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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

Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#19526: Sep 29th 2023 at 7:09:53 PM

Why does Royal Brat not show its redirect to me, either at the bottom of the page or on the "related" tab? On other pages it works fine.

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
AudioSpeaks2 Since: Apr, 2022
#19527: Sep 29th 2023 at 7:10:06 PM

[up][up] Lol, that's it. It reminds me of a squashed cartoon bug.

Edited by AudioSpeaks2 on Sep 29th 2023 at 2:10:22 PM

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
Malady (X-Troper)
#19529: Sep 29th 2023 at 7:29:19 PM

They're not showing because they're ancient or something, so I assume the Redirect System isn't catching them since it was made after their creation. Just gotta edit them and they should register?

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/article_history.php?article=Main.TheJoffrey

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/article_history.php?article=Main.KingJoffrey

And they're not good, so I'm putting them on the cutlist.

Edited by Malady on Sep 29th 2023 at 7:34:40 AM

Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576
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
#19530: Sep 29th 2023 at 10:09:22 PM

Pet peeve: when people title video examples after the work. Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure alone has two videos called "Thomas and Friends".

punkcrow The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him) from Northwest Indiana Since: Dec, 2020 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
The horrors persist, but so do I (He/Him)
#19531: Oct 1st 2023 at 12:58:28 AM

An observation I've made based on many works' YMMV pages: If two works have very similar premises, they're probably going to be either Friendly Fandoms or have a Fandom Rivalry.

Or, occasionally, both.

Cold turkey's getting stale. Tonight I'm eating crow.
Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#19532: Oct 1st 2023 at 6:31:13 PM

Our article on Jeff the Killer is odd. It talks of the origin and changing reception of the creepypasta, but says nothing of the plot or premise. I understand that there's not that much to talk about but it seems weird. And this is despite being expanded a lot from its two-sentence first draft.

Meanwhile Lost Universe has its own weirdness, 10 lines commented out of advice to editors.

Before adding a trope, check its page to see if it should go in the Main or Trivia tabs instead.

Examples with no context will be deleted.

TV Tropes is not a forum; don't start conversation in the main page.

Don't use words such as "recently," "lately," or "soon" when adding examples. They won't be recent for very long.

Don't spoiler trope names.

The numpad code to type an accented "e" (é) is Alt+130 in Windows.

Don't add And The Fandom Rejoiced. It's a Sugar Wiki page.

Zero-Context Example entries are not allowed on wiki pages. All such entries have been commented out. Add context to the entries before uncommenting them.

Only one trope per line, and don't put tropes at secondary bullet points; not even subtropes. This is proper example indentation.

Badass has become a fanspeak term; no longer a trope. You can still use the word, of course, but don't pothole it anymore.

I can't recall any other article with more than 3. They were added by ~Chaotic Novelist in 2016, but I don't see that the page had more issues than a typical semi-obscure work page of the time. And for all the cleanup they did, they didn't move it to the right namespace, which is Literature. I'll have to do that when I have time.

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#19533: Oct 2nd 2023 at 8:04:53 AM

[up] I have been wondering which parts of Jeff the Killer's description are too bashy in some idea of maybe rewriting it to be less complainy but I haven't sat down to really contemplate how to do that yet. As well as cleaning up some examples there too. Coincidentally, I'm considering making at least one work page for a creepypasta this month lol.


It amuses me when other tropers mention DrinkingGame.Bo Boi Boy to refer to a Drinking Game that doesn't use alcohol. I saw the ATT behind it happen even though I didn't mention anything.

Edited by BlackFaithStar on Oct 2nd 2023 at 11:07:50 PM

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
FernandoLemon Since: Aug, 2015
#19534: Oct 2nd 2023 at 12:42:43 PM

I mentioned before that I thought Jed was the first non-human creator to get a page on the site, but I found that Terry had one three years earlier.

Edited by FernandoLemon on Oct 2nd 2023 at 4:43:04 PM

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
#19535: Oct 2nd 2023 at 10:51:23 PM

I swear the TRS Queue hasn't moved in weeks.

AudioSpeaks2 Since: Apr, 2022
#19536: Oct 2nd 2023 at 10:53:02 PM

[up] I'm trying to help out by finally sorting out and moving the entries in Sandbox.Genre Adultery to Creator's Oddball, but the list is long af.

Anything That Moves is down several hundered wicks though, so that's nice.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#19537: Oct 2nd 2023 at 10:56:41 PM

Because the cleanup is slow and nod activity has declined with recent events. It should get moving if people help with cleaning.

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)
#19538: Oct 3rd 2023 at 12:40:14 AM

I do some Black Sheep cleanup whenever I feel motivated, but motivations been down lately (and doing video stuff has taken up a lot of my time when I do feel like doing something).

It's also not a very flashy or satisfying cleanup because a majority of the examples seem to keep and so I don't even get the happy chemicals from watching big number go down.

Edited by WarJay77 on Oct 3rd 2023 at 3:41:44 PM

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)
#19539: Oct 3rd 2023 at 3:04:12 AM

I guess I never really mentioned until now that I've been taking a break from TRS as a whole during the time I've spent taking a break from mod work, though I'd imagine it hasn't gone unnoticed that I haven't been posting there even in an unofficial capacity.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Oct 3rd 2023 at 5:06:27 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
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)
#19540: Oct 3rd 2023 at 2:30:56 PM

Terry's name was eventually changed to "Toto" in 1946 (which is why her gravestone uses that name).

Doesn't that mean the page should be moved to Creator.Toto?

ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NO
AudioSpeaks2 Since: Apr, 2022
#19541: Oct 3rd 2023 at 2:38:26 PM

[up] Well, that's just gonna cause overlap with the band.

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#19542: Oct 3rd 2023 at 2:40:31 PM

Just about everywhere else online she's known as Terry. We probably don't have to change the name of the article if there isn't any namespace collisions.

Edited by MacronNotes on Oct 3rd 2023 at 6:31:25 AM

Macron's notes
AudioSpeaks2 Since: Apr, 2022
#19543: Oct 3rd 2023 at 3:29:59 PM

Edited by AudioSpeaks2 on Oct 3rd 2023 at 10:30:40 AM

JethroQWalrustitty Since: Jan, 2001
#19544: Oct 4th 2023 at 4:33:40 AM

I was just reading Custom Uniform and I was surprised by the simultaneouusly bare and packed examples section. There were like five movies but pages long dissertations about various Star Wars and Star Trek uniforms.

AoeAbility Akarat bless you. from Personal Evil Tower of Ominousness Since: Mar, 2021 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
#19545: Oct 4th 2023 at 11:06:34 PM

I've recently seen a lot of negative opinions targeting This Very Wiki, off-site, and sometimes even on its official subreddit. Am I missing any drama that just happened?

You keep using the term "POV". I do not think it means what you think it means.
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)
#19546: Oct 4th 2023 at 11:12:12 PM

Well, if the words "Page 350" doesn't trigger anything, yes.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#19547: Oct 5th 2023 at 10:08:01 AM

I was going to make one short work page, crosswick it and log out for the rest of this week and the next for tests.

Then I realise that not every wick in The Storm is about the same story.

🙃

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#19548: Oct 5th 2023 at 3:03:59 PM

I've never been one for being hyperbolic but I have noticed we do our share of get angry hyperbolic users from time to time

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#19549: Oct 5th 2023 at 4:39:45 PM

I can't help but feel that a bunch of works listed in Horror Web Originals are redundant to them being listed on Creepypasta (sub-category of the former) as well.

Edited by BlackFaithStar on Oct 5th 2023 at 7:40:07 PM

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#19550: Oct 5th 2023 at 4:43:17 PM

I hate how I've never been able to post in the 'The strangest thing you've said today...' topic because I can never recall what I've said thats particularly stange.

have a listen and have a link to my discord server

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