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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

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#15601: Feb 10th 2023 at 6:19:28 AM

Ive had my share of thumps mostly for being offtopic

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#15602: Feb 10th 2023 at 6:28:54 AM

[up][up] Makes me wonder how much longer I have until I get banned

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#15603: Feb 10th 2023 at 6:44:17 AM

[up]x6 I got two, though one was part of a mass-thump. Not a good track record for me.

[up]x3 Same, mayor. Same.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Feb 10th 2023 at 11:45:26 AM

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#15604: Feb 10th 2023 at 6:45:11 AM

its going to go on your permanent record!

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#15605: Feb 10th 2023 at 7:05:51 AM

I have no thumps (one was undone) and hope it stays this way. Though I do have an issue of multi-choice implications coming out worse than what I meant.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#15606: Feb 10th 2023 at 7:57:16 AM

When I get a thump nowadays I'm just like "okay, what was it this time?" instead of the utter confusion when I first got one. I've accumulated quite the number now, so I'm still a bit worried about getting suspended.

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#15607: Feb 10th 2023 at 7:59:33 AM

Personally, I would only be upset if I was unable to PM people. I could live with being edit or forum banned. At least I would still be able to talk to my friends.

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
HoloMew151 Space Gal from From Deep, Deep Space Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Tweaking my holographic boyfriend
Space Gal
#15608: Feb 10th 2023 at 8:28:13 AM

I've got one and was horrified by it. Wonder how many you need before you get suspended...

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#15609: Feb 10th 2023 at 8:28:43 AM

Whenever mods decide you can't take a hint.

Edited by Amonimus on Feb 10th 2023 at 7:28:53 PM

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Synchronicity (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#15610: Feb 10th 2023 at 8:31:22 AM

Depends on the type as well: some thumps/notifiers are more urgently actioned. Someone with three rudeness thumps probably needs a chat more than someone with three offtopic thumps over the same period of time. Similarly, someone with two plagiarism notifiers needs to be dealt with ASAP; two ZCE notifiers is often in "well, maybe they'll get it next time" territory.

Edited by Synchronicity on Feb 10th 2023 at 10:33:33 AM

wingedcatgirl mys. minty from the silly dimension from lurking (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Oh my word! I'm gay!
mys. minty from the silly dimension
#15611: Feb 10th 2023 at 8:44:29 AM

We'd imagine that frequency comes into it too. Three rudeness thumps over the course of three years is gonna give a different impression than three rudeness thumps over the course of three days.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
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)
#15612: Feb 10th 2023 at 9:09:28 AM

IIRC, I was only thumped I think twice, both times for being off topic at the moderation thread, because that thread has a tendency to derail and suck everyone in.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
techno156 from Lost in the wrong part of the internet (Private) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#15613: Feb 10th 2023 at 9:26:16 AM

RE: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13646132210A95550100&page=624#comment-15600

Length of time between warnings probably also matters. It's not like getting whacked once every 3 years means that you're automatically out on your ear by the 3rd time.

Edited by techno156 on Feb 11th 2023 at 4:26:30 AM

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
#15614: Feb 10th 2023 at 9:35:27 AM

[up] My thumps were over a few months, which is why I'm a little concerned.

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#15615: Feb 10th 2023 at 9:37:30 AM

I long knew the Recent Edits tool could filter by page type, I often used it to see if anything was going on in discussion pages, but only now do I notice how arbitrary they are: there are "Title Bin" and "Wallbangers" namespaces which were cut a decade ago, there's a "Synopsis" one that only has two pages, there's one for "Games", even "Worldbuilding" that to my knowledge was never a thing outside the forums. Meanwhile there is no So Bad, It's Good or Visual Novel, I'm guessing because they have no namespace icon. In fact this "Synopsis" space needs looking at, it seems to be the recent work of two editors and is redundant to Recap.

Finally, the So Bad, It's Horrible namespace is written as "Bad? Horrible!" whereas everywhere else the shorthand is just "Horrible".

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#15616: Feb 10th 2023 at 9:38:48 AM

[up][up] Im pretty sure that unless you were spreading hate speech or saying some really... non-wholesome things, you're good

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#15617: Feb 10th 2023 at 9:46:45 AM

One thing I've always been a little nervous of is coordinated reporting,ergo someone has a beef with another user and gets other users to report them on mass in hope the mods suspend them

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Archsage Professional Simp from My House Since: Apr, 2022 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Professional Simp
#15618: Feb 10th 2023 at 9:48:58 AM

I would hope it would be obvious with a mod when its legitimate and not just something petty or organized, but I suppose they are just human.

Best advice I ever got? Keep repeating the joke till everyone is forced to laugh.
Malady (X-Troper)
#15619: Feb 10th 2023 at 10:34:56 AM

Did you know? There's about as many Quotes pages as Tropers (Pages)! Grab one now before supplies run out!

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/articlecount.php

Edited by Malady on Feb 10th 2023 at 10:35:18 AM

Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#15620: Feb 10th 2023 at 10:40:19 AM

How do you see the list of images that you've uploaded again?

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
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
#15621: Feb 10th 2023 at 10:40:42 AM

I always found it weird that this is the only site where you can essentially publicly report users.

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#15622: Feb 10th 2023 at 10:42:20 AM

[up][up] Go to the Images List in the tools drop down menu and search for your handle.

Edited by MacronNotes on Feb 10th 2023 at 1:43:41 PM

Macron's notes
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)
#15623: Feb 10th 2023 at 11:45:32 AM

I slept through the thump discussion (but anyone who saw I stopped talking for a while probably knew that), but I'm glad the ability to unthump posts exists since the approach I ended up taking to what led to the thumps meant they were no longer necessary.

I would hope it would be obvious with a mod when its legitimate and not just something petty or organized, but I suppose they are just human.

Correct, and the last part is why for me specifically, recovering from an illness was followed by catching another one instead of just being able to be done being sick. Either way, I didn't even have suspensions in mind for the thumps in the Absent people thread even if I hadn't retracted all of them.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Feb 10th 2023 at 2:25:03 PM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Twiddler (On A Trope Odyssey)
#15624: Feb 10th 2023 at 12:28:19 PM

[up]x5: Heh. Looking through that page just now, I discovered that the French version of the Administrivia namespace is FrAdministrucs — portmanteau of 'administratif'/'administration' and 'truc' (thing).

FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#15625: Feb 10th 2023 at 12:36:29 PM

Re: Synopsis — We shouldn't have Synopsis pages, that namespace was deprecated long ago. I put both in the Cut List.


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