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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
#8751: Aug 10th 2022 at 4:54:29 PM

regarding the Permanent Red Link Club, did someone actually try to turn It Looks Like This into an article at some point or was that a preemptive ruling?

themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#8752: Aug 10th 2022 at 4:56:09 PM

My username was reused from a couple of other accounts IIRC. It was my old Reddit username before I deleted that account forever. (I have a new account I just created that I probably won't use much, actually—it's my third there.) I dislike my username but I put too much work into this account to change it and whatever my replacement username idea would be would probably suck anyway, so it's staying.

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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)
#8753: Aug 10th 2022 at 4:58:35 PM

If I changed my handle IDK what I'd even use, I'm not thrilled with my current but like it's the name everyone knows me by and it has all my history and stuff...

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#8754: Aug 10th 2022 at 4:58:40 PM

It Looks Like This is perma-banned for the sake of self-demonstrating Red Link article. It doesn't appear it ever had own page made.

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MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#8755: Aug 10th 2022 at 4:59:40 PM

I dislike both of my usernames but oh well they part of my legacy. I have this name because I wanted to have something unique and I apparently thought it was was cool when I was 16.

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GenericGuy2000 I’m here, I guess. from a generic place. Since: Jul, 2021 Relationship Status: Cast away
I’m here, I guess.
#8756: Aug 10th 2022 at 5:03:12 PM

That’s why I’m fine with just having a generic name. Because it doesn’t age badly over time.

Edited by GenericGuy2000 on Aug 10th 2022 at 8:03:39 AM

I’m gonna put some Gloom in your eye.
Psychedelicate She/Her Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: That's rough, buddy
She/Her
#8757: Aug 10th 2022 at 5:20:31 PM

Re: demographics: I (cis bi female, hello) joined the site in 2013 and I definitely noticed that the majority of the forums had straight men (or people who thought they were at the time). It got to the point where, when I first started posting on the forums, a lot of people assumed I was male and addressed me with he/him pronouns... even though my username at the time reeked of "twelve-year-old female weeb who loves Tokyo Mew Mew".

I honestly think it's pretty neat how the demographic is a lot more diversified nowadays. It felt kind of lonely being one of like five girls on the forums tongue

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)
#8758: Aug 10th 2022 at 5:28:47 PM

Oh hey, we have three bulletins now [lol]

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MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#8759: Aug 10th 2022 at 5:30:56 PM

I was experimenting with something and thought the name space deprecations needed site wide attention. Looks like you can install multiple bulletins but only three will show up on the sidebar.

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#8760: Aug 10th 2022 at 5:48:53 PM

Does that mean "Don’t be a dick" rules weren't as enforced in the early days?

Odd predicament when the community was smaller; the dicks also happened to be friends with a lot of the rest of the Tropers. So people often felt discouraged from calling them out or contacting a mod. And this was before Hollers were a thing, so the response was much slower as well.

I'm not sure if "Don't be a dick" was a rule back then and just wasn't enforced, or if it arose some time later, but there was also a sense of the mods themselves not being sure what constituted a bannable offense. A lot of people who would bluntly be told to shape up or get out nowadays hung around for a long while because they weren't technically doing something wrong. They just happened to cause fires every week.

I recall the old forum search function accidentally revealed that the mods' private subforum had threads where they were trying to figure out how to deal with these individuals. The forum rules being strengthened and "Don't be a dick" being the most prominent is when, combined with the Holler system, is when things began to change.

Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#8761: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:23:09 PM

Re: Usernames

Cutegirl920 was the name of my old Animal Jam account and stuck with me ever since, thus using it or a variant of it on every website I use. IDK why, it just fits me IG which is kinda expected as I had a particular naming process for it (Cute, cause I think I'm cute, Girl, cause I'm one, 9 was how old I was back then, 20 refers to the 20th anniversary of Pokémon and I was a big fan of the series as a kid). The "fire" part comes from another website I used to frequent and accidentally slapped it on my TVT handle and now it's also stuck with me. Tho I still use the og "Cutegirl920" name when my full username is too long for certain websites.

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Aug 10th 2022 at 6:25:44 AM

CG for short
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#8762: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:27:44 PM

My username is named after a song by XTC (as I like 80s alternative music.) One time I heard the song "The Mayor of Simpleton" in a Petco and I felt really weird listening to it knowing its my username on a few sites.

Edited by themayorofsimpleton on Aug 10th 2022 at 9:29:19 AM

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RandomTroper123 She / Her from I'll let you guess... (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
She / Her
#8763: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:35:34 PM

If my memory is correct, when coming up with my username, I was using some of the first ideas that came to my head. Also, one of them involved tagging a few numbers at the end. I also recall that the username is supposed be a tad self-depreciating because I'm saying in a way "I'm just some random person who's on Tv Tropes".

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#8764: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:36:19 PM

Remind me, wasn't there once own trope or JFF page similar to ReferencedBy.TV Tropes? It may had a name was close to One of Us.

Either that or I'm mixing up the two pages.

Edited by Amonimus on Aug 10th 2022 at 4:36:48 PM

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CytoZytokine Since: Jun, 2022
#8765: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:37:13 PM

My current username is a combination of Cytokine and Zytokine, which are names that belong to my favorite music circle ZYTOKINE who, back then up until 2011, was part of a greater Cytokine circle.

As for my previous username DivineFlame100, well... There was no actual basis for it. I only randomly came up with it for a Youtube channel back then because I was lacking on better username ideas.

Libraryseraph uu~ from Canada (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: Raising My Lily Rank With You
uu~
#8766: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:39:12 PM

I've used Libraryseraph everywhere for years (my tumblr not having that as a url is... complicated). I think it gets across the whole "book nerd" thing in a semi-dignified way

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Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
#8767: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:40:28 PM

I don't like my username anymore because it's a reference to a song whose singer was accused of being a rapist.

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)
#8768: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:41:27 PM

Mine is just a corrupted version of "Jaywarriors", which was my Warrior Cats forum account for years. The 77 is... random.

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Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#8769: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:42:11 PM

[up][up] Huh, but I think that username would be still OK to keep as I didn't even know it was a song reference, so it's likely others don't as well. If you don't wanna keep it, you can always delete your current account and ask the mods if you could make a new one.

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Aug 10th 2022 at 6:42:22 AM

CG for short
Walkinshadows Since: Jun, 2012
#8770: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:44:10 PM

Eh, I've had this one since 2012. I don't want to delete it, I just wish changing usernames was a thing we could do.

I know it's not an obvious reference, but I know what I meant by it, and that sucks.

Edited by Walkinshadows on Aug 10th 2022 at 9:44:53 AM

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#8771: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:44:13 PM

[up][up]but not in that order as it's a bit difficult to message the mods with no account. tongue

Edited by ChloeJessica on Aug 10th 2022 at 6:44:28 AM

Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#8772: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:44:53 PM

[up] Huh, isn't there a site email where you can contact them through?

CG for short
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)
#8773: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:45:01 PM

Eh, just mail Fighteer a letter via snail mail, I'm sure it'd work out tongue

And yeah, there is a site contact form, but it's def easier to just ask before you pull the trigger.

Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 10th 2022 at 9:45:37 AM

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Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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)
#8775: Aug 10th 2022 at 6:47:38 PM

Then you have a dope-ass sounding name.

Edited by WarJay77 on Aug 10th 2022 at 9:49:14 AM

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