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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

BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
[Hiatus til March]
#21526: Sep 9th 2024 at 10:37:58 AM

The video transcoding got fixed, I can see new video uploads now. smile

...not that I should be processing any at half past 1 a.m. lol g'nite folks

When you're alone I'm reaching out to let you know that you're far from strangers, like the savior
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
#21527: Sep 9th 2024 at 10:44:10 AM

Front page is back for me — at least on my laptop.

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
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
#21528: Sep 9th 2024 at 12:16:57 PM

I had the nginx problem, too. I brought it up on Discord, and someone else said TV Tropes works fine for them, and it turns out it's literally just the homepage that's bugged for me.

Edited by NitroIndigo on Sep 9th 2024 at 8:17:19 PM

ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Everyone's friend Malamar
#21529: Sep 9th 2024 at 12:18:00 PM

If the home page isn't working, try clearing the cache.

My musician page
TMH-Sir-Iron-Vomit The clown of STEEL from Ichnusa Since: Mar, 2024
The clown of STEEL
#21530: Sep 9th 2024 at 1:40:03 PM

I'm a bit disappointed that Had the Silly Index in Reverse isn't ordered in reverse as well.

Edited by TMH-Sir-Iron-Vomit on Sep 9th 2024 at 10:41:37 AM

Oo oo ah ah
Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
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
#21532: Sep 9th 2024 at 10:21:33 PM

I'm seriously considering putting a commented-out reminder to crosswick examples on Day of the Diesels Rewrite because nobody else will do that even after I send them notifiers, but I'm not sure if that's allowed.

BlackFaithStar [Hiatus til March] from 🇲🇾 (UTC plus 8) (Less Newbie) Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
SharkToast Since: Mar, 2013
#21534: Sep 10th 2024 at 10:08:37 AM

I recently cut an example of Accidental Aesop that was clearly the intended message. I went back through the page's edit history and found that it was originally Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped and someone moved it under Accidental Aesop after that trope was cut. This isn't the first time I've come across this, where an example was just moved to a new trope after the old one was cut even if it doesn't fit. Has anyone else seen that happen?

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
#21535: Sep 10th 2024 at 10:54:07 AM

[up] Apparently that was a huge problem with Surprisingly Realistic Outcome, formerly Reality Ensues. I've also a few Small Taxonomy Pools examples on work pages that clearly used to be Seldom Seen Species, which I remove whenever I notice them.

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)
#21536: Sep 10th 2024 at 11:06:19 AM

It's frequent enough to inspire this thread.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
ReginaldOgron5 Est Ut Squimplex Ut from Two blocks down from the Undead Burg Since: Mar, 2022 Relationship Status: I want you to want me
fragglelover Since: Jun, 2012
loserswithwifi (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#21539: Sep 10th 2024 at 11:11:14 PM

I follow a lot of obscure or older work pages, and I swear some of them only get edited during TRS dewicking.

FSharp Resisting a rest Since: Jan, 2019 Relationship Status: I wanna know what love is
#21540: Sep 11th 2024 at 1:01:56 AM

Wait... you can get notifications for followed pages? The only options for notifications on my profile are:

  • Email for PM
  • Email for Query
  • PM for Video Upload

I don't just Wiki Talk the talk. I Wiki Walk the walk.
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
#21541: Sep 11th 2024 at 1:18:57 AM

I thought Curtains Match the Window was cut for being chairs, but it wasn't. Huh.

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#21542: Sep 11th 2024 at 1:24:55 AM

[up][up] No, I believe it just means new unread followed pages. (Though I do use a script for Chrome and Android notifications)

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
JankyKong He's finally back to kick some... wait from a Secret Base on the Moon Since: May, 2021 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
He's finally back to kick some... wait
#21543: Sep 11th 2024 at 7:39:29 AM

Inb4 someone tries to make a Forum Games version of Muppets Party Cruise.

Your melody still remains in this room and it rings
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)
#21544: Sep 11th 2024 at 9:25:10 AM

I thought Curtains Match the Window was cut for being chairs, but it wasn't. Huh.

There was a TRS thread, but it was closed after determining that misuse wasn't bad enough to merit a thread. However, You Gotta Have Blue Hair was redirected to Hair Colors for the reason you mentioned; that might be what you're thinking of. (World of Technicolor Hair was launched to cover works with characters whose natural hair colors are impossible in real life.)

Edit: Turned You Gotta Have Blue Hair into a faux-Green Link (it's still a redirect, but there's a Good Bad Bug with the site that allows redirects to be turned green by breaking the redirect, setting the page type to "disambig", and then turning it back into a redirect).

Edited by GastonRabbit on Sep 11th 2024 at 11:27:03 AM

I got a rock for Halloween.
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
#21545: Sep 11th 2024 at 11:55:29 PM

I just noticed a loophole while adding images to Characters.My Little Pony Tales: if you upload an image that's over 800 pixels wide and crop it so it's narrower than that, it'll still go through.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#21546: Sep 12th 2024 at 5:56:56 AM

shhhh!

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]
#21547: Sep 12th 2024 at 12:06:06 PM

I just noticed that in edit history pages the drop-down menu for "search by troper" doesn't show every troper that's edited that page. Isn't it supposed to? Or is there a cut-off limit? Or does it exclude those who've deleted their accounts?

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
the "Retromancer"
#21548: Sep 12th 2024 at 12:18:35 PM

[up] It's limited to last 2 years IIRC, because every time a page is opened to load up all edits may affect performance.

Edited by Amonimus on Sep 12th 2024 at 10:18:50 PM

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man
#21549: Sep 13th 2024 at 9:13:12 AM

I finally get why so many tropers go for "[up] x15" instead of something simpler. Its because its not that hard to count, all you need to do is see the number of your current post and then substract the amount. So if your post is 1035 then the post you are responding to is 1020.

I still find it REALLY annoying but now I finally get why people did it without any dose of irony.

As long as this flower is in my heart. My Strength will flow without end.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#21550: Sep 13th 2024 at 9:15:18 AM

I just manually quote the post so people can actually find who I'm responding to

have a listen and have a link to my discord server

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