Here we go!!! After more than ten very productive years, Fast Eddie is stepping down as the administrator of TV Tropes. To Fast Eddie – Thank You! And on behalf of all of us here, cheers to a happy retirement.
Without further ado, the new Administrators are myself (drewski) and my good friend itcdr. We are youngerish TV addicts, movie lovers, gamers, web developers, and entertainment junkies with a ton of passion for the TV Tropes project and one general goal – to make this site insanely awesome!
So, what does this mean for the community and site?
- Wiki policy: No policies are being changed. We share the values and commitment to an open, informal, breezy and fun wiki.
- Forum policy: No changes.
- The staff: The mods are staying as they are, including keeping all their current powers and authority. We will continue to work with the Mods and the Troper base as always.
- The tech wish list and site development: Coding will no longer be a one-man labour of love, so more headway can be made on fixing bugs, developing new features, and generally polishing the wiki. This may take a little time to get going as we dig through several hundred thousand lines of code…thanks for that Fast Eddie…but we will get there!
Also, if you haven’t already seen the announcement - which is probably impossible - we launched a campaign on Kickstarter to accelerate new developments on TV Tropes. Check out the campaign - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tvtropes/the-tv-tropes-revitalization-project
- to learn more about our plans and how you can contribute - and see the awesome rewards for your help.
Please share your questions, comments, concerns and love below.
edited 30th Nov '14 1:38:24 PM by drewski
Umm, the point of the beta access is exactly to give people the chance to preview the site and comment on it. It's not like you didn't have warning that we were going to do that.
edited 8th Jan '15 1:03:50 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Plenty of people in the Beta said otherwise, most of them forum regulars. And of course the people who donated real money to the Kickstarter.
edited 8th Jan '15 1:22:09 PM by SeptimusHeap
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanJust to clarify "and the above" means you'll get all the rewards a teir below right? Even if the email doesn't list them?
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.So can we remove the kickstarter message box now?
edited 8th Jan '15 3:50:30 PM by MarqFJA
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
You guys don't stop, do you? I bet you're incredibly popular in social groups.
Well, many people have complained that it's obnoxious, and the Kickstarter is already done. Perhaps the best course of action is to remove it.
edited 8th Jan '15 3:59:19 PM by WackyPancake
"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."And on mobile it covers the page numbers, making navigating to previous or subsequent parts of a conversation kind of a pain.
It still covers these things even if you minimise it, from my experience.
edited 8th Jan '15 4:24:15 PM by GameSpazzer
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Actually it does that when it's closed. When it's open it does not. I already got the hang of clicking the Watched Threads List that is behind the closed message, but I've seen other people complaing. Furthermore, I assume one can close the message because it makes the message less intrusive, but since it covers a button it makes the message even more intrusive.
edited 8th Jan '15 4:29:56 PM by Victin
We've just taken in over a hundred thousand dollars in donations to revamp the site's look, feel, and function, and you are complaining about a banner. Seriously?
edited 8th Jan '15 4:29:56 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Yes, because it's screwing up site functions. Surely it is not that difficult to remove it.
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I never said it was a big issue, that demanded immediate response. All I did was agree with someone else I'd also like the message to be removed. If it's not being removed soon, or you don't think it should be removed, you can just give us a reason, such as "we're letting the warning there so tropers that don't know the visual change is coming can discover that and also discover this thread" or "it'll be removed once Tv Tropes' design finally change".

Ah, okay. Thanks.