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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
#16876: Apr 12th 2023 at 6:11:29 AM

mines windows 95

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
HoloMew151 Space Gal from From Deep, Deep Space Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Tweaking my holographic boyfriend
Space Gal
#16877: Apr 12th 2023 at 6:22:02 AM

Mine's Windows Vista!

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)
#16878: Apr 12th 2023 at 6:53:00 AM

If this is an attempt to get me to change the thread's title to "Post your random thoughts", it's not happening. I already changed the thread's title once and there are no refunds. (No, you didn't pay for it. No, I didn't get paid for it. You still aren't getting your $0.00 back.)

Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 12th 2023 at 8:54:13 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#16879: Apr 12th 2023 at 6:58:23 AM

It's a followup to a joke about what's inside a troper's brain, so it's not random. Is it on-topic, I don't want to guess.

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
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)
#16880: Apr 12th 2023 at 7:05:23 AM

I'm aware. I was joking myself, hence why I threw in the Self-Deprecation regarding me changing thread titles. That, and this Slander post I made regarding the thread getting taken over by robots running discontinued operating systems.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 12th 2023 at 9:06:22 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#16881: Apr 12th 2023 at 7:08:51 AM

"the thread getting taken over by robots"

Makes me wonder what if there was a "ask chatgpt" or something thread where one user is an actual bot or someone who can pass posts to an online tool and back.

Edited by Amonimus on Apr 12th 2023 at 5:23:42 PM

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#16882: Apr 12th 2023 at 7:10:04 AM

Oh, I finally got the new sidebar. As predicted, I don't like it.

BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#16883: Apr 12th 2023 at 7:38:34 AM

Not a fan of double-clicking to get to the Cut List either, but on the plus side, at least it doesn't unnecessarily extend the length of a short page that much anymore. That is, unless, there's an advert underneath the sidebar instead.

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#16884: Apr 12th 2023 at 7:51:38 AM

Everything the same on desktop mode and I am stuck using mobile for time being which has a different layout.

Although even if I did get the new sidebar, it won't be that much of an inconvenience because I rarely use the sidebar.

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)
#16885: Apr 12th 2023 at 8:01:01 AM

I'll have to get used to an extra click being needed to access the Cut List because being the self-appointed "TRS guy" of the mod team means I regularly use the tool (most of the time, it's sandboxes getting cut, and most of those sandboxes are for wick checks that have been archived in the OPs).

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
Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him
#16886: Apr 12th 2023 at 8:01:39 AM

Bizarrely, I got the new sidebar on my Windows desktop but not my Mac laptop. Weird.

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | 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)
#16887: Apr 12th 2023 at 8:02:55 AM

[up]It's apparently only being used for half the site's traffic. Yes, that's right. 50% of the site's userbase's experience is personalized.

I'm using a laptop, but I'm using neither of those OSes — I'm using Manjaro Linux. (I do have a dual-boot setup with Windows 11, which is what the computer came with, though.)

Edited by GastonRabbit on Apr 12th 2023 at 10:04:07 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
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
#16888: Apr 12th 2023 at 8:32:57 AM

Ah, A/B testing.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#16889: Apr 12th 2023 at 9:25:12 AM

Crossposting to say that the experiment was to see if ad placement on the side barbcan be reduced without affecting revenue too much

This is what I assumed because the admins have been working on fixing ad issues for a while now but I didn't know for sure until it was confirmed to us when I asked why the experiment was being done.

Currently, the old sidebar has four ads while the new sidebar only has one.

Edited by MacronNotes on Apr 12th 2023 at 12:31:45 PM

Macron's notes
CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#16890: Apr 12th 2023 at 9:50:21 AM

Speaking of ads, that thing seems to be empty most of time, filled with TVT telling me to go ad free.

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
Sourguy Doesn't do much (He/Him) from The Peach State Since: Oct, 2021 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Doesn't do much (He/Him)
#16891: Apr 12th 2023 at 10:09:03 AM

The Discussion pages for anything that's not a Trope, Flame Bait, Work, Creator/ or Characters/ page tend to be unused.

Currently Reading: N/A
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
#16892: Apr 12th 2023 at 10:10:18 AM

*counts on fingers* ... what does that leave, Trivia and JFF? and administrivia. but the quip flows better with two items.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#16893: Apr 12th 2023 at 10:17:33 AM

Ehehehheheheheheheh subpages

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
Bluethorn CHOMPION from Partash Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
CHOMPION
#16894: Apr 12th 2023 at 10:26:15 AM

I thought nobody used discussion pages anyway, since the forums make them redundant.

Tbh I never really hated his minigames in the original, but they did make them better in the remake.
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#16895: Apr 12th 2023 at 10:27:08 AM

Most editors don't use the forums though. It's more that the discussion page is not that accessible.

Macron's notes
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#16896: Apr 12th 2023 at 10:33:01 AM

I remember when I found and replied to a discussion post on Recap.Bo Boi Boy about the same day it was made. Granted, I had that in my followed pages.

I wish Discussion pages were more accessible too. I wonder if an indicator next to the Discussion button itself stating how many posts there are in a page's Discussion section would be a good idea.

Edited by BlackFaithStar on Apr 13th 2023 at 1:36:32 AM

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
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)
#16897: Apr 12th 2023 at 11:21:43 AM

The issue with discussion pages is that they don't alert people properly. Like, you'd think they'd make it nice and obvious that a discussion has been started, but people have to actively check... and most of the time, they won't be unless they already know there's a discussion.

That's different from ATT and the forums, which a lot of us either check habitually or follow.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#16898: Apr 12th 2023 at 11:25:33 AM

One way to know is if you follow the page because discussion page's automatically get added to the follow list but people shouldn't have to do that.

Macron's notes
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)
#16899: Apr 12th 2023 at 11:26:58 AM

Much like I don't follow threads, I also don't follow tropes or work pages, mostly because I never bother to check my following page anyway and also don't have a particularly strong interest in most of them (not in the way that I want to watch their edits, at least)

Edited by WarJay77 on Apr 12th 2023 at 2:27:27 PM

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Sourguy Doesn't do much (He/Him) from The Peach State Since: Oct, 2021 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Doesn't do much (He/Him)
#16900: Apr 12th 2023 at 11:33:08 AM

I find it interesting how back in the early days of this wiki, the Discussion, Review, and Related pages used to be positioned on the same ground as the other subpages.

Currently Reading: N/A

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