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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

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#12276: Oct 25th 2022 at 4:34:46 PM

[up] Meanwhile, the title (the little text below the username in mobile, and below the avatar in desktop) doesn't even have space for two.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Oct 25th 2022 at 8:35:26 AM

Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#12277: Oct 25th 2022 at 4:36:10 PM

So we have Adult Link, Young Link, and Toon Link. Who are the other two Links?

One thing I've noticed, though I don't remember if I said before, is that when I post something, the forum I posted in acts as "unread"... sometimes. Which gets kind of annoying. Though the worst one I've seen is where sometimes it acts like the forum isn't even read after another user posts and I read said post. It also gets stuck at the top of the section of the forum(I.E. Media forums), making it quite a pain to deal with... if you're a little picky about having stuff properly marked unread. Admittedly it's more of an OCD thing for me, but it is still kind of bothersome when it doesn't work as intended. Mostly cause I won't know if a new post comes to that forum properly.

Shadow?
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#12278: Oct 25th 2022 at 4:37:25 PM

Ah, you are talking about me haha.

Well former mod Bobby G has 6 administrivia links in their signature. I am not sure what the character limit for signatures are.

[up] That's a known bug. It's been brought to the admins attention more than once I think.

Edited by MacronNotes on Oct 25th 2022 at 7:38:13 AM

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#12279: Oct 25th 2022 at 4:40:30 PM

The character limit is 140 (what's this, Twitter?), it says so on profile page.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
badtothebaritone (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
#12280: Oct 25th 2022 at 5:14:13 PM

Isn't the Twitter limit 280 characters now?

Piterpicher Veteran Editor IV from Poland, for real (Series 2) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Veteran Editor IV
#12281: Oct 25th 2022 at 5:29:58 PM

I think it's only for some accounts. Unless that's been changed.

Edited by Piterpicher on Oct 25th 2022 at 2:30:16 PM

Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#12282: Oct 25th 2022 at 5:34:51 PM

Twitter has upgraded to 280 limit years ago, but the joke was that they used to have half of that (because it matches SMS block length) for the longest time.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
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)
#12284: Oct 25th 2022 at 5:48:07 PM

Reviews also have a character limit, but the actual review editor doesn't enforce it at all unless you try and edit it after the fact. That's why some reviews are super long.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#12285: Oct 25th 2022 at 8:16:54 PM

I'm... starting to get suspicious of some of the "facts" people are posting in the "Did you know?" thread.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
Piterpicher Veteran Editor IV from Poland, for real (Series 2) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Veteran Editor IV
#12286: Oct 25th 2022 at 9:10:47 PM

Couldn't agree more. In a mountain of random trivia, you're bound to run into something you just have to verify.

Edited by Piterpicher on Oct 25th 2022 at 6:11:11 PM

Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)
Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#12287: Oct 25th 2022 at 10:01:04 PM

If there's some odd stuff in that thread, it's probably a good idea to holler the posts.

Shadow?
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)
#12288: Oct 25th 2022 at 10:33:36 PM

Er, none of the recent ones seem problematic...

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Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#12289: Oct 25th 2022 at 10:45:02 PM

Ah, I thought it was an actual thing on Yack Fest, but it's a Forum Game. ...Makes sense. But yeah, I'm not even sure what you guys mean. Unless there's a post that's, say, outright inappropriate or clearly violating some rule, why would they be problematic??

Anyway, man, seeing so many random ZCE(I don't really prefer to edit anymore) that I have no way of improving can sometimes be, a bit... cathartic. Incidentally, it's always funny to see pages on other attempts to mirror this wiki(not that it's a good thing), but I don't mind seeing it for cut works at least.

Shadow?
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (8,356/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#12291: Oct 25th 2022 at 10:52:03 PM

There's an actual topic called "Did you know?" in Forum Games, though maybe they meant the Yack Fest topic, but this one matches the exact wording they used.

Either way, there's bound to be some questionable posts in these kind of things. But it's not hard to holler if they come up anyway.

Shadow?
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)
#12292: Oct 25th 2022 at 10:52:49 PM

If it's a forum game, I'd expect the facts to be fake, lol.

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Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#12293: Oct 25th 2022 at 10:55:01 PM

Not necessarily? Either way, I am curious what the issue apparently is. [lol]

Shadow?
badtothebaritone (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Snooping as usual
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)
#12295: Oct 25th 2022 at 11:35:33 PM

I suppose it's hard for me to understand how "posting facts" is a game, but there are a lot of questionable forum "games", so meh.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
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)
#12296: Oct 25th 2022 at 11:40:20 PM

I found an index with a whopping two tropes on it (previously three before Mad-Lib Fantasy Title was turned into a redirect to Title Tropes): Genre Title Grab Bag. I intend to take it to TRS for being pointless (the plan is to redirect it to Title Tropes).

Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 25th 2022 at 1:40:42 PM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#12297: Oct 25th 2022 at 11:56:58 PM

There's no need to turn this into "lol forum games bad". The OP clearly states that you're supposed to post true things and people have been posting lots of interesting trivia (a lot of which I know to be true since I was aware of them), it's just that some posts seem very questionable.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
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)
#12298: Oct 25th 2022 at 11:59:11 PM

I didn't say "lol forum games bad", I said that I don't consider that premise a game premise. And there are other forum games that also don't seem to be actual games. Cuddlepile was mentioned at one point — that's a perfect example.

Most forum games are perfectly fine, but I do think the definition gets stretched sometimes.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#12299: Oct 26th 2022 at 12:07:27 AM

Having a minor urge to coin "misuse snowball" because I'm getting really tired of "But if this is wrong, why wasn't that thing nobody've noticed deleted?" arguments.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#12300: Oct 26th 2022 at 2:02:27 AM

"Fake facts" seems like a decent forum topic, akin to maybe a roleplaying thread. It's basically another one of Jacksfilms' series in thread form.

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.

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