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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

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#4226: Nov 3rd 2021 at 11:58:29 PM

[up] Same, probably since it's the closest we have to a Real Life page now. I can't read most of it without getting paranoid.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#4227: Nov 4th 2021 at 4:16:10 AM

Good news, got my first notifier for "general example", I'll ask in reply for ideas how to "ungeneralize" it.

e: We've talked it out, but I feel scarred that it happened eventually.

Edited by Amonimus on Nov 4th 2021 at 7:15:52 PM

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#4228: Nov 4th 2021 at 2:30:24 PM

A funny thing I've noticed: A few people have complimented me for knowing programming in general, but the only programming thing I've ever mentioned on site (notification script) has yet to get a comment despite asking so for a month.

Tbf, I've been neglecting working on it, so maybe I should keep it updated. And I should help out in TRS/IP more often.

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Wafer Troy Verde from the Banjo-Tooie world, meditating (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Troy Verde
#4229: Nov 4th 2021 at 4:37:07 PM

I think we talked about media that was crosswicked a bunch on this wiki. Well, I've been noticing a bit of an uptake in times I've seen Chaotic mentioned...

Edited by Wafer on Nov 4th 2021 at 4:37:24 AM

Guys how cool would it be if Super Megaforce had a green ranger...
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#4230: Nov 5th 2021 at 7:45:54 PM

Sorry if talking about our own contributions is atypical, but I found from an IP thread that Short-Distance Phone Call is a trope that exists, and a video example I uploaded on Shrinking Violet a few months ago fits that trope better, so I deleted it and reuploaded it onto the formerly mentioned trope. Videos got approved earlier than I expected this time, so that's nice.

Only in hindsight did I consider that asking for a move in the Video Moderation Requests thread may have been an option, but I think it's better that I did the effort myself since I could.

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#4231: Nov 5th 2021 at 10:29:49 PM

What are the orange links? I can't figure out what's common between the few I've seen.

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mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#4232: Nov 5th 2021 at 11:26:34 PM

They're links to wiki functions instead of actual trope/work/Administrivia pages. Ask The Tropers goes right to that section of the site. I believe the term is "hard-coded redirect"?

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#4233: Nov 5th 2021 at 11:36:53 PM

I guess so, but it seems to be a leftover from site's older days. Tropes Needing Examples is orange. Ask The Tropers Plus Some Random Text will appear orange (a bug?). Query Bugs and Trope Finder are still blue.

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Wafer Troy Verde from the Banjo-Tooie world, meditating (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Troy Verde
#4234: Nov 6th 2021 at 9:37:11 AM

What's the purpose of the It Just Awes Me! board? From what I've seen it just looks like a discount Yack Fest. I don't see any stickies that inticate what it could be about either.

Guys how cool would it be if Super Megaforce had a green ranger...
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#4235: Nov 6th 2021 at 10:23:21 AM

It was meant to be replacement for the It Just Bugs me forum that got nuked awhile ago

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#4236: Nov 6th 2021 at 10:56:53 AM

It was meant as a counterpart to the It Just Bugs Me sub forum, not a replacement. It was created with the idea to balance IJBM's negativity with a place primarily for gushing about things you liked or found interesting.

It never really took off like IJBM though, since strife and drama just naturally breed more engagement. And then when IJBM was nuked it lost that idea of being a balancing force, so now it just does its own thing.

Wafer Troy Verde from the Banjo-Tooie world, meditating (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Troy Verde
#4237: Nov 6th 2021 at 11:35:40 AM

[up] I see. From what I can see it's just a general chat forum but more unhinged, right?
——
To change the subject I've started to sort the Advertising Narm examples in a Notepad draft. I'm still fairly new and I'm not sure if doing such a big thing is the right course of action for me, but I'm gonna do it

Guys how cool would it be if Super Megaforce had a green ranger...
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#4238: Nov 6th 2021 at 1:05:49 PM

[up] Are you ordering them in alphabetical order? That's completely fine.

CG for short
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#4239: Nov 6th 2021 at 1:17:20 PM

Alphabetized old advertising entries on the wiki is hard because so many entries just... don't even name the company.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#4240: Nov 6th 2021 at 1:18:55 PM

[up]

because so many entries just... don't even name the company.

Yeah, I think that's the type of stuff to start a clean-up thread on. Any examples that come in mind?

CG for short
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#4241: Nov 6th 2021 at 1:30:18 PM

Honestly every advertising page has some issues with shoehorns or informal examples or bashing, and I've thought about making a full cleanup thread for them. I will probably do that later.

Edited by mightymewtron on Nov 6th 2021 at 4:30:38 AM

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#4242: Nov 6th 2021 at 3:30:01 PM

A nice troper has added a note to the top of Tally Hall directing editors to fix misplaced links. I didn't know how to indicate that when I deleted a bunch of entries.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#4243: Nov 6th 2021 at 3:34:38 PM

Should be visable for editors only..I think?

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Wafer Troy Verde from the Banjo-Tooie world, meditating (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Troy Verde
#4244: Nov 6th 2021 at 6:02:55 PM

To answer anyone's questions, I'm not alphabetizing them. I'm sorting them by which type of ad they are (PSA, political, other).
Anyways, every so often I visit the Ho Yay page for Channel Awesome for some cheap laughs and I keep forgetting the fact that the page was made in 2019 and not in like 2008 or something

Guys how cool would it be if Super Megaforce had a green ranger...
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#4245: Nov 6th 2021 at 6:25:30 PM

The browse section of this site is pretty weird as it has a habit of showing pages with old images that got changed/removed and long cut tropes. Also it has this:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20211106_182342_chrome.jpg

CG for short
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#4246: Nov 6th 2021 at 6:36:00 PM

On the plus side, Browse is very useful for IP. Lets you know at a glance if a page’s pic is good or not.

mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#4247: Nov 6th 2021 at 6:38:26 PM

Anyways, every so often I visit the Ho Yay page for Channel Awesome for some cheap laughs and I keep forgetting the fact that the page was made in 2019 and not in like 2008 or something

That's because it was at HoYay.That Guy With The Glasses for years until it got moved to the name for the new website. Trust me, the shit on that page is a relic of an older, weirder wiki.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#4248: Nov 6th 2021 at 8:24:55 PM

Lately I've been considering taking a break, but with me having a few open projects simultaneously, it would be "irresonsible" to not work on them or to leave them to someone else. I'm afraid dealing with a lot of text affects my ability to read, which is as bad of a practice as it's bad of an excuse, so if I don't start focusing on one thing at a time I'll soon be asked to.

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DivineFlame100 Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#4249: Nov 7th 2021 at 3:56:41 AM

[up]This is the wrong thread to announce that. You may want to go to this thread instead.

PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#4250: Nov 7th 2021 at 11:35:26 AM

I'm doing a cleanup of Referenced by… pages and I'm noticing how everyone of those pages for anime and manga series haves at least one example from The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You.


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