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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

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#8451: Aug 4th 2022 at 10:45:17 PM

here's a screenshot of what the post looks like for me

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20220804_224445_359.png

GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#8452: Aug 4th 2022 at 10:46:50 PM

[up]...OK, am I the only one who thinks the second looks a bit bigger than the first in that screenshot, or is it just my bad eyesight messing with me? Because that's obviously not how it's supposed to be.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 4th 2022 at 12:48:23 PM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#8453: Aug 4th 2022 at 10:47:21 PM

They look different on both Safari and Google Chrome for me.

Shadow?
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#8454: Aug 4th 2022 at 10:48:09 PM

[up][up]i thought the same thing, actually

GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#8455: Aug 4th 2022 at 10:52:27 PM

At the very least, in that screenshot, the first has the smallest gray bar around it, while the gray bars around the second and third appear to be the same size.

Edit: I checked back on the previous page to see how it looks on my computer, and the gray bars all appear to be the same size for me.

Another edit: Also, I'm using Firefox on Linux, if that matters.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 4th 2022 at 12:54:01 PM

I got a rock for Halloween.
CytoZytokine Since: Jun, 2022
#8456: Aug 4th 2022 at 11:10:54 PM

The spaces between the header boxes looks the same to me. I think it's the size disparity between the text that's causing an illusion that the spaces are uneven.

Edited by CytoZytokine on Aug 4th 2022 at 11:11:12 AM

Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#8457: Aug 4th 2022 at 11:16:36 PM

FYI:

Mobile users can see desktop mode by clicking "switch to desktop version" at the bottom of the screen.

Desktop users can see mobile mode by making the window narrow.

GastonRabbit C'est la vie. (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
C'est la vie. (he/him)
#8458: Aug 4th 2022 at 11:44:17 PM

[up][up]The spaces between the boxes look the same for me both on my computer and in ChloeJessica's screenshot. I was talking about how big the boxes themselves are, not the spaces between the boxes.

Also, this conversation is starting to remind me of that meme (for lack of a better word) from a while back that involved people arguing about what color that dress was.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 4th 2022 at 1:48:09 PM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#8459: Aug 4th 2022 at 11:48:19 PM

Oh yeah, I still remember that one as well. I liked that joke better when it was called Sleeping Beauty. ;P

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
Time to SLEEP
#8460: Aug 5th 2022 at 12:04:46 AM

The size of the text looks distinct between all three versions to me. Seems like it depends on what computer/phone/browser someone's using.

SING TO ME, LEND ME THE SONG OF BLASPHEMY
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)
#8461: Aug 5th 2022 at 12:05:13 AM

I forgot all about that dress.

It was blue and black, btw. :P

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#8462: Aug 5th 2022 at 1:36:29 PM

The next Trope Report is going to be quite rich considering all crowners at Trope Wiki Talk. I've actually wanted to start another discussion, but think it's been too busy lately.

On unrelated note, I've discovered Sandbox.Namespace Icons.

Edited by Amonimus on Aug 5th 2022 at 11:46:01 AM

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MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#8463: Aug 5th 2022 at 1:43:10 PM

Nitpick but you mean Wiki Talk.

Yeah, I mentioned that earlier. There's so many crowners I had to make for wiki talk and there's more policy discussion going on than usual. Since I'm the herald of that subforum, I try to keep up with the threads there. I don't think I have seen several crowners run at the same time there like that.

Edited by MacronNotes on Aug 5th 2022 at 4:46:41 AM

Macron's notes
Tabs Since: Jan, 2001
#8464: Aug 5th 2022 at 3:38:22 PM

[up][up] The Useful Note/ is very cute.

BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#8465: Aug 5th 2022 at 4:02:08 PM

Is the Wikipedia logo copyrighted?

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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)
#8466: Aug 5th 2022 at 4:05:29 PM

It doesn't really matter since the Wiki namespace is being depreciated. Probably. Most likely.

Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 5th 2022 at 7:05:40 AM

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#8467: Aug 5th 2022 at 4:08:30 PM

I Don't think Wikis even have their own index.

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#8468: Aug 5th 2022 at 4:11:27 PM

The Wiki Rule was that before being turned into No On-Page Examples due to gathering (often concerning) stuff unrelated to works.

Edited by Amonimus on Aug 5th 2022 at 2:11:45 PM

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
GenericGuy2000 I’m here, I guess. from a generic place. Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: Cast away
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#8471: Aug 5th 2022 at 4:28:57 PM

TBH, that strikes me as a perfect example of, IMO, an increasingly worrying trend where TRS reacts to misuse by doing a complete purge. The Wiki Rule was kind of an off-mission page to begin with, but still.

GenericGuy2000 I’m here, I guess. from a generic place. Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: Cast away
I’m here, I guess.
#8472: Aug 5th 2022 at 4:36:32 PM

Actually, I don’t think The Wiki Rule went through TRS. It got brought up on the ROCEJ thread, and then the mods agreed for it to be off-page examples only.

Edited by GenericGuy2000 on Aug 5th 2022 at 7:45:11 AM

I’m gonna put some Gloom in your eye.
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#8473: Aug 5th 2022 at 4:36:45 PM

people can still list wikis for works on trivia pages. it was just decided that we don't need a page that indexes offsite wikis, often ones unrelated to any media.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#8474: Aug 5th 2022 at 4:42:27 PM

The discussion ended on "Bring it to TRS to discuss further".

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#8475: Aug 5th 2022 at 4:47:39 PM

Couldn't a rule of "only list wikis with pages" solve the problem?

Wait, actually that would just lead to people making pages for Murderpedia.

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