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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

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#13851: Dec 17th 2022 at 11:15:09 AM

This is the fourth time I've tried to find Example Sectionectomy and Tropes in Aggregate and it took me quite a while.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
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)
#13852: Dec 17th 2022 at 1:24:48 PM

Some of the Administrivia and mechanical pages are rather difficult to find. I think I went looking for an index of all the pages in a given namespace a while ago and don't remember if I actually found it.

(As for the red dot, I deal with it the same way I deal with all my notifications: leave it up until I forget it exists, and then weeks later notice it has a different number on it. ...I'm doing much better about this recently, but the extremely basic functionality of the message system does not work with my brain well.)

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Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
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)
#13854: Dec 17th 2022 at 1:56:05 PM

I know how to eventually find the right administrivia page, my issue is that a lot of the pages are really clunkily named and that can make them awful to type out. Like... Administrivia.Everything You Wanted To Know About Changing Titles? It sucks, but we have to keep typing it out because people keep suggesting renames without doing the prep-work.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
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)
#13856: Dec 17th 2022 at 3:45:26 PM

I kind of wonder if I'm going to end up having a habit of sleeping through mod promotions if this post from last year and this post from today are anything to go by. At least the blue "MOD" indicator didn't take a day to get hooked up this time and is currently working (the "MOD" indicator is coded separately from the actual mod tools for some reason, so it wasn't displayed immediately last year), as seen from this ATT query.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 17th 2022 at 5:46:23 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
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)
#13857: Dec 17th 2022 at 3:58:54 PM

The way you phrased the "maybe Twiddler is asleep too" bit made me imagine a scenario where a troper didn't know they'd be getting promoted, and so were fast asleep and then woke up for another casual day being stuck in the Lotus-Eater Machine that is TVT, only to then discover that they've been made a mod over night.

It did sort of happen to me at the HOA wiki, because while I did get my name on the staff waiting list I wasn't seriously thinking I'd be promoted, especially not a week later, and I missed the news while at school or something and was quite shocked. So I can't imagine how someone would feel if that happened on TVT, especially since there is no public waiting list and the site is much bigger.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#13858: Dec 17th 2022 at 7:25:48 PM

I find it ironic that Star Wars Holiday Special, already at Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining, was just added to Funny.TV Tropes specifically for the snark.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
PhantomDusclops92 Nitpicky Nitwit from Italy Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
Nitpicky Nitwit
#13859: Dec 18th 2022 at 7:00:48 AM

[up] Well, a good chunk of that page is based on snarky comments that either should be removed or have been already for a while.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#13860: Dec 18th 2022 at 7:50:26 AM

Interestingly, about half of pages in Paintings and Sculptures are about nudity.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#13861: Dec 18th 2022 at 9:11:04 AM

Hey remind me next Halloween to make my avatar the red message indicator. The scariest costume of all.

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#13862: Dec 18th 2022 at 12:51:21 PM

Are all the tropes with “Everything’s Better with” in their titles gone now?

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
Piterpicher Veteran Editor IV from Poland, for real (Series 2) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Veteran Editor IV
#13864: Dec 18th 2022 at 12:56:07 PM

We'll get there by 2030, I'm sure.

Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods of Incremental)
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)
#13866: Dec 18th 2022 at 1:31:47 PM

...rainbows and sparkles can stay, since those actually are used as visual indicators of things being 'better'. The more Bishie Sparkles a person is surrounded by the prettier they're meant to be, a sunny sky with a rainbow implies a better mood than one without, etc.

ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NO
Lushiepop ✦ suspiciously mona-shaped mii ✦ from Anakt Garden Since: Dec, 2021 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
✦ suspiciously mona-shaped mii ✦
#13867: Dec 18th 2022 at 1:32:11 PM

Still waiting for Everything's Better With Tropes lol

✦ immerse your soul in love ✦ (they/them)
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)
#13868: Dec 18th 2022 at 1:35:28 PM

[up][up][up]Everythings Better With Plushies is already on TRS, so that'll probably be knocked off the list soon.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 18th 2022 at 3:36:01 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#13870: Dec 18th 2022 at 2:25:12 PM

[up] Even when I added that one to a page I was like "Am I sure I'm using this trope right?"

That's how poorly defined these tropes are.

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
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#13872: Dec 18th 2022 at 2:36:50 PM

Everything's Better with Chairs

Edited by Amonimus on Dec 18th 2022 at 1:37:02 PM

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#13874: Dec 18th 2022 at 2:54:44 PM

I have a Nice Hat

shame its not a trope anymore!

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
BackSet1 I <3 Zinnia from I'm sure you'd love to know that, wouldn't you? (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
I <3 Zinnia
#13875: Dec 18th 2022 at 3:34:14 PM

Hey why do we still have Web Original when our own Namespace List admits it's kind of pointless?

Edited by BackSet1 on Dec 18th 2022 at 6:34:26 AM

Read Pokemon Ultimate Emerald

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