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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 Oct 13th 2024 at 12:59:03 PM

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#3526: Jun 5th 2020 at 8:07:17 PM

I can see why though. We don't trope the fact that someone's straight or gay, after all.

The legend has returned.
DrNoPuma Streaky from the land of Humorous Hyenas (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: Married to the music
#3527: Jun 7th 2020 at 6:14:21 PM

Tropes are being launched from the Trope Launch Pad at a remarkable rate nowadays. It's almost like a factory. I don't think the rate of new tropes was that fast a few years ago, but I can't remember.

EDIT: All activity in TLP is super fast lately.

Edited by DrNoPuma on Jun 7th 2020 at 10:46:16 AM

Very good kitty
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
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#3528: Jun 8th 2020 at 3:21:41 AM

Yeah things moved faster than how I remember when it was YKTTW.

I am trying see if I can get past the 100 tropes launched mare within 2 years since I am already halfway there

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Dhiruxide Since: Dec, 2016
#3529: Jun 8th 2020 at 3:26:42 AM

I feel what I originally wrote is too inflammatory but lesser or obscure works with pages on this site tend to not be well-written or have a lot of bad examples.

Who here has ever heard of Radix: Beyond The Void? The page has a lot of ZC Es

Edited by Dhiruxide on Jun 8th 2020 at 12:30:10 PM

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
ain't nothin' but a party y'all
#3530: Jun 8th 2020 at 4:09:15 AM

[up]Looks like that was taken care of a year back.

But yeah some of the more obscure works can have some pretty sorry pages.

Edited by PhysicalStamina on Jun 8th 2020 at 7:10:21 AM

Do not spare the feelings of those who would not spare yours.
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#3531: Jun 8th 2020 at 4:42:39 AM

I commented out the ZC Es. But TBH, the page doesnt look that bad and I only needed to comment out like 4 entries. I have seen far worse.

A lot of these pages were created back when we were less strict with ZCE standards. And less they get less traffic, there isnt anyone around to curate and clean them.

Edited by MacronNotes on Jun 8th 2020 at 7:48:46 AM

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DongwaChan (Apprentice)
#3532: Jun 8th 2020 at 8:09:28 AM

Is it more or are there a lot of British users on this site? I've lost count on how many pages have had a "rubbish" or obscure British reference slip by.

Dhiruxide Since: Dec, 2016
#3533: Jun 8th 2020 at 8:23:10 AM

[up]This is how I feel, but for British spelling, when editors replace "armor" with "armour" on pages like Doom Eternal and Quake Champions: Doom Edition. That was most noticeable but they have other British spelling of words as well. What's more baffling is that both works are not from UK as well

I'd do something about it but I feel like I'd engage in an edit war and I'm not sure if I have the nerves for that

Edited by Dhiruxide on Jun 8th 2020 at 5:25:06 PM

unfortunatezorua from the old, in the new yesterday (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Wishing you were here
#3534: Jun 8th 2020 at 8:25:16 AM

[up] Yeaaah not sure how to break it to you, but I'm pretty sure that's edit warring, since we have a first-come first-serve rule for spelling.

[nja] though my point still stands, if people keep changing it that should probably be reported.

Edited by unfortunatezorua on Jun 8th 2020 at 11:27:13 PM

Well, that’d be jus’ a waste. Why would ya want to deprive the world of such anomaly as yourself?
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
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#3535: Jun 8th 2020 at 8:27:36 AM

Well British people arent the only people using commonwealth English. A lot of countries use commonwealth spelling as opposed to ones familiar with American spelling.

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Dhiruxide Since: Dec, 2016
#3536: Jun 8th 2020 at 8:27:51 AM

I had a chat with a troper via P Ms who did change spellings and told me it's spottily enforced or something

MrLavisherMoot dizzy from So'ton, Hants Since: May, 2014
dizzy
#3537: Jun 8th 2020 at 9:33:25 AM

I don't think a work's country of origin has any bearing on the spellings used within the article, hence it's perfectly acceptable to see US spellings on an article for a UK-originated work and vice versa

simple as
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#3538: Jun 8th 2020 at 2:20:54 PM

Yeah. To add to what Unfortunate said, our rules on American and Commonwealth Spellings are listed on the page.

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#3539: Jun 8th 2020 at 10:18:41 PM

On You Know That Show, a lot of the people that use it that use their real faces as their profile pic.

Edited by MacronNotes on Jun 8th 2020 at 1:21:36 PM

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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#3540: Jul 5th 2020 at 11:43:26 AM

When it comes to controversies, some threads are willing to talk about them while others are very eager to change topics immediately. For example, the drama around the Smash community has people willing to talk about it in the Youtube, fighting game, and Jim Sterling threads but the Smash thread wants to change the topic every time it's brought up.

The legend has returned.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#3541: Jul 5th 2020 at 12:17:39 PM

The difference is that the people in smash thread are part of said community,it's upsetting and makes them uncomfortable,hence a desire to change the topic

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ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#3542: Jul 7th 2020 at 4:32:16 PM

Some tropes are way more common than logic would dictate, like Wave of Babies.

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Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#3543: Jul 11th 2020 at 4:34:22 PM

[up] I have heard it said that Mega Neko was intended as a joke, mocking the wiki's Gratuitous Japanese (then much worse than now) by punning off Meganekko, but then enough valid examples were found that fit the name, and it became a valid trope.

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#3544: Aug 14th 2020 at 6:49:09 AM

I find some people who are supposed to be intelligent can't argue without being confrontational,while others manage just fine

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PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
ain't nothin' but a party y'all
#3545: Aug 14th 2020 at 6:52:17 AM

[up]It's probably a Too Clever by Half sort of thing; if you think you're intelligent, anyone arguing with you probably comes off as an accusation of the contrary — a personal attack. Defending their position, then, becomes more a matter of defending their honor.

Edited by PhysicalStamina on Aug 14th 2020 at 9:52:27 AM

Do not spare the feelings of those who would not spare yours.
GoosefromWikipedia (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
#3546: Aug 14th 2020 at 2:11:23 PM

I noticed that vandalism is much rarer here then other wikis, but when it does happen, it is much more elaborate then the simple "TROLOLOLOLOLO" stuff on Wikipedia.

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
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#3547: Aug 14th 2020 at 4:24:01 PM

In my experience, most people page blank pages here when they want to vandalize stuff.

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Misuki Full Time Bookworm from Clown Country (USA) (Long Runner) Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
Full Time Bookworm
#3548: Aug 14th 2020 at 5:01:25 PM

I've noticed some of the same regulars around the forums since I first started hanging around. It's a comforting thought, really.

"The three rules of the librarians of time and space: silence; books must be returned on time; no interfering with the nature of causality."
TuefelHundenIV Night Clerk of the Apocalypse from Doomsday Facility Corner Store. Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
Night Clerk of the Apocalypse
#3549: Aug 14th 2020 at 5:04:43 PM

There are a good few of us. Some of us have been around for a while to boot.

Who watches the watchmen?
ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#3550: Aug 14th 2020 at 5:37:12 PM

The community here is small enough for me to recognize basically every regular in the sections I spend time in, which was a first for any internet community I've been in. It's to the point that I associate people with their specific patterns of speech (or typing) and anyone changing their avatar throws me for a loop.

I wonder what traits the community here associates with me as an individual.

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