking of pages that have far less wicks than on-page examples or references to other pages.

For a list of pages that need crosswicking see Pages Needing an Entry Pimp.

Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 3rd 2023 at 10:16:19 AM

XFllo There is no Planet B from Planet A Since: Aug, 2012
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#226: Apr 14th 2020 at 3:28:05 PM

[up] Pardon me, but that fanfic page of yours has currently three tropes with context. Cross-wicking three examples from the fanfic page to their respective trope pages is not exactly time-consuming.

Do you need some assistance with editing, like the code or some formatting? This really should be easy, even for new editors.

Edited by XFllo on Apr 14th 2020 at 12:28:52 PM

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#227: Apr 27th 2020 at 7:41:46 PM

Could someone help crosswick the anime section of Recurring Fanon Character? I know it's just three examples, but the YMMV pages for them are huge and I have no idea where they're supposed to go.

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WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#228: May 10th 2020 at 1:37:21 PM

Even after we updated the TLP guidelines to basically require full crosswicking effort, people still aren't doing it. I've been sending notifications, but those get ignored way too often.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Primis Since: Nov, 2010
#229: May 15th 2020 at 10:31:28 AM

Literature.Ghost House 1979 and WebAnimation.Ghost House 2014 were created two years ago and four years ago, respectively, and their only wicks are indexes.

Both were just disambiguated, by the way, so that's why it says they were both created today.

Edited by Primis on May 15th 2020 at 10:32:29 AM

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#230: May 25th 2020 at 5:42:56 PM

While doing an entry in TLP, I found the page for Webcomic.Modern Mo Gal and found that none of it is crosswicked outside of indexes. I'm doing some now but, after asking in Ask The Tropers and being directed here, thought I should get some assistance.

I've sent a notifier to the page's creator and primary editor.

Edit to Add: Same editor made Webcomic.Friendship Is 4 Komagic, and also needs help.

Edited by sgamer82 on May 25th 2020 at 7:19:57 AM

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#231: May 25th 2020 at 6:12:35 PM

Unfortunately common with work pages; it's very hard to keep up with them once the creator moves on or the new edits list updates.

I once had a short-lived plan of crosswicking work pages that haven't yet been crosswicked, but since it's so time consuming and tedious I never went through with it. Maybe I should...

But yeah, let's see what the creator says first. This may sound a bit rude but it's up to the page's creator / trope's launcher to do the crosswicking work to the best of their ability. If they don't or can't, then other people should probably do something, but this is just part of doing complete work so it's best to talk to the creator about it.

...That said, too many people are ignoring my crosswicking notifiers about trope launches. I might need to do another ping fest to try and get them to listen.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#232: May 27th 2020 at 10:48:06 AM

[up]Any chance that The Autographed Ball might be de-wicked if there's no definite relaunch date?

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WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#233: May 27th 2020 at 11:02:37 AM

[up] I'll launch it soon; I want the wicks to stay to make the process easier on me, though if you want to dewick them feel free, the redlinks shouldn't be there and I know that.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
alnair20aug93 🍊orange fursona🧡 from 🐾Furrypines 🇵🇭 (Long Runner) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#234: May 27th 2020 at 11:18:11 AM

[up]Technically dewicked them; the wicks are still there, but they're commented out and the Camel Cases spaced out.

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WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#235: May 27th 2020 at 11:26:28 AM

Thanks, that'll do. I've only held off on relaunching because I'm a bit paranoid now, but I'll do it soon.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
ImmiThrax 🏳️‍🌈🎃 from A Galaxy Far, Far Away Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#236: May 27th 2020 at 9:54:04 PM

ComicBook.Deadpool has a... frankly horrifying number of examples not crosswicked onto it. There are over 100 tropes on the page at the moment, but possibly over 1000 not crosswicked from the trope pages. I haven't determined how to figure out which wicks are already crosswicked and which are one-sided. See related pages.

As for what's on the page, I'd crosswick myself for everything I rewrote out of self-demonstrating or lifted from the 2010 archive, but I'm super overwhelmed after doing over 100 examples.

(And those estimates are without the several hundred wicks to Deadpool that need Wick Namespace Migration...)

I'd very, very much appreciate help with any of these, even if it's just 1 letter's worth, or even half a letter— get enough people taking them on and we can do it!

[nja] (clarified my sleepy wording)

Edited by ImmiThrax on May 28th 2020 at 2:09:06 PM

Covered in Star Wars Cleanup, Deadpool, and Web Video sand. I'm not coarse and rough, but I get everywhere.
Malady (X-Troper)
#237: May 28th 2020 at 8:34:03 PM

[up] - Some might just be mentioning the character as part of an entry about the work he appears in, but in that case, the wick / pothole should be removed.

If you're on Windows, or have Python, I've got scripts to open pages quickly.

My best speed is 10 wicks / min, when it's something easy like the non-complex namespace migrations.

