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One thing I've noticed is that for all how the page for They Might Be Giants claims them to be the unofficial official band of this wiki, there's relatively few people on this site who seem to ever reference them.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Mar 28th 2023 at 7:19:52 AM

0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#1: Mar 29th 2013 at 8:15:55 PM

Discuss TV Tropes itself, such as observations you've made about the site/forum/wiki.

NOTE: Keep it civil; try not to get into any Flame Bait-y territory, per the forum rules (in particular, drama importation and popcorn posting are not allowed, and this thread is for discussion about the site and not the users). In addition, while discussing the Edit Banned thread is not prohibited on its own, discussing and/or alluding to specific cases is not permitted.

    Original post 
(NOTE: Keep it civil, try not to get into any Flame Bait-y territory.)

One thing I've noticed is that for all how the page for They Might Be Giants claims them to be the unofficial official band of this wiki, there's relatively few people on this site who seem to ever reference them.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Mar 28th 2023 at 7:19:52 AM

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#2: Mar 29th 2013 at 9:41:56 PM

There are a lot of anime fans.

You need an adult.
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#3: Mar 29th 2013 at 9:50:21 PM

@ 0dd: That note was added years ago: 2007 or earlier. Back then, there was a lot less trope coverage of music, and hardly any bands had trope articles, but TMBG were one of them.

I think TMBG are slightly more popular with nerds in general than they are with music nerds.

edited 29th Mar '13 9:50:56 PM by MetaFour

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#4: Mar 29th 2013 at 10:02:35 PM

Every trope NEEDS an example from Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Even if it's exclusive to a different medium.

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0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#5: Mar 29th 2013 at 10:03:51 PM

[up][up]Oh, believe me, I know how little coverage of music this site had. We never even had an Albums Index until I made that page. And there's still plenty of pages for pretty influential/popular artists that don't exist yet (which I can't really create myself due to a lack of knowledge).

[up] As well as Homestuck, MLP, and Avatar The Last Airbender.

edited 29th Mar '13 10:05:17 PM by 0dd1

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#6: Mar 29th 2013 at 10:25:38 PM

This place probably has the largest amount of regulars claiming some sort of ASD outside of specialty sites like Wrong Planet, and it makes a lot of sense why if you have even basic knowledge of how autism works.

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#7: Mar 30th 2013 at 12:32:05 AM

This site's community seems a bit more tightly-knit than other Internet communities I've seen...

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Ded
#8: Mar 30th 2013 at 12:54:43 AM

Tons of folks list Brilliant, but Lazy as one of their tropes.

Reasonable MLP fans, contrary to popular belief, exist.

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#9: Mar 30th 2013 at 2:46:21 AM

There is topics that probably wouldn't get nearly as much discussion, not nearly as enthusiastic, in other places.

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#10: Mar 30th 2013 at 7:53:34 AM

There are a lot of anime fans.

Welcome to the internet.

wuggles Since: Jul, 2009
#11: Mar 30th 2013 at 8:10:47 AM

Every entry also has to have a Doctor Who example. I will say, this site has gotten A LOT better about not being anime centered since I joined (summer 2009). Back them, it seemed like every page image was Haruhi Suzu-whatshername.

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#12: Mar 30th 2013 at 8:26:09 AM

Aside from OTC, there's very, very little bashing on this site.

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#13: Mar 30th 2013 at 8:28:48 AM

This site's community seems a bit more tightly-knit than other Internet communities I've seen...

Right you are. :)

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#14: Mar 30th 2013 at 10:48:02 AM

so far at least (I've not been here long), the fora seem much friendlier and less prone to flame than many other forums i have been on, although my experience is largely of gaming forums particularly the official Bungie and Bioware forums

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#15: Mar 30th 2013 at 11:12:11 AM

Homestuck avatars are everywhere.

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#16: Mar 30th 2013 at 11:38:35 AM

  • Any lock is a permalock.
  • The phrase "To be fair..." can be found on most pages.

edited 30th Mar '13 12:06:24 PM by LordCrayak

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#18: Mar 30th 2013 at 3:36:27 PM

Related to the posts above about Brilliant, but Lazy and ASD—TV Tropes seems to attract a particular personality type. Outgoing extroverted types seem to be a rarity.

You need an adult.
0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#19: Mar 30th 2013 at 6:09:04 PM

Aside from OTC, there's very, very little bashing on this site.
Granted, that's mostly because it's not actually allowed...

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Catfish42 Bloody Fossil from world´s favourite country. Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#20: Mar 30th 2013 at 6:21:15 PM

That might just have something to do with it, yeah.

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0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
Just awesome like that
#21: Mar 30th 2013 at 6:33:50 PM

Before the site really cracked down on that, there used to be tons and tons of bashing.

Granted, there still is if you know where to look.

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chagen36 get stuffed from scotland Since: Mar, 2013
get stuffed
#22: Mar 31st 2013 at 6:02:51 AM

the things i've noticed forum wise.

  • less chance of being nagged by a long-term poster.
  • that the brony fandom is basicly if you took the worst parts of the furry fandom and made a subset out of it.
  • the people who dont like this place are just butthurt or arogant. eg:some ijbmers. most outsiders
well thats most of them.^^.

oh last thing a calm actmosphere. the only place were i didn't get called a fur-fag in my introduction.

edited 31st Mar '13 6:34:56 AM by chagen36

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eternalNoob Ded from yer mum Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
Ded
#23: Mar 31st 2013 at 8:07:09 AM

[up]Fur fa-

-bang-

There seems to be a place for every fan here. Some more than others, but hey, fellow Binding of Isaac players and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure fans are always fun to chat with.

edited 31st Mar '13 8:08:30 AM by eternalNoob

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chagen36 get stuffed from scotland Since: Mar, 2013
get stuffed
#24: Mar 31st 2013 at 8:30:53 AM

[up]i see what you did there.tongue

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MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
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#25: Mar 31st 2013 at 10:21:09 AM

There are a lot of people with really unusual sexual orientations and gender identities.

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