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Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 12th 2025 at 11:35:13 AM

Adept (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#9051: Jul 26th 2024 at 6:40:31 PM

So if we're skipping For Your People, By Your People, should that be taken off the queue? Not sure if it's going to be fully resolved in the If You Call Before Midnight Tonight thread.

Edited by Adept on Jul 26th 2024 at 8:40:54 PM

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)
#9052: Jul 26th 2024 at 6:41:24 PM

It depends on how the crowner goes.

Working on: Author Appeal | Sandbox | Troper Wall
FSharp Resisting a rest Since: Jan, 2019 Relationship Status: I wanna know what love is
#9053: Jul 26th 2024 at 6:42:17 PM

How about putting it on hold?

I don't just Wiki Talk the talk. I Wiki Walk the walk.
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
#9054: Jul 26th 2024 at 6:49:22 PM
Adept (Holding A Herring) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#9055: Jul 26th 2024 at 6:51:30 PM

Alright. Moved it to On Hold for now.

themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
DynamiteHeaddy Since: May, 2013
#9058: Jul 27th 2024 at 11:26:41 AM

Hey all. I've spotted a Characters page in needed of some cleaning up - would this be the right place to submit a thread about it? We've got some conflicting tropes all up in The Boys TV characters page (somehow Sister Sage is Dragon, Co-Dragon and part of a Big Bad Duumvirate all at once, for example).

If not, where would be the best place to put it?

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
#9059: Jul 27th 2024 at 11:39:31 AM
UchuuFlamenco Since: Jul, 2017
#9060: Jul 27th 2024 at 4:04:44 PM

[up][up]You could also open a "The Boys clean up thread" in Short Team Projects if you want to do that.

Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
#9061: Jul 27th 2024 at 4:37:47 PM

Despite being moved to On Hold, the OP for For Your People, By Your People is still at the top of the Queue.

Join the Five-Man Band cleanup project!
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
themayorofsimpleton Short-Term Projects Herald | he/him from the Island of Koridai (Captain) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
#9064: Jul 29th 2024 at 3:54:16 PM

~War Jay 77, do you have an OP written for Washington DC Invasion, since it’s at the top the queue now? Here’s your wick check.

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animuacid The girl of the window from Astyr residence in Lilysthia's grounds Since: Jan, 2024 Relationship Status: I love you for psychological reasons
The girl of the window
#9065: Jul 29th 2024 at 3:55:37 PM

[up] It's with the rest of her OPs in Sandbox.War Jay 77.

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)
#9066: Jul 29th 2024 at 3:55:46 PM

All of my OP are in my sandbox. I don't post them on the queue since I don't see the point. :P

Edited by WarJay77 on Jul 29th 2024 at 6:56:36 AM

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Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
#9067: Jul 29th 2024 at 3:57:03 PM

[up] Do as you wish. I just assumed you’d do it the way everyone else did.

Edited by Lymantria on Jul 29th 2024 at 6:57:11 AM

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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
#9068: Jul 29th 2024 at 7:31:47 PM

~War Jay 77 A thread's about to open up — Hollywood Thin is done with dewicking. Be on the lookout for the open slot.

Works That Require Cleanup of Complaining | Troper Wall
Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph
#9069: Jul 29th 2024 at 8:15:16 PM

~Acebrock, did you mean to put your All Women Love Shoes OP in the “On hold” section?

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Acebrock He/Him from So-Cal Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: My elf kissing days are over
He/Him
#9070: Jul 29th 2024 at 9:19:59 PM

Nope,Moved to the right place

My troper wall
JHD0919 (Life not ruined yet)
#9071: Jul 30th 2024 at 9:22:09 AM

Bumping this since I'm still waiting for an answer from ~selkies. (Also paging her for good measure.)

Amonimus the "Retromancer" from <<|Wiki Talk|>> (Sergeant) Relationship Status: In another castle
the "Retromancer"
#9072: Aug 1st 2024 at 3:19:59 AM

YouTube Recommendations is soley a Just for Fun page, but it's in Main/? It's not a trope pagetype, and its only wick is an index, so not sure what to say for it in the Queue (if even needed).

TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
animuacid The girl of the window from Astyr residence in Lilysthia's grounds Since: Jan, 2024 Relationship Status: I love you for psychological reasons
The girl of the window
#9073: Aug 1st 2024 at 3:28:48 AM

[tup] To namespace move (even without a thread).

Echidna from Ontario, Canada (Striking Back) Relationship Status: Two-timing
Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.

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