Edited by Malady on May 28th 2020 at 8:39:22 AM

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ImmiThrax 🏳️‍🌈🎃 from A Galaxy Far, Far Away Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#238: May 28th 2020 at 8:48:29 PM

Windows 7 actually— anything helps! Anything! Assuming it's good with this old version.

Covered in Star Wars Cleanup, Deadpool, and Web Video sand. I'm not coarse and rough, but I get everywhere.
Malady (X-Troper)
#239: May 28th 2020 at 9:03:39 PM

[up] - It's a batch file, so I'm sure it'll work from 95 onwards. :)

I'll give it tomorrow, it's late here.

oh, what browser are you using?

otherwise, I'll teach you how to customize it for your browser.

Edited by Malady on May 28th 2020 at 9:18:33 AM

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ImmiThrax 🏳️‍🌈🎃 from A Galaxy Far, Far Away Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#240: May 28th 2020 at 9:17:11 PM

Yaaaay good ol' batch! Wasn't sure if there was some newfangled script stuff with the newer versions. (And not exactly possible on my mobile devices...)

Get some sleep, and whenever it's convenient for you, I appreciate it so much! Thank you thank you thank you!

[nja] I alternate between Firefox and Chrome depending on what I'm doing.

Edited by ImmiThrax on May 28th 2020 at 12:21:23 PM

Covered in Star Wars Cleanup, Deadpool, and Web Video sand. I'm not coarse and rough, but I get everywhere.
Malady (X-Troper)
#241: May 28th 2020 at 9:25:32 PM

Ah, good, I found it on my Google Drive.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CwHVMdTDyh9L5R4goUywR_OkMPhJK0oo/view?usp=drivesdk

You can change the extension to "txt" for easier opening, and back to "bat" to run it. ... Or just right-click and hit "edit".

I use a "storage.txt" in the same folder / Desktop where this is stored.

It holds the Namespace/PageName copied straight from Related Pages.

I only work Namespace by namespace, so copying the whole page in, is unadvised.

It's made for Firefox.

I advise testing with a single Main page and Namespaces page, so you understand how it works.

Good luck! See ya tomorrow!

Oh good, you know of batch. Hopefully I've explained enough that you'll understand what you see.

I've heard of Powershell, never used it myself.

Edited by Malady on May 28th 2020 at 9:27:36 AM

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ImmiThrax 🏳️‍🌈🎃 from A Galaxy Far, Far Away Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#242: May 28th 2020 at 9:32:51 PM

[up] Extremely clear instructions! [awesome] After I give it a while (probably tomorrow) I'll PM you about how it goes, or here if other people want to hear about it. Spread the word far and wide about useful things!

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SebastianGray (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#243: May 31st 2020 at 1:45:56 AM

I don't know if this is the right place to ask this, if it isn't please ignore me, but am I right in thinking that for the purpose of crosswicking Character pages count as the main work page and so don't need to be on both because I have in the past seen people adding the exact same entry on both the Character and Work page, something that kind of defeats the point of Character pages to stop the bloating of a Work's main page with tropes that only apply to a single character.

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#244: May 31st 2020 at 3:47:13 AM

Yeah that is not what crosswicking is for. A trope should for a specific character or characters should be on the character sheet, not both.

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#246: Jun 3rd 2020 at 4:58:14 PM

I crosswicked Modern MoGal some since was brought up here. It from 9 wicks to 21. Granted there's still more work to do on that and people adding examples without crosswicking.

But anyways I might do more later.

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WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#247: Jun 7th 2020 at 6:55:20 PM

-Cracks knuckles-

Here's a list of drafts that need more crosswicking, either because they're not even above the wick minimum or because they are but still have a lot more work to do before they're complete. The sponsors are being pinged to request they take action. I'm just going through the first two pages of the recent launches list and skimming them, so I might not have caught everything, but the list is much smaller than the first time I had to do this.

Edited by WarJay77 on Jun 7th 2020 at 9:58:22 AM

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YoshimitsuMaster Since: Oct, 2014
#248: Jun 8th 2020 at 1:22:40 AM

Thanks for drawing my attention to this post.

Yeah, I had to crosswick that trope page, but I am rather intimidated by the sheer scope of this project (as before that, my only trope entry was Fury-Fueled Foolishness that had very few entries compared to this one at the time of launch). I am back here, though, and I'll get to work now that I have the ping.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#249: Jun 8th 2020 at 1:24:00 AM

Hey, take your time and feel free to ask for help if you need it, these things can be intimidating and time consuming so I don't blame you.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Agent2583 Secret Agent2583 from [CLASSIFIED] Since: Sep, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#250: Jun 8th 2020 at 1:36:34 AM

I appreciate the Crosswicking summon. Even though I have crosswicked my post to 2 pages (Which are Index pages), I still think it needs a bit of work.

Edited by Agent2583 on Jun 8th 2020 at 9:45:16 AM


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