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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

N1KF Alleged Number1KirbyFan (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#4327: Nov 29th 2021 at 7:45:17 PM

[up] Very into Lu's enthusiastic cut reason there. Curious what it was and what happened to it?

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
Wafer Troy Verde from the Banjo-Tooie world, meditating (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Troy Verde
#4328: Nov 29th 2021 at 7:48:57 PM

What I'm more interested in is why the forum for the TV show was hidden.

Guys how cool would it be if Super Megaforce had a green ranger...
SilverCrown (Private) Relationship Status: Singularity
#4329: Nov 29th 2021 at 7:51:05 PM

Probably because the show was discontinued. After eleven years of being destitute, there's not too much to analyse. tongue

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#4330: Nov 29th 2021 at 8:14:51 PM

I wonder what it would look like if it did manage to get launched somehow.

Macron's notes
N1KF Alleged Number1KirbyFan (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Alleged Number1KirbyFan
#4331: Nov 29th 2021 at 8:26:25 PM

If you're interested in learning more about it, the pages for it are available on the Wayback Machine. I don't know why the pages were cut though.

Edited by N1KF on Nov 29th 2021 at 10:27:14 AM

Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#4332: Nov 29th 2021 at 9:38:43 PM

Dewicking has really made me value removing duplicate tropes from character/recap/main pages, because it's annoying to have to clean the same example on all three pages because nobody bothered to delete them after copy-pasting.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#4333: Nov 29th 2021 at 9:57:23 PM

Sometimes I want there to be a tool like an extension to the Related tab that also shows the examples listed for easier ZCE/Wickcheck/Move search. (I could probably make a script for it)

Edited by Amonimus on Nov 29th 2021 at 9:00:48 PM

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
SilverCrown (Private) Relationship Status: Singularity
#4334: Nov 29th 2021 at 11:15:01 PM

[up] You can. You'd probably need to grab the page text and remove everything except the links if you want the "link-only" tool, but I'm sure it can be done.

Delibirda from Splatsville Since: Sep, 2020 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
#4335: Nov 30th 2021 at 12:02:05 AM

Who are those new mods?

"Listen up, Marina, because this is SUPER important. Whatever you do, don't eat th“ “DON'T EAT WHAT?! Your text box ran out of space!”
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#4336: Nov 30th 2021 at 12:06:07 AM

[up] Gaston Rabbit, Macron Notes, Synchronicity, Tabs

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#4337: Nov 30th 2021 at 7:38:10 AM

~Septimus Heap has a method that lists all the wicks on the related tab with their contexts in a sandbox. It's been very helpful for TRS work that needs context vetting (vs. just removing the wick). I am not sure what goes into it however.

PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#4338: Dec 1st 2021 at 9:44:21 AM

CowboyBebopAtHisComputer.Live Action Films haves an entry about Godzilla whose source is completely unpersoned (It comes from "one old book written by an author we won't say who it was") and it puzzles me.

Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#4339: Dec 1st 2021 at 9:49:30 AM

If you write out Keep Until Better Image Suggested in acronym form,the whole word will be spelt out even if you put in the [==] thing between the word.

Edit: Doesn't work with BUPKIS tho.

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Dec 1st 2021 at 9:50:57 AM

CG for short
wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#4340: Dec 1st 2021 at 9:51:57 AM

Though you can can't get around it by inserting the escape markup into Keep Until Better Image Suggested, like "KU[==]BIS". We thought you could but nope. That's kinda funny.

Edited by wingedcatgirl on Dec 1st 2021 at 11:52:35 AM

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#4341: Dec 1st 2021 at 11:16:37 AM

KUBIS

Works when I insert the italics markup.

Edited by PurpleEyedGuma on Dec 1st 2021 at 2:17:00 PM

Wafer Troy Verde from the Banjo-Tooie world, meditating (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Troy Verde
#4342: Dec 2nd 2021 at 8:28:18 PM

I know that adding images to character pages is a free action, but I can't help but feel like I need to talk about it in Image Pickin' first.

Guys how cool would it be if Super Megaforce had a green ranger...
MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
#4343: Dec 3rd 2021 at 9:53:33 AM

I just rediscovered the Pitch Generator, which randomly pairs works/creators/etc in an X Meets Y format. Has anyone actually tried to use this for ideas? One of the more amusing, yet surprisingly workable results I just got was Conan the Barbarian meets Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - the generator specifically gave me the television series of the latter but I thought more of the movie: So an incredible shrinking Barbarian Hero basically.

Edit: one that just amused me - "The Old Man and the Sea meets Surf Nazis Must Die".

Edited by MikeK on Dec 4th 2021 at 9:39:20 AM

PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#4344: Dec 3rd 2021 at 10:47:17 AM

Many YMMV pages suffer from inconsistent spoilers. As in, you see the exact same thing mentioned under different tropes, and some treat it as a spoiler like others don't.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#4345: Dec 3rd 2021 at 11:28:20 AM

[up][up]I'm glad it still exists.

The legend has returned.
HoloMew151 Space Gal from From Deep, Deep Space Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Tweaking my holographic boyfriend
Space Gal
#4346: Dec 3rd 2021 at 2:53:36 PM

I’ve noticed recently that trope pages which were created in the late 2000s tend to be a lot shorter, lacking in definition, and more ZCE than later trope pages. Probably natural considering the lack of Trope Launch Pad but interesting nonetheless.

Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#4347: Dec 3rd 2021 at 2:58:22 PM

[up][up] I don't think YMMV pages even have the worst. When I looked at the Headscratchers for The Chzo Mythos, it was a mess where spoilers would not be consistent between a question and its answers. (I decided to remove all spoilers except for those relating to a side-story because otherwise most of the page would be blanked out.)

On ATT, someone is asking about the old days of the wiki. At the same time as a troper is being called out for bad indentation, chained sinkholes and a few other things. What I noticed is that while this troper's edits have problems, they are pretty minor compared to what was common practice ten years ago, when natter was against the rules but infested every page. So these sorts of mistakes getting notifications is a sign of how far editing practices have come in the wiki's history.

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#4348: Dec 6th 2021 at 1:18:14 PM

On mobile specifically, it seems like I have to manually put in my settings every week. As in every week, I have to put in a sticky header and show spoilers.

The legend has returned.
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#4349: Dec 6th 2021 at 2:08:23 PM

Dude, same! Though it doesn’t bother me.

Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#4350: Dec 6th 2021 at 2:13:15 PM

You can also bring it to Query Bugs. Mobile tends to have issues.

Shadow?

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