Discuss TV Tropes itself, such as observations you've made about the site/forum/wiki.
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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
Well, they don't call him Fighteer for nothing. He's The Determinator and has endured most of the workload.
Also he wasn't a mod back then, (at least I don't think he was?) but Septimus Heap actually made my troper's page for me back on my Sibuna account so that tells you how long he's been around for too, lmao (that memory makes me feel special even if it was a routine act of kindness back then).
Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 10th 2022 at 7:01:50 AM
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallI was never a mod
Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 10th 2022 at 7:06:09 AM
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallOn a semi-related note, kudos to the mods here for putting the effort in to managing this site. I'd collapse in 3 seconds if I tried that.
Semi-related to that, there was talk of the Engineer position being brought back, right? Didn't there also used to be a Cutmaster position? What did it do, out of curiosity?
Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallRe: last page I think shimaspawn got caught up in RL matter a couple of years. Also, crazysamaritan is still around—they are just taking a break from wiki/ mod stuff for the time being.
EDIT: Yeah, there was a cutmaster role. IIRC only certain mods cut pages back then.
Edited by MacronNotes on Aug 10th 2022 at 7:12:29 AM
Macron's notes"Cut Master" is such a cool rank name to have. Like it sounds like someone you'd meet in a video game or something to get a sword.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallI could never be a mod, or probably even an Engineer. Too much stress, too much work. Maaaaaaybe an Engineer if the only thing I did was something simple like cutting pages or crowner work, but even then I have a bit of a not-great history on this site (until I went on hiatus my forum activity was a mess and I had a history of overreacting to things) and IRL's been a bit stressful for me anyway lately so I don't even know if I could do that.
I'm happy to remain a normal volunteer—I can do things at my own pace and focus on projects I want to focus on. I don't need a big position at all—I'm happy where I am.
Edited by themayorofsimpleton on Aug 10th 2022 at 7:17:12 AM
Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper WallI wouldn't mind being a volunteer and helping out with menial grunt work so the real mods can focus on actual issues... though I'd probably just do crowner stuff or unlaunch TLP drafts.
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
x4 im pretty sure you get HM 01 from a Cut Master in several generations of Pokémon
If I didn't figure out that I was considered for an engineer/mod position, I was going to leave site indefinitely as I was already semi-inactive before the pandemic/unemployment
Macron's notesEdit: NVM Misunderstanding.
Edited by GenericGuy2000 on Aug 10th 2022 at 7:39:46 AM
I’m gonna put some Gloom in your eye.lol, I didn't retire from anything
If I was ever a mod on this site I would burst into flames, I'm already anxious about things IRL and don't need to be anxious about this site as well
Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 10th 2022 at 7:29:05 AM
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallOh my bad. I misread this
as “wasnt I the only one to retire.” Sorry.
Yeahhh, I'm really glad I didn't stick around under that name since it was a remnant of my obsessive fandom days (and while I'm still a huge HOA fan I'm not as obsessed anymore) and because I took such a long hiatus in between accounts I didn't want to just come back and be like "hi I'm back" so I made a new handle and came back in discretely.
Under that handle I mostly just played Forum Games and made TLP drafts, tho. I have mentioned it before especially in relation to said TLP drafts (many of which eventually got re-adopted and launched, such as Sent Into Hiding and Inevitably Broken Rule) but I don't bring it up super often since it's just not that relevant.
Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 10th 2022 at 7:39:42 AM
Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper WallI often consider if Engineer becomes a thing, would I apply to it, but I'd really prefer to have at least a couple of years of active "left-side" assistance and also be more confident in editing.
TroperWall / WikiMagic CleanupMy username is kind of a cringe legacy of my 12 year old Pokemon "all my ideas are brilliant and I should send them to Game Freak" phase, but I refuse to remake my account because I want to embrace my embarrassing fandom history.
I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
