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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

CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#10076: Sep 1st 2022 at 9:32:17 PM

And then there would be a lot more people who don't understand how to edit TV Tropes and it gets to the point you require an editing "license" by passing a test to edit the site.

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
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It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000)
#10077: Sep 1st 2022 at 9:42:44 PM

What happens to the people who don't use tropes correctly? Would they be sent to some sort of "re-education" camp? Or just jail?

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#10079: Sep 1st 2022 at 9:45:39 PM

Re-education camp. We are talking about a fictional civilization that has TV Tropes as a big part of it, not the whole culture of it.

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
harryhenry It's either real or it's a dream Since: Jan, 2012
It's either real or it's a dream
#10080: Sep 1st 2022 at 10:19:08 PM

I'm Gen Z myself (born in 1999, didn't start editing until 2012).

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#10081: Sep 1st 2022 at 10:28:20 PM

Our current system where stuff like crowners gets announced in Ask The Tropers is a lot better than how it used to be, which was if you're not the sort who hangs around the top left decisions on tropes would seem like they came out of virtually nowhere, because I remember half the time I'd only learn about something going on if I noticed certain activity on my Watchlist or I stumbled upon a header on a trope page.

So I feel it works way better from a transparency angle.

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#10082: Sep 1st 2022 at 10:36:29 PM

[up]x4: lmao @ that thread title and the tone contrast with the OP

HoloMew151 Space Gal from From Deep, Deep Space Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Tweaking my holographic boyfriend
Space Gal
#10083: Sep 1st 2022 at 11:35:51 PM

Gen Z as well (born 2002, only started editing last year, although I’ve been aware of this site since 2015).

Edited by HoloMew151 on Sep 1st 2022 at 7:36:29 PM

BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#10084: Sep 2nd 2022 at 12:24:15 AM

[up][up] Too bad Main/dfgsdfsgsdf never got a pic.

Kinda interesting to see how contributors worked around such issues as they were happening. How bad were the bugs affecting workshop forums at that time? This is probably something I can find out myself in the changelog forum even if I probably won't right now so this is more of a light question rather than an inquiry.

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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)
#10085: Sep 2nd 2022 at 12:28:26 AM

I think I remember that bug, but I was new to IP so all I did was pop into the Image Suggestion thread every now and again.

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#10086: Sep 2nd 2022 at 2:09:54 AM

Had a first close experience Sinkhole. Doing a wick cleaning and need to see if the trope fits, but it's just potholed to a name. Who even knows, the example is about the other trope and there's nothing to clue from.

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#10088: Sep 2nd 2022 at 2:50:22 AM

[up] I don't get the comparison. Character names, Sinkholed.

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CytoZytokine Since: Jun, 2022
#10089: Sep 2nd 2022 at 5:56:43 AM

Chloe Jessica gets gold medal for the best custom wiki username (sorry 𝕋𝕒𝕓𝕤).

techno156 from Lost in the wrong part of the internet (Private) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#10090: Sep 2nd 2022 at 6:08:18 AM

[up] Both of those names must be hellish when it comes to screen readers.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#10091: Sep 2nd 2022 at 6:14:33 AM

Does paging by custom title even work?

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techno156 from Lost in the wrong part of the internet (Private) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#10092: Sep 2nd 2022 at 8:10:23 AM

[up] What do you mean by that?

As in making a custom title that supports changing pages?

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#10093: Sep 2nd 2022 at 8:30:19 AM

Paging = ping = Tropers/

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ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#10094: Sep 2nd 2022 at 8:47:44 AM

it does work, you're still typing the same phrase. the wiki just renders it differently. here, ill prove it: ~Chloe Jessica

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20220902_084810_444.png

Edited by ChloeJessica on Sep 2nd 2022 at 8:48:48 AM

NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#10095: Sep 2nd 2022 at 9:04:10 AM

For the first time in almost a year, someone other than me has edited the Dæmorphing page for reasons other than removing a cut trope! Which is odd, because the page had a sizeable trope list before I joined. I guess it was made by one person who eventually got bored.

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Hi
#10096: Sep 2nd 2022 at 10:12:00 AM

I'd actually forgotten about that issue with the threads...that was a lot of trouble but it ultimately worked out okay. I don't remember exactly what was going on but there was a lot of stuff that was broken and it made trying to process some threads pretty much impossible, plus new threads were still coming in. It was like trying to bail water out of a leaky boat, and it took putting a moratorium on new threads to start making any headway on getting anything processed out.

ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#10097: Sep 2nd 2022 at 10:14:13 AM

was it the Bibble Bobble incident?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#10098: Sep 2nd 2022 at 10:20:49 AM

One thing I've observed is when someone makes the same thread about the same question repeatedly because they were'nt satisfied with the answers

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Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#10100: Sep 2nd 2022 at 3:47:57 PM

I remember seeing the effect of two decisions in my early days on the wiki, when I barely took notice of the forums. One was that I searched for Warped Aesop (which was "Aesop that is bad", you can imagine the natter and edit wars there) only to find it had been renamed and redefined to Family Unfriendly Aesop; it would later be defined better as Hard Truth Aesop. The other was finding that I could no longer find Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures by the initials DMFA, such redirects were cut by mod decision because they are impenetrable outside the fandom.

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