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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

AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#20001: Dec 3rd 2023 at 9:13:15 AM

God legit scared for a sec, I know ww2 or ww3 IS NEVER a good sign.

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
Malady (X-Troper)
#20002: Dec 3rd 2023 at 9:36:16 AM

Oooh! Right, those are weird / bad. I just assumed it was related to the https://www.w3.org/ consortium and https://www.w3schools.com/, which actually aren't related, I think.


[down][down] + [down] - Thanks!

Edited by Malady on Dec 3rd 2023 at 12:19:50 PM

Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576
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)
#20003: Dec 3rd 2023 at 11:19:15 AM

[up][up]w3.org is the official website of the World Wide Web Consortium, which maintains web standards like HTML. The "W3" in the W3C abbreviation for the organization is another way of writing "www".

Edit: Misread the URL when I originally posted this — it wasn't from w3.org; it was from a separate site that used W3 as an abbreviation for the World Wide Web. (I made the mistake because I associate the W3 abbreviation with the World Wide Web Consortium due to how often WWW is used elsewhere, particularly in the years since that organization was founded.)

Edited by GastonRabbit on Dec 3rd 2023 at 4:43:22 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#20004: Dec 3rd 2023 at 12:07:51 PM

ww2 and others are called "subdomains" are used as mirrors when the main site is down, to be used as targets to download from when there's high load, or for testing purposes (we have a few like that). They are always owned by the main site. However, 1. if not properly maintained, a subdomain's server can be hacked and rerouted until the owner notices. 2. The DNS registry itself can be paid off so the subdomain address routes to the wrong server.

They are rare to see, but not dangerous. They are commonly associated with phishing sites because they are missed backups when www. one gets nuked.

Edited by Amonimus on Dec 3rd 2023 at 11:08:58 PM

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#20005: Dec 3rd 2023 at 5:02:28 PM

It seems that page histories have gone back to edit reasons being only at the top.

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
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
#20006: Dec 3rd 2023 at 5:04:56 PM

Only if the edit they're attached to is short.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#20008: Dec 3rd 2023 at 5:33:41 PM

I thought that only happens when the edit itself is short.

Edit: Ah dang, just read Sylvi's post ([up][up]) above mine 😅

Edited by BlackFaithStar on Dec 3rd 2023 at 11:16:18 PM

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
Reymma RJ Savoy from Edinburgh Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
RJ Savoy
#20010: Dec 3rd 2023 at 5:45:23 PM

[up][up][up][up] I see it now, long edits that require scrolling past still have it at both ends.

Edited by Reymma on Dec 3rd 2023 at 1:45:41 PM

Stories don't tell us monsters exist; we knew that already. They show us that monsters can be trademarked and milked for years.
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)
#20011: Dec 4th 2023 at 9:42:30 AM

I think multiple cases of TLP launches replacing disambiguation pages with tropes have come up here (particularly because those cases require manually changing the page type from disambig to trope instead of automatically being set to trope), but I can't think of any cases of newer launches reusing the name of a trope that was cut other than Busy Beaver. That name was originally used by a trope that was simply "beavers exist" and was cut for that reason, and the current incarnation of that page is for a trope about beavers being portrayed as hard workers (which I feel is a better fit for the trope name than what used to be there).

I could be mistaken, though, especially because I don't follow the list of new launches. I only know of the various cases of new trope pages replacing disambiguation pages because I've seen others mention them on the forums.

I got a rock for Halloween.
AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#20012: Dec 5th 2023 at 7:59:41 AM

I love Larkmarn, especially when he says things like...

  • ... jesus. "The Paraglider" is in there as a gamebreaker. That's... astonishing. It's such a necessary mechanic in the game I feel like you may as well have an entry for "Analog Stick: Using the analog stick, you can control Link to basically do anything you need to in the game. In fact, using it properly will allow you to beat the final boss!"

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
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
#20013: Dec 5th 2023 at 10:53:08 AM

My current hobby on TV Tropes is making Image Pickin' threads for games whose page images are landscape Steam banners to replace them with the portrait versions. I've done that with Against the Storm, Timberborn, and Lenna's Inception so far, and I just made a thread for Planet Zoo.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000)
#20015: Dec 6th 2023 at 11:20:32 AM

Hahahaha

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
CosmicCat mystical cat (he/they) from in the Annexe Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: It's a Russian taunt
mystical cat (he/they)
#20016: Dec 6th 2023 at 12:10:14 PM

[up][up] Now I wonder how practical it would be to have one page in a different font from the rest of the wiki just to have his self-demonstrating page in Comic Sans.

"Let's hear it for Nine Inch Nails! Woo, they're good!"
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000)
#20017: Dec 6th 2023 at 12:20:40 PM

It would be even better if that specific Sans came from a webcomic and not the normal game tongue Then he's literally "Comic Sans"

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Serilly (he/any) from Spawn City (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: I wanna be your sledgehammer
(he/any)
#20018: Dec 6th 2023 at 8:39:46 PM

Do we really not have just a plain Sitcom index anywhere? I wanted to put SMPLive on one since it's basically just a Minecraft sitcom, but I can't find one for the life of me and it doesn't fit any of the subgenre indexes.

It's driving me crazy that it doesn't have any kind of comedy related index right now and there's not a Comedy Web Originals index either ._.

Edited by Serilly on Dec 6th 2023 at 8:42:06 AM

LP Deprecation Cleanup | Ask me about SMPLive
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#20019: Dec 7th 2023 at 9:12:28 AM

if we dont have one you'll have to make one

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000)
#20020: Dec 7th 2023 at 9:30:11 AM

You can't really make an index with only one example; even in the TLP that wouldn't fly.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#20021: Dec 7th 2023 at 10:04:59 AM

these days because of slowmode mod posts outnumber the posts of regular users in the wiki topic and thats intimidating

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#20022: Dec 7th 2023 at 10:15:17 AM

The trope of the day hasn't changed yet. I know there's the data conversion stuff but seems like Invisible Introvert is the last trope in the list.

Macron's notes
MsOranjeDiscoDancer 2much2furious from the Saja Boys' last performance! Since: Aug, 2022 Relationship Status: Will you go out with me to the End?
2much2furious
#20024: Dec 7th 2023 at 4:12:15 PM

question: i remember we had an active Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese userbase translating tropes and i vaguely remember there were people who headed those projects. are they still around?

i may be dead inside but at least i have Mystery :,)
AudioSpeaks2 Since: Apr, 2022
#20025: Dec 7th 2023 at 6:58:19 PM

Unpopular Opinion: I sometimes like using the non-monospace version of the editing font because it's easier to see at times.

Edited by AudioSpeaks2 on Dec 7th 2023 at 11:27:51 PM


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