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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

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#12326: Oct 26th 2022 at 3:50:38 PM

Oh, and then there are the people who insist on adding Main/ before every single trope.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#12327: Oct 26th 2022 at 3:53:38 PM

Or people who leave acronyms without checking if they got redlinked, like MI6.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
Time to SLEEP
#12328: Oct 26th 2022 at 5:07:17 PM

And there's the people who don't put in curly braces around tropes and works with single-word titles.

SING TO ME, LEND ME THE SONG OF BLASPHEMY
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#12329: Oct 26th 2022 at 5:20:54 PM

[up][up] I cleaned up a few of those months ago, such as MP 4.

I'm done with MI 6, but MI 5 looks too much for me to do. Ow.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Oct 26th 2022 at 9:34:14 AM

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#12330: Oct 26th 2022 at 6:32:07 PM

Oh, and then there are the people who insist on adding Main/ before every single trope.

Few things on the wiki give me an eye twitch like this.

Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
we must dissent (it/they)
#12331: Oct 26th 2022 at 8:26:42 PM

Or people who leave acronyms without checking if they got redlinked

Or worse, bluelinked, with automatic punctuation.

ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NO
ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#12332: Oct 27th 2022 at 12:48:14 AM

what exactly is the "stale report" supposed to be? it shows up in the Options menu under the drop-down on Image Pickin' and TRS and all it seems to do is link to threads that don't exist.

WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#12333: Oct 27th 2022 at 12:51:11 AM

Where? I'm not seeing it on the drop-down. (The only drop down I even see is the reason filter)

Edited by WarJay77 on Oct 27th 2022 at 3:52:34 PM

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MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#12334: Oct 27th 2022 at 12:52:56 AM

[up][up]Most of the threads exist for me?

Anyways, the stale report lists all open TRS and IP threads (including threads that were moved to other subforums like the projects forums) and calculates how many days they were open.

EDIT: [up]The stale report can be found in the options drop down menu of every IP/TRS thread.

Edited by MacronNotes on Oct 27th 2022 at 3:54:27 PM

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#12335: Oct 27th 2022 at 12:54:33 AM

I wonder if people remember that misuse should be cross-unwicked as well.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#12336: Oct 27th 2022 at 12:54:55 AM

[up][up]Oh, the threads.

Yeah, I never use that option button tongue

[up] I try to remember, though I also always assume that if someone is too lazy to make sure they're using the trope correctly, they're also probably too lazy to crosswick.

Edited by WarJay77 on Oct 27th 2022 at 3:55:39 PM

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ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#12337: Oct 27th 2022 at 12:55:31 AM

[up][up][up]oh, it's just the first couple that are missing. i didn't acquire a representative sampling.

[up]it doesn't seem to do anything particularly useful, so

Edited by ChloeJessica on Oct 27th 2022 at 12:55:51 PM

HoloMew151 Space Gal from From Deep, Deep Space Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Tweaking my holographic boyfriend
Space Gal
#12338: Oct 27th 2022 at 12:59:23 AM

I was looking through my launched tropes (the ones I created from scratch at least) and found that the one with the most wicks at the minute is Mechanical Animals at 102. I'm now curious to know what it is for the other tropers.

Edited by HoloMew151 on Oct 27th 2022 at 9:00:00 AM

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#12339: Oct 27th 2022 at 1:02:41 AM

Greater-Scope Paragon for me.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (10,238/50,000)
#12340: Oct 27th 2022 at 1:03:28 AM

Hates Their Parent is at over 500 wicks, which is absolutely wild. My two other highest wick counts are much lower (comparatively). with Bully Turned Buddy at 280 and Elemental Motifs at 274.

My worst performing one? Excluding my newest, three of them are tied at 26 wicks.

Edited by WarJay77 on Oct 27th 2022 at 4:07:00 AM

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MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#12341: Oct 27th 2022 at 1:06:44 AM

For me, it's Boyish Short Hair at 2222 wicks. That's not a surprise since it's a common appearance trope (and gets misused a lot🙃)

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ChloeJessica Since: Jun, 2020 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
#12342: Oct 27th 2022 at 1:08:36 AM

ive always been curious about what exactly a bounced user sees when they try to access the site but it is a curiosity i can never satisfy

(unless they still just get redirected to Google, i know that's what used to happen but i thought it had been changed)

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#12343: Oct 27th 2022 at 1:11:07 AM

Bounced users still have access to the site. It's just that they have none of the privileges that regular users have and can only read the site

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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
#12344: Oct 27th 2022 at 1:12:58 AM

My most-wicked launch is Adaptational Angst Downgrade, at 141 wicks.

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#12345: Oct 27th 2022 at 5:25:23 AM

My most wicked launch is... ha ha, just kidding. I've never even started a draft on TLP.

Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#12346: Oct 27th 2022 at 5:29:07 AM

I feel like if I made a page I'd be the only one who'd wick it cuz the one I want to make is a small RPG Maker game series.... on the 3DS

Edited by Archsage on Oct 27th 2022 at 8:29:49 AM

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
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
#12347: Oct 27th 2022 at 5:36:57 AM

I have 0 TLP drafts so I don't have a most-wicked one. I have a draft for one that I still have to work on—I've been busy though (and kind of unmotivated) so I haven't gotten a chance to work on it really.

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#12348: Oct 27th 2022 at 5:57:04 AM

I've only had one idea loosely for a trope, which is "groceries spill, but specifically the Milk jug/box breaks", and I'm not sure it really is any different from dropped groceries. I know like two examples of that. More importantly, it might not even be that notable. [lol]

Shadow?
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
#12349: Oct 27th 2022 at 6:20:33 AM

The draft I've made is called Album Interlude Skit, and it's basically a trope about skits in music, mainly Hip-Hop but it's in other genres too.

My biggest problem with this trope is I have to listen to a shitload of skits to write it. Don't want to write any Zero-Context Examples.

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#12350: Oct 27th 2022 at 8:07:43 AM

Brought in locked thread, but Wikipedia Is Bot Tvtropes was an interesting read and shows something about public perception.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup

